Texas has an abundance of coal, natural gas, and oil, leading you to believe it'd have a reliable power grid. This was once true, but politicians started overruling engineers and mucking with the power grid. As it stands, subsidized renewable power sources forced onto the system have left Texans vulnerable to power outages, a problem that could worsen in the future. During the next legislative session, legislators should implement reforms that prioritize reliability of the electric power system. Wind and solar power subsidy recipients, not Texas’ ratepayers, should pay to ensure sufficient reliable baseload power exists when nature doesn't keep turbines turning or solar panels generating. Jason Isaac of the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins the show to discuss what went wrong with Texas’ power grid when it failed in 2021 during a brutal winter storm and how it remains unfixed today.

Environment and Climate News Podcast

Politicians Are Ruining Texas’ Power Grid (Guest: Jason Isaac)

Wind energy is touted as "clean", "environmentally friendly", and effective, when the opposite is true. Industrial wind turbines kill animals that are essential to agriculture, are inefficient as a power source, and can even have a direct effect on your health. These facts can be used to convince local councils to take a second look at proposed wind projects and draft siting regulations and rules that can stop wind projects from getting a foothold. Learn more at: http://wiseenergy.org/winning-the-wind-war/

Industrial Wind: How to Fight It in Your Hometown and Win! (Guest: John Droz)

The climate change debate is not a fair fight. Authoritarianism reigns throughout the alarmist side, often silencing climate realists before they have a chance to speak. Andy Singer, Linnea Lueken, Anthony Watts, and Sterling Burnett discuss how climate alarmism is dominated by authoritarian voices on this week's Climate Change Roundtable.

Authoritarianism in the Climate Change Debate

 State think tanks and advocacy groups need a regular meeting place to share policy ideas and research across states. More, they need to provide access to legislators so they can share concerns and hopes about legislation with the grassroots who can oppose or promote them. The Georgia Second Friday Group meeting provides a forum to share those ideas and points of view. From proposals to limit government, cut taxes, improve education, and reduce crime, these ideas for policies and more are discussed at the Georgia Second Friday meeting. 

Spreading Sound Conservative Ideas Across States (Guest: Benita Cotton-Orr)

Climate alarmists mistake computer models for reality. Real-world data shows there is no looming climate catastrophe just 10 years off. The alarmists’ insistence that we're facing a climate apocalypse is nothing more than a ploy for power. Their predictions, like the computer models they are based upon, are consistently wrong. Scientists now realize that the climate is more variable than previously believed. Responding to climate change isn’t about humanity changing the weather. It’s about adapting to natural climate shifts. Society can adapt to, and capitalize on, the changing climate.

No, Virginia, a Climate Catastrophe Is Not Really 10 Years Away! (Guest: Kenneth Green)

The climate change debate is not a fair fight. Authoritarianism reigns throughout the alarmist side, often silencing climate realists before they have a chance to speak. The corporate media does the government's bidding, and the government has no interest in the truth. Andy Singer, Linnea Lueken, Anthony Watts, and Sterling Burnett discuss how climate alarmism is dominated by authoritarian voices on this week's Climate Change Roundtable.

With 2021 in the books, it's time us here at Climate Realism analyze the five biggest blunders climate alarmists made in 2021. Check out the list below. 1. Cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline 2. Rejoining the Paris Agreement 3. The new fuel economy standards 4. Losing energy independence due to Biden's policies 5. Allowing China to control rare Earth minerals

Top Five Climate Alarmist Blunders in 2021

President Joe Biden wants everyone driving an electric car, and every home powered by wind turbines and solar panels, but these technologies require rare earth elements and other critical minerals to function. China and other geopolitical rivals dominate raw and refined rare earth and critical mineral markets. President Joe Biden's green energy mandates makes the U.S. even more dependent upon China's good will for technologies critical to national defense. No good will come from trading dependence on OPEC to dependence on China, the Congo or Afghanistan.

Biden’s “Green” Energy Policies Threaten the United States’ National Security (Guest: Ann Bridges)

In his new book Clean Energy Exploitation, co-authored with Todd Royal, engineer and energy expert Ronald Stein shows that the policies being pushed by relatively wealthy developed countries to end the use of coal, oil, and natural gas to fight climate change are resulting in atrocious environmental and human right abuses on people in developing countries. Worse still, the so-called green energy technologies being pushed by wealthy elites to replace fossil fuels aren't all that environmentally friendly and really aren't good substitutes for the myriad of uses of fossil fuels.

Green Energy Is Powered by Human Rights Abuse (Guest: Ronald Stein)

The media is using the recent devastating tornadoes that tore through the Midwest to push their message of climate alarmism. Don’t believe it. Andy Singer, James Taylor, Anthony Watts, and H. Sterling Burnett acknowledge the devastation but prevent evidence showing what happened is not due to human influences on the climate.

The Truth About the Midwest Tornadoes

Wolfgang Müller and Holger Thuss, Ph.D., of the European Institute for Climate and Energy discuss how "green energy" mandates in Europe are causing a crisis, harming the economy, and even making Thuss (raised in East Germany) reminisce about his childhood... and not fondly. Discussion moderated by James Taylor.

Europe's 'Green Energy' Crisis is Real and Spectacular

Oregon State Senator Art Robinson, Ph.D. discusses the issues he faces in government related to climate realism. Climate change is often used as an excuse to reduce the freedom of Americans. Robinson discusses how essential it is fighting the climate alarmist message. It’s not about climate change; it’s about preserving our rights as Americans.

The Challenges of a Climate Realist in State Government

H. Sterling Burnett, senior fellow on environmental policy and the managing editor of Environment & Climate News, takes the stage at the 14th International Conference on Climate Change to discuss climate change alarmism. Specifically, Burnett discusses how climate alarmists claim every weather event is proof of anthropogenic climate change. Recorded at The Heartland Institute's 14th International Conference on Climate Change on October 17, 2021 at Caesars Palace.

Going Down the Climate Change Rabbit Hole

Chemist and materials scientist Chris DeArmitt's book “The Plastics Paradox: Facts for a Brighter Future” shows that plastics are better than the alternatives for both human health and the environment. Other materials use more energy and produce more waste. Neither cities, states, nor the federal government, should discourage the use of plastic bags, straws, utensils, or packaging. Claims that plastic is bad for the environment are based on myths. There’s no research to back up such claims. By contrast, thousands of peer reviewed papers demonstrate that plastics are a boon for humans and the environment. DeArmitt's analysis shows you can be for the environment or against plastics, but you can't be both.

Plastics Benefit Humans and the Environment (Guest: Chris DeArmitt, Ph.D.)

The Heartland Institute podcast featuring scientists, authors, and policy experts who take the non-alarmist, climate-realist position on environment and energy policy.