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MACDONALD: Pussy Cat ‘Offsets’

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Are you familiar with the term “offsets”? It is a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one. It is also the amount or distance by which something is “out of line.” For the past forty years, give or take, the word has been used in place of “indulgence.” “A … Read more

MACDONALD: More Inconvenient Truths for Climate Change Fools

November 13, 2025 Steve MacDonald

If you want to make improvements, you find out where it is worst or who is causing the most significant problem, and you start there. The systemic failure of public education is in the government schools. They spend three to five times as much for half or only one-third of the desired results. If the … Read more

The New Spin Is Dangerously Laughable

January 21, 2025 Rob Roper

The first attempt at spinning the Clean Heat Standard (Act 18) was that it was a “solution” to “global warming” in the thermal sector, hence the name of its mother law, the Global Warming “Solutions” Act. But after bouts of major flooding throughout Vermont made it obvious to everybody that this and programs like it … Read more

Donald Trump Pledges to Halt Big Wind Subsidies

November 28, 2024 John Klar

Donald Trump’s election victory is quickly taking the wind out of the Biden administration’s ambitious renewables initiatives. President-elect Trump promised to end federal subsidies for offshore wind projects on his first day in office. As with many of his campaign pledges, Americans wait to see whether he will deliver. Wind Turbines Fall in Popularity However, … Read more

Is Big Wind Sucking Fumes?

June 2, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The Biden economy has meant most of us are taking a beating but that group includes Big Wind. Inflation makes everything cost more, as does demand, and false demand for wind energy coupled with other factors have made the business anything but profitable.

Save the Whales, No – Save The Wind!

October 26, 2024March 14, 2024 Julie P

Since February 29, 2024, 10 whales have washed up on eastern seaboard shores. Two humpbacks in Virginia on 3/4, a Fin Whale in Rhode Island 2/29, a North Atlantic Right Whale, Juno’s calf 3/3. The calf was found dead on a beach in Georgia, a Minke Whale in North Carolina on 3/5, a Sperm Whale calf in Nags Head on 3/8, And on 3/8, another, to be identified south of Nags Head on Pea Island.