California Governor and Mayor of Los Angeles make a great homeless team

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Governor Newsom’s dysfunctional energy policies help the state achieve some of the highest costs for electricity and fuel, perpetuating energy poverty, and Mayor Garcetti spends billions solving the homeless problem. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s dysfunctional energy policies have led to the more expensive electricity and fuels in the state and laid bare the realities of […]

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China’s strange endorsement of ‘net zero’

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The Chinese path to supposed decarbonization starts with a lot more coal You have to hand it to Xi Jinping. The Chinese “president for life” schmoozed United Nations royalty last September with his unexpected pledge that his country aims “to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality (Net Zero) before 2060.” Xi

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Indiana Economists Endorse “Carbon Tax”—But Should They?

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Recently fifty Indiana economists issued a public letter to their state’s legislature endorsing a “carbon tax” as an economically wise way to curb global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The fundamental premise of taxing CO2 emissions is that they cause more harm than good (and thus are what economists call a “negative externality”—a cost

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Sensible, sustainable nuclear power for Africa

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Economic, environmental and practical reasons make nuclear power Africa’s best option Article also by Knox Msebenzi. Centuries ago European countries were scrambling to take control of large pieces of Africa, to increase their wealth and colonial prestige. They brought their sophisticated, advanced ideas and methods to Africa. This changed the developmental direction of African countries,

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How to Scare and Deceive without Lying: JPL Cries Wolf about Polar Glacial Melt

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Yesterday NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory published “The Anatomy of Glacial Ice Loss.” For the most part it’s an interesting, though not particularly revolutionary, discussion of the various forces that add to and subtract from glacial ice. Nothing wrong with that. But its authors took the opportunity to insert a poison pill, a little bit of

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Newsom vows to fast track toward Germany’s failed climate goals

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He wants an electrical grid of intermittent electricity free of fossil fuels before 2045 California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday, September 11, that he is about to take one giant step toward following Germany’s failed climate goals, which should be a wake-up all for governments everywhere. Like Germany, California’s renewables are becoming an increasing

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India Crafts Fossil-Fuel Pathway to Secure its Future

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India is on the way to become a fossil fuel-based energy powerhouse of the 21st century. India’s developmental goals for the future are quite ambitious. They ought to be: From tackling the surging poverty rates to providing affordable utilities, the country faces a steep challenge. The key to achieving any of its developmental goals is

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