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…
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What in the World Are Net-Zero Carbon Emissions?
They are all the rage in corporate America and on Wall Street. The idea is to express your commitment to ecological goals through decisions that reduce carbon dioxide emissions in order to reduce global warming. Morgan Stanley, a leading investment bank, has just committed itself to “net-zero financed emissions by 2050,” And “net-zero carbon emissions”…
Last Oregon Coal-Fired Plant Closes . . . Trump’s Valuable Changes to ‘Habitat’
HEADLINES: The last coal-fired power plant operating within Oregon has closed down (20 years ahead of schedule). OPB News. HT-E&E News . . . Why President Trump’s revisions of “critical habitat” matter. At CEI . . . Are we getting closer to a carbon tax? FERC indicates it is open to approving a tax if…
Stealth Data Changes by NASA. . . Lessons from Covid-19 . . . California Bans Cosmetic Chemicals
Today’s Links: NASA has made stealth changes in temperature history, reports Tony Heller on Real Climate Science. (HT-Myron Ebell) . . . Matt Ridley discusses what Covid-19 has taught us about science and scientists. In the Wall Street Journal (paywall), summarized by the Science and Environment Policy Project. . . . California continues to look out…
New Floodgates for Venice . . . Sea-level Rise ‘Pretty Small Beer’. . . Canada’s Wildfires
HEADLINES: ‘Finding ‘the raincloud in every silver lining.’ That’s the New York Times on the new Venice floodgates, says Michael Walsh in The Pipeline . , , Pat Michaels at CEI: Sea-level rise will be ‘pretty small beer.’ HT-Myron Ebell . . . Not many wildfires in Canada this year and no upward trend, says…
California: The Ecotopia that Failed
Joel Kotkin discusses California on RealClearEnergy: “One is often at a loss to explain California to people from other planets—like, say, earth.” The problem: “This is a state that issues mandates for electrification of everything while reducing its generating capacity. It blames devastating fires on climate change, without taking the blame for forestry practices that…