Six former administrator of the EPA, sensing a chance for a Democratic victory in November, have written a letter telling the EPA they want a “reset” in the way the EPA is operating. Obliquely criticizing the current administration, they write: “While we are concerned about the current state of affairs at EPA, we are hopeful…
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‘Natural Gas Bans Will Worsen California’s Poverty Problem’
California already has more people under the poverty line than any other state, says Robert Bryce in RealClearEnergy. And bans on natural gas will make life harder for the poor.
And Why Does Electricity Cost 46% More in California?
Not only do Californians pay 46 percent more for electricity than the national average, but gasoline in California cost 37 percent more until the pandemic and then it rose to 55 percent above the national average. Tim Benson of the Heartland Institute explains why and what Californians can do about it.
Imprison Climate Realists? . . . You’re Optimistic, You Must Be Pro-Trump . . . Another Solar Bust. . .
News about the Environment: ‘Climate Activists Step Up Calls for Imprisoning Climate Realists,” says Anthony Watts on ClimateRealism.com. “Optimism, whether toward the pandemic or global warming, is viewed as a conservative, pro-Trump position. Now more than ever, political polarization makes it hard to have a rational argument about scientific issues.” So writes John Horgan in…
Democrats Don’t Let Michael Shellenberger Speak, Either
Michael Shellenberger, whose views have changed somewhat since he was an “Environmental Hero” in Time magazine, appeared before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on July 28. But (rather like the congressional treatment of Attorney General Bill Barr) the committee didn’t listen.
CO2 Coalition Defends Itself
On July 1, an array of political activists asked Facebook to censor organizations such as the CO2 Coalition for “climate misinformation.” Now, Caleb Rossiter, executive director of the C02 Coalition, whose members include prominent scientists, explains the history behind the letter and the harassment of the coalition that began in September 2019.
More Climate Change Myths
‘Worse than we thought’—it was climate models, not the climate, that turned out to be worse, Pat Michaels writes in RealClearEnergy.