Nuclear energy may be safer than we think, says a new study from the Global Warming Policy Foundation. A reason to support the Great American Outdoors bill, just passed by the Senate: it would fund maintenance of our national parks, says PERC’s Brian Yablonski on Fox News. Religious diversion? The Vatican recommends divestment from fossil…
Fragile islands, Facebook, and Big Oil
Good climate news for fragile islands. HT-Benny Peiser. Facebook thinks its opinion of climate change is better than yours, says Pat Michaels. HT-Myron Ebell. Climate-change litigation against Big Oil had its setbacks, but it is alive and kicking, warns the Manhattan Contrarian.
Big Tech Quashes Climate Skepticism
Social media are cutting cut out skeptical views about climate, says Clarice Feldman on the Pipeline. Apple no longer allows its iPhone to access an app called Inconvenient Facts which challenges Al Gore’s views on dangerous climate change. Reddit moderators have banned climate skeptics from the “/r/science” feature which has millions of monthly visitors. Wattsup…
Michael Moore Again, What Recycling Is Really Like, Class Conflicts over Wind Energy
More on Michael Moore, from RealClearEnergy. Outside Magazine describes what actually happens when you recycle. Class conflicts over siting of wind energy in New York and New England. On RealClearEnergy. Straightening out the BBC on the “sunniest May ever.” HT-Benny Peiser.
Two Problems, Worlds Apart
The Economist is an impressive magazine that offers a balanced view of most topics. The topic of climate change is, however, an exception. The magazine linked the coronavirus to climate change in its May 23/29 editorial “Seize the Moment.” Its subtitle states: “The covid-19 crisis reveals how hard it will be to tackle climate change—and…
Links: More about Moore, Green New Deal, the Size of Trees . . .
Paul Dreissen on dress rehearsal for Green New Deal? Holman Jenkins of the Wall Street Journal writing about Michael Moore’s movie. (Story is behind a paywall, but if you don’t have access, read this movie review by Sterling Burnett.) No, climate change is not making trees shorter and younger, reports James Taylor at Heartland.