“[I]n recent years the IEA has been undermining energy security by discouraging sufficient investment in energy supplies… Moreover, its energy modeling no longer provides policymakers with balanced assessments of energy and climate proposals. Instead, it has become an ‘energy transition’ cheerleader.”
An important letter asking for explanation has been sent to Dr. Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY: ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources) and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA: chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce). The U.S. is a major funder of IEA, an agenda that has turned its back on its original charter and begun to promote/mislead on the deep-ecology cause of climate alarmism/forced energy transformation.
The U.S., in fact, should immediately cease funding to this agency as one of many budget cutting items.…
Continue ReadingDOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently posted:
The American Climate Corps will be key to scouting the next generation of climate leaders.
The Department of Energy is proud to partner with President Biden and six other agencies to train young Americans in clean energy deployment, conservation and environmental justice.
Climate totalitarianism be steps. Just imagine this road to serfdom with a bunch of marginal devotees checking your thermostat or trying to smell charcoal during the 4th of July.
Here are some comments to Graham’s post:
Paul Taylor: Please leave the kids out ot this creepy, leftist nonsense. Life is hard enough for them without using them as political pawns.
Randall Forsyth: In short, as an environmentalist and animal welfare activist, I am appalled by where my taxes are going, to solve a non solvable problem.…
Continue Reading“Our utilities are working in collusion with NGOs and ENGOs that promote decarbonization over affordability and reliability. Compromised utility board members will waste no time using this change in statute to gaslight everyone around them into believing this is what is best for them.”
The short title of Alaska’s SB 257 – Electric Utility Regulation refers to a monstrous process of government-on-government:
“An Act relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to public utilities; relating to electric reliability organizations; relating to the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the Railbelt Transmission Organization; and providing for an effective date.”
This bill was introduced by the Alaska Senate Resources Committee on March 1, 2024. Per the sponsor statement, “Senate Bill 257 lays the groundwork for an electric system that is more affordable, more sustainable, more equitable, a grid that can power a prosperous future for generations of Alaskans to come.”…
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