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Exposing Alaska’s Green New Deal (Part II)

By -- May 29, 2025

Editor’s Note: Trump Administration beware! This two-part backgrounder warns DOE Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin that their June 3, 2025, participation at Governor Mike Dunleavy’s fourth annual Sustainable Energy Conference is a set-up for Alaska’s Green New Deal. A course reversal for this state’s energy policy is in order.

Part II walks through my own testimony (Part I) against Alaska’s proposed Renewable Portfolio Standard; the hoops I had to jump through just to get my written remarks added to the public record; and the telling exchange I had with one of the main activists pushing this nonsense.  Spoiler: there’s been no official response or acknowledgement to the damning context they asked for—just the usual dodge-and-disappear routine.

After checking the Alaska Legislature website under the bill documents, I discovered my testimony was not posted. 

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Exposing Alaska’s Green New Deal (Part I)

By -- May 28, 2025

Ed. Note: Alaska policymakers are selling out the state’s hydrocarbon abundance for a Green New Deal foisted by special interests that do not have consumers, taxpayers, or prosperity in mind. Trump Administration Officials visiting Alaska in two weeks are warned by energy expert Kassie Andrews in two parts (Part II tomorrow).

“… this isn’t about affordability or ‘sustainability’- it’s about control, green grift, and forcing Alaska into a ‘transition’ nobody voted for.”

The political class in Alaska is trying to sell the public on “cheap” renewables as the centerpiece of the state’s energy policy. We’ve all heard the line: Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of electricity on Earth. It’s the Green New Deal gospel repeated ad nauseam, designed to steamroll dissent and shut down debate.…

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Energy & Environmental Review: May 27, 2025

By -- May 27, 2025

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Epstein: Why the proposed “phaseout” of IRA subsidies is unacceptable
*** Victory for energy freedom: the House (finally) limits IRA subsidies
*** New report: The true affordability of net zero
The truth about power bill increases

Unreliables (General):
*** The Achilles Heel of Wind and Solar
Economic prosperity demands continuous and uninterruptible electricity
Wasting Away in Wind-and-Solarville

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Allies Sue Federal Agencies Over Unlawful Authorization of Empire Wind Project
Letitia James has ‘no leg to stand on’ in lawsuit against Trump offshore wind order, experts say
Rest in Peace, Nils Stolpe, Fisheries Guru
After nearly four decades, Jerry Schill bows out of N.C.

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Memorial Day Weekend! (Motoring to summer ’25)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 23, 2025
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DAC Dying? (“corporate theater wrapped in a green ribbon”)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 22, 2025
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Argentina: New Climate Leader!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 21, 2025
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More Climate Elitism from UNLV Professor Leffel

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 20, 2025
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Crony Alert: Jigar Shah at ‘Climate Solutions’ Dinner in Seattle

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 19, 2025
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Blackouts are Good (?)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 16, 2025
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Green Retreat: The Early Trump Effect

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 15, 2025
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