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Presidential candidate Joe Biden has introduced a $2 trillion Clean Energy Plan. Besides missing out on providing information about how the proposed transitions to "clean technology," the extreme shift towards a fossil-free energy sector reveals the volatility in Biden's approach.
If it isn't some new virus, or swarms of killer hornets newly arrived from Southeast Asia, it has to be another dread event to grab the attention of the mainstream media.
The world is in the middle of the coronavirus crisis and economies are crashing. No one expects doomsayers to talk about climate change at times like these. But that's exactly what some people have done.
Today we're told that we're in a "war on the coronavirus." President Donald Trump began a March 18 press briefing by "announcing some important developments in our war against the Chinese virus" and repeatedly called the government's response to the virus "war." He invoked the Defense Production Act, designed to authorize the federal government to force companies to produce defense equipment in time of war.
Occasionally we get hate mail. Here's a recent example.
Even in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, renewable-energy enthusiasts are trying to convince people to abandon fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy.
Every year on March 25 the Cornwall Alliance hosts a *Day of Prayer for the Environment and the Poor.* This year, with the coronavirus bringing suffering to millions all over the world, we really need to pray. Here are some broad, general ideas to guide you.
The ongoing global emergency over coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused considerable fear. As of March 16, there were about 175,000 confirmed cases. About 6,700 deaths and 80,000 recoveries have been reported.
At the polls this year voters have a rare opportunity to slow or even halt the runaway scaremongering campaign of global warming, a.k.a. climate change. Or as yours truly refers to it, hucksterism by profiteers intent on separating people from their money.
On the first day after Brexit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sacked the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP26) summit chief Claire Perry O'Neill.
On January 3, 2020, 13 states in the U.S. joined Rhode Island in a lawsuit against oil companies for contributing to climate change and the dangers it poses.
A bill introduced in the California Assembly January 13 would require students to study the causes and effects of climate change in grades 1-6. It would also make the subject a requirement for high-school graduation. When I read the news, I first thought, "What's surprising? Climate alarmists have long since taken over California." But it looks like ordinary Californians aren't going to be so easily led. Comments on the news story at CBS Sacramento were overwhelmingly negative.
Australia was literally on fire in December. Record heat made headlines in global media. So did the extreme rainfall in east Africa. You and everybody else on earth can guess what climate alarmists blamed for both: man-made global warming, a.k.a. climate change. But record cold in northern India at the same time didn't make headlines in any major media in the United States or the United Kingdom. Why? Because it didn't fit expectations.
If you haven't heard about the historic snow across the Northern Hemisphere this winter, hear it now. Yes, winter began early with unusually heavy snow and extraordinary cold.
In India, monsoon is synonymous with joy. That's probably because the majority of India's 1.3 billion people directly or indirectly depend on agriculture, the success of which depends largely upon the rains of the annual monsoon season.
Sometimes it's helpful to step back and look at the big picture instead of the little details. As a geologist, I'm used to doing that.
What seems like a fairy tale for the children of developed nations is a life-and-death matter in the darkest corners of the world.
Don't condemn all inequality as injustice, and don't "spit in God's face" by feeling guilty for gifts He has given you.
