How to clean up polluted sites: Get the government out of the way. A ban on disposal of wind turbine blades? Survey: ‘One in five U.K. children report nightmares about climate change.’
Tuesday’s Links
Democrats’ proposed ban on fracking would hurt a lot of people, says American Petroleum Institute. . Matt Ridley discusses the environmental provenance of the coronavirus. Stanford law students say they won’t work for law firm that represented ExxonMobil.
Monday’s Links
Carbon emissions have fallen in the United States over the past two years. Should Trump get any credit? Report: Green New Deal would cost $70,000 per household. JP Morgan to phase out investments in Arctic drilling and coal mining (but not oil companies generally).
Friday’s Links
From the Global Warming Policy Forum: No new runway at Heathrow due to Paris Climate Agreement. But China will build 216 new airports by 2035. Stephen Moore: ‘The price of natural gas has fallen to its lowest February level in 20 years.’ Lithium batteries (as in cellphones and laptops) are causing fires in recycling plants.
Thursday’s Links
New report: Transportation “is climate enemy #1.” Banks’ divesting from fossil fuels will worsen world poverty. Cities want plastic companies to pay for recycling.
‘The Perverse Panic over Plastic’
John Tierney in the City Journal: The plastic panic has never made any sense, and it’s intensifying even as evidence mounts that it’s not only a waste of money but also harmful to the environment, not to mention humans. It’s been a movement in search of a rationale for half a century. During…