Report: New wind/solar 2-3 time more expensive than existing coal/gas/nukes on leveled cost basis

We often hear claims that wind and solar is now cheaper than coal. A new report from the Institute for Energy Research puts the lie to their claim.

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In coal we trust: Australian voters back PM Morrison’s faith in fossil fuel

“Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Scott Morrison once brandished a lump of coal in parliament, crying, “This is coal – don’t be afraid!” His surprise win in what some dubbed the ‘climate election’ may have stunned the country, but voters should know what comes next in energy policy – big coal.”

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Utilities, other corporate rentseekers/greenwashers join radical enviros to lobby for CO2 tax

The CEO Climate Dialogue represents a resurrection of the late-2000s U.S. Climate Action Partnership — a corporate-green lobbying group blown apart by the shareholder activism of the Free Enterprise Action Fund, co-managed by BURN MORE COAL co-founder Steve Milloy. We look forward to the failure of the CEO Climate Dialogue.

Source: CEO Climate Dialogue