Reporter Joanna Stern visited 126 non-Tesla EV charging stations (in 30 different locations) in the Los Angeles area. Her story is behind a pay wall but here’s the essence: Problem 1: Out of Order “Of the 126 stalls I inspected, 27% were out of order. They either had a sign, a dead screen or an…
An Appalling Dismissal of a Nobel Scientist
The Washington Post disparages a Nobel Prize winner, John Clauser, for saying “there is no climate crisis.” The article by Maxine Joselow reveals two serious examples of inappropriate innuendo in covering a conference on climate change that featured John Clauser. She chides him for taking advantage of his Nobel prize-winning status: “His recent denial of…
Twenty-year Decline in West Antarctica Temperatures
A recent study in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society reported that the temperature in West Antartica has been falling over the past 20 years. Chris Morrison of the Daily Sceptic points out that this cooling challenges widespread assumptions. But he predicts that this version of climate change will not get a lot of…
New Delhi: “As Temperatures Go Down, Pollution Goes Up.”
Did you know that in parts of India the air pollution is so bad in winter that schools close? An amazing story by Vibhuti Agarwal in the Wall Street Journal explains: In New Delhi, as temperatures cool around November trapping filthy air over the Indian capital, parents say their children eagerly await ‘pollution holidays.’ ….
How to Deal with Hog Waste
North Carolina is the second-largest hog producing state in the United States. Thus, disposal of hog waste is a constant concern and contentious issue. In a new paper, Kelly Lester of the John Locke Foundation describes what has failed and what might work. The Failures: “Regulatory Overreach. Government regulations, rather than addressing the root of…
Don’t Quite Get “ESG”? Let’s Go Behind the Jargon
Investment is supposed to take on a new, more humane dimension. Sounds good, but watch for “bait and switch.” Paul Mueller of AIER explains what “Environmental, Social, and Governance” criteria mean. “ESG advocates want to reshape the world in profound ways—from how we travel and heat our homes to what businesses must prioritize and whom…