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MACDONALD: New York Gets Double-Tapped

October 1, 2026 Steve MacDonald

According to reporting by the EPOCH Times, not one but two Federal judges have told New York to F-off. Okay, editorial license. They informed the state that its Climate Superfund law was unlawful for all sorts of reasons, much like Vermont’s, which I wrote about here. I gave all sorts of fun lefty-triggering examples, but … Read more

MacDonald: Vermont Didn’t Miss It’s Emission Reduction Target

May 24, 2025 Steve MacDonald

As reported back in March, Vermont is pretending to be concerned about arbitrary man-made emissions reduction targets. Two months ago, experts predicted the state would miss by as much as 12%. All the usual suspects were pearl-clutching and hand-wringing, despite decisions about the things measured being as arbitrary and man-made as the target. What counts … Read more

The American Petroleum Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sue Vermont

January 4, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Last year, the Vermont Legislature wrote and passed a law, S.259, the “Climate Superfund Act.” Its stated purpose is to fiscally fine fossil fuel companies for damage caused by “climate change.” Its actual purpose is to grub about for money to fill holes in mismanaged budges created by big-spending Democrats. I’ve said plenty about how … Read more

Biden Admin Follows COP28 Promise to End Fossil Fuels With Massive Oil/Gas Lease Sale

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 Steve MacDonald

On the 2020 Presidential campaign trail – what of it there was – Joe Biden promised to end fossil fuels. True to form, Whoever is Running the Biden Administration has – since day one – acted toward that end. Joe’s administration has been US history’s most hostile to affordable energy.

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These Wind Turbines Need Diesel Generators and Often Draw Power Instead of Generating It…

May 23, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Aside from the hundreds of billions in misguided government support, wind power doesn’t have much going for it. It is not clean or green. It kills bats, birds, and now whales. And in Scotland, they’ve had to admit that without diesel generators to warm and back up the turbines, they might work at all.

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Donkey Party: Raising Gas Taxes Was a Moral Imperative, Now “Lowering” Them Is …

June 22, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Every time Republicans suggest lowering a tax, Democrats lose their minds. Tobacco, Meals, Vehicle, Real Estate, pick a tax, any tax. It is irresponsible—bad policy. Women will starve, and children will die. Cats and dogs, living together!

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Lawmakers Want to Force Harvard to Divest from Fossil Fuels but Why Stop at Half-Measures?

July 8, 2021 Steve MacDonald

A group of distraught Dems in Massachusetts have discovered that the State Legislature has the constitutional authority to make changes at Harvard. The University. With an over 40-billion-dollar endowment, think of the possibilities.

Democrat Anti-Fracking Arguments Would Cost Jobs and Pennsylvania (again)

September 21, 2019 Percy Blakeney

Western Pennsylvania’s energy workers hoped to communicate with the Democrat presidential candidates. The workers wanted the chance to defend the way they make their living. Their intention was to open a line of communication before the candidates decided to go to war against shale.