Bandow: Papal encyclical forgets the ecological benefits of market economies

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Christian economist Doug Bandow, a long-time friend, has published three thoughtful responses to Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment. One is “In Calling on Government, Laudato Si Underestimates Power of the the Market.” It is, as usual, clear and concise. This excerpt is particularly important: … the Pontiff’s own goals conflict. For instance, he speaks […]

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Europe’s Appetite for Wood Pellets Instead of Coal Threatens Forests

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In its Quixotic quest to fight global warming, Europe is switching many coal-fired electric generating plants to wood pellets. Not a good idea. One of the most important advances for both humanity and the environment was our move from using wood as primary energy source to coal, natural gas, and oil. That led to a

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Science Daily Mutes Main Point of Important New Study

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Nature, one of the world’s premier science journals, has just published a new study showing that “proves that ocean circulation is the link between weather and decadal scale climatic change.” More important, it undermines the storyline of dangerous anthropogenic global warming so hotly promoted by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.S. Environmental

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Did Manmade Climate Change Cause Syria’s Civil War and the Rise of ISIS?

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This article was originally published in The Christian Post. A new paper, Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought, PNAS, March 2, 2015, summarized its findings by saying, “the 2007-2010 drought contributed to the conflict in Syria. It was the worst drought in the instrumental record, causing widespread crop

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Environmentalists Use Millennials to Further Divestment Agenda

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Environmental activists are at it again—using well-meaning college students to further their political agenda. Activists tried to turn February 13th and 14th into “Global Divestment Day.” Petitions circulated and pledges were taken by students and faculty at dozens of colleges across America (and the globe) to try to convince their respective schools to “rid their

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