I recently wrote a post about a lecture given by Roger Pielke Jr., a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. The lecture was based on the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and indicated that carbon dioxide emissions are less than previously expected and that most kinds…
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Climate Change Activists Should Read the IPCC Report
Roger Pielke, Jr., is a professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Recipient of the Eduard Brückner Prize for interdisciplinary environmental research, Pielke is a critic of wild claims about the effects of climate change. In a new video and blog post, Pielke discusses the latest report of the…
‘Elites Are Using Climate Hysteria to Immiserate the Working Class’
In a hard-hitting Newsweek commentary on the publicity surrounding the Glasgow summit on climate change (currently underway), Joel Kotkin lambastes western elites for their hypocrisy, their rhetoric, and failure to appreciate the world’s ability to adapt. “The climate industrial complex, as economist Bjørn Lomborg has aptly called the climate doomsday crowd, has persuaded the media to…
China Has It Both Ways: No More Coal Plants Abroad but Plenty at Home
In September, China’s president Xi Jinping told the United Nations that the country would stop financing coal plants outside China. However, it’s full speed ahead for coal at home. First, from Valerie Volcovici and David Brunnstrom, Michelle Nichols at Reuters on September 21: “‘China will step up support for other developing countries in developing green…
Eminent Medical Journal Ignores Its Own Study on Climate Change
The Lancet, a British medical journal that has been published since 1823, is on the climate change bandwagon. It has just published an editorial, “The Climate Change Emergency: Last Chance to Act?” The essay appears right before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) begins in Glasgow on Oct. 31. The Lancet editorial laments…
The Growing Debate over Nuclear Power
As troubles mount with wind and solar power, nuclear power is coming to the fore. But is it a better choice than “renewables”? Here are two viewpoints: Writing in RealClearScience, Ross Pomeroy argues that even though nuclear power is expensive, it could be a better alternative: “What’s holding back nuclear power in the U.S. and…