Did everyone else understand that Non Governmental Organizations, ie, NGOs, receive most if not all of their funding from the government, or was I just being ignorant? If NGOs receive most if not all of their funding from the government, what is the basis for calling them non-governmental? The answer according to Google is that an NGO is non-governmental because it operates without governmental control and oversight even though it receives government funding. Why is it beneficial for there to be non-profit organizations, that is NGOs, that receive all or substantially all of their funding from our government, but don’t have any government oversight or control? Non-profits are not known for having good governance. The combination of funding without oversight and control creates the opportunity for fraud, waste and abuse that we have seen in some of the USAID grants that have been made public in the last week or so. In the private markets, that is the real world, a majority shareholder would have control and oversight. Why do we allow our government to make majority investments without control and oversight? It makes no sense. It is time we scrutinize all NGOs and reconsider investing taxpayer money in private organizations without proper oversight and control consistent with what a majority investor would expect in a private corporation.

In case you were wondering, #OffshoreWind doesn’t work without subsidies. Don’t believe me? Ask Denmark, where they first started. @POTUS is right. #ItsAScam @DougBurgum @DOGE “Denmark will halt all ongoing offshore wind tenders as the existing framework where no subsidies are offered does not work under current market conditions, its energy minister said on Friday. The global offshore wind industry has been hit by surging costs, rising interest rates and supply chain bottlenecks. Denmark said in December that its latest tender for wind at sea had failed to attract any bids. The government will now start preparations to launch a new offshore wind tender this year with a capacity of two to three gigawatts (GW), where state subsidies might be offered, energy minister Lars Aagaard told a press conference. "Our assessment right now is that we might be required to support offshore wind. It's not because we're happy about it, but it's necessary," Aagaard said.

Victory! Shell abandons whale-killing wind project & writes off $1 billion. Another company abandons $250 million plant to make subsea cables that would have wrecked the sea floor. And a wind project in Maine is on the ropes. The fight's not over so please share the truth!

The town of Nantucket responds to President Trump’s executive order on offshore wind. “If the Secretary and Attorney General decide to review BOEM’s permitting decisions for these projects, we have no way of knowing right now what the outcome will be.”

At the @NYBoatShow POCNJ members Bonnie Brady and Rose Willis educate the public—even a representative from @NYSERDA —about the threats posed by offshore wind to boaters, recreational and commercial fishermen. @CaptMarciano @FishermanMag

In an executive order signed just hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump slammed the brakes on the nascent offshore wind industry.