This is my second post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers:
- for news, commentary and more;
- on energy, environment and natural resources;
- from around the state, country and world.
The top ten stories, for the week ending on July 3, 2026, are as follows:
Energy
American Action Forum (AAF): FERC Data Center Orders Accelerate Grid Connection
Energy Information Administration (EIA): The 250-year history of U.S. energy consumption
MasterResource: Air Conditioning vs. Climate Activism: UK/EU Face the Music
Environment
American Enterprise Institute (AEI): The Lasting Consequences of Bad Climate Science
Productivity Commission: Productivity, regulation and reform
Property and Environment Research Center (PERC): America at 250: A special issue exploring American conservation history
Natural resources
Mining Journal: Why mine the moon? Helium-3 found in Minnesota
Press of Atlantic City: Mamdani’s government control will hike cost of housing in New York City
Trading Economics: Oil Falls Further
And more
American Experiment: The Spirit of ’76
