Governments should agree not to use solar geo-engineering to attack climate change, says Roger Pielke, Jr., a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Solar geo-engineering is a collection of potential techniques for reducing the temperature of the Earth by reflecting some of the incoming energy of the sun back into space….
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Will Climate Change Spur a Government Takeover of the Banking System?
American Enterprise Institute scholar Paul Kupiec thinks it may. In May President Biden authorized the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to look into how the banking system should be regulated in light of risks from climate change. Writing in The Hill, Kupiec says the latest report of the council suggests a plan could be brewing…
‘Negligible’ Fishermen Sue to Stop New England Wind Project
The long-planned Vineyard Wind 1 Project, to be located south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket islands off the shore of Massachusetts, has hit turbulence again. In December, an arm of the Texas Public Policy Foundation sued the federal government on grounds that it was wrong to approve the project. The foundation is representing six fishing…
The Biden Energy Package: 25 Moves That Push Up Prices
Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group, has compiled a list of Biden administration policies that are pushing up prices of energy. A sampling of the 25 actions: #1 and 2: Adopting new EPA oil and gas rules Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulations governing methane emissions from oil and gas production, transmission, storage,…
The Wild Swings of Joe Biden’s Energy Policies Put America Last, and Sink His Poll Numbers, Too
President Joe Biden’s climate and energy policies are one critical factor in his sinking poll numbers and in the dwindling chances that the Democrats will keep either house of Congress in the mid-term elections. Biden’s and the Democrats’ fortunes are falling almost as fast as the average American’s energy, food, and fuel prices are rising….
No, Climate Change Does Not Threaten Banks
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York disputes the growing claim that climate poses risks to the financial system. “We find that weather disasters over the last quarter century had insignificant or small effects on U.S. banks’ performance,” it says. From John Cochrane, the “Grumpy Economist”: “This is a courageous paper…