Roger Pielke, Jr., is a professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Recipient of the Eduard Brückner Prize for interdisciplinary environmental research, Pielke is a critic of wild claims about the effects of climate change. In a new video and blog post, Pielke discusses the latest report of the…
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Eminent Medical Journal Ignores Its Own Study on Climate Change
The Lancet, a British medical journal that has been published since 1823, is on the climate change bandwagon. It has just published an editorial, “The Climate Change Emergency: Last Chance to Act?” The essay appears right before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) begins in Glasgow on Oct. 31. The Lancet editorial laments…
Bjørn Lomborg: Worry Less about Climate Change, More about Policies
Bjørn Lomborg, Danish environmentalist, scholar, and author of False Alarm, is a weekly columnist for the Wall Street Journal as the Glasgow environmental summit (COP-26) approaches in November. Here are some recent highlights: Americans don’t want to pay a lot for climate change. “A recent Washington Post survey found that a majority of Americans would…
Another Mixed Review for Nordhaus on Climate Change
In general, economists like William Nordhaus. He understands the role of prices, has highlighted the value of innovation, and received a Nobel Prize in 2018 for tackling the costs and benefits of global warming. That work revealed that the costs of trying to mitigate global warming too severely can outweigh the benefits. But David Henderson,…
Search for Profits Will Spur Adaptation to Climate Change
Let’s suppose that global temperatures keep increasing. Can we adapt? Yes, says UCLA professor Matthew E. Kahn, writing for PERC Reports. “As millions of U.S. households and billions of people around the world seek new solutions to adapt to climate change, there is a huge market for firms that can devise products that help people…
A Warning to Republicans on Climate Change
Ben Zycher has a message for Republicans: The Democrats have the facts about climate change all wrong, but they still hold the moral and so-called “scientific” high ground. Republicans and other conservatives should not dismiss their claims but understand and explain why they are off-base. Zycher, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, writes…