Climate Change Extremists Leave NYC Stuck With Power Shortage ^60.4%

The Daily Caller - By Derek VanBuskirk - 7/2/2026, 7:54 PM

Biased Writer Voice 33.2% - Unattributed Quote 31.4% - Appeal to Authority 23.6%

Following the prioritization of net-zero emissions, New York City’s Democratic Socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, faces backlash after calling on residents to set their air conditioners to 78 degrees Fahrenheit and limit electricity use to fight off a heat wave. Mamdani’s post Wednesday told New York’s 8 million residents that the power... more

Reopening Strait of Hormuz Would Ease Oil Crisis but Only So Much ^17.8%

The New York Times - By Rebecca F. Elliott - 4/18/2026, 9:44 AM

Appeal to Authority 24.6% - Pessimism Bias 15.9% - Optimism Bias 13.7%

Shipping companies are facing confusion and uncertainty about the status of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passageway through which a significant share of the world’s energy flows, as they assess mixed messages from officials in Iran and the United States. But even if the strait opens fully — on Saturday, Iran’s military said it would... more

Could Microsoft's off-grid data center project undermine climate goals? ^60.5%

KUOW Public Radio - By Monica Nickelsburg - 3/19/2026, 7:26 PM

Microsoft’s plan to lease an off-grid, gas-powered data center is raising questions about the company’s carbon footprint. This week, the Redmond-based software giant signed a letter of intent to use up to 1.35GW of artificial intelligence computing capacity at the Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia. Microsoft is leasing part of the... more

Washington’s biggest polluter ordered to keep burning coal by Trump administration ^71.5%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 12/18/2025, 2:00 AM

Two weeks before Washington state’s biggest source of climate pollution was required to end its five decades of burning coal, the Trump administration has given it a new lease on life. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued an emergency order on Tuesday to force the TransAlta power plant in Centralia, required by state law to stop burning... more

Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame ^52.4%

NPR - By Scott Horsley - 11/6/2025, 10:00 AM

Anecdotal 15.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.4% - Optimism Bias 8%

What's the item? Electricity How has the price changed since before the pandemic? Electricity prices have jumped 40% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's a bigger jump than the 26% increase in the overall cost of living. Why have prices gone up? Demand for electricity has increased in recent years,... more