A polite British debate took place recently by email between two members of the House of Lords who disagree about the dangers of climate change. Indeed, they disagree about the IPCC report which both claim to rely on! Roger Pielke, Jr. publishes the correspondence of The Rt. Hon. Lord (Peter) Lilley and the Rt. Hon….
Bjorn Lomborg: Life Will Get Better in Spite of Climate Change
In a peer-reviewed journal, Bjorn Lomborg explains that increasing welfare will overwhelm the negative impacts of climate change: “Climate change is real and its impacts are mostly negative, but common portrayals of devastation are unfounded. Scenarios set out under the UN Climate Panel (IPCC) show human welfare will likely increase to 450% of today’s welfare…
Do Offshore Wind Projects Kill Whales?
Michael Shellenberger is executive producer of a documentary that provides evidence that offshore wind projects kill whales. Writing in the New York Post, Shellenberger says: “The film documents surprisingly loud, high-decibel sonar emitted by wind industry vessels when measured with state-of-the-art hydrophones. And it shows that the wind industry’s increased boat traffic is correlated directly…
David Friedman Skewers Media for Bad Reporting on Climate Change
In two Substack articles this month, economist David Friedman roundly criticized the media for ignoring facts about climate change—including facts readily available in the highly-praised reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Here’s a start (emphasis added): “Treatment of climate in the IPCC reports, especially in the summary for policy makers, is biased…
Offshore Wind Projects Facing Severe Headwinds, Sympathizers Say
Just as the federal government is about to open the Gulf of Mexico to offshore wind projects, the industry is running into trouble, says Maria Galucci of Canary Media (a news outlet favorable to renewables). “The August 29 [Gulf] auction comes at a deeply ambivalent moment for offshore wind. On the one hand, there’s unprecedented…