It’s not been widely publicized, but the carbon tax in British Columbia has failed to bring about reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the province. That point is made by Kris Sims of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in an article in the Asian Pacific Post. She writes: “Government documents show that emissions in B.C. have…
Category: Jane Shaw Stroup
The Coming War against Meat
“A small but highly influential contingent of liberal extremists in our media has fired the opening salvos” in a war against meat, says Gary Taustine in the New York Post. (Hat tip to John Baden). The first salvo was a New York Times article saying that the meat-packing industry was racist because its workers workers…
A ‘Massive Caveat’ for Solar Power
The dark side of solar power is solar panel waste, say three researchers in the Harvard Business Review. What they call “solar trash” presents “a massive caveat that very few are talking about,” write Atalay Atasu, Serasu Duran, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove. Official bodies are assuming that the waste (which is currently almost impossible…
Stretching ‘Sustainable’ Investing Far Beyond ‘Green’
The push for ESG (environmental, sustainable, and governance) investing has gone to extreme lengths, reports the Wall Street Journal (the story is behind a paywall). “Now billions of dollars earmarked for sustainable investment are going to companies with questionable environmental credentials and, in some cases, huge business risks,” write Justin Scheck, Eliot Brown, and Ben…
I.E.A.’s Net-Zero Study: ‘Green Advocacy on Behalf of Its Paymasters’?
The recent International Energy Agency “Net Zero by 2050” study has been justly criticized, says Tilak Doshi in Forbes. The study says that the shift to renewables would have huge benefits. Specifically (this is from the I.E.A. introduction) : “It sets out a cost-effective and economically productive pathway, resulting in a clean, dynamic and resilient…
The White Supremacy of Birds?
The Washington Post has collected an amazing number of reasons to stop being a birder—all reflecting the fact that many birds are named after people deemed to be racists. “The Bachman’s sparrow, Wallace’s fruit dove and other winged creatures bear the names of men who fought for the Southern cause, stole skulls from Indian graves…