Duggan Flanakin
Duggan Flanakin is director of policy research at the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. He has a Master's in public policy from Regent University and has studied environmental regulation for decades.
Most Recent Articles by Duggan Flanakin:
Bankers, insurers and activists assault our freedoms
June 11, 2021
Climate elites demand that we meekly and obediently accept their diktats and restrictions
A viable alternative to Chinese minerals hegemony
May 29, 2021
The long and winding road to building a Free-World rare-earths supply chain
Opening up an investigation into the alleged and proven wrongdoings by public officials at the Tax Administration Service would shine light on major areas of public corruption
China’s strange endorsement of ‘net zero’,
April 26, 2021
The Chinese path to supposed decarbonization starts with a lot more coal
Africans reject demands to end fossil fuel use
April 18, 2021
Africans need strategies that support economic development, jobs, access to energy
India ignores media preaching on ‘net zero carbon’
April 18, 2021
First-world ‘experts' have no business chiding nations that prefer prosperity over poverty
EPA’s totalitarian assault on America
April 3, 2021
Using phony “transparency” and “dialogue” to target auto racing, then all fossil fuel use
Predicting and planning for the next polar vortex?
March 1, 2021
We say we can predict and plan for climate chaos 50 years out, but not an imminent vortex?
Rare earths first? Or last?
January 22, 2021
Biden’s Green New Deal won’t work without mining, especially for rare earth elements
Americans supposedly just voted for only electric vehicles
January 15, 2021
The Big Switch will cost trillions and massively change America – not for the better
China recolonizes Africa
December 25, 2020
Western policies damage Africa and the planet, kill millions, and open doors to China
Nuking the anti-nuke crowd
December 20, 2020
Experts agree the tide has turned in nuclear power's favor, but obstacles remain
The Great American Outdoors Act
November 25, 2020
This crown jewel of the Trump Administration's environmental record will bring many benefits
Government transparency should not be controversial
November 19, 2020
Shining light on EPA actions should get 100% support – but is opposed by the usual suspects
Out of Africa an entrepreneurial society emerges
November 2, 2020
Ivor Ichikowitz's Africa Youth Survey underscores the continent's innovation and ambition
What is the antidote to ‘Wokeness’?
October 18, 2020
Evan Sayet's The Woke Supremacy provides answers we cannot afford to ignore
Wind turbines generate mountains of waste
September 27, 2020
Blade waste, other factors prove wind is no more green than solar
Solar panels generate mountains of waste
September 19, 2020
They also heat the planet, blanket wildlife habitats and cause other ecological damage
Revisiting EPA’s Gold King Mine blowout – Part 2
September 14, 2020
The Navajo Nation and New Mexico vs. incompetence and bad faith in the USEPA
Recalling EPA’s Gold King Mine disaster – Part 1
September 6, 2020
Five years after the infamous blowout, EPA finally settles with Utah over Gold King pollution
The racism of climate change alarmists
August 30, 2020
It's not climate change that's racist, but those who use it to block energy development
Fear of (everybody else) flying
March 19, 2020
Air travel worsens climate crisis – unless passengers are climate activists and wealthy elites
The unholy crusade against gas appliances
March 7, 2020
Eco darling natural gas gives way to wind, solar and battery electricity – and slave labor
The mad rush to electric vehicles
February 22, 2020
Will this be another disaster for consumers?
Do ‘green’ buses pass the performance test?
February 16, 2020
Do they even pass basic energy, environmental, economic and human rights tests?
The Green Oscars: A high-fashion nightmare!
February 8, 2020
Living high-flying lives of hypocrisy, while telling the rest of us how we should live
Do we really face a climate cat–astrophe?
January 9, 2020
Must we put up with yet another eco-cataclysm fabricated and exaggerated by ruling elites?
Politicized veganism
December 21, 2019
Do we really have to tolerate local, state, national or UN officials telling us what we may eat?
The dangerous winds of trying to prevent climate change
December 13, 2019
Inconvenient facts show why wind energy is not renewable, sustainable or climate-friendly
Eco-imperialists impose a biomess on Africa
October 30, 2019
Instead of cutting forests and burning dung and charcoal, shouldn’t Africa have cheap electricity?