John Tierney and Joel Kotkin review Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, by Michael Shellenberger. Tierney (in the Wall Street Journal) writes: “He chronicles environmental progress around the world and crisply debunks myth after gloomy myth,” writes Tierney. “No, we are not in the midst of the ‘sixth mass extinction,’ because only 0.001%…
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Is Climate Change Killing People?
Numerous news sources are reporting a claim that a warmer climate is killing so many American that health departments aren’t equipped to handle the upsurge in cases. Yet the most precise measurements we have show there has been no increase in U.S. temperatures since 2005, writes Heartland Institute scholar James Taylor. He goes on to…
Nuclear energy . . . the Great American Outdoors bill . . . Anesthetics can change climate?
Nuclear energy may be safer than we think, says a new study from the Global Warming Policy Foundation. A reason to support the Great American Outdoors bill, just passed by the Senate: it would fund maintenance of our national parks, says PERC’s Brian Yablonski on Fox News. Religious diversion? The Vatican recommends divestment from fossil…
Fragile islands, Facebook, and Big Oil
Good climate news for fragile islands. HT-Benny Peiser. Facebook thinks its opinion of climate change is better than yours, says Pat Michaels. HT-Myron Ebell. Climate-change litigation against Big Oil had its setbacks, but it is alive and kicking, warns the Manhattan Contrarian.
Big Tech Quashes Climate Skepticism
Social media are cutting cut out skeptical views about climate, says Clarice Feldman on the Pipeline. Apple no longer allows its iPhone to access an app called Inconvenient Facts which challenges Al Gore’s views on dangerous climate change. Reddit moderators have banned climate skeptics from the “/r/science” feature which has millions of monthly visitors. Wattsup…
Michael Moore Again, What Recycling Is Really Like, Class Conflicts over Wind Energy
More on Michael Moore, from RealClearEnergy. Outside Magazine describes what actually happens when you recycle. Class conflicts over siting of wind energy in New York and New England. On RealClearEnergy. Straightening out the BBC on the “sunniest May ever.” HT-Benny Peiser.