By now it should probably be more surprising when the next “big thing” in renewable energy isn’t a colossal failure, but until that time comes, people will be surprised by how…
Heartland’s Donald Kendal and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr in episode #204 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions…
Anti-mining activists have been quick to criticize the Trump Administration’s decision to renew the mineral leases for the Twin Metals Minnesota project located north of Ely, Minnesota. However, these criticisms…
Solar energy is terrible for the environment in a number of ways, including the fact that large land areas must be devoted to it. At Forbes, Michael Shellenberger highlights another…
Natural gas is a powerful resources that is saving thousands of lives every single year. That’s the conclusion of a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research entitled…
Last week pictures surfaced of a landfill in Wyoming being filled with something you may not have imagined: wind turbine blades. It turns out that the fiberglass wind turbine blades…
Howdy, y’all. I’m in Austin, Texas today giving a presentation on our award-nominated research, Doubling Down on Failure at The Heartland Institute’s Emerging Issues Forum. This is a really good opportunity because…
With all the talk about banning plastic straws in the name of saving the oceans, very little of the discussion focuses on where the bulk of ocean plastic actually comes…
Renewable energy advocates often claim that business is booming for the solar industry in Minnesota, and this is true. However, in order to determine whether this is a good or…
Did you know that Minnesota’s forests are flourishing? According to research from the U.S. Forest Service, forests account for 17.7 million acres of land in Minnesota out of a total…
Hi everyone! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for my August 27th talk discussing our award-nominated study (vote here!) Doubling Down on Failure: How a 50 Percent by 2030 Renewable…
Last week I had an opinion editorial in the St. Paul Pioneer Press discussing how Minnesota’s foray into wind and solar has led to higher electricity costs for no measurable…
I’m excited to announce that American Experiment’s study Doubling Down on Failure: How a 50 Percent by 2030 Renewable Energy Standard Would Cost Minnesota $80.2 Billion has been nominated for the prestigious…
I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. No matter what you did, it was probably more productive than the wind turbines in the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO) territory, where…
Hello! In this week’s edition of the In the Tank Podcast, American Experiment’s Isaac Orr is joined by Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins of The Heartland Institute to discuss American…
One of the most common ways people are misled about the cost of renewable energy is the belief that wind and solar will save them money because they have no…
On Tuesday, I wrote about how a recent study has found that there are more trees and vegetation today than there was 30 years ago, despite the fact that there…
This article originally appeared in today’s Pioneer Press. The version below is the same text, but with graphics added. Xcel Energy recently unveiled its plan to prematurely retire its coal…
It seems like we’re always being told that we are losing on the environment. Not only that, it seems like we’re being told are losing even more today than we…
Yesterday I wrote about how oil, not wind and solar, is the most important source of energy for our military. Today I’d like to delve deeper into the electricity sector…
America has the strongest military might in the world. We have 3,476 tactical aircraft, 760 attack helicopters, 637 unmanned drones, 157 bombers, 2,831 tanks, 93 cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, 10…
Looks like adding solar to the grid isn’t helping in Hawaii, after a blackout caused by a severed electric cable caused the natural gas generator to go offline. According to the Honolulu…
It didn’t take long for a bipartisan group of Iron Range legislators to clap back against the letter written by 18 metro-area DFL lawmakers urging Governor Walz to cancel all…
According to the Star Tribune, eighteen liberal Democratic lawmakers from the Metro area are calling for Governor Tim Walz to suspend all state permits for PolyMet’s proposed copper-nickel mine in…