Our thanks to Roger Pielke Jr. for bringing attention to a new study that quantifies the media bias on climate change. Pielke summarizes the study this way: “In 2020, scholars published more than 50,000 peer-reviewed papers on climate change in almost 6,000 journals. A new study by Marie-Elodie Perga and colleagues looks at how these papers…
Category: The Environmental Blog
Think Globally, Act Locally
“Repair Cafés” will not solve very many recycling problems, but they are a sign of community spirit and how hidden talents can be used to keep some aged products from being dumped. Modern industry often can’t use the old-fashioned ability to fix minor mechanical problems. It’s not cost-effective. The Repair Café’s little nuggets of voluntary…
It’s Hard to Keep Special Interests Happy, But the Government Keeps Trying
Chances are, you haven’t heard of RFS, RINs, eRINs, RVOs, or maybe even RNG. I hadn’t. But if you are part of the agricultural and waste-industry interests that promote “biofuels,” you know all about them. They are the means by which fuel generated by corn, wood, waste from a landfill, or other “natural” biomass gets…
Friday Links: From “Green Energy” Credits to Climate Resilience in Coastal Areas
- The Washington Post expresses doubts about “green energy” credits.
- More anxiety about the power grid. (The fault, says Axios, is the hot weather anticipated this summer.)
- The Biden administration doles out staggering amounts of money:
- It lends $9.5 billion to Ford to make batteries for electric vehicles.
- Plans to spend nearly $1 billion to electrify federal buildings.
- Will hand out $575 million for “climate resilience” in coastal communities.
Sackett vs. EPA: Why Does It Matter?
In May, the Supreme Court told the Environmental Protection Agency it couldn’t regulate lands distant from navigable waters as “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Given recent history, this was a momentous decision. Ryan M. Yonk and Ethan Yang, writing for Law & Liberty, have analyzed the subject more deeply. Until…
Build a Home, Pay a Traffic Fee
The Mountain States Legal Foundation has joined a growing number of organizations filing amicus briefs supporting a Supreme Court petition on a takings issue. David McDonald, writing for Mountain States, says: “George Sheetz . . . . wants to build a single-family residence on his property in Placerville, California. The County of El Dorado, however,…