E. Calvin Beisner

Dr. Beisner is Founder and National Spokesman of The Cornwall Alliance; former Associate Professor of Historical Theology & Social Ethics, at Knox Theological Seminary, and of Interdisciplinary Studies, at Covenant College; and author of “Where Garden Meets Wilderness: Evangelical Entry into the Environmental Debate” and “Prospects for Growth: A Biblical View of Population, Resources, and the Future.”

Conservative Evangelicals Supporting EPA’s CO2 Rule? Nothing Here But Dog Bites Man

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Originally Published at Townhall.com Mystified by all the news lately that “conservative, evangelical Christians” have suddenly become very worried about climate change when none of your conservative, evangelical Christian friends have done so? Perplexed by reports that “conservative, evangelical Christians” spoke out in favor of the federal EPA’s new proposed rule requiring 30% cuts in […]

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The Threat to the Scientific Method that Explains the Spate of Fraudulent Science Publications

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First Published on Townhall.com In his recent article “The Threat to the Scientific Method,” Dr. Patrick Michaels, a climatologist who for 30 years was Research Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia and now directs the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute, pointed to a serious problem: the corruption

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Climate Consensus? Nonsense!

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So, someone privately messaged us saying her friend had posted this article, and she (who messaged us) wondered how we’d respond. Okay, we give up. We’ll never persuade people like Slate.com’s Phil Plait. Not if this article, and this and this typify his thought processes. His failure to dig a little deeper, as any good journalist should (which suggests how few good

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Lying with Statistics: “The National Climate Assessment” Falsely Hypes Ice Loss in Greenland and Antarctica

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How fast are Greenland and Antarctica losing ice? If you trust the National Climate Assessment (NCA), you’ll think, “Very fast!” And that’s intentional. The aim is to provoke fear so the American public will support the Obama administration’s aim to spend $Trillions fighting global warming. Here’s how the NCA (in Appendix 4, FAQ-L) depicts the

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Join Governors Urging Obama to Adopt Sane Energy and Environment Policy!

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The governors of nine states recently wrote an excellent letter to President Barack Hussein Obama urging him to “pursue a pragmatic energy policy that balances our nation’s economic needs, energy security, and environmental quality objectives.” The Cornwall Alliance has been trumpeting this message for years. It’s great to see these governors embracing it. Pointing out that new breakthroughs

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Global Warming Alarmist Makes Bogus Challenge to Skeptics

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The brilliant Progressives over at the Daily Kos are all atwitter about the bold wager of $10,000 offered by physicist Dr. Christopher Keating to anyone who can “prove, via the scientific method, that man-made global climate change is not occurring.” Wow! It’s put-up or shut-up time for climate skeptics like us at the Cornwall Alliance, right? Ten grand ripe for the picking!All

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Punish Your Enemy, Crush the Poor? EPA’s New CO2 Rule Turns Christian Ethics Upside Down

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Originally Published in the Christian Post June 13, 2014 Jesus taught that we’re to love our enemies and look after the poor. But a new rule from the Obama Administration seems to fly in the face of both mandates.By now practically everyone in America must know that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new proposed rule

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Bogus Poll Touts Widespread Support for Obama’s CO2 Cuts

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 The headline couldn’t have been more celebratory: “A huge majority of Americans support regulating carbon from power plants. And they’re even willing to pay for it.” Uh-huh. Here’s the key question: “What if that significantly lowered greenhouse gases but raised your monthly energy expenses by 20 dollars a month – in that case do you think the government

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Website Visitor Accuses Us of Lies and Propaganda; We Respond

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Recently a visitor to our website wrote us:  Please show me the hard science behind your ‘beliefs’. I just want you to know that as a Christian AND environmentalist, I am appalled at the lies you are propagating. Please help me understand your motivation. Is anyone on your staff a trained scientist? And please do

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“Climate Science”? Or Irrational Thuggery

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When Dr. Lennart Bengtsson, one of the world’s leading meteorologists who had for years warned people of dangerous, manmade global warming, began to publish his doubts because observed temperatures weren’t rising anywhere near as fast as the computer climate models predicted, some of his former “comrades in alarms” got upset. When the veteran Swedish climate scientist agreed

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