Monday Links

Not a joke: Greta Thunberg wants a wind farm dismantled to protect reindeer. AOC wants the U. S. to consider nuclear. 

New study says geographical range of malarial mosquitoes is growing . . . but, says James Taylor, malaria’s range is down and so are deaths.

Turmoil in Alaska:

• • • • The Biden administration is trying to compromise on the Willow oil drilling project planned by Conoco, which has a strong legal case against additional restrictions.
      • Senator Manchin reveals an Interior Dept. effort to prevent oil and gas leasing in Cook Inlet, contrary to requirements of “Inflation Reduction” Act.

To produce electric vehicles, we need more lithium. What to do?

• • • Viewpoint 1. Reduce reliance on cars, reduce the size of EV batteries, and increase lithium recycling.
    • Viewpoint 2. That won’t work: Increase lithium mining.
    • Viewpoint 3. “Activists and policymakers will need to understand that their fellow countrymen actually like and value owning their own vehicles.”

Reindeer in Lapland by Sami Keinänen is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.