Biden’s Offshore Wind Projects To Cost Double Initial Estimates

The cost to consumers of two offshore wind projects expected to support New York’s self-imposed climate goals has more than doubled from their original estimates, which were high to begin with. Developers had threatened to cancel their offshore wind projects without higher prices, citing inflation, supply chain challenges and rising costs driven by the pandemic, Bidenomics […]

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Mandated EVs Acting As Firebombs Across NYC

So far this year, there have been 108 lithium-ion battery fires in New York City, which have injured 66 people and killed 13, up from 98 fires that had injured 40 and killed two at this time last year. The most recent was a fire at an e-bike shop that killed four people near midnight on […]

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New York State Opens New Front In War On Gas Appliances

New York will become the first state to pass a law banning natural-gas and other fossil-fuel hookups in new buildings on its way to meeting President Biden’s net zero carbon goals and the state’s own targets for greenhouse-gas reduction. The New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, passed in 2019, calls for a reduction in economy-wide […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #107: Closing Argument

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the final stories shaping the upcoming midterm elections. Links: The Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax of the 1980s: Implications for Current Energy Policy A Windfall Profits Tax: Energy Policy for Dummies Eversource CEO seeks emergency order by Biden to ensure gas supplies […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #99: Decisions Were Made

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the Biden administration, and other regime politicians’ attempts to distance themselves from the consequences of their own policies. Links: 100 Ways Biden and the Democrats Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas Post Losing Money. NY Times will hire its […]

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WaPo Editors Offer Cuomo a Dose of Reality on NY Fracking Ban

When you’re an environmentalist and you’ve lost The Washington Post editorial board, it might be time for soul searching. Last week, the same editors who support EPA’s carbon dioxide rules and routinely call for a carbon tax came out against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision to ban hydraulic fracturing in the Empire State, dubbing […]

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