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.

Public Abandons Doomsday Cult for Climate Realism and Practical Environmentalism

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For years, climate activists like Al Gore and John Kerry have made bold, headline-grabbing predictions that have failed to materialize. Gore’s 2007 assertion that the Arctic would be ice-free by 2013 stands in stark contrast to reality: Arctic ice has not disappeared despite seasonal fluctuations, and Antarctica sea ice has rebounded from record low levels. […]

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Faith in Perspective: Our Children, Climate, and the Future

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We sit, privileged — sheltered by God’s grace from violence’s shadow. Yet beyond our safety, a world seethes with brutality. I was recently at an event organized by Beyond Barriers commemorating a sanctuary for childhood’s most wounded souls. As tales of near-lost lives unfolded, the room held its collective breath—each story a whisper of children hovering on

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Europe’s Energy Debacle Is a Warning for U.S.

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Europe—light and dark. What happens if the grid fails for lack of sufficient generation?(Illustration by OpenAI.) When it comes to global energy policy, few narratives are as instructive – and as cautionary – as Europe’s ill-fated experiment with wind and solar energy. The continent’s self-inflicted woes contain lessons that should be taken to heart by

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Your Cappuccino Is Safe Despite Climate Fearmongering

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Coffee plantation in Quimbaya, Quimbio, Colombia. (Photo in public domain under Creative Commons.) A few hundred years ago, coffee was almost an unknown commodity with hardly a handful of countries consuming it at a commercial scale. But today, it is a sought-after drink that drives multiple companies to compete for the world’s best beans. An

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Conservation Successes Defy Climate Pessimism

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When a purported climate crisis dominates much of the discourse of public policy, the trap of attributing every ecological issue to climate change easily ensnares anyone who fails to note the abundant evidence to the contrary.   Over the past few decades, we have witnessed remarkable success stories of species being brought back from the brink

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November’s Energy Earthquake: A World Reshaped by Politics, Power, and Pragmatism

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As the global energy landscape pivots in the shadow of November 2024’s seismic political developments, the world finds itself navigating a complex web of geopolitics, market maneuvers and environmental debates.   In recent weeks, we have seen the return to world leadership chief climate skeptic Donald Trump and the conspicuous absences of key leaders at “green”

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Tailpipes and Chimneys Greening Gardens and Forests

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A farmer in South Korea’s Gyeongbok Province carefully tends to his potato field, while halfway across the world the engines of a thousand cars idle on an American interstate highway. These seemingly disconnected scenes share a bond through the fertilization effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which has been greening the Earth for decades. Yes, the CO2 effluent of

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Resolving the Dissonance Regarding Fossil Fuels

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Fossil fuels are destroying our planet. Big oil is evil. Coal is an addiction. These are hyperbolic statements uttered without basis in the public square as we continue with lifestyles dependent on hydrocarbons and their derivatives.   This dissonance exists cognitively in individuals whose choices are inconsistent with their thinking. Another dissonance manifests itself as elites

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