This blog has long raised questions about carbon offsets. And now the New York Times is ruminating over them, too—in particular, over the amounts of money that airline passengers pay to “offset” their use of jet fuel. Some airlines (such as Air Canada and KLM) allow you to get rid of travel guilt by paying…
Tag: Climate Change
Ben Zycher on the Failings of Biden’s ‘New’ Oil and Gas Policy
Economist Ben Zycher reveals the “perversities, problematic assumptions, and wasteful outcomes made inevitable by the contradictions and incoherence of the Biden leasing policy.” Biden just announced a policy of allowing new leases but charging higher royalty rates. Here’s a summary of Zycher’s observations about this policy: The Biden administration will start leasing on 80 percent…
Elon Musk Has His Work Cut Out for Him—On Climate Change
Just as Elon Musk was working out details with Twitter, the company shared its policy on dealing with disinformation on climate change in Twitter advertising. The Earth Day announcement reaffirmed the company’s commitment to “people around the world use Twitter to connect with others passionate about protecting our planet.” Specifically, wrote two officials, “misleading advertisements…
What Earth Day Has Become
Kent Lassman, president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, thinks it is time to retire Earth Day. Writing in the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Tribune-Democrat, he says: “Despite the positive effects Earth Day may have had in the past to raise awareness and rally the grassroots, today we have a global class of professional activists committed to campaigning…
Interior Dept. Speeds Approval of Energy Projects—Wind and Solar, That Is
There’s no slow-walking of renewable energy projects at the Bureau of Land Management, E & E News tells us. “The Biden administration says it’s set to approve dozens of commercial-scale solar, wind and geothermal power projects capable of producing enough electricity to power millions of homes by the end of 2025. “The Interior Department, in…
Another Reason to Question Solar Geoengineering: Malaria
It’s currently popular to argue for fighting climate change by “solar geoengineering”—such as sending sulfates toward the sun to cool the Earth’s surface (the way a volcano’s eruption can cool the Earth). But many people question this approach. The latest warning comes from Robinson Meyer in the Atlantic. “A new study hints that solar geoengineering…