How to Drive a Silver Stake Through the Heart of the Paris Climate Accord

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President Trump should present the Paris Climate Accord to the Senate as a treaty—where it would crash and burn, never to suck the blood out of Americans again. Illustration by OpenAI/ChatGPT. Fragile, but off to a good start. That’s my assessment of President Donald J. Trump’s initial actions regarding environment, climate change, and energy. On […]

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California’s Suspension of Environmental Regulations Should Be Permanent

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Guest column by Matthew Gagnon If these regulations are an unnecessary hindrance for those recovering from the wildfires, why are they necessary at all? The Palisades Fire at peak intensity January 7, 2025, from high-rise roof in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy of Toast21 under Creative Commons license.) Southern California has been burning for more than two

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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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Los Angeles Burns and Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass Fiddle

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A half century of disastrous wildfires and flawed land-management policies bring disaster home to Angelenos. Seems only yesterday, doesn’t it, the massive Camp fire (2018) killed 80 Californians and laid waste to some 150,000 acres of northern California. Closer to LA, the 2017 Woolsey fire burned over much of the same areas back in 2017, another big

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Gases from Asthma Inhalers Cause Negligible Warming 

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The following is a guest article by Frits Byron Soepyan. If you prefer to read this document as a Word file, one is attached. Abstract  Various educational and medical institutions, as well as policymakers, have expressed concerns regarding the use of metered-dose inhalers to prevent or treat shortness of breath associated with asthma and chronic

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Scientific Societies Err on ‘Climate Change’

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Major scientific organizations’ statements on “climate change” and the conclusions therein form the basis of much of the scientific foundation for governmental, scientific, media, and public concerns on the use of fossil fuels. Trillions of public and private dollars are currently being spent on alternative fuels to “save the planet” from the alleged harm of

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Assigning Responsibility for the Tragic Los Angeles Fires

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First understand Southern California is naturally dry. Its Mediterranean climate means it rarely rains in the summer and has a limited winter rainy season. Three deserts in the region attest to its dry climate.  As a result, the vegetation around Los Angeles primarily consists of one-hour fuels that can dry in as little as 60

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Illinois Electricity: Subsidies, Mandates, Inflation

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“If Illinois wants an affordable and reliable grid, the answer is to end subsidies and mandates for all forms of generation. And to eliminate regulations that are taking the most affordable and reliable fuels out of the generation mix. Nothing else will work.” Electricity prices are climbing in Illinois. As is the public’s concern about

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So Much for an ‘Orderly Transition’ — Biden Bans Oil, Gas Drilling

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So what happened to that goodwill promise President Joe Biden made in the White House Rose Garden on Nov. 7 to do everything he can to support an orderly transition to the upcoming Trump administration? Calling on people to bring down the temperature after the heat of the presidential campaign, he said, “We accept the choice

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