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Nathan Harden | August 17, 2026 (RealClearWire) — Students head back to classrooms this month. Many arrive already convinced their future is hopeless. In a Lancet Planetary Health study of 10,000 young people across ten countries, 75% said the future is frightening and 56% said they believe humanity is doomed. A 2025 PNAS study found one in five Americans

Rod Montz | August 12, 2026 (RealClearEducation) — For much of my adult life, I believed America’s energy future was obvious. Like many people, I supported what I thought was the only responsible path forward: an “all green, all the time” approach. I believed that if we simply invested enough in renewable energy, we could