The fur flies over Planet of the Humans, Michael Moore’s apostasy: The Left attacks Planet of the Humans. Sterling Burnett discusses on Cornwall Alliance site. The producer of Planet of the Humans defends it against the Left. Free market environmentalists Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak critique his defense.
The Breached Michigan Dam Was Supposed to Save Mussels?
Thirteen years of regulatory oversight? From the Detroit News: Numerous violations and longstanding concerns that the Edenville Dam could not withstand a significant flood led the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revoke its license for power generation in September 2018. *** “Thirteen years after acquiring the license for the project, the licensee has still…
The Environmental Harm of Big Batteries
By H. Sterling Burnett I recently wrote about the impossibility of relying on giant storage batteries to enable the nation to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. Physics tells us batteries can store only a minuscule amount of the power we would need for backup. A recent Heartland Institute study by Paul Driessen gives us…
‘BlackRock Discovers the Joy of Other People’s Money’
Ben Zycher on the hypocrisy of BlackRock’s ‘sustainability’ initiative: Blackrock—the largest asset manager in the world—has announced in the form of a public letter from its CEO Larry Fink to corporate managements that henceforth “Sustainability [will serve] as Blackrock’s New Standard for Investing.” It is unsurprising that nowhere in the various materials issued by Blackrock in support of…
Going Green with C02 . . . Fossil Fuel Divestment a Bad Idea . . . and More
Pat Michaels: Carbon dioxide is already helping the world “go green.” Democrats to make climate change an election priority. College fossil fuel divestment is a bad idea.
The Problem with Batteries (Big Batteries)
By H. Sterling Burnett These days we may be distracted by the COVID-19 virus, but climate issues move on. Recently, Wired magazine published an article about big batteries, or more precisely linked battery packs located in enormous battery farms. They will be needed if we want to generate energy from sources that emit no carbon…