In September, China’s president Xi Jinping told the United Nations that the country would stop financing coal plants outside China. However, it’s full speed ahead for coal at home. First, from Valerie Volcovici and David Brunnstrom, Michelle Nichols at Reuters on September 21: “‘China will step up support for other developing countries in developing green…
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…
The Growing Debate over Nuclear Power
As troubles mount with wind and solar power, nuclear power is coming to the fore. But is it a better choice than “renewables”? Here are two viewpoints: Writing in RealClearScience, Ross Pomeroy argues that even though nuclear power is expensive, it could be a better alternative: “What’s holding back nuclear power in the U.S. and…
Attorney General Didn’t Know about Interior Department Break-in
On October. 14, climate change protesters calling themselves “Build Back Fossil Free” successfully broke into the Interior Department building in Washington, D.C. Fifty-five people were arrested, one security officer went to the hospital, and there were “multiple injuries,” according to an Interior Department spokesman. But Attorney General Merrick Garland, who spoke at a House Judiciary…
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…
California Clamps Down on Waste, Again
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed a raft of new state laws tightening up the rules on waste recycling, strengthening policies it adopted in 2019. (That year it stopped hotels from giving out small plastic bottles for amenities, created a state recycling commission, and extended a recycling loan program till 2031). Some highlights from Megan…