Are Conservatives and Libertarians Ignoring the Dangers of ESG Investing?
The downside of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) criteria is not getting the attention it deserves from conservatives and libertarians, says David Hoyt in American Thinker. “What the radical Left could not achieve by force with the typical levers of government power, it is now poised to accomplish with nominally public-private enterprise partnerships. This new…
Buy EVs, says the L.A. Times. Forget “Range Anxiety.” You Only Need 30 Miles or So.
Here’s what’s wrong with Americans and electric cars, says Bloomberg’s Ira Boudway, writing in the L.A. Times: Americans have “outsized range expectations” about their needs; they want “too much car.” Nearly two-thirds of drivers surveyed by Bloomberg expected “300-plus miles of range,” while “less than 10% would settle for 200 or less.” This means: “There…
The Absurdly Sad Furor over World Bank President David Malpass’s Views on Climate Change
It started September 20. The New York Times wrote: “President Biden should work for the removal of the head of the World Bank, former Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday, calling him a ‘climate denier’ at an event coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly. “Hours later, David Malpass, the development bank’s president, defended…
Environmental Activists Oppose Carbon Capture as a ‘False Solution’
It’s hard to keep up with what environmental activists are against. (See Ron Bailey on solar geoengineering.) Now it’s carbon capture. Carbon capture (CCS) is the largely experimental technology for removing carbon dioxide during or after a combustion process and then storing it, usually underground. The Biden administration is promoting carbon capture, and this month Energy…