David Blackmon at Forbes describes likely impacts on the oil and gas industry. He writes: “Those likely executive order reversals include: Re-entry of the United States into the Paris Climate Accords; Re-entry of the United States into the Obama-era Iran deal, which would free up Iran to dramatically increase its exports and potentially impact crude prices;…
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When the Wind Doesn’t Blow . . . Coal Steps In
The United Kingdom’s growing reliance on renewable energy may be setting it up for electricity shortages. For two days (Nov. 4 and 5), the UK ‘s margin of electricity was dangerously low, says John Constable of the Global Warming Policy Forum. The National Grid (which manages supply) had to bring in one of the country’s…
Latino Activists in California Call Out the Sierra Club
IMPORTANT LINKS: Latino activists in California tell Sierra Club its policies are hurting low- and middle-income families, says Robert Bryce in Forbes. . . The troubling subject of children mining cobalt, a growing business because of electric vehicles. At Steve Milloy’s JunkScience.com. HT: Myron Ebell . . . What Covid-19 and climate change have in…
It’s a Strange World, Environmentally Speaking
A FEW HEADLINES: Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates and part of OPEC, is building its first—what? A coal-fired power plant . . . The one-hour dishwasher is back, says the Dept. of Energy. CEI declares victory; Consumer Reports is unhappy . . . William Happer and William van Wijngaarden: CO2 is saturated…
Will Small Islands Disappear in 75 Years?
According to the Alliance of Small Island States and the Least Developed Countries Group, “In another 75 years, many … members may no longer hold seats at the United Nations if the world continues on its present course.” The fear? Rising sea levels will drown them. Sterling Burnett says no. Here is his argument in…
Some Problems with the New York Times
This post is about how preconceived ideas, in this case ideas about climate change, corrupt reporting. A skilled reporter from the New York Times, Marguerite Holloway, went to western Massachusetts to see what was wrong with the trees there. She found a number of problems but her description and analysis are riddled with assumptions about…