green energy

Clean energy interests sharpen different message: money, jobs

February 16, 2025 Seth Borenstein and Alexa St. John

eWASHINGTON, D.C. — Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now tailoring their messages to emphasize the greener side of green: wealth-building. It’s an idea that sells far better […]

MOORE: How Angela Merkel’s green agenda caused the economic collapse of Germany

July 16, 2022 Stephen Moore

Remember how the world, especially the American media, fawned over former German Chancellor Angela Merkel? The adoration was so over the top that in 2015 Time magazine named Merkel its “Person of the Year.” It […]

MOORE: Beware — 100% green energy could destroy the planet

June 11, 2022 Stephen Moore

The untold story about “green energy” is that it can’t possibly be scaled up to provide anywhere near the energy to replace fossil fuels. (Unless we are headed back to the stone ages, which is […]

Gov. Cooper backs offshore wind projects in new executive order

June 9, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper issued a new executive order on Wednesday backing offshore wind energy and setting targets for the state’s development of new projects. According the order, the state will strive for development […]

Biden’s solar ambitions collide with China labor complaints

May 24, 2021 Joe McDonald, Associated Press

BEIJING — The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor. A big hurdle is polysilicon, used to make […]

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MOORE: Biden wants to kill 80% of America’s energy

February 10, 2021 Stephen Moore

When giving speeches and talking to audiences, I’ve often been struck by how few Americans, even those who are highly educated, have any idea where the energy they use in their home or business comes […]