{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Climate Realism Show","title":"Crazy Climate News of 2025 – The Climate Realism Show #186","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dc43dc20\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5257,"description":"A year of crazy climate news comes to a close as Christmas and New Year’s approaches. What were the craziest of 2025? You’ll have to tune in to find out.\nIn our last episode of 2025, The Heartland Institute’s Jim Lakely, Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, and Linnea Lueken will share their picks for the craziest and most-significant stories in climate and energy this year. And, as usual, we will answer as many audience questions as we can.\nJoin us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook.\nVisit our sponsor, Advisor Metals: https://climaterealismshow.com/metals\nSTORIES COVERED ON THE SHOW\nMANHATTAN CONTRARIAN (Francis Mention): The Electric Vehicle Collapse: Wow, That Was Quick!\nhttps://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2025-12-17-the-electric-vehicle-collapse-wow-that-was-quick\n\nREUTERS: Wind and solar power frozen out of Trump permitting push\nhttps://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/wind-solar-power-frozen-out-trump-permitting-push-2025-12-10/\n\nYALE360: Facing a Hostile Administration, U.S. Offshore Wind Is in Retreat\nhttps://e360.yale.edu/features/east-coast-offshore-wind\n\nWHITEHOUSE.GOV:  Trump Ends Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources\nhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-market-distorting-subsidies-for-unreliable-foreign-controlled-energy-sources/\n\nILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: Gov. JB Pritzker set to approve energy bill boosting battery storage for renewables despite debate over costs\nhttps://ilenviro.org/gov-jb-pritzker-set-to-approve-energy-bill-boosting-battery-storage-for-renewables-despite-debate-over-costs/\n\nINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH: California Shuts Down Its Solar Thermal Plant 13 Years Early\nhttps://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/big-green/california-shuts-down-its-solar-thermal-plant-13-years-early/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_UHFcMYyenDHMjTM_7-FIlspm5VLFtXMsAm7HjnTm4w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMjYy/YTg4ZjQ0MTA5Zjc2/MGVkNDg5OGUzZWNk/ZDgyZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}