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David Blackmon

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DAVID BLACKMON: Bill Gates Lurches Into Energy And Climate Reality

sudden narrative shift

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DAVID BLACKMON: Mining Makes An American Comeback

not sustainable

thursday 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Promises Made, Promises Kept On ANWR

massive reserves of crude

26.10.2025 2

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DAVID BLACKMON: Attorney Exposes Real Goal Of Climate Lawfare Movement

'Stealth carbon tax'

22.10.2025 10

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America Confronts Its Next Great Energy Crisis: Rare Earth Minerals

America Confronts Its Next Great Energy Crisis: Rare Earth Minerals
15.10.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: Only Congress Can Reverse Instability Regulating Energy Projects

uncertainty in the regulatory environment

12.10.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: Now Is A Great Time To Be Out Of America’s Offshore Wind Business

Stepping back

09.10.2025 10

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DAVID BLACKMON: COP 30 Preparations Embody All That is Wrong With Climate Alarmism

'This isn’t complicated'

05.10.2025 2

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DAVID BLACKMON: America’s Troubled EV Industry Loses Its Subsidized Advantage – Now What?

'same set of limitations'

02.10.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Shale Execs Complain Of ‘Broken’ Prospects In New Survey

'grievances and frustrations'

27.09.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump’s Powerful Ultimatum To Europe On Russian Oil

'full fruition'

25.09.2025 5

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DAVID BLACKMON: Geoengineering Is Real, And It’s Spectacular

'a subject of some controversy'

21.09.2025 10

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DAVID BLACKMON: A Breathtaking About-Face From The IEA On Oil Investments

'Demand for crude oil'

18.09.2025 6

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DAVID BLACKMON: The IEA’s Peak Oil Fever Dream Looks To Be In Full Collapse

'a win for everyone'

14.09.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Are Boom Times Ahead For U.S. Natural Gas? Not So Fast, Says One CEO

'be prepared for the worst'

11.09.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Is Most Consequential Energy President In US History

'most consequential energy policy president'

07.09.2025 2

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DAVID BLACKMON: Has India Made Its Geopolitical Choice?

complex where India is concerned

04.09.2025 5

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Can’t Be Blamed For All Of Offshore Wind’s U.S. Failings

'this tiresome blame shifting needs to stop'

28.08.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Solar, Wind Might Not Be Totally Dead Under Trump

'A more realistic context'

25.08.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Brings Hard Times For The Climate Alarm Movement

DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Brings Hard Times For The Climate Alarm Movement

21.08.2025 7

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DAVID BLACKMON: Energy Will Play A Vital Role In Any Deal To End Russia’s War With Ukraine

DAVID BLACKMON: Energy Will Play A Vital Role In Any Deal To End Russia’s War With Ukraine

16.08.2025 5

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DAVID BLACKMON: Offshore Wind’s Mask Finally Comes Off

'Unraveling faster than a faulty wind turbine blade in a Nantucket storm'

14.08.2025 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: South Carolina Judge Makes Climate Lawfare Campaign A 10-Time Loser

DAVID BLACKMON: South Carolina Judge Makes Climate Lawfare Campaign A 10-Time Loser

11.08.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: How Trump And Musk Changed The Energy Conversation

DAVID BLACKMON: How Trump And Musk Changed The Energy Conversation

07.08.2025 10

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DAVID BLACKMON: Whales, Fishermen Heave Sighs Of Relief As Doug Burgum Cancels Offshore Wind

DAVID BLACKMON: Whales, Fishermen Heave Sighs Of Relief As Burgum Cancels Offshore Wind

03.08.2025 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: Why Trump’s Wind Diatribe Caught Von Der Leyen By Surprise

DAVID BLACKMON: Why Trump’s Wind Diatribe Caught Von Der Leyen By Surprise

31.07.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: Zeldin, Trump, Prepare Assault On EPA Endangerment Finding

DAVID BLACKMON: Zeldin, Trump, Prepare Assault On EPA Endangerment Finding

27.07.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Promises Made, Promises Kept: Trump And Gas Prices

DAVID BLACKMON: Promises Made, Promises Kept: Trump And Gas Prices

23.07.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Spells Bad News For Renewables

'It's all a huge balancing act'

20.07.2025 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: How Pittsburgh Plans To Leverage Local Gas, Nuclear To Become A Major AI Hub

The inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit held Tuesday at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), organized by Republican Sen. Dave McCormick,...

