Increasing pressure on India to agree to demands of the Paris Climate Agreement looks like “carbon imperialism” to the Indian government, reports Vijay Jayaraj for the Global Warming Policy Forum. “India is an important player in the global discussion on renewable tech transition as they are one of the largest consumer of fossil fuels and…
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Breakthrough Institute’s Ted Nordhaus Stands Up to Attacks by Michael Mann
In several books and papers Michael Mann, director of Penn State’s Earth System Science Center, has made charges against the Breakthrough Institute, an organization that seeks to use technology to solve environmental problems. In his newest book, Mann calls it “a group originally linked to fossil fuel interests that has more recently been called a…
‘Wrong Again: 2020’s Failed Climate Doomsaying’
Cheering news: Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com offers a refreshing—even funny—list of 10 bad climate-change predictions, along with illustrations. A few follow: “Snows of Kilimanjaro to vanish by 2020,” said the Vancouver Sun, quoting a scientist. They’re still there. Glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park by 2020, said the signs at the park posted…
What in the World Are Net-Zero Carbon Emissions?
They are all the rage in corporate America and on Wall Street. The idea is to express your commitment to ecological goals through decisions that reduce carbon dioxide emissions in order to reduce global warming. Morgan Stanley, a leading investment bank, has just committed itself to “net-zero financed emissions by 2050,” And “net-zero carbon emissions”…
What Caused the Fires and What Should We Do About Them? You Choose
Numerous explanations have been given for the fires in the West, especially California, and proposals offered for how to deal with them. Here are some . . . Bjørn Lomborg in the New York Post: Most important is “the way we manage forest lands and develop our landscape.”. . . Randal O’Toole: “We live in…
NPR Attacks David Legates. Heartland Issues Point-by-Point Rebuttal
Whatever one’s views about climate change, nothing can justify National Public Radio’s recent brutal and uninformed attack on David Legates, a professor at the University of Delaware and former Delaware state climatologist. Legates has just been appointed to a high position at NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and that was enough to bring…