Today, this anti-meat culture has arrived at the church’s doorstep. We now have thought leaders, media personalities, and even voices within the church calling for a reduction in meat consumption. Christians should know that the call to ban or reduce meat consumption is not only unbiblical but also scientifically baseless. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash […]
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In the wake of the midterm election results, President Biden has made it clear that “I’m not going to change,” in particular with respect to his view that “the oil companies are really doing the nation a real disservice.” Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Accordingly, it is easy to predict a continuation of the incoherence of the Biden stance toward conventional
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This is a guest article by By Robert Bradley Jr. “There is no doubt that these emails are embarrassing and a public-relations disaster for science.” – Andrew Dessler, “Climate E-Mails Cloud the Debate,” December 10, 2009. It has been 13 years since the intellectual scandal erupted called Climategate. Each anniversary inspires recollections and regurgitation of salient quotations. These
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Now that I’m back to researching the surface air temperature record and the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, I decided to revisit the temperatures in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s been over 8 years since I posted about Las Vegas being the poster child for the UHI effect and I showed some warming trend calculations from the hourly
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Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash In a world where everyone craves “peace and safety,” they are looking everywhere else but where it is truly found – and so wind up with neither. Our present world is in deep trouble far beyond merely the weather or the nastiest flu season in living memory. It is saddled
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Last week, numerous media outlets reported that Germany will extend the lives of three of its nuclear power plants. The move to keep the reactors online, which was opposed by the country’s Green Party, showed that German politicians are recognizing the need to keep reliable generation plants online to assure the country has enough electricity
President Joe Biden’s plans for offshore industrial wind facilities lining the nation’s coasts have more than a few hurdles to clear before they can become reality. As part of his plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, Biden has initiated efforts to build 30,000 megawatts of traditional offshore
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Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash The Washington Post (WP) published a story detailing how the efforts by a Malaysian “coral gardener,” Anuar Abdulla, to restore coral reefs near his home have resulted in him being consulted on coral restoration efforts globally. Unfortunately, rather than simply delivering well-earned praise to Abdullah for his worthwhile efforts, the WP had
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Editor’s note: I am delighted to read economist Donald Boudreaux’s high praise of the late Julian Simon in the article below. I read Simon’s The Economics of Population Growth and The Ultimate Resource, plus The Resourceful Earth, which he co-edited with Herman Kahn, as part of research for my book Prospects for Growth: A Biblical View of Population, Resources, and
Every year, the annual UN climate conference heralds two weeks of intergovernmental pantomime. Without fail, we are told that time is running out, that it’s one minute to midnight, and that it’s the last chance to save the world from doomsday. There is an uncanny sense of déjà vu while global CO2 emissions continue to
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