It started with a cautious conclusion from two Atlantic writers: Recycling plastics doesn’t work. Now the environmental group Greenpeace has sealed the deal. From its Oct. 24 press release: “Most plastic simply cannot be recycled, a new Greenpeace USA report concludes. Circular Claims Fall Flat Again, released today, finds that U.S. households generated an estimated…
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Why People Aren’t Using Their Dishwashers Much Anymore
The simple answer, says Christian Britschgi at Reason, is dishwashers take too long to wash dishes—nearly two-and-a-half hours, reported one survey in 2018. And that’s due to federal energy standards that President Trump tried to relax. The Biden administration went back to the previous rules. Says Britschgi, those regulations “limit the amount of water and…
Growing Backlash against Solar and Wind Limits Renewables Expansion
From Robert Bryce in RealClearEnergy: “The hype about wind and solar energy keeps colliding with the hard reality of land-use conflicts. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Ohio, where 41 townships have rejected or restricted the expansion of wind and/or solar projects since last November. In addition, at least eight Ohio counties have implemented…
Climate Change Policies on the Farm: ‘Excessive Spending in a Shotgun Approach’
Did you know that the recently passed IRA (“Inflation Reduction Act”) authorizes nearly $38 billion for agriculture, much of it to address climate change? (Keep in mind that the next farm bill, to be enacted in 2023, will also authorize billions for ag—$428 billion in the 2018 act.) The farm provisions of the IRA will…
More Reasons to Doubt Extreme Heat Predictions
Many climate scientists choose to ignore temperature history from satellite data in favor of temperature measurements taken on the surface only. (Satellites measure temperatures at a variety of heights—from the surface to the stratosphere.) Climate scientist Nicola Scafetta reviewed 38 climate model forecasts and how they correlated with actual temperatures. Temperature records measured by satellites…
Can the Media Tell the Truth about Climate Change? Apparently Not.
From Steven Koonin in the Wall Street Journal: “[T]he media goes with this angle: ‘A “doomsday glacier” the size of Florida is disintegrating faster than thought.’ A correct headline would read: ‘Thwaites Glacier retreating less than half as rapidly today as it did in the past.’” Koonin, author of Unsettled, a book that questions the…