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From Tilak's Substack
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (843+ words) When Ed Miliband took the podium at the Good Growth Foundation's National Growth Debate in Westminster last week, he did not disappoint his audience of the converted. Flanked by the economist he has long revered, Miliband delivered a speech that…...
It's Time for Texas to Get Competitive on Transmission Development
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (213+ words) Barry Smitherman is the Chairman of Texans for Affordable Transmission, a non-profit education and advocacy group working to advance competitive transmission policies in Texas." He is a former Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and is an Adjunct…...
South Korea's Net Zero Boast Crumbles
12+ hour, 24+ min ago (532+ words) Just a few months ago, South Korean officials were busy boasting about extreme net zero targets. Fast forward to April 2026, and the country is scrambling to secure every vessel load of oil and natural gas available on the global market....
RIP Doomsday Model RCP8. 5 - A Quiet but Profound Shift in Climate Science
16+ hour, 24+ min ago (107+ words) RCP8. 5 is mostly dead, let's hope it becomes truly dead. The post RIP Doomsday Model RCP8. 5 " A Quiet but Profound Shift in Climate Science appeared first on Watts Up With That? . After 30 days it will be available to all users. You can…...
WSJ Energy Reporting: Improvement Needed
20+ hour, 24+ min ago (948+ words) Energy companies are accelerating searches for new oil-and-gas prospects outside the Middle East amid war and high prices, reportedthe Wall Street Journal. While this surface take sounds reasonable, it is misleading and beneath what should be expected from an informed…...
Claim: Japan's Coal and Nuclear Push Risks Displacing Renewable Energy
1+ day, 24+ min ago (1211+ words) Japan's energy security response is creating a renewables blind spot April 27, 2026 Michiyo Miyamoto Rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have once again exposed Japan's'dependence'on imported fossil fuels " The Japanese government has responded to these challenges by reducing LNG use…...
Oversupply Of Volatile Solar Energy Leads To Record NEGATIVE Prices!
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (260+ words) By'P Gosselin'on'29. April 2026 Oversupplying the power grid leads to negative prices, ineffciency. Symbol image generated by Grok AI. Being weather-dependent, it's become almost impossible to match supply to demand. Sometimes the prices go negative. According to'Klimanachrichten,' electricity prices at the…...
Changing Sunlight, Weather & Climate
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1521+ words) Poleward heat transport from the tropics is described and related to why ocean heat content (OHC) changes tend to concentrate in the main condensation and storm-track zones of each hemisphere. The intent is to connect latitudinal differences in solar forcing…...
BOEM Offshore Wind Approvals: Radar Risks Identified, Not Resolved
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (528+ words) Congress now has an opportunity'and an obligation'to correct this flawed process by requiring rigorous, upfront, full-footprint review of radar impacts on air safety and national security before any further offshore wind projects proceed to construction or operation." 1. The Technical Reality:…...
Co-op City: What It Looks Like When Energy Reality Catches Up To You
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (604+ words) From THE MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN Here is an excerpt from one of those form responses that has been copied and pasted into hundreds of these identical comments: Co-op City's current fossil fuel power plant is apparently quite efficient, but not enough…...