In his 1968 book The Population Bomb Paul Ehrlich predicted mass famines in America and lots of other countries around the world before 1980, and that we would run out of lots of minerals by then, too. His predictions turned out false. He remains the idol of environmentalists worldwide. In 2007 Al Gore predicted, ““The North Polar […]
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Three mainline Protestant clergy issued a statement condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, saying it “violates the values and vision that are basic to Christian faith.” As reported by Anglican.ink, “The Rt. Rev. Douglas J. Fisher, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, and the
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Was it wise for President Donald Trump to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement? The President offered mostly economic reasons for his decision. Although they’re important, it’s also important to know whether there’s good scientific basis. As some critics reason, “So what if the economy booms? What if the earth dies?”So
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Recently Rev. Mitchell Hescox, CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network, wrote an email to a pastor, who forwarded it to us. It’s a prime example of the fallacious (and worse) discourse climate alarmists often use. Here’s what Hescox wrote: I pray you will reconsider your stance on climate change. It is apparent, you have been
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Since well before former President Barack Obama signed onto it as an executive agreement (because he knew the Senate wouldn’t ratify it), a number of large American corporations have supported the Paris climate accord. As the time neared when President Donald Trump would announce whether he would keep his campaign promise to withdraw from it,
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On Fox News Sunday with Mike Wallace June 4, former Vice President Al Gore said solar energy has created jobs 17 times faster than the U.S. economy as a whole. He also pointed out that solar now employs more people than coal. He saw those both as reasons to celebrate. The truth is the opposite. Why?
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So Elon Musk, gravely disappointed that President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the climate-irrelevant (full implementation throughout the century would reduce global temperature by only 0.17C) but outrageously expensive (full implementation would cost $70 to $140 trillion) Paris climate accord, has quit the President’s business advisory council. Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX,
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The craze for “organic” foods grows apace in America, with otherwise rational people choosing to pay twice as much or more for foods labeled “organic” as for conventional foods. Does that make sense? Not much. Claims that “organic” foods are healthier than non-“organic” have a hard time finding any empirical justification. Claims that “organic” foods
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President Donald Trump attends his first G7 Summit May 26–27. There he will face enormous pressure to break a promise to those who elected him. The promise? To get the United States out of the Paris climate treaty. The pressure? It will come from the head of pretty much every other G7 member. Canadian socialist
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When I began reading Johnny Wei-Bing Lin’s The Nature of Environmental Stewardship: Understanding Creation Care Solutions to Environmental Problems nearly a year ago, I recognized two things about it almost immediately. First, it was eminently readable—clear, simple, warm, a lot like being involved in a conversation with a dear and longtime friend. Second, it was
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