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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The following is a guest article by Dr. Samuele Furfar. If a self-described leader finds that nobody is following, is leadership present? Perhaps. The next question might be, where is the leader headed? These queries could well be put to the European Union’s makers of energy policy, who fancy themselves as groundbreakers for a supposed
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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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The following is a guest article by Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka. It is both timely and impactful to deepen public and governmental policymakers’ understanding of electricity, including the essential role of fossil fuels that are driving global development with the products and transportation fuels that are dependent on those same fossil fuels. In less
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