By Gary Abernathy Last week I wrote about the residents of Richland County, Ohio, siding with their county commissioners on banning new large-scale solar and wind projects in much of the county. The wisdom of…
In Richland County, Ohio, local landowners were outspent 30-1 in a fight over solar. They won anyway.
By Gary Abernathy Question: Why would a local ban on solar and wind farms in a north-central Ohio county attract hundreds of thousands of dollars from interests in New York and Columbus backing a campaign…
Anniversary of massive European blackout a reminder why energy security should be top priority
By Gary Abernathy Times of rising energy prices always present opportunities for climate activists to insist that now is the time to abandon reliable resources like oil and gas and embrace “renewables” such as solar…
After solar and wind farms suddenly sprang up, citizens and local governments sprang into action
By Gary Abernathy It is not unreasonable to ask how the alternatives movement, led by solar and wind, went from being the darling of the nation, the face of our energy future and something deemed…
Democrats make it clear that if they retake power, U.S. energy security will once again be at risk
By Gary Abernathy From the time President Trump took office in January 2025, he and various agencies from the EPA to the Department of Energy have been working to reverse the damage done by the…
Good news: Fifth Circuit says government’s tax power is not designed to control behavior
By Gary Abernathy A somewhat under-the-radar decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this month is, on its surface, focused on the issue of home alcohol distilling. But the appeals…
Want to know climate truth? Believe the opposite when the media says something is false.
By Gary Abernathy According to Gallup, Americans’ trust in media has reached a new all-time low. Polling shows that just 28% of respondents express a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television…
After all these years, alternatives are finding ways to stand on their own
By Gary Abernathy For years, conservatives and other believers in free markets complained about the subsidies, tax breaks and favorable regulations designed to prop up the “alternative energy” movement. If solar, wind and other “renewables”…
Off-grid data centers will help protect ratepayers, but codifying ARC-ES would do even more
By Gary Abernathy Between the war in Iran, the controversies involving the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and other developing national and world events, a pledge made in early August by our biggest AI companies…
Despite the liberal media’s insistence, Americans must judge ‘experts’ with caution
By Gary Abernathy Pronouncements from President Trump describing his actions are almost always countered by the far-left media with something along the lines of, “But experts say…,” followed by high-minded, eggheaded lecture from a so-called…