Wealthy nations promised to give billions to developing nations to cope with or prevent climate change. Here are some of the results:
Tag: Climate Change
Electric Military Vehicles, State Bottle Bills . . . and Other Tuesday Links
- Energy secretary Granholm pushes for electrification of military vehicles.
- U.K. auto parts manufacturer considers a move to the U. S.—for the subsidies!
- New York Times wants more generators (fueled with natural gas) because climate change increases electric outages. (No, not the Babylon Bee.)
- Industry lobbying for state bottle bills (i.e., “container deposit” bills—consumer pays) accelerates.
Something Is “Dreadfully Wrong” with the Electricity Grid
“The near failure of the Texas power grid, coming just 4 minutes and 37 seconds from a complete collapse on February 14, 2021, was the first alarm bell that something was dreadfully wrong with US power grids,” writes Ed Ireland on Master Resource. Another alarm bell has rung in the form of a new report…
Monday Links: No “Tipping Point” for Climate, Lots of Subsidies, What Role Property Rights?
- U.S. and Canada compete in subsidies! Canada will pay Volkswagen $750 million to help it build a battery factory, plus billions based on future battery production.
- Biden promises $1 billion for international “Green Climate Fund,” plus $500 million to slow deforestation in Brazil (if Congress is willing).
- Gary Galles: Property rights provide profit incentives to reduce environmental costs and damage.
- “There is no tipping point beyond which Mother Earth wrestles control of the whole climate system away from human beings and proceeds to punish us for our sins.”
This Morning’s Links
- Small Pacific Islands aren’t shrinking from sea level rise; many are growing.
- ‘The sites for mining materials required to build wind, solar, and EV batteries are under minimal-to-nonexistent labor, wage, environmental, reclamation, and worker health and safety regulations.’
- Columnist Deroy Murdock calls out ‘Emperor’ Biden’s new clothes.
- Bangladeshi are innovating in agriculture—but not due to climate change, as NPR claims.
- ‘There has been no rise in global temperatures from July 2015 to March 2023.’
- ‘Atmosphere warming at half the rate predicted by climate models.’
Monday Roundup
The news is not all that encouraging:
- Secretary of the Navy says climate change is one of his top priorities (not China, apparently, and not ships, as the Biden administration seeks to cut the Navy by two ships).
- Wind and solar are not cheaper than other sources of electricity, and here’s why that’s a secret.
- Energy Secretary Granholm says China is doing a good job on climate change . . . as China produces a record amount of coal.
- In India, the federal government “has asked coastal plants to import as much coal as possible and promised to provide loans to do so.”