Thursday, May 1, is the National Day of Prayer, an observance designated by the United States Congress in 1952 in legislation signed by President Harry S. Truman, amended in 1988 in legislation signed by President Ronald Reagan to specify the first Thursday in May as the permanent Day of Prayer. At a time when forces […]
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Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs! Seems like nothing gets more discussion in America right now than tariffs. Some folks are agin’ ’em, others are for ’em. What do you think? Just short of two months into the new administration of President Donald Trump, many economic experts, pointing to the 9 percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial
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On December 7, 2009—“a day that will live in infamy”—the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued what is known as the “CO2 endangerment finding,” which has been the linchpin of practically all federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide. Over the past 15 years, the EPA, other federal agencies, and various states have issued
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The Version 6.1 global area-averaged temperature trend (January 1979 through January 2025)remains at +0.15 deg/ C/decade (+0.22 C/decade over land, +0.13 C/decade over oceans). Source: Dr. Roy Spencer So, does carbon dioxide warm the Earth, or doesn’t it? Are extreme weather events getting more frequent and severe, or aren’t they? Why is there so much
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Consumer Reports. You probably have heard of it, as it has been around since 1936. Since then, it has offered valuable information to assess the safety and performance of many products and services, and has come to be widely trusted. So, you can understand why we were intrigued when it issued a blurb in one
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President Trump should present the Paris Climate Accord to the Senate as a treaty—where it would crash and burn, never to suck the blood out of Americans again. Illustration by OpenAI/ChatGPT. Fragile, but off to a good start. That’s my assessment of President Donald J. Trump’s initial actions regarding environment, climate change, and energy. On
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The Cornwall Alliance has joined 25 other free-market and conservative organizations in issuing an open letter urging United States Senators and Representatives to delay legislation on permitting reform until after the new Congress is seated in January. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which produced the letter, issued this press release December 13, 2024: The Competitive Enterprise
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Have you seen the viral video of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg calling for “vegan grenades,” “battery-powered fighter jets,” “biodegradable missiles”? It’s a deep-fake parody, a satire. But, sad to say, it’s not that far from reality in the minds of some U.S. military policymakers. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin said in 2021, “We face all kinds of threats
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Consumer Reports. You probably have heard of it, as it has been around since 1936. Since then, it has offered valuable information to assess the safety and performance of many products and services, and has come to be widely trusted. So, you can understand why we were intrigued when it issued a blurb in one
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Electric vehicle (EV) advocates often claim EVs are only marginally more costly, or even cheaper, than internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). The claim accounts only for costs paid directly by EV owners. Adding costs paid by other taxpayers through government subsidies and tax credits tells a different story. Comparing the Costs Argonne National Laboratory (federally
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