Typical August? Four men were rescued in August in Scotland, one of them hypothermic, after the temperature declined to about 14 F. Here’s what the BBC said about the rescue. “Four walkers taking part in a fundraising event have been rescued in the Cairngorms. The four men became exhausted during the hike and Braemar Mountain…
Tag: Global Warming
Building the Climate Industrial Complex
There’s little doubt that California is suffering blackouts due to its climate change policies. Christopher C. Horner, long-time policy analyst, says California’s policies were designed to create “energy scarcity.” “The climate agenda is not an agenda that claims it will impact the climate, so let’s get that out of the way up front. ‘Climate’ in…
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. ….
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.
Climate Activists Attack William Nordhaus
Quite a debate is going on over the findings of Yale professor William Nordhaus, who received a Nobel Prize in economics in 2018 primarily for his studies of climate change and how to address it. In 1994, Nordhaus developed a way of measuring the impact of climate change and how to weigh the costs and…
Burger King to Save Planet with Better Cows . . . CO2 as Fertilizer. . . Maintaining National Parks. . . Other Headlines
Yes, Burger King is trying to save the planet by feeding cows differently. Here is Burger King’s simultaneously charming, hilarious, and disgusting video to explain why. Thanks, Pipeline.