Phillip Chalmers
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 12, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Watts Up With That?
- Top 500K sites
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- Jul 14, 2026
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America Can’t Import Its Way out of the Critical Minerals Crisis - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)
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The U.S. defense industrial base today faces a critical minerals challenge—one with serious national security implications. On August 4, media reports indicated that a major U.S. defense contractor is, for the first time, planning to source germanium and scandium—critical minerals used to build high-end defense items—from American firms. Here’s the problem: the prospective supplier does not have an operational mine—and will not until at least 2028. To highlight the scope of this challenge, consi
New CFACT Report: ESA Implementation Is Severely Flawed - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)
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The Endangered Species Act was created with a worthy goal: protecting species at risk of extinction. But more than 50 years later, its implementation has strayed far from that original purpose. A new CFACT policy report, “Endangered Species Act Implementation Is Severely Flawed,” by David Wojick, Ph.D., examines several major problems with the way the ESA is administered today — from extraordinarily expensive permitting requirements to questionable federal spending priorities and ongoing legal b
Climate Retreat Documented in the New York Times - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)
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“Democrats and environmentalists are shifting their approach to climate change…. It’s a rejection of the approach taken during the Biden administration, which treated climate change as an existential threat and tried to stop new drilling and pipelines.” – Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer, New York Times (below) It was “all of the above” on the way up, and it is “all of the above” on the way down. Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer’s “Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure” (Ne
Science Over Climate Narrative: Dr. Matthew Wielicki to Lead America’s Climate Research - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)
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Dr. Matthew Wielicki’s appointment signals a course correction toward true scientific rigor and away from narrative-driven climate alarmism. I have long been a fan of Dr. Matthew Wielicki, who left higher education because of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at universities. I reported on his escape from the toxic academic environment in 2023. Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki is an assistant professor of geology at the University of Alabama. Or, rather was, until he became tired of battling t
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