Every so often the truth seeps out that significantly reducing global greenhouse gas emissions will require enormous sacrifices, meaning profound losses of welfare on people’s part. Bear that in mind when you hear politicians’ promises of “net zero by X date” or “50 or 80 percent carbon dioxide reductions by year X.” In the Western […]
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On a given morning the individual who happens to subscribe to a local newspaper likely may wake up over coffee greeted by a headline reading “Global Warming (or Climate Change, or Climate Crisis) Is Causing Increasing Deaths,” with latest estimates reaching into the multi-millions. Is this otherwise implausible statement credible? It may seem entirely plausible
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Last week, a group of scientists sent shock waves through the climate-science community. They boldly pointed out that current climate models exaggerate greenhouse warming. In other words, they confirmed what climate skeptics have been arguing all along: that most computer climate models forecast unrealistic warming — warming not observed anywhere in the real world. Could
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As we saw in Part 2 of this brief history, the Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship didn’t work out as originally hoped. But that didn’t mean the Cornwall Declaration would lie dormant forever. David Rothbard and Craig Rucker, whom I introduced in Part 2, kept in touch with me over the next few years, encouraging
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So Many Salmon By late July, salmon runs and the brown bears that pursue them are winding down at Brooks Falls. So I was skeptical about my daughter’s desire to visit this treasure in Alaska’s Katmai National Park in early August. Until she showed me the live webcam. We secured a last minute flight that
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It’s official. Or, at least official enough for NPR to report it with zero reference to contrary data: “July Was The Hottest Month In Recorded Human History“! Now, I’ve never been quite sure why “recorded human history” should be such a prominent concern. What about before recorded human history? Historical climatology tells us there were
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There are two types of coffee drinkers: casual and extremely particular. Regardless which type you are, you might want to know how climate change impacts coffee production. The media tell us coffee plants are dying because of climate change. Time magazine, for example published an article titled, “Your Morning Cup of Coffee Is in Danger. Can the Industry Adapt
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Every year like clockwork, starting in late July and running through to November, mainstream media around the world start hyping the message: your sinful use of fossil fuels to heat or cool your home, cook your food, power your car or truck, make and market and use your food, clothing, shelter, communications, transportation, health care,
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That’s the gist of what Swiss climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne told CBC News about why she may refuse to participate in any future assessment reports from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It’s not that the reports don’t let her say what she wants to say. She’s been a lead author about extreme
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This will not be the usual post you find on this blog dedicated to Biblical earth stewardship, economic development for the poor, and the gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s going to talk critically about sexual perversion. But by the end you’ll recognize why it’s appropriate for this venue. Annie Sprinkle is famous (or infamous) as
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