Another day, another BBC retraction http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42251921 You may recall the above report by the BBC, which described how bad last year’s Atlantic hurricane season was, before commenting at the end: A warmer world is bringing us a greater number of hurricanes and a greater risk of a hurricane becoming the most powerful category 5.  As […]

The Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council (CHECC) announces that on February 26, 2018 it filed a Comment in response to EPA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) Clean Power Plan (CPP) Replacement. (see  CHECC CPP ANPRM Replacement Comment FINAL to EPA 022618 (1) ) This Comment provided EPA and the Trump Administration with Legal, Climate […]

  In his latest book, “Enlightenment Now,” Steven Pinker credits ecomodernists — a new breed of environmentalists — for their forward-thinking approach to challenges such as climate change, energy, and land use. Pinker praises Michael Shellenberger, a founder of the ecomodernism movement, for defying old-guard greens who reject modernity and fantasize about a future without […]

The number of electric cars sold in Britain has fallen by a third since the start of the year, amid concerns that motorists are being put off by high prices, limited battery range and a lack of roadside charging points. These are the opening words of an article in the Times this week (Electric car […]

Who stands between the government and a proper, effective sanctions regime against Russia? Not Jeremy Corbyn, though he might wish he could. Putin is going to get away with the Salisbury attack, suffering little more than a token expulsion of diplomats, thanks to anti-fracking protesters. They didn’t mean it, of course. When they stood before […]

President Trump has ousted Rex Tillerson from his post as Secretary of State and plans to replace him with CIA director Mike Pompeo. Tillerson, under whose leadership ExxonMobil became an advocate of carbon taxes, led the pro-Paris climate treaty faction within the Trump administration. In stark contrast, in 2015, then-congressman Pompeo said about the Paris Agreement: “Congress must also do all in our power […]

In California, a new dominant coalition — led by tech oligarchs, identity politicians, and Greens — is rising to usurp control of the Democratic Party. The California Democratic Party’s refusal to endorse the reelection of Senator Dianne Feinstein represents a breaking point both for the state’s progressives and, arguably, the future of the party nationwide. […]

“Looked at in the broader context of economic development, climate change will barely slow our progress in the effort to raise living standards.” I work hard to maintain my optimistic outlook. Wishful thinking works. The first step toward building a more healthy, peaceful, just world is to believe we can do it. So how do […]