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Best Energy Picks - May 10, 2025

Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.

California's green new scam could cost you $20,000

California's pursuit of reduced emissions is coming at a staggering cost to its residents.

So, Now, New York Is Squandering Money Intended for Education on Green Virtue Signaling. How Much Worse Can It Get?

Guest Post by Roger Caiazza of Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York.

Spain proves renewables are not reliable

Solar and wind are nice additions to an energy mix, but their unreliable nature means more proven fuels such as coal, natural gas, and nuclear are always needed.

The Spanish Lesson on Grids: Renewables Sacrifice Energy Security by Making Blackouts Last Longer

Guest Post from the Institute for Energy Research.

The Dirty Rotten Story of How the DC Swamp Is Trying to Keep Green Energy Alive

When the first line of the story is “Both Democrats and Republicans finally agree on something,” you know there is something rotten afoot that’s all about the money.

Kill the Inflation Reduction Act Now Before It Spawns and Don't Fall for the Lies About the Handouts Being "Temporary"

Tom Pyle offers an outstanding post on how green energy subsidies only spawn more of the same and explains why we can't surrender and must kill the Inflation Reduction Act now!

Green Fail: A Power Down in Portugal and Spain and the Only Good Thing Is the Ice Cream Being Given Away Before It Melts

Guest Post from Craig Rucker at CFact.

The Futility of Expecting the New Demand for Energy to Be Supplied from Wind and Solar

Guest Post from Dick Storm.

How A Solar Outfit Went Bust by Virtual Signaling and Living Off Taxpayers and Is Now A Penny Stock

Guest Post from Robert Bradley, Jr.

Solar failures trigger historic blackout, natural gas saves Iberian grid amid net-zero backlash

A failure at two solar plants in southern Spain triggered the largest blackout in Spanish and Portuguese history, leaving 50 million people without power, disrupting transportation and crippling emergency services. The collapse revealed vulnerabiliti...

We Told You! AI Data Centers Are Forcing A Reconsideration of Coal, Gas, and Nuclear to Supply What Renewables Cannot!

Guest Post from the Institute for Energy Research.