The major pollutant from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment was vinyl chloride. It’s not as dangerous as it’s been portrayed—ask the National Fire Prevention Association. Writes Josh Holm in Reason: “Vinyl chloride, a chemical long used to make PVC plastics, is being portrayed as something more suitable for capital punishment than for a routine…
People Take Up Too Much Biomass
A very odd story has appeared in Science Magazine. Elizabeth Pennisi writes that humans are overrunning the earth. The evidence is that they weigh a whole lot more than wild animals. A new estimate of biomass “concludes that wild land mammals alive now have a total biomass of 22 million tons, and marine mammals account…
‘Green’ Agenda Relies on Slave and Child Labor in China and Africa
H. Sterling Burnett writes on Townhall: “The International Energy Agency reports that offshore wind requires more scarce minerals, rare earth elements, and other critical metals per kilowatt hour of energy produced than any other source of electric power generation, renewable and non-renewable alike. Onshore wind and solar are the next most critical-mineral-intensive sources. “The vast majority…
Canadian Official Says Climate Change Will Reduce the Country’s GDP, But Only a Little
Let’s begin with the obvious: It’s hard to believe that Canada will suffer from rising temperatures. It’s cold much of the year in Canada (average annual temperature, averaged across the country, is 22F.) But the Canadian government says climate change will hurt the nation’s economy by reducing labor productivity (even though it will increase tourism)….
Monday Links
Not a joke: Greta Thunberg wants a wind farm dismantled to protect reindeer. AOC wants the U. S. to consider nuclear.
New study says geographical range of malarial mosquitoes is growing . . . but, says James Taylor, malaria’s range is down and so are deaths.
Turmoil in Alaska:
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- The Biden administration is trying to compromise on the Willow oil drilling project planned by Conoco, which has a strong legal case against additional restrictions.
- Senator Manchin reveals an Interior Dept. effort to prevent oil and gas leasing in Cook Inlet, contrary to requirements of “Inflation Reduction” Act. . . .
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Your Taxes at Work: Is This a Word Salad?
Another Biden administration funding plan: $250 million from the Environmental Protection Agency for climate planning and environmental justice. Writes Michael Brady of Smart Cities Dive: “The CPRG [Climate Pollution Reduction Grants] program aims to help state and local governments develop comprehensive climate plans that reduce climate pollution and maximize benefits, ‘especially for low-income and disadvantaged communities,’…