Pray for People in Hurricane Florence’s Path—But Don’t Fall Prey to Alarmist Rhetoric

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We should all be praying for those in the path of Hurricane Florence, regardless whether she turns out catastrophic or only (as hurricanes go) a relatively minor problem, and those in her path should be taking all sensible steps to shield themselves from harm, while others prepare to help quickly in the aftermath. At the […]

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Climate Change 1922

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The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consulate at Bergen Norway. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures

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The Climate-Change Derangement Syndrome: Undermining Science and Demonizing Skeptics

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Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is fairly popular. Even people in far eastern countries like India and Australia know about it. But little do we hear about Climate-Change Derangement Syndrome (CCDS) and another new syndrome emerging from it. CCDS is a behavioral pattern in which a section of our society responds irrationally to any trend in global temperatures that

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Living by the Flood Waters: Life, Death, and Hope in the Midst of Chaos

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This month, the Indian state of Kerala received massive rainfall. The subsequent floods displaced 1.3 million people. The experience has left many, including me, shaken yet hopeful. India’s southernmost state, Kerala is famous for its monsoon rains. Rain-bearing clouds from the Indian and Arabian oceans ravage the land every year. They make it a lush,

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Churches’ Assistance Following South India Floods Continues a Long Tradition

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Responses to the floods in the southern India state of Kerala that began August 8 and continued for nearly a week reminded many here of the indispensable role the church played in the development of India. Kerala is prone to massive rainfall every year, so initially the intense rainfall raised no alarms. However, within 48

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The Childish Antics of Global Warming Alarmists

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“If you won’t play my way, I’m going to take my ball and go home!” One expects such behavior from 7-year-olds. Not from grownups. But that’s the behavior of 60 scientists, journalists, politicians, activists, and others who signed an open letter published in the (dependably sympathetic) Guardian Sunday saying, “we will no longer debate those who deny that human-caused

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These Are the Ten Most Polluted Cities in the World—Really?

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Environmental scientist and activist James Conca, writing in Forbes, reports on a study by an organization called Eco Experts that these are the world’s 10 most polluted cities: I knew the instant I saw Paris and Los Angeles as numbers 9 and 10 that there must be something terribly wrong with the methodology of whatever “study”

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Are Western Wildfires Driven by Global Warming—Manmade or Otherwise?

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The news media have made the number and intensity of wildfires in western states this summer a household topic: as of August 14, there were hundreds of them, and of major ones, 17 were burning in Alaska, 11 in Arizona, 10 each in Oregon and Colorado, and 9 in California. The media and many environmentalists

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