Vijay Jayaraj

Vijay Jayaraj is a Research Associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and writes frequently for the Cornwall Alliance. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK, and resides in India.

The Dawn of Climate Realism: Coal Surges Amid Climate Rhetoric

Many countries have been at the crisscross of warfare between anti-coal establishments and the traditional coal industry. Despite the elite-empowered and politically motivated worldwide campaign to phase out coal, demand for coal is on the rise! Coal has been “enemy No. 1” for the climate establishment. In fact, it would seem that the entire global […]

The Dawn of Climate Realism: Coal Surges Amid Climate Rhetoric Learn More »

Does Russia Deploy American Green Groups as Pawns?

The Trump administration, despite being accused of facilitating Russian collusion in the 2016 Presidential election, is, with the rest of America, actually a victim of Russian sabotage. American environmental groups’ threats to halt energy projects and defence operations, long a problem, have grown recently, thanks in part to Russian support. They are now more dangerous

Does Russia Deploy American Green Groups as Pawns? Learn More »

YouTube’s Climate Change ‘Re-Education Camp’

YouTube’s recent move to flag videos that do not align with the company’s beliefs is a shocker to many viewers. This is no small move. YouTube is setting a dangerous precedent for other social media platforms, which may soon espouse this anti-science attitude. Recently, YouTube decided to post a banner beneath videos that questioned the consensus on

YouTube’s Climate Change ‘Re-Education Camp’ Learn More »

Church and Climate Change — Love Thy Neighbor, With Truth

The Christian church worldwide has always sought to improve people’s welfare. It has been the forerunner for justice and freedom. That is understandable, because Jesus demands that we love our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:31). How then, in light of the best scientific and historical knowledge, ought the church to respond to climate change? How

Church and Climate Change — Love Thy Neighbor, With Truth Learn More »

The Astonishing Failures of Al Gore’s Arctic Prophecies

In his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Al Gore claimed that there is “a 75 percent chance the entire polar ice cap will melt in summer within the next five to seven years.” Well, eleven years have gone by, and Arctic ice is doing fine. Why do politicians like Gore make blatantly false claims? The Arctic ice sheet

The Astonishing Failures of Al Gore’s Arctic Prophecies Learn More »

Climate Obsession: Blinding Us to Real Environmental Problems



Are there bigger environmental concerns than Climate Change? Certainly. But we don’t hear that from our daily news anchors and bulletins. Why are we obsessed with climate change? Not long ago, our interests were limited only to weather. But in recent decades, climate change has dominated our news columns. There is not a day without

Climate Obsession: Blinding Us to Real Environmental Problems

 Learn More »

Climate Fake News: Now Spreading Like Wildfire

Fake news, and any interesting news, can spread like wildfire. Unfortunately, recent wildfires in Greece generated more fake news. It has now become popular to blame every natural disaster on global warming. Here I try to explain why this attitude is wrong and can sometimes even impede our scientific progress. Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW)

Climate Fake News: Now Spreading Like Wildfire Learn More »

The Complex Climate Conundrum: Moving from Panic to Progress

The media buzz about climate doomsday can be quite overwhelming to any ordinary person who is not into sciences or academia. In recent decades, more and more people have been persuaded to believe that an imminent climate collapse is at hand. But do we know enough about climate change to justify such claims? How much sense can we make

The Complex Climate Conundrum: Moving from Panic to Progress Learn More »

Anti-Science Attitude and Media Lies: Your Blinded Climate Friend

Climate change is divisive. While most conservatives tend to be skeptical of the dangers of climate change, most liberals tend to exaggerate them. Within the scientific community too, a plethora of scientists believe the current change in climate is not unprecedented. Their opinion stands in stark contrast to opinions held by scientists who head the climate policy making bodies at the

Anti-Science Attitude and Media Lies: Your Blinded Climate Friend Learn More »

Monsoons Unravelling the Climate-Change Myth, Again!

Dark clouds, gentle, cool breezes, and signs of life everywhere. The Monsoon has begun in India, giving much-needed respite from summer heat! Images of India in the mainstream media can be misleading. They generally show only our cities. They portray them as overcrowded and unhygienic. But most of India is farms and forests. Nearly half the

Monsoons Unravelling the Climate-Change Myth, Again! Learn More »