The following is a guest article by Chris Martz.To Senator Sanders:Hi there Colonel Sanders. Do you like facts? I hope you do, because you’re about to be sacked with some. Here we go. . . First, climate change does not cause forest fires. That isn’t how this works. Fires require an ignition source and fuel. Ignition sources may be natural (e.g., lightning) or it can be man-made (e.g., by accident from improperly disposed cigarette butts, improperly discarded pellet / wood … [Read 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 minutes, including dead grasses, leaves and pine needles, and 10-hour fuels that include dead small branches, 1/4 inch to 1 inch in diameter. Able to retain moisture … [Read 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 the country made. I’ve said many times, you can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t love your neighbor only when you agree.”The gap here between generous … [Read more...]
The Senate should free US from the Paris Climate Agreement
The following is a guest article by Bonner Cohen.President-elect Trump’s pledge to renew his quest for American global energy dominance promises to shake up the geopolitical landscape while revitalizing the U.S. economy.There are many pathways leading to this goal, including tossing Biden-era regulations specifically designed to restrict the nation’s production of fossil fuels, revisiting the Supreme Court’s 2007 ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA that allowed the agency to regulate CO2 as … [Read more...]
Manufacturing Consensus on Climate Change
Modern political movements have not infrequently laid claim to being based in science, from immigration restriction and eugenics (in the U.S. after WWI), to antisemitism and race ideology (in Hitler’s Germany), to Communism and Lysenkoism (under Stalin). Each of these falsely invoked a scientific consensus that convinced highly educated citizens, who were nonetheless ignorant of science, to set aside the anxieties associated with their ignorance. Since all scientists supposedly agreed, there was … [Read more...]
More Road Crashes Ahead in Britain’s Dim Future
The following is a guest article by Alexander Gonzales and Austin Gae.Of all the changes that could be made in the name of fighting climate change, it’s hard to imagine something more hazardous than making streets darker at night. Yet that’s exactly what the U.K. is about to do.Although only one-quarter of travel by car occurs between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m., 40% of crashes with fatal or serious injuries occur in this time frame, according to Britain’s Royal Society for the Prevention of … [Read more...]
“Minoritize” This: Paternalistic Woke Academic Climate Change Preening
The following is a guest article by Charles Rotter.Oh, fantastic. Another unreadable study with a title so boring it might as well come with a pillow for nap breaks: Localizing (or Not) Climate Change in Spanish-Language Newspapers in the United States. Don’t let that faux-neutral title fool you. This paper is the academic equivalent of a toddler stomping its feet because it didn’t get its way. Spanish-language newspapers aren’t panicking enough about the climate? Time for a … [Read more...]
Quit Fearmongering, Climate Change is Not a National Security Threat
The following is a guest article by Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling BurnettA recent post at The Nation titled “Climate Change Is the Real National Security Threat” claims that climate change is the reason hurricanes Helene and Milton were so damaging and that it is the premier national security threat to the United States. This is nonsense. Not only is there no evidence supporting the idea that climate change is “supercharging” hurricanes, but contrary to The Nation’s assertions, mass migration … [Read more...]
U.K. Government Pours Big Sums into Latest UN Crackdown on Climate Dissent
The following is a guest article by Chris Morrison. The British Government is one of the main financial backers of a new international campaign designed to suppress online climate science scepticism ahead of next year’s ‘make-or-break’ COP30 in Brazil. Run by the United Nations and UNESCO, the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change was signed off at the recent G20 Summit in Brazil. Part of its remit will fund non-profit outfits rooting out so-called … [Read more...]
Conservation Successes Defy Climate Pessimism
When a purported climate crisis dominates much of the discourse of public policy, the trap of attributing every ecological issue to climate change easily ensnares anyone who fails to note the abundant evidence to the contrary. Over the past few decades, we have witnessed remarkable success stories of species being brought back from the brink of extinction—stories that defy the popular media narrative that a climate modestly warmer than the Little Ice Age is killing our planet’s life … [Read more...]
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