The era of hypothetical warnings about the cost of green policies is over. We have now entered the brutal phase of reporting with empirical data on the economic devastation that the foolish “decarbonization” agenda has left in its wake. The latest exhibit in this gallery of ruin is New Zealand, where the so-called “green” transition […]
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The Version 6.1 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for August, 2025 was +0.39 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, up a little from the July, 2025 anomaly of +0.36 deg. C. The Version 6.1 global area-averaged linear temperature trend (January 1979 through August 2025) remains at +0.16 deg/ C/decade (+0.22 C/decade over
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Vietnam’s decision to prohibit gasoline-powered motorcycles in central Hanoi beginning July 1, 2026, is a textbook example of climate dogma disrupting developing economies with potentially devastating consequences. The policy will take effect in Hanoi’s downtown districts, then expand to outer areas by 2027 and eventually include gasoline automobiles. Other urban centers, such as Ho Chi
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The following is a guest article by Daren Bakst. Lawmakers took a significant step toward ending the Green New Deal. In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), they started to dismantle the radical “green” subsidies embedded in the partisan 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a law that didn’t get a single Republican vote in
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…but the coolest summer nights have warmed by 5 deg. F. John Christy and I continue to examine U.S. air temperature trends, especially those in summer, and John has recently been looking at “heat wave” statistics. My interest is in determining how much the urban heat island (UHI) effect has impacted reported warming trends. Last
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Imagine the irony of labeling a substance as “hazardous” only to discover that the true peril lies not in the substance but in the act of its vilification. That is the case with carbon dioxide (CO₂) and how it has been mischaracterized to establish globally suicidal energy policies. In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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In the modern climate debate, emotion and partisan allegiance replace critical thinking to smear carbon dioxide (CO2) as a dangerous pollutant. Well-crafted green advocacies steal the spotlight, while reason languishes in the shadows of medieval-style witch hunts. The reality, however, is seen in places like the dense tropical forests of Indonesia’s many verdant islands. Among
Asian Forests Victims of Intolerable ‘Green’ Lie Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers, and Steve Curtis. The rising cost of electricity is primarily due to the entrenched nature of utility monopolies, which restrict consumer choice and inhibit market competition. As the electricity demand steadily increases—driven by factors such as the proliferation of electric vehicles, population growth, and
My friend Sue Divin is an Irish novelist and peace worker who grew up with, and writes about, the legacy of the Irish “Troubles,” a 30-year period marked by car bombings, murders, and intergenerational grief and anguish. The “Troubles” formally ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 – but their impacts are still being
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I was honored a couple of weeks ago to be invited by Charlie Du, president of Columbia University Global Dialogue and founder of the World Salon series and website, to participate as a panelist on a World Salon Fireside Talk Series livestream discussion titled “Policy to Plate: Climate-Smart Solutions for Agriculture.” The panel consisted of
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