HEADLINES: California is still California. Its legislature will require recycled content in plastic bottles, reports Plastics Recycling Update . . . Feds approve a small nuclear power plant, says the Associated Press. H-T Benny Peiser . . . Who’s bankrolling the Hoboken climate change lawsuit against Exxon Mobil? William Allen of Energy in Depth discusses.
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The Irony of Solar: Dealing with Its Waste Is a Headache
Enthusiasts for solar energy are beginning to realize that solar panels don’t last forever. In fact, says Maddie Stone writing in Grist, already panels are being decommissioned. They’re supposed to last about 25 years, but if they are damaged in a storm, say, they have to be removed much sooner. So what to do with…
Democrats Discover Nuclear . . . The Real Meaning of ‘Habitat’ . . . How Bluebirds Were Saved . . . A Private Jet for Harrison Ford?
News today: The Democrats have discovered nuclear energy, says Robert Bryce on ClimateChangeWatch . . . It’s all in a word—habitat! Shawn Regan of PERC explains the benefits of a Trump deregulation . . . R. J. Smith explains how private efforts rescued bluebirds in the United States. Angela Logomasini interviews R. J. for the…
Bans on Plastic Bags are Back . . . Ross McKitrick on What ‘the Science’ Means . . . A New Way to Get Rid of Cars . . .
Headlines: New York State is re-instating its ban on plastic bags. Covid-19 dangers made them safer than reusable bags. So has Covid-19 disappeared? (See the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) . . . Ross McKitrick: Believing the science of climate change doesn’t justify drastic control policies to deal with it. On Cornwall Alliance . . . …
Don’t Panic over Climate Change, Says Bjørn Lomborg
Since the publication of his book The Skeptical Environmentalist in 1998, Bjørn Lomborg has been a thorn in the side of climate alarmists who call for a rapid decarbonization of the world economy to prevent apocalyptic global warming. His new book, False Alarm, drives that thorn deeper. False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us…
Building the Climate Industrial Complex
There’s little doubt that California is suffering blackouts due to its climate change policies. Christopher C. Horner, long-time policy analyst, says California’s policies were designed to create “energy scarcity.” “The climate agenda is not an agenda that claims it will impact the climate, so let’s get that out of the way up front. ‘Climate’ in…