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Do Offshore Wind Projects Kill Whales?
Michael Shellenberger is executive producer of a documentary that provides evidence that offshore wind projects kill whales. Writing in the New York Post, Shellenberger says: “The film documents surprisingly loud, high-decibel sonar emitted by wind industry vessels when measured with state-of-the-art hydrophones. And it shows that the wind industry’s increased boat traffic is correlated directly…
Weekend Highlights
- “What will happen when the grid goes down?” From physicist John Droz Jr.
- Judge upholds Montana children’s claim that the state is not doing enough to combat global warming.
- “There is no climate emergency,” says a statement from 1600 international scientists and other climate-knowledgeable professionals.
- Facebook censors Shellenberger post on offshore wind and whale deaths.
- Holman Jenkins: “Green” subsidies lead to more carbon dioxide emissions! (behind a paywall).
Thursday Links: Audubon Society, E-bike Battery Fires, Planting Trees, and More
- National Audubon Society urges transmission expansion in spite of short-term loss of birds.
- Batteries of electric bikes are causing explosions, some fatal.
- Recycling plastic sends microplastics into the atmosphere. An argument for incineration?
- Washington Post chides Republicans for urging tree-planting to address climate change. (And more.)
Tuesday Links: Geoengineering, Heat Waves, and Biden’s Ban on Drilling near Chaco Canyon
- Can Navajos overturn Biden’s ban on oil and gas drilling 10 miles from Chaco Canyon?
- If a carbon tax isn’t feasible, what about geoengineering? (E.g.,100 airplanes ejecting 2 million tons of sulfur into to the stratosphere?)
- Stephen Moore: The 1930s’ heatwave “was at least on par with the current surge in temperatures. Was the 1930s heat blast due to ‘climate change’ too?”
Tuesday Links: ‘Trouble’ with Hydropower, and What Happens to ‘Recycled’ Glass?
- Hydropower creates greenhouse gas emissions!
- Kerry praises China for renewable energy progress.
- Mark Mills: Banning gas-powered cars is as bad as the Prohibition amendment and the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit. “Neither achieved its goals.”
- French government to spend $173 million to spur repair of shoes and clothing to keep them out of landfills. (And more.)