International Organizations—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Can They Be Reformed?

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The COVID pandemic has brought various international organizations, especially the World Health Organization, to the forefront in the news this year. As a result, citizens around the world are seeing both the promise and the flaws of such agencies. Tomorrow Dr. E. Calvin Beisner will be a panelist in a worldwide Livestream discussion hosted by […]

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No, Banning Fossil Fuels Won’t Raise Life Expectancy; Fossil-fueled Electricity Will

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Mathematical modeler Caleb Stewart Rossiter of the CO2 Coalition reviews a model-based life expectancy study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research. The model misleadingly projects only the benefits and not the costs of eliminating affordable, reliable, and increasingly clean fossil fuels in favor of expensive, intermittent “renewables.” With only a third of homes having access to

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New Climate Summary: Meat, Livestock Have Little Climate Impact

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American ranchers and U.S. meat consumption have virtually no impact on greenhouse gas emissions or climate, reports a compelling new climate summary. The new climate summary, “Climate at a Glance: Livestock and Methane,” documents that cattle and beef account for just 2% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. All livestock combined account for less than 4%

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Climate Change Barely Registers Among Americans’ List of Top Concerns, Gallup Poll Shows

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Just 1 percent of Americans surveyed identified the combined category of “Climate change/Environment/Pollution” as “the most important problem facing this country today,” in a newly released Gallup poll. Coronavirus the Top Concern The Wuhan Coronavirus remained the top concern among the 1007 adults polled by Gallup between July 1 and July 23, with 30 percent

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Trump Administration Cleans Up the Environment, Critics Carp from the Sidelines

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Even as President Donald Trump kept his promise to roll back unnecessary regulations that hamper U.S. economic competitiveness and job creation, his administration demonstrated its commitment to cleaning up the environment and keeping statutory deadlines for making environmental decisions. Trump’s efforts to spur significant economic growth and create high-paying jobs began shortly after his inauguration,

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The Lazy Man’s Way to Avoid Grappling with an Argument

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Today I received this via email: I have seen a meme going around on Facebook that says: “Just so you know, Legitimate scientists tend to publish their research in academic journals, not on YouTube.” What is your take on this? Is does come from a very strong Democrat supporter. The truth is that legitimate scientists publish

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Biden’s Climate Plan Would Put Us On The Road To Serfdom

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Recently a colleague of mine, David Wojick, Ph.D., opined that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s climate and energy plans are full of promises Biden can’t keep. Wojick is correct in the sense that Biden makes many promises he can’t enact through executive actions alone. Unfortunately, I fear Wojick is being far too optimistic about

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Biden’s 2-Trillion Dollar Blunder Imperils Economic Recovery

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Joe Biden, the presumptive Democrat nominee for President, recently unveiled his “new infrastructure and clean energy plan.” If enacted, it could have devastating and long-lasting impact on the American economy. Why? The $2 Trillion Clean Energy Plan will essentially strip the American economy of its backbone: the conventional energy sector. Biden’s announcement page declares that

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