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1 week ago | 
heartland.org | Jack McPherrin |H. Sterling Burnett
IntroductionIndustrial solar development has grown substantially in recent years, driven by aggressive state and federal mandates, subsidies, and other incentives.[1] In 2024 alone, the U.S. solar industry installed nearly 50 gigawatts of new capacity—a 23 percent increase over 2023—with industrial solar accounting for more than 80 percent of that growth.
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2 weeks ago | 
principia-scientific.com | Linnea Lueken |H. Sterling Burnett
Written by Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling Burnett on May 1, 2025. Posted in Current News A recent article at The Independent, “How the climate crisis will push up prices for your Easter chocolate,” claims that cocoa bean production is threatened by climate change, and this is why prices are increasing. This is false.
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4 weeks ago | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Jack McPherrin |H. Sterling Burnett
How States Can Push Back Against the Destructive Expansion of Industrial Solar PowerBy Jack McPherrin, H. Sterling BurnettU.S. industrial solar development has increased dramatically in recent years, spurred by aggressive governmental regulations, subsidies, and other incentives.
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4 weeks ago | 
heartland.org | Jack McPherrin |H. Sterling Burnett
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (April 16, 2025) Industrial solar facilities have increased dramatically in recent years, spurred by governmental regulations, subsidies, and other incentives. In a new Policy Study by The Heartland Institute, “How States Can Push Back Against the Destructive Expansion of Industrial Solar Power,” authors Jack McPherrin and H.
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1 month ago | 
heartland.org | Jack McPherrin |H. Sterling Burnett
U.S. industrial solar development has increased dramatically in recent years, spurred by aggressive governmental regulations, subsidies, and other incentives.
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1 month ago | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |H. Sterling Burnett
It’s Time for Burgum to Stop Defying President Trump’s DemandPresident Donald Trump has been very clear that he hates wind power, especially offshore wind. He has critiqued offshore wind for all the problems it creates, including environmental damage, high costs, the intermittency issue, the potential threat it poses to military operations and commercial navigation, and the fact that it makes the United States dependent on foreign nations, primarily China, for energy security.
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1 month ago | 
westernjournal.com | H. Sterling Burnett
President Donald Trump has been very clear that he hates wind power, especially offshore wind. He has critiqued offshore wind for all the problems it creates, including environmental damage, high costs, the intermittency issue, the potential threat it poses to military operations and commercial navigation, and the fact that it makes the United States dependent on foreign nations, primarily China, for energy security. All of Trump’s criticisms are spot on.
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1 month ago | 
heartland.org | H. Sterling Burnett |Sterling Burnett
‘Cheap’ Wind and Solar Raise Electricity Prices Climate Change Wildfire Role: Not Statistically Significant Modern Floods Are Hardly Historic, Flooding Was Much Greater During Past Periods Multiple studies have demonstrated wind and solar power remain more expensive than historically traditional sources of electricity, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower, and Energy Information Administration data back that up—disproving claims by renewable energy profiteers and their lobbying...
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1 month ago | 
climaterealism.com | Linnea Lueken |H. Sterling Burnett
By Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling BurnettA recent post by The Hill, “Disaster as Trump’s energy policy totally disregards climate change,” claims that President Donald Trump is implementing “irrational and profoundly destabilizing energy policies” by prioritizing traditional energy and deprioritizing renewables, leading to increases in weather disasters. This is false on all fronts. First, data shows that weather is not becoming more extreme.
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1 month ago | 
conservativereview.com | H. Sterling Burnett