17.07.2025 4

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The Pentagon’s Bold Move To Secure U.S. Rare Earth Mineral Needs

14.07.2025 60

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DAVID BLACKMON: CNN’s Shock Climate Polling Data Reinforces Trump’s Energy Agenda

Ramped up their scare tactics

13.07.2025 20

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DAVID BLACKMON: America’s EV Industry Must Now Compete On A Level Playing Field

America’s carmakers face an uncertain future in the wake of President Donald Trump’s signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law on...

10.07.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: The OBBBA Resets The Energy Policy Playing Field

Make no mistake about it, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law on Friday by President Donald Trump falls neatly in line with the...

06.07.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: Senate Passage Of The OBBBA Involved High Drama Around IRA Subsidies

Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote as the U.S. Senate approved its final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), 51-50, at...

03.07.2025 5

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DAVID BLACKMON: Enviros Head To Memphis For Another Attack On American Industry

The subject of the rapid growth of AI technology, its associated data centers, and how they will source the electricity required to meet their massive...

27.06.2025 10

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DAVID BLACKMON: The Oil Price Spike That Didn’t Happen

What if they gave an oil price spike and nobody came? That is admittedly kind of a lame play on an old saying about parties, but it’s exactly what...

27.06.2025 20

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BLACKMON: Trump And Wright Move To Speed Nuclear Expansion

Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced an ambitious plan to have three small modular reactors (SMRs) built and producing power at the Idaho National...

21.06.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Inspires Hope For Permitting Reform

It comes as a surprise to many Americans when they learn that the vast majority of decisions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court are decided unanimously....

18.06.2025 7

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Ends Newsom’s Terrible Week By Killing His EV Mandate

'Complaining bystander in his own state'

14.06.2025 10

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump’s New National Permitting ‘Sherpa’ Has A Big, Complex Job

By now it should be obvious to everyone that, if America is to have any hope of maintaining a stable power grid and a strong level of national energy...

11.06.2025 3

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DAVID BLACKMON: On Energy, China Knows What The Rest Of Us Must Re-Learn

'Energy transition just isn't happening'

07.06.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Keeps Focus On America’s Energy Dominance

'Unleash domestic fossil fuels'

04.06.2025 4

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DAVID BLACKMON: Did Trump And Hochul Just Swap An Offshore Wind Farm For A Pipeline?

When I wrote about the potential revival of the Constitution Pipeline project here two weeks ago, I received several notes assuring me it would never...

31.05.2025 10

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DAVID BLACKMON: Is The Solar Boom About To Implode?

'Financial struggles are going global'

28.05.2025 3

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Congress, Trump Move To Accelerate A New American Nuclear Age

27.05.2025 2

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DAVID BLACKMON: Shale Gas And Nuclear Set To Power The US Into The Future

While countries like Canada, the UK, Australia, and those in the European Union continue their obsession with intermittent power sources like wind and...

21.05.2025 7

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DAVID BLACKMON: Why A Major Gas Pipeline Through New York Could Soon Be A Reality

'Political equation has massively improved'

17.05.2025 5

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DAVID BLACKMON: Chris Wright Has To Clean Up Joe Biden’s Mess

'Careless disregard for national security'

10.05.2025 5

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DAVID BLACKMON: Innovative Solutions Like This One Will Drive Natural Gas Demand For Decades

'Net-zero emissions profile'

08.05.2025 4

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