Steve Hayward on ‘The Green God that Failed—Almost,’ an analysis of Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans. Planet of the Humans dropped from YouTube. In the Guardian. HT-RealClearEnergy. California budget cuts billions from climate change funding. HT-GWPF.
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Electric Vehicles Get a Boost in Columbus, Ohio
Here’s what it cost: $40 million from a U. S. Department of Transportation grant $10 million from a grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Here’s what it did: Raised the number of electric vehicles in Columbus to 1.8 percent from 0.4 percent That’s 3,323 automobiles
Links: Michael Moore’s Latest . . .
The fur flies over Planet of the Humans, Michael Moore’s apostasy: The Left attacks Planet of the Humans. Sterling Burnett discusses on Cornwall Alliance site. The producer of Planet of the Humans defends it against the Left. Free market environmentalists Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak critique his defense.
‘BlackRock Discovers the Joy of Other People’s Money’
Ben Zycher on the hypocrisy of BlackRock’s ‘sustainability’ initiative: Blackrock—the largest asset manager in the world—has announced in the form of a public letter from its CEO Larry Fink to corporate managements that henceforth “Sustainability [will serve] as Blackrock’s New Standard for Investing.” It is unsurprising that nowhere in the various materials issued by Blackrock in support of…
The Problem with Batteries (Big Batteries)
By H. Sterling Burnett These days we may be distracted by the COVID-19 virus, but climate issues move on. Recently, Wired magazine published an article about big batteries, or more precisely linked battery packs located in enormous battery farms. They will be needed if we want to generate energy from sources that emit no carbon…
The Return of the Plastic Bag . . . Planet of the Humans . . . Fossil Fuels ‘Redefined’
John Stossel on how Covid-19 is “unbanning” the plastic bag. ‘We disagree with you, so shut up.’ David Kreutzer on the Left’s reaction to Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans. European officials are trying to redefine fossil fuels so they don’t have to divest oil and gas. HT Benny Peiser.