The need for active management of western forests has a new champion: The Los Angeles Times. Hayley Smith reports that a third of the forests in California’s southern Sierra Nevada Mountains have been devastated over the past decade. And she recognizes that to prevent further incursions by fire and blight, active management is needed, including prescribed…
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Three Western States Don’t Want More Natural Gas from Canada
Why? It would make it harder to meet their carbon-dioxide emission goals, say Oregon, California, and Washington officials. Alex Baumhardt writes in the Idaho Capital Sun that TC Energy, a Canadian company, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in October 2021 if it could increase natural gas delivery by the Gas Transmission Northwest Express…
Why Such a Summer of Turmoil in the Netherlands?
“A standoff between Dutch farmers and their government is causing havoc in the Netherlands this summer. Protesters have withheld deliveries from grocery stores, smeared manure outside the home of the agriculture minister, and blocked highways with hay bales and tires,” writes Ciara Nugent for Time magazine. Farmers in the Netherlands have a good reason to…
It’s Hot Out. Why Don’t Europeans Have Air Conditioners?
Writing for the Goodman Institute Health Blog, Devon Herrick observes that 90 percent of American homes have air conditioning, compared to 10 percent of European homes. “Why have Europeans shunned air conditioning? There are many reasons, some practical, some due to cost, some due to architecture while some is due to geography. Culture is also…
Tributes to Pat Michaels
Patrick Michaels, scholar, honest commentator on climate change, and a guy with an outstanding sense of humor, died July 16. He was a climate realist, sometimes calling himself a “lukewarmer” —indicating that he recognized the presence of global warming but that it was not an existential threat. Here are recent tributes: From the Competitive Enterprise…
Wind Energy Off the North Carolina Coast? No, Says John Locke Foundation
The John Locke Foundation, a free-market think tank in North Carolina, opposes the state’s plan to allow offshore wind turbines off the North Carolina coast. Author Jon Sanders says the expensive plan would raise electricity rates and reduce tourism while having no measurable impact on climate change. From the report (emphasis added) : Costs and…