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Discounting and the Ethics of Climate Policy
Last year, in one of his first actions on inauguration day, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop using the social cost of carbon (SCC) when weighing the costs and benefits of regulations. The decision prompted predictable outrage from many environmental activists, climate scientists, and economists, who argued that abandoning the SCC would strip climate regulations of their scientific grounding.
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Entering the New Year with Bipartisan Permitting Momentum
Heather Reams wrote on permitting reform for RealClearEnergy here. Key points include:
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Trump administration sets meetings with oil companies over Venezuela, source says
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Fossil Fuels Are Not Going Away: Why the Boulder Climate Case Is So Dangerous and SCOTUS Must Step In
Just like fossil fuel divestment, climate court cases to punish fossil fuel (oil, coal, natural gas) producers do not work, and they should be rejected by climate change advocates themselves The allegation is that fossil fuel companies misrepresented the impacts of their products and caused untold billions of dollars in climate and weather damages. Energy Realism proves...
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Energy Storage Boom Strengthens Demand Outlook for Beaten-Down Lithium
The lithium market has been grappling with a supply glut since the second half of 2022, with demand failing to keep pace with surging supply fuelled by a furious price surge that But China’s power sector reforms helped to fuel stronger than expected demand for lithium used in batteries for power system storage in the second half of 2025,...
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Trump says the US will be ‘very strongly involved’ in Venezuelan oil
The U.S. will be “very strongly involved” in Venezuela’s oil industry, President Trump said Saturday after the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Asked about the future of the country’s oil industry on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends”, Trump said, “Well, I see that we’re going to be very strongly involved in it.” Read more in The Hill...
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How to Modernize Recycling in America
If the U.S. doesn’t modernize its recycling infrastructure, it risks ceding a multibillion-dollar industry to foreign competitors, while burying valuable materials in landfills. Ross Eisenberg, president of America’s Plastic Makers at the American Chemistry Council in Washington, D.C., says the technology exists to close the gap between what’s tossed in recycling bins and what is...
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AI can lower energy bills with data centers that power themselves
Artificial intelligence may be the future, but the public isn’t convinced it’s the future they want.
Even as companies, investors, and the federal government invest heavily in this transformative technology, the American people remain skeptical. A third of Americans are concerned about AI, nearly half think AI will cause “significant job losses,” and less than half think the government will regulate AI well.
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Firefighters Could Have Prevented the L.A. Wildfires, but California Rules Made Them Save Plants Instead
One year ago, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a small brush fire broke out in Topanga State Park above the Pacific Palisades outside Los Angeles. Within hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) arrived on scene and began digging handlines to stop its spread. The eight-acre fire—ignited by a 29-year-old former Palisades resident, who...