Trade-Offs: Biden’s Push for Bio-energy from Agriculture Worries Environmentalists

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The “Inflation Reduction Act” will provide $140 billion in agricultural “tax incentives, loans, and grants” to promote energy. Environmentalists are not happy. Keith Schneider of the New York Times writes: “Despite pushback from environmental groups concerned about increased pollution from farm waste, developers across the country see opportunities to build ambitious renewable energy projects to […]

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110,000 Deaths A Year In South Asia Due To Rising Temperatures, Claims WHO

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The first thing to point out is that Dr Neira is Director of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health at the WHO. The second thing to note is that she is telling a pack of lies. The article in the Economist she is referring to actually says: Between 2000 and 2019, South Asia saw over

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Judith Curry to Senate (and Senator Whitehouse): Cool It!

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So much theatrical foolishness happens in Congressional hearings that one wonders why anyone bothers with them. But every once in a while, someone really intelligent, really well informed, really courageous addresses one of them, and then it’s a good idea to pay attention. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash That happened March 23 when our friend

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Greens Refuse to Discuss Recycling of Renewables and Restoration of Mining Locations to Pristine Conditions

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The reality is that all the mineral products and metals needed to make wind turbines, solar panels, and EV batteries are mined and processed in places like Baotou, Inner Mongolia, Bolivia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly under Chinese control. Decommissioning and restoration of those mining landscapes back to their original pristine condition is not in

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Legalized Climate Grifting

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Grifters have long fascinated us. Operating outside accepted moral standards, they excel at persuading their “marks” to hand valuables over willingly. If they ever represented a “distinctly American ethos,” they’ve been supplanted by con artists seeking bank accounts for funds abandoned by Nigerian princes. Their artful dodging is epitomized by Frank Abagnale daring the FBI

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Shining Light on Science Education’s Dark Age

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The science teachers’ bureaucracy is driving climate education into an unquestioning adherence to unscientific methodology. The cost will be measured in students without the facility for the more than 400-year-old scientific method and lacking the critical thinking necessary for sustaining civilization and advancing humankind. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Many observers of education have been

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These New Science Standards Will Indoctrinate Your Kids

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The CO2 Coalition has reviewed the National Science Teaching Association’s Position Statement on Climate Change and has found that it has serious problems, which we address in this assessment. Our objections to this document are many but can be separated into two major categories. Our detailed rebuttal, Challenging NSTA Position Statement on Climate Change, was published on

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