| Energy Realism this past week hit on the rapidly increasing and dangerous influence green groups are having over our energy policies, and why we must ensure that we maintain a dependable and affordable system. Kevin Mooney’s deep investigation got us started last week: finally, a federal judge has ordered energy regulators to declare what documents they have responsive to inquiries involving potential ethics violations with implications for American consumers, and when they plan to release them. Simply put, Kevin exposes how climate activists are having far too much influence over our energy policies. This is clearly the case in shale juggernaut Pennsylvania. Gordon Tomb confirms that the new governor there, Josh Shapiro, has a wrongheaded approach to improve grid security and reliability. Shapiro has asked regional power grid operators to enhance the electric power grid but his premises are flawed, and his suggestions are misguided. Shapiro wants reliable power, yet he is banking on less reliable sources like wind and solar to provide it. Yet, none of this means that renewables do not have a place in the future energy complex. Mark Temnycky makes a compelling case for investing in more renewables. Their role is growing, but greens must realize that they are likely to remain more “supplemental” than “alternative.” For example, California is the greenest energy state in the country but Duggan Flanakin advises leaders to not try and leverage Hurricane (Tropical Storm) Hilary to demand more of the green energy dream: endless amounts of wind, solar, and electric cars. This brings us to our Essential Reading from the Heritage Foundation. Global warming-obsessed policies are becoming more pervasive across the U.S. American families and businesses are being forced to pay billions of extra dollars in the attempt to transition to a carbon-free economy. Unfortunately, however, the benefits and costs of such policies have been deceptively reported by politicians and the media. We must now reverse course and unleash America’s true economic and energy potential. In the News RealClearEnergy Jon Phillips, RealClearEnergy Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigations Alyssa Norris, RealClearEnergy The Editorial Board, WSJ Damian Carrington, The Guardian EPRINC Stephen Beech, Tyler Morning Telegraph Jennifer Hernandez, The Breakthrough Institute Addison Smith, Just the News Tom Kool, Oil Price Riham Alkousaa, Christian Kraemer, Reuters Bjorn Lomborg, New York Post Hilary Howard, NY Times Alex Kimani, Oil Price RealClearEnergy Our BrainTrust looks at the many and mighty challenges inherent to the inevitable "electric car revolution" that we keep hearing so much about. From a financial and environmental per... MSNBC Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas joins Ana Cabrera to talk about the growing challenges of responding to natural disasters, given the climate crisis and to preview Pres... CNBC Television Ed Morse, Citi Research head of global commodities, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss Morse's thoughts on the supply and demand picture for crude oil, why Morse isn't more concerned wit... Forbes On Saturday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) spoke with GOP Presidential candidate and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy about why he’s against environmental, social, and corporate governance (... RealClearEnergy Our BrainTrust looks at the many and mighty challenges inherent to the inevitable "electric car revolution" that we keep hearing so much about. From a financial and environmental per... | 
