President Trump is rescinding the Obama-era rules requiring the oil and gas industry to tighten up its controls on leakage of the greenhouse gas methane. Trump’s proposed action outraged some people, such as Catherine Rampell, columnist for the Washington Post. But the uproar is ridiculous, writes Ben Zycher in National Review: “Neither the Obama rule…
Tag: Energy
Headlines: California Climate Spurs Crops . . . but Climate Policies Cause Blackouts
Report says climate change endangers future crops in California, but crop production is setting records, says James Taylor . . . California’s blackouts caused by its climate policies, says Michael Shellenberger in Forbes . . . EPA ex-administrators cite “virtually meaningless” statistics to condemn the Trump administration, says Rich Trzupek of the the Pipeline. ….
‘Natural Gas Bans Will Worsen California’s Poverty Problem’
California already has more people under the poverty line than any other state, says Robert Bryce in RealClearEnergy. And bans on natural gas will make life harder for the poor.
And Why Does Electricity Cost 46% More in California?
Not only do Californians pay 46 percent more for electricity than the national average, but gasoline in California cost 37 percent more until the pandemic and then it rose to 55 percent above the national average. Tim Benson of the Heartland Institute explains why and what Californians can do about it.
Imprison Climate Realists? . . . You’re Optimistic, You Must Be Pro-Trump . . . Another Solar Bust. . .
News about the Environment: ‘Climate Activists Step Up Calls for Imprisoning Climate Realists,” says Anthony Watts on ClimateRealism.com. “Optimism, whether toward the pandemic or global warming, is viewed as a conservative, pro-Trump position. Now more than ever, political polarization makes it hard to have a rational argument about scientific issues.” So writes John Horgan in…
Child Labor: Democrats’ Hypocrisy?
Increasing production of electric vehicles is boosting demand for the cobalt used in batteries. Forty thousand children mine cobalt for up to 12 hours a day under dangerous conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the United Nations. A Republican congressman, Pete Stauber of Minnesota, proposed an amendment to the giant infrastructure…