Economist Donald Boudreaux explains why it’s a mistake to treat reductions of C02 as an overriding goal: “The correct criterion is how well human beings protect their lives and livelihoods given the fact that the production of much of what makes modern life possible involves as a by-product the emission of CO2.”
Author: Jane Shaw Stroup
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Interior Dept. Bans Oil Leasing around Chaco Canyon; Navajos Oppose Decision
Chaco Canyon, the intricate cliff dwellings now in a national park in New Mexico, will be “protected” from oil leasing by a 10-mile perimeter ban. Pueblo Indians, who trace their ancestry to the Anastazi, who built the dwellings, are pleased. Navajos oppose the decision and hope to obtain a reversal. Earlier, the Navajos had proposed…
Twisted Logic: China Must Burn More Coal to Meet Demands of Green Energy
“My first thought was that I had stumbled onto a Babylon Bee article,” writes Ed Ireland on Substack. Then he quotes Bloomberg Green: “Expanding coal-fired power is China’s only real option in the short term to meet rising electricity demand, including from new energy vehicles, according to ANZ Group.” Ireland replies: “Here’s my interpretation of…
Monday Links: $20 to Address Climate Change?
Reuters Exposes Waste of Climate Change Funds, and the Funders Don’t Care
Wealthy nations promised to give billions to developing nations to cope with or prevent climate change. Here are some of the results: