Category: Climate Change

Morgan, at “Inside the Movement,” writes: This year’s COP Conference has been hard to watch. Between the record number of oil lobbyists attending and the COP President (an oil CEO) who doesn’t believe phasing out fossil fuels will reduce global heating, …

“Inside the Movement” Remains Optimistic on Global Warming Mitigation Read More »

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Reader Charlie Heller notes: Hydrocarbons are not nearly the problem climate change hysteria peddlers claim. They are making money off of fear mongering. I had no idea. Please provide some evidence in support of the claim you make here. I’d …

Somehow Global Warming Is Still Controversial Read More »

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The Democracy Now! article begins: This year, there are at least 2,456 lobbyists at COP28, the U.N. climate summit in Dubai — nearly four times as many as last year — from companies like Shell, Total and ExxonMobil. The lobbyists …

From Democracy Now: Planet for Sale? Record 2,500 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Descend on COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai Read More »

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A reader notes: Bravo! Hats off to Alberta Canada for standing up against the climate change insanity being foisted on them by their federal government. Alberta is Canada’s largest oil producing province, providing 79.2% of Canadian oil production. But I’m …

Climate Change “Insanity?” Read More »

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As suggested in this brilliant cartoon, when most Americans go to the polls in 2024, climate change mitigation will not be at the top of their list of priorities. Having said that, Biden has done more than any of his …

Americans’ Priorities Read More »

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The headline here is taken from this article in Bloomberg. A few quick points: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, leads a company that, since the adoption of the Paris agreement, has sat at the top of …

Jamie Dimon Urges Even Liberals to Back Nikki Haley as Alternative to Trump Read More »

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Here’s Exxon’s survey on the subject. What purpose does it serve? Well, if most people either a) don’t understand the connection between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, or b) reject what our scientists are telling us, the oil giant …

How Important Is Reducing Emissions? Read More »

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Here’s a meme of global warming from a reader whose screen name is “climate change is crap.” FWIW, it’s true that higher concentrations of CO2 promote plant growth, all others things being equal, but this effect is negligible in comparison …

Ill-Informed People Say “Climate Change Is Crap” Read More »

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The article begins: Southern staples like magnolia trees and camellias may now be able to grow without frost damage in once-frigid Boston. Here’s another reminder of the fact that not all the effects of global warming are harmful, and longer …

From the Los Angeles Times: U.S. Revises ‘Plant Hardiness’ Map for Gardeners to Keep Pace with Climate Change Read More »

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This artist’s rendering at left suggests a device that its proponents say will, one day, capture CO2 from the Earth’s atmosphere, and mitigate the growing threat of climate change.  But let’s think about this for a moment. The concentration of …

Whenever We See an Artist’s Rendering, Rather than a Photograph of a Working Prototype, We Need to Wonder  Read More »

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