Bloomberg recently reported that the biggest mistake made by the renewable energy industry was the promise that wind and solar would always get cheaper. This claim has turned out to…
The employment figures for September are out and Minnesota’s media has lead with the figure for new jobs created in September, 4,200, the twelfth straight month of job growth: Knox…
Decades of bad energy policy in Europe have left Europeans scouring for firewood to stay warm this winter. Bloomberg writes: Not far from Berlin’s Tempelhof airport, Peter Engelke is putting…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minnesota legislators are considering lifting taxes on federal student debt relief KFGO: Minnesota Democrats say no state income tax on student loan…
One of my go-to resources for energy information is Grid Brief, a daily newsletter published by Emmet Penney. You can sign up for it by clicking here. Today, Emmet writes:…
Emmet Penney at Grid Brief writes that Austria, the Netherlands, and Germany are all rolling coal now that Russia’s choking its gas supplies to Europe. If you’re not signed up yet…
Minnesota gas prices are only five cents away from hitting new all-time highs. According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.22, with prices exceeding…
Meta (the new name for Facebook’s parent company) lost more than $200 billion in stock value on Thursday. As a result, Mark Zuckerberg saw his net worth significantly drop. Facebook…
Isaac Orr joins The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Linnea Lueken on episode 329 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about…
How diminished coal supplies and over-reliance on wind and solar could bring rolling energy blackouts to Minnesota.
Bloomberg reports that European nations have sleepwalked into an energy crisis that was years in the making. Unfortunately, Europe’s increasing reliance on Russian natural gas emboldens Russian aggression along the…
Bloomberg reports that Norway’s government will subsidize rising electricity prices in an aid package totaling more than 8 billion kroner ($890 million) to help mitigate the impact of record electricity…
Energy prices are skyrocketing at home and across the globe. In Minnesota, gas prices, home heating and electricity will be higher than in the last several years. A recent article…
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger at Substack. Shareholder divestment campaigns caused oil and gas shortages, a return to coal, and higher emissions. Over the last decade, climate…
For decades, European countries have thumbed their noses at the United States for not doing enough to embrace unreliable energy sources like wind and solar power. This scorn was especially…
The California grid operator, the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO), has declared an electric grid reliability emergency and is asking the federal Department of Energy to suspend air-pollution rules for…
Minnesota lawmakers often speak fondly of German energy policy, but the country’s decision to shutter its nuclear power plants and instead rely upon wind and solar is setting the nation…
The Biden Administration understands that high taxes drive out businesses into low taxed regions, hence the push for a global minimum corporate tax rate.
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger and originally appeared on Substack: Until recently, many renewable energy advocates claimed that China had made solar panels so much cheaper than…
As the pandemic passes and national and state economies reopen, what is in store for the economy? Some basic macroeconomics might tell us. Theory The macroeconomics of a pandemic When…
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger and was published at Environmental Progress: America’s leading climate and environmental groups including Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Energy Foundation, and Environmental…
State and local taxes and spending Grand Rapids Herald Review: Here Is How Much People Pay in Taxes in Minnesota Marshall Independent: Daudt hopeful for more tax breaks Inforum: Area…
What Minnesotans can learn from rolling blackouts and government favoritism for wind and solar.
We continue to unravel what went wrong in the Texas blackouts, but one key piece of information that is often left out of the conversation is the fact that grid…