Trump Halts Preferential Treatment For ‘Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled’ Wind Energy

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The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced on Tuesday that it is ending “preferential treatment” for what it calls unreliable, foreign-controlled energy sources that were favored by the Biden administration.

The DOI unveiled four key policy changes aimed at promoting “affordable, reliable energy development in America,” while scaling back support for renewable energy. DOI Secretary Doug Burgum directed his agency to repeal policies that favor wind and solar energy, and to reconsider the vast areas of land and water allocated for wind development under the previous administration.

“These policy changes represent a commonsense approach to energy that puts Americans’ interests first,” said Burgum. “Leveling the playing field in permitting supports energy development that’s reliable, affordable, and built to last. We’re also making sure tribes and local communities have a real seat at the table. This move is about responsible energy growth that works for every American.”

At the heart of the reforms is the secretary’s order titled “Ending Preferential Treatment for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources in Department Decision-Making.” The order directs the department to identify and eliminate policies that favor wind and solar energy, whose supply chains are “controlled by foreign rivals.”

China holds at least 60% of the world’s manufacturing capacity for green energy technologies such as wind systems, solar panels and batteries, according to a 2023 report from the International Energy Agency.

DOI’s Tuesday announcement builds on President Donald Trump’s July 7 executive order titled, “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources.”

“Reliance on so-called ‘green’ subsidies threatens national security by making the United States dependent on supply chains controlled by foreign adversaries,” reads the executive order. “Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts to unreliable energy sources is vital to energy dominance, national security, economic growth, and the fiscal health of the Nation.”

Other changes include the potential withdrawal of certain federal designations for onshore and offshore wind development. The DOI says this move will help ensure energy development on public lands is balanced with other potential priorities and protect “coastal environments and local economies from unchecked development.”

At the end of the Biden administration, over 3.5 million acres of offshore areas were designated as Wind Energy Areas, allowing the federal government to auction them for wind development, the DOI said. The previous administration also provided generous tax credits and subsidies to offshore wind projects under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, with the goal of powering 10 million homes with wind energy by 2030.

The Biden administration’s Department of Transportation, led by Pete Buttigieg, approved dozens of wind projects near critical infrastructure — such as highways and railroads — despite documented safety concerns, the New York Post reported. Under Buttigieg, the department reportedly failed to issue safety recommendations for over 100 wind projects.

Going forward, the department said it would ensure stakeholders — including native tribes, fishing industries and coastal towns — are more actively engaged in offshore wind development to improve transparency and collaboration. Concerns about the ecological impacts of wind turbines have been raised by a range of groups, including fishermen and some environmental organizations, especially after incidents where damaged blades scattered toxic debris into the ocean.

The department also announced it will investigate the “avian mortality rate” tied to wind turbines located in migratory flight paths. The review will examine whether these deaths violate the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and other wildlife protection laws.

“Windmills are a disgrace,” Trump, a longtime critic of wind energy, said on Tuesday. “They hurt everything they touch. They’re ugly. They’re very inefficient. It’s the most expensive form of energy there is.”

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Obama Made Watergate Look Like A Parking Ticket

Published on July 31, 2025

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By Brilyn Hollyhand

Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace for a third-rate burglary he tried to cover up. Barack Obama weaponized the federal government against his political enemies – and the media gave him a Nobel Peace Prize and a Netflix deal.

When historians rank presidential scandals, they love to circle back to Watergate. But in terms of long-lasting damage to the rule of law and public trust, nothing Nixon did even touches what happened under Obama. The left’s favorite president didn’t just break norms – he shattered the constitutional guardrails designed to keep power in check, and, in doing so, made Watergate look like a parking ticket compared to his crimes.

Start with the IRS scandal. Obama’s IRS targeted conservative nonprofits – especially Tea Party groups – right as they were mobilizing against his administration. The agency delayed their applications, demanded donor lists, and intimidated citizens into silence. Imagine the outrage if Donald Trump’s IRS had slow-walked liberal organizations like Black Lives Matter or Planned Parenthood. There would have been wall-to-wall CNN coverage and impeachment calls within the hour.

Instead, Obama’s media allies downplayed it, calling it a “misstep” and a “bureaucratic error.” But make no mistake: this was the full force of the federal government being turned against everyday Americans for their political beliefs. And nobody at the top was held accountable.

Then came the spying. Under Obama, the FBI used phony opposition research funded by the Clinton campaign – the Steele Dossier – to justify surveillance of the Trump campaign. Obama’s DOJ and intelligence agencies signed off on secret FISA warrants against American citizens based on evidence they knew was sketchy at best and fabricated at worst. That’s not just unethical – it’s authoritarian.

Watergate was a bad scandal because Nixon tried to cover up a crime. Under Obama, the intelligence community itself became the weapon. It was a full-blown abuse of surveillance power – something straight out of a banana republic. And yet again, no real consequences.

And let’s not forget Fast and Furious. The Obama administration ran guns to Mexican cartels – yes, cartels – with the harebrained idea that they could trace the weapons back to criminal networks. Instead, those guns were used to kill people, including a U.S. Border Patrol agent. When Congress demanded documents, Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder refused – and Obama shielded him with an executive privilege claim. If that had happened under a Republican president, we’d still be hearing about it in every history class.

The Obama White House also leaned heavily on journalists. James Rosen, a Fox News reporter, was labeled a criminal co-conspirator so the DOJ could secretly monitor his emails and movements. All while Obama claimed to be the most “transparent” president in history.

