In two Substack articles this month, economist David Friedman roundly criticized the media for ignoring facts about climate change—including facts readily available in the highly-praised reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Here’s a start (emphasis added): “Treatment of climate in the IPCC reports, especially in the summary for policy makers, is biased…
Offshore Wind Projects Facing Severe Headwinds, Sympathizers Say
Just as the federal government is about to open the Gulf of Mexico to offshore wind projects, the industry is running into trouble, says Maria Galucci of Canary Media (a news outlet favorable to renewables). “The August 29 [Gulf] auction comes at a deeply ambivalent moment for offshore wind. On the one hand, there’s unprecedented…
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).
How I Plan to Vote on Environmental Issues
H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., is director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at the Heartland Institute.
“Elections have consequences,” former President Barack Obama once rightly said, and we are in an election cycle. In choosing whom to vote for, I always consider how closely a current officeholder has adhered to his or her constitutional oath while in office—has he or she voted as often as possible to limit the federal government to its constitutionally enumerated role?
Nearly Half of U.S. Corn and Soybeans Go into “Green” Energy
States are requiring that producers of gasoline include “biofuels” in their product mix—fuels like ethanol, made from corn or other food crops. A new report from North Carolina’s John Locke Foundation says those rules are costing consumers by raising food prices. And it calls out the states that demand the most biofuels (one of them…
Links: Electric Bus Co. Enters Bankruptcy, John Stossel Interviews Judith Curry, and More
- John Stossel writes about how scientist Judith Curry learned some hard lessons about climate change activists.
- Electric bus manufacturer Proterra, earlier touted by White House, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Ben Zyker: “The IEA and congressional opponents of fossil fuels are chasing windmills.”
- ESG—investing standards for “environmental, social, and governance”—are fostering inequality in Africa and other nations.“