Beginning in March, auto companies in France will have to include in their ads advice such as promoting carpooling, mass transit. and bicycling. Claire Parker writes in the Washington Post: “Automakers will be able to choose between three messages, according to the rule published in France’s official journal: ‘Consider carpooling,’ ‘For short trips, opt for…
European Union to List Nuclear and Natural Gas as Green Fuels
A European Union proposal would allow new nuclear power and natural gas facilities to be considered “environmentally sustainable.” It is causing an uproar in Europe. Wrote the Guardian: “The draft proposals seen by the Guardian would allow gas and nuclear to be included in the EU ‘taxonomy of environmentally sustainable economic activities,’ subject to certain…
‘Ten Biggest Failures of the Climate Movement in 2021’
Steve Milloy lays them out, writing on Rob Bradley’s free-market energy blog, Master Resource: “So here are the 10 biggest failures of the climate movement in 2021. The only reason the climate movement survives past these flops is because the mainstream media keeps it afloat by failing to honestly report the news.” Among the big…
Is the Interior Department Leasing More Land for Oil and Gas than Trump Did?
An investigative report by Adam Federman in the Washington Post says that the Biden administration is issuing oil and gas permits at a rate faster than Trump did. “Between Jan. 20 and Oct. 31, the Bureau of Land Management [part of the Interior Department] approved 3,091 new onshore drilling permits—permits it could have deferred or…
Self-loathing in the West Explains Climate Change Fears, says British Writer
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Janet Daley offers a reason why the West has taken such an obsessive attitude toward climate change and Covid-19: self-blame. “Let us accept for the moment that this is absolutely true: that climate change and the Covid pandemic are unquestionable phenomena just as they are described in the official doctrine…
Biden’s Plan for EV-Charging Stations: Not as Attractive as It Seems
The Biden administration plans to build 500,000 charging stations for electrical vehicles as part of the recently passed infrastructure act at a price of $7.5 billion. “This investment represents the latest iteration of a proposal that started out with a budget of $15 billion for the same number of chargers, writes Neel Dhanesha on Vox….