Roger Pielke Jr. explains that NOAA’s rising count of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more does not mean that the weather events have increased or worsened. Inflation, insurance, and economic growth are better explainers. “The billion-dollar disaster tally is easy to understand, simple to communicate, but in actual fact, incredibly misleading. It is…
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Biden Hypocrisy Overflows, Harming Lobster Fishers and Right Whales
Hypocrisy abounds in the White House when it comes to ocean wildlife along the East Coast of the U.S. On December 1, President Joe Biden hosted a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, at which more than 200 Maine lobsters were served. As noted by The Guardian, just days earlier the retailer Whole Foods…