This is my first 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.
And let me give a ‘shout out’ to my colleague John Phelan of Minnesota Economic News as well as to the BBC for the 1960s classic news satire show of That Was The Week That Was, as my inspiration for doing this sort of post.
The top ten stories, for the week ending on June 26, 2026, are as follows:
Energy
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI): Freedom of furnaces: One more reason to celebrate America’s 250th
Fox Business: Energy secretary says $17.5B in loans will help ‘unleash the next American nuclear renaissance’ for reactors
Environment
CO2 Coalition: Vatican Newspaper Taints ‘Encounter of Faith and Reason’ With Climate Falsehood
Heartland Institute: Climate Lawfare Is Flawed, Legal Panel Finds
MPR News: At packed Hermantown open house, Google tries to ease community concerns over data center
Natural resources
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii (GIH): Farmers markets in city parks would lower barriers to entrepreneurship
Mining.com: US army bases to host critical minerals plants in onshoring push
Washington Policy Center (WPC): Don’t Blame AI: Why Electricity Rates Are Rising in Washington
Yada yada yada
State Policy Network (SPN): Announcing the 2026 Bob Williams Award for Outstanding Policy Achievement Finalists
