How Terrified Should We Be of Hurricane Season This Year?

Once again, as nearly every year, officials at NOAA and other agencies called for 2022 to be a “very active” hurricane season.  In its May 24 release, NOAA predicted “an “above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season.”  It’s like the old joke that everyone’s grandkid is “above average”: for […]

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The Great Barrier Reef Is Doing Great; People Should Know

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is, well, great. But the popular media won’t report this good news, so I will.  The GBR is made up of approximately 3,000 reefs covering an area nearly the size of California off Australia’s eastern coast. The condition of its coral is frequently referenced as an indicator of the reef’s

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EU Fossil Follies Star Russia, China in Lead Roles

As I have previously discussed in this column, the European Union, and Germany most particularly, have gotten themselves into a self-inflicted energy shortage disaster in becoming heavily dependent upon Russian natural gas and oil while simultaneously opposing the Putin government’s Ukraine invasion which they have good reason to fear may spread to NATO countries. Germany, a

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‘Trust Us, We’re Experts’ Has Returned To A World Of Faith-Based Science

We are living in an era steeped in faith-based science. Deep trust in science, as defined by those perceived to be authoritative scientists in very complex scientific areas, has become blatant with the coronavirus crisis. To make sure we stayed healthy in addition to staying alive, we trusted what the scientific experts were telling us

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Green Energy Policies No Help to the Most Desperate

Herd hysteria is taking tragic social and economic tolls on formerly prosperous countries that have enacted climate alarm-premised anti-fossil energy and agriculture policies. Such self-inflicted misery can be attributed to a combination of influences: unwarranted fear based upon provably failed theoretical climate models; grossly misguided expectations of so-called “green energy” capacities and economies; and certainly

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