Two Graphs of Air Pollution Trends in the United States
Pretty much self-explanatory:
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What Anticapitalist Christian Economists Get Wrong
Almost any economist who has taught at a Christian college or operates in Christian academic circles has been asked the question, “What about the poor?” Most of the time, people ask the question in the spirit of dismissing any view of economics that favors free markets. Although there are a few Christian colleges where at
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If 2020 Is the Warmest Year … So What?
While 2020 will be at or near record-warmth globally, this is not something we should be particularly alarmed about. With COVID-19 and demonstrations taking center stage in news coverage, it is easy to forget that we are all dying from climate change, anyway … or so we have been told. The recent claim at cbsnews.com that 2020 will likely
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India Crafts Fossil-Fuel Pathway to Secure its Future
India is on the way to become a fossil fuel-based energy powerhouse of the 21st century. India’s developmental goals for the future are quite ambitious. They ought to be: From tackling the surging poverty rates to providing affordable utilities, the country faces a steep challenge. The key to achieving any of its developmental goals is
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When Ideology Trumps Reason, Science Suffers
Lawrence Krauss, a veteran American-Canadian theoretical physicist who has taught at Arizona State, Yale, and Case Western Reserve, rattled some cages yesterday with an article in the Wall Street Journal. “The Ideological Corruption of Science” mourns and warns of the increasing substitution of politically correct ideology for objective, evidence-driven science in determining which scientific views
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Did Ocean Acidification Devastate Oregon’s Oyster Hatcheries?
About twelve years ago, operators of oyster hatcheries along the Oregon coast noticed something strange. Oyster larvae were dying. By the billions. In short order, climate-change alarmists posited a cause: “ocean acidification” driven by manmade carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels. Suddenly it wasn’t only warming of the atmosphere that struck fear into
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So Climate Change Is a Non-Crisis—What about Air & Water Pollution?
A follower writes, My question concerns the legitimate concern with pollution in large urban areas across the globe. I have come to believe that CO2 emissions are not a threat to our climate. But many of the things spewed into the air and water as a result of industrialization are harmful to people. It seems
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Climate Alarmists Try to Preclude Debate
Carbon Brief, the website of one of many climate-alarmist organizations, wants to make sure you aren’t a victim of “climate change misinformation.” To that end, it published, last month, an erudite-sounding article titled “How climate change misinformation spreads online.” It is an exercise in bogus critical thinking. The authors—Kathie Treen, a Ph.D. candidate in computer
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Ten Reasons to Take Coronavirus Seriously—While Speaking Graciously
Charles Horton, M.D., consults regularly for the Christian news magazine World. In the July 10 issue, he responded to someone who had challenged him to provide ten reasons to take the Coronavirus seriously. Here they are in brief. You can read his fuller discussion in the original article. 1. Case counts can rise quickly where
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Hot Summer Epic Fail: New Climate Models Exaggerate Midwest Warming by 6X
For the last 10 years I have consulted for grain growing interests, providing information about past and potential future trends in growing season weather that might impact crop yields. Their primary interest is the U.S. corn belt, particularly the 12 Midwest states (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Michigan)
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