Steven Koonin, a Harvard physicist, has written a book challenging the view that climate science is “settled” —indeed, the name of his book is Unsettled, and Sterling Burnett’ reviewed it on this blog. The book has garnered attention in part because of Koonin’s Obama-era credentials. He served in the Obama administration as undersecretary for science…
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Janet Yellen’s ‘Operation Choke Point’?
Marlo Lewis thoroughly debunks Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s plan to use climate change as a factor in regulating financial lending. (He writes on the Competitive Enterprise Institute blog,) Yellen told the department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council on March 31 that climate change is “an existential threat to our environment” and “a tremendous risk to our…
Breakthrough Institute’s Ted Nordhaus Stands Up to Attacks by Michael Mann
In several books and papers Michael Mann, director of Penn State’s Earth System Science Center, has made charges against the Breakthrough Institute, an organization that seeks to use technology to solve environmental problems. In his newest book, Mann calls it “a group originally linked to fossil fuel interests that has more recently been called a…
Cancellation of Keystone XL: A Win for China?
Daniel Turner, an advocate for energy production, writes in RealClearEnergy that President Biden’s decision to curtail the Keystone XL will cause Canadian oil to go to China rather than to the Gulf of Mexico. It will also give more business to Russia. (The 1200-mile pipeline, an extension of the original Keystone Pipeline, would go from…
Free Speech? Forget It.
If you are skeptical about climate change claims and have a prominent position, the New York Times will attack you. It will minimize your credentials, call you a “denialist,” sensationalize your comments, and never consider the quality of your research. Here is the latest “news”: David Legates and Ryan Maue, scientists with the White House Office…
Coal Fantasies?
The Economist, a British magazine, is among the more objective political publications. But a recent editorial (behind a paywall) suggests that it is engaging in unrealistic fantasies when it comes to climate change. The editorial, “Make Coal History,” begins by noting cheerfully that China’s Xi Jinping plans to cut the nation’s “net carbon emissions” to…