From Joe Smith of the Energy and Policy Institute (a group that advocates in favor of more renewable energy): “The Berkshire Hathaway’s board of directors is opposing a proposal from major shareholder groups that the company publish an annual report disclosing the climate risks it faces, even as the company’s energy subsidiaries remain heavily invested…
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Earth Day Surprise: Scientists’ Alarmist Views of Climate May Be Fading
Some scientists are backing off the apocalyptic scenarios of climate change, says Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. “A drumroll moment was Zeke Hausfather and Glen Peter’s 2020 article in the journal Nature partly headlined: “Stop using the worst-case scenario for climate warming as the most likely outcome.” “This followed the 2017 paper by…
Family of Climate Czar Takes Private Jet to Idaho
From Sam Dorman at Fox News via RealClearEnergy: “The jet belonging to climate czar John Kerry’s family made its way to Idaho, where he and his wife have reportedly vacationed, as he traveled in Asia to promote the Biden administration’s message on the issue.” *** “According to the State Department, the former secretary of state is currently on…
Janet Yellen’s ‘Operation Choke Point’?
Marlo Lewis thoroughly debunks Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s plan to use climate change as a factor in regulating financial lending. (He writes on the Competitive Enterprise Institute blog,) Yellen told the department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council on March 31 that climate change is “an existential threat to our environment” and “a tremendous risk to our…
Court Decides Climate Change Is Not a ‘Nuisance’
Activists have been suing fossil fuel owners on the grounds that they create a nuisance by emitting greenhouse gases. In the most recent case, the City of New York sued Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other oil companies. On April 1, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled against the use of nuisance, which is adjudicated…
Wisconsin’s Controversial Wolf Hunt—Still an Issue
After the gray wolf was delisted as endangered and hunters brought a lawsuit, the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources allowed a wolf hunt in Wisconsin in February—the first since 2014. Its impact is still reverberating, says Field & Stream. The hunt was called off after three days (it was supposed to extend a week) because…