In Nixon’s case, at least the system worked. Investigative journalism exposed the wrongdoing, Congress took action, and Nixon resigned. But under Obama, the media largely looked the other way, Congress was stonewalled, and the public was fed spin instead of truth.

We were told Obama’s administration was “scandal-free.” That was the sales pitch. But the reality is, Obama normalized a dangerous trend: using the government itself as a political weapon. Not against foreign enemies. Against fellow Americans.

That precedent matters. Because once one side opens that door, the other side feels justified in doing the same. And the next thing you know, trust in our institutions is completely gone – and the republic starts to crack.

Watergate was a dark moment, yes. But Obama’s legacy of institutional abuse, political surveillance, and targeted intimidation has had far more dangerous consequences. It taught a generation of political leaders that the ends justify the means – if you have the right media allies.

If Nixon was forced to resign for a cover-up, then Obama’s behavior deserves far more than a glowing Netflix documentary. It deserves scrutiny, outrage, and, yes, accountability.

Because if we don’t call it what it was, we’re not just rewriting history.

We’re erasing the Constitution.

Brilyn Hollyhand is a 19-year-old political commentator, bestselling author of “One Generation Away: Why Now is the Time to Restore American Freedom”, and host of “The Brilyn Hollyhand Show”. For more of his hot takes you can follow him on socials @Brilyn Hollyhand or visit BrilynHollyhand.com.

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New Analysis Blows Massive Hole In Climate Catastrophe Narrative

Published on July 31, 2025

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By Audrey Streb

The Department of Energy (DOE) released a new scientific analysis on Tuesday finding that climate change is not humanity’s most existential threat and that emissions will not devastate the economy as climate alarmists have claimed for years.

Released as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is moving to repeal a cornerstone climate regulation, the report states that drastic energy policies are unlikely to effectively reverse climate change and could even potentially cause more harm than benefit. Authored by scientists including former Obama DOE Under Secretary for Science Steven Koonin and climatologist John Christy, the report undermines the prevailing narrative of climate catastrophe often touted by Democrats and legacy media calling for a rapid, taxpayer-funded green energy transition.

“Climate change is real, and it deserves attention. But it is not the greatest threat facing humanity. That distinction belongs to global energy poverty,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright wrote in the report’s foreword. “What I’ve found is that media coverage often distorts the science. Many people — even well-meaning ones — walk away with a view of climate change that is exaggerated or incomplete.”

DOE Critical Review of Impacts of GHG Emissions on the US Climate July 2025 by audreystreb on Scribd

The report, titled “A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate,” states that the impact of global warming on the U.S. economy is expected to be “negligible.”

“CO2-induced warming might be less damaging economically than commonly believed, and excessively aggressive mitigation policies could prove more detrimental than beneficial,” the report reads. “There is evidence that scenarios widely-used in the impacts literature have overstated observed and likely future emission trends.”

Impacts of policies mandating significant cuts on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are also projected to be “negligible” because local emissions regulations are unable to significantly slow the global effects of climate change, according to the report.

“Even the most aggressive regulatory actions on GHG emissions from U.S. vehicles cannot be expected to remediate alleged climate dangers to the U.S. public on any measurable scale,” the report reads.

The report states that it is “naive” to assume that extreme weather events like hurricanes or tornadoes are brought about by human impacts on the climate. Furthermore, it states that “most types of extreme weather exhibit no statistically significant long-term trends over the available historical record.”

“These green energy policies hurt people more than the climate risk,” meteorologist Chris Martz told the Daily Caller News Foundation, noting that the report indicates most extreme weather events have not increased over time — and some have even decreased. “Forcing intermittent and unreliable energy on people is going to lead to a poorer standard of living and a poorer quality of life.”

The report and the proposed EPA action to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding will be open to public comment, which Wright notes in the foreword is a part of “honest scrutiny and scientific transparency [that] should be at the heart of our policymaking.”

The five authors who drafted the report included several scientists and one economist: Koonin, Christy, . Wright noted that he asked the “diverse team of independent experts” to summarize what is currently known about climate science and how it translates to the U.S.

Christy told the DCNF that “this is not the final product as we are gearing up to address the many public comments that will come in – and we will fix any mistakes we may have made for the final version.”

“There has been a noticeable lack of evidence-based information feeding the climate narrative, and we wanted to bring that to bear in this report. It will surprise many folks I suppose to see the lack of trends in various types of extreme weather after being constantly told their occurrences are increasing,” Christy told the DNCF. “Make no mistake, CO2 is a greenhouse gas that all things being equal will exert a warming influence. The evidence we present is that the impact of that warming is not a developing crisis as the world continues to develop wealth and prosperity.”

Christy also told the DCNF that “without energy life is brutal and short,” noting that meeting energy demand is necessary for human health.

Other energy sector experts have pointed to the DOE report as a landmark release that deals a major blow to the climate alarmism narrative.

“Much to the chagrin of climate ‘panicans,’ Secretary Chris Wright assembled five credible scientists to publish this seminal and important report,” Gabriella Hoffman, director of the Center for Energy & Conservation at the Independent Women’s Forum, told the DCNF. “Let’s clear the air: The science on CO2 isn’t settled. And it’s worthy to have a debate about whether or not it’s actually harmful to human health and welfare. As the authors noted, fixating on CO2 — a component that only makes up 0.04% of the atmosphere — might have more adverse negative impacts than CO2 itself.”