It’s currently popular to argue for fighting climate change by “solar geoengineering”—such as sending sulfates toward the sun to cool the Earth’s surface (the way a volcano’s eruption can cool the Earth). But many people question this approach. The latest warning comes from Robinson Meyer in the Atlantic. “A new study hints that solar geoengineering…
Dept. of Energy: The Cost-Effective Way to Dispose of Solar Panel Waste Is Landfill
The federal government admits that right now the best (i.e., most cost-effective) way to deal with aged solar panels is to put them in a landfill. The Dept. of Energy is hoping to change that by encouraging recycling panels, but the challenges are severe. A department paper on an “end-of life” action plan says: “Currently…
‘Unjust, Ineffective, and Disastrous’: IMF and World Bank to Pressure Poor Nations on Climate Change
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are creating funding programs that will push poor countries to cut back on carbon emissions, report two authors in Foreign Policy magazine. Vijaya Ramachandran and Arthur Baker, both of the Breakthrough Institute, write that the two institutions “are under pressure from their rich donor governments to…
Climate Fear: It’s All about the Models, Not the Facts
“Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists,” wrote the British newspaper the Guardian last month. “The coldest location on the planet has experienced an episode of warm weather this week unlike any ever observed, with temperatures over the eastern Antarctic ice sheet soaring 50 to 90 degrees above normal,” wrote the Washington Post…
ESG Funds Are Investing in Ukraine and Russia?
Yes they are, the Wall Street Journal reported on April 2. And a big ESG investment backfired when the two countries went to war. ESG stands for “environmental, social, and governance” strategies. Funds like BlackRock’s ESG funds, explains writer Matt Wirz, obtain investors by “promising to boost returns while bettering the world by avoiding countries…
No More “Use It or Lose It” in Utah?
The Utah state legislature has passed a law that would bring a bit of free market environmentalism to the state by expanding the right to trade water to protect the Great Salt Lake. Writes Saige Miller for the Salt Lake Tribune: “If the governor signs HB33, the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands…