‘Consumer Reports’ Jettisons Objectivity on Climate Change

Consumer Reports. You probably have heard of it, as it has been around since 1936. Since then, it has offered valuable information to assess the safety and performance of many products and services, and has come to be widely trusted. So, you can understand why we were intrigued when it issued a blurb in one […]

‘Consumer Reports’ Jettisons Objectivity on Climate Change Learn More »

Faith in Perspective: Our Children, Climate, and the Future

We sit, privileged — sheltered by God’s grace from violence’s shadow. Yet beyond our safety, a world seethes with brutality. I was recently at an event organized by Beyond Barriers commemorating a sanctuary for childhood’s most wounded souls. As tales of near-lost lives unfolded, the room held its collective breath—each story a whisper of children hovering on

Faith in Perspective: Our Children, Climate, and the Future Learn More »

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

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

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

Los Angeles Burns and Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass Fiddle

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

Los Angeles Burns and Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass Fiddle Learn More »

Gases from Asthma Inhalers Cause Negligible Warming 

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

Gases from Asthma Inhalers Cause Negligible Warming  Learn More »

Scientific Societies Err on ‘Climate Change’

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

Scientific Societies Err on ‘Climate Change’ Learn More »

Assigning Responsibility for the Tragic Los Angeles Fires

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

Assigning Responsibility for the Tragic Los Angeles Fires Learn More »

Illinois Electricity: Subsidies, Mandates, Inflation

“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

Illinois Electricity: Subsidies, Mandates, Inflation Learn More »

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

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

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