With Trump out of the way, the green movement may be unstoppable. Joel Kotkin explains in Real Clear Energy. “The real power of the environmental movement derives from those who occupy ‘the commanding heights’ of our society—at the corporate, media, and academic realms. Though arguably not holding views as economically ludicrous as AOC’s, mainstream corporate…
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It’s a Strange World, Environmentally Speaking
A FEW HEADLINES: Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates and part of OPEC, is building its first—what? A coal-fired power plant . . . The one-hour dishwasher is back, says the Dept. of Energy. CEI declares victory; Consumer Reports is unhappy . . . William Happer and William van Wijngaarden: CO2 is saturated…
Climate Change Sinks as an Issue . . . Nuclear Energy Just Around the Corner?
Gallup poll: Only one percent of Americans think climate change is the biggest issue today. On Climate Change Dispatch. HT: Benny Peiser . . . Ditto Harris poll, and the Harris CEO is unhappy about it, he writes in Fortune . . . Biden plan would start U. S. on ‘road to serfdom,’ says Sterling…
Is Climate Change Killing People?
Numerous news sources are reporting a claim that a warmer climate is killing so many American that health departments aren’t equipped to handle the upsurge in cases. Yet the most precise measurements we have show there has been no increase in U.S. temperatures since 2005, writes Heartland Institute scholar James Taylor. He goes on to…
Fragile islands, Facebook, and Big Oil
Good climate news for fragile islands. HT-Benny Peiser. Facebook thinks its opinion of climate change is better than yours, says Pat Michaels. HT-Myron Ebell. Climate-change litigation against Big Oil had its setbacks, but it is alive and kicking, warns the Manhattan Contrarian.