Minnesota AG sues Exxon, Koch, and Petroleum Institute over climate change. (Shifting attention maybe?) Climate activities must adopt nuclear power, says Michael Shellenberger in Quillette. City Journal tells us how the urban environment will change. Think: decaying malls. High-flying shale oil company seeks bankruptcy. protection.
Tag: Climate Change
Michael Shellenberger Critiques Radical Environmentalists
John Tierney and Joel Kotkin review Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, by Michael Shellenberger. Tierney (in the Wall Street Journal) writes: “He chronicles environmental progress around the world and crisply debunks myth after gloomy myth,” writes Tierney. “No, we are not in the midst of the ‘sixth mass extinction,’ because only 0.001%…
Big Tech Quashes Climate Skepticism
Social media are cutting cut out skeptical views about climate, says Clarice Feldman on the Pipeline. Apple no longer allows its iPhone to access an app called Inconvenient Facts which challenges Al Gore’s views on dangerous climate change. Reddit moderators have banned climate skeptics from the “/r/science” feature which has millions of monthly visitors. Wattsup…
Two Problems, Worlds Apart
The Economist is an impressive magazine that offers a balanced view of most topics. The topic of climate change is, however, an exception. The magazine linked the coronavirus to climate change in its May 23/29 editorial “Seize the Moment.” Its subtitle states: “The covid-19 crisis reveals how hard it will be to tackle climate change—and…
Tuesday’s Links
Class conflicts and hypocrisy: that’s wind-energy siting in New York and New England, says Robert Bryce on RealClearEnergy. Renewable energy surpasses coal. North America set 233 low-temperature records in May. From Electro-Verse.
How Companies Claim They Are Green
In the Wall Street Journal, Steve Milloy reveals that many companies are using their required financial disclosure filings for “greenwashing.” Companies tell the Securities and Exchange Commission they are making contributions to reducing climate change when those contributions are minuscule. Writes Milloy: Companies often tout what they are doing to “save the planet” or “combat…