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Biden Wars Against Domestic LNG (gas-by-rail)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 9, 2022

“PHMSA admits the purpose of the Proposed Rule is not really about safe transportation of hazardous materials in interstate commerce. Rather, it is intended to indirectly regulate the extraction, production, and ultimately consumption of natural gas….”

“It is high time the Biden Administration put America first. Biden’s environmental virtue-signaling is burdening American families and jeopardizing the safety and security of our homeland.”

President Biden, or at least his puppeteers, supports liquefied natural gas (LNG) for Europe during their energy crisis. But when it comes to the home front, Biden does not.

Recently, officials from 25 states petitioned the Biden administration to not reverse a Trump rule allowing natural gas (LNG) transport by rail. The letter by Republican Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry et al., was addressed to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Acting Administrator Tristan Brown (emphasis added; agency views yellowed).…

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Solar Power Noise and Dust: For the Record

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 8, 2022

“While quiet transformers and inverters exist [to reduce pure-tone transformer noise], due to premium cost, it is generally not a specification point the solar facility designers are willing to consider…. There is a real need for acoustic evaluation and noise control with respect to nighttime operations of solar energy components.”

“Clark County regulators have substantiated 37 of the 49 complaints they have received about the project from the public. ‘Can’t breathe from all the dust coming off the solar field!!!!!!,’ one person wrote to the county on Sept. 15. ‘Someone need to take care of this it happens way to often.’”

Anti-fossil-fuel environmentalists, when pressed, will state that all energy choices have environmental drawbacks and tradeoffs. But they do not take this seriously when it comes to wind and solar power, which have infrastructure requirements (including land and power lines) that are a multiple of other choices on a per kWh basis.…

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Energy and Environmental Review: March 7, 2022

By -- March 7, 2022

Special Edition: Ukraine and Energy Policies

US must lead again on energy before it is too late 

Short video: Anyone with a ‘functioning frontal cortex’ knew the dangers of a Russian energy superpower

The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin

Germany Goes For Full Energy Policy Overhaul Amid Ukraine Crisis

Stop Letting Russian Funded Environmental Groups Dictate America’s Energy Policy

Energy Policy Is Too Important To Be Left to Climate Activists

Putin blows up NetZero and the green reset

Ukraine Trigger: New Energy Order, Digital Transformation, Health Architecture

Ukraine And Energy Realism

Biden’s green agenda becoming casualty of Russia’s Ukraine invasion

Biden embarrassing the US as energy agenda is exposed by Russian invasion

Europe’s ‘green’ transition put it at Russia’s mercy

European Industry Faces Shrink or Shut Decisions on Energy Pain

Stop these Fuelish Policies

Energy Realism Emerges In Germany While The US Doubles Down

We need to talk about energy

Stop Worrying About Chernobyl – It’s The Russian Invasion That’s Deadly

Former Head of MI6 calls for ‘immediate lifting of fracking moratorium’

European Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions

UK is sitting on gas gold mine which would blitz bills & Putin monopoly

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Ed.

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NYT Tiptoes Toward Energy Reality (“this debate is changing”)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 4, 2022
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Republican Letter to Biden: Free Market Energy Ready to Rescue!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 3, 2022
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Bald Eagle ‘Takings’: Biden’s Interior Department Protects Big Wind

By Jim Wiegand -- March 2, 2022
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Solar Geoengineering and Deep Ecology: ‘Just Say No’ (climate alarmists running out of options)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 1, 2022
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Energy and Environmental Review: February 28, 2022

By -- February 28, 2022
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Lies My Wind Developer Told Me

By Kevon Martis -- February 25, 2022
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Bad News Vogtle #3 and #4 Yet Again

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 24, 2022
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