Tag: carbon dioxide emissions
A Carbon-Reduction Plan an Economist Can Love—and One Invented It
Robert Litterman, a well-known economist —a “legend on Wall Street”— has an idea for spurring government and private investment into reducing carbon-dioxide emissions. Peter Coy, a New York Times columnist, discusses the “carbon-linked bond”: “The problem Litterman is trying to solve is that many private investors are unwilling to invest heavily in climate solutions because…
Not a Joke: New York City Plans to Cut Carbon Emissions by Changing Diets
New York’s Mayor Eric Adams plans to reduce the city government’s “food-based [greenhouse gas] emissions” by 33 percent by 2030. And he is “challenging our private sector partners to join us by cutting their food emissions by 25 percent in the same time period.” At a press event April 17 he said the city has…
Tuesday Highlights
- Land is being reclaimed from the ocean as countries build ports and resorts.
- Three reasons why electric vehicles cannot prevent climate change.
- Could offshore wind turbines be causing the surge in East Coast Atlantic whale deaths?
- Scranton, Pa., rejects proposal for a solar farm—the sixth solar rejection this year.
- Is CO2 really a danger to human welfare? No, says lawsuit against the EPA.
- Antarctica sea cover is lowest in 40 years . . . But Antarctica is not getting any warmer.
Reminder: The U. S. Has Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions More Than Any Other Country
Earlier this fall, Jon Sanders put together some often-ignored facts that should give one pause as we get knee-deep into climate change mandates and social carbon costs and electric vehicles. I quote Jon: The United States has been cutting CO2 emissions. Anyone only familiar with the apocalyptic rhetoric from media, politicians, academics, and environmentalists would think otherwise….
Supreme Court To Hear Its ‘Most Important Environmental Case’ This Term
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in West Virginia vs. EPA on Monday, February 28. Case Western Reserve law professor Jonathan Adler calls this case “the most important environmental case in the 2021-2022 term.” “In this case, the justices will consider the scope of the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the power…