California’s Deluge: Unprecedented? No. Missed Opportunity? Yes.

By /

According to Dictionary.com, the term “atmospheric river” originated with scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology back in the 1990s. More recently, the term gained currency with climate-change advocates as a way of boosting their dodgy narrative. Lately, the mainstream media picked it up and applied it lavishly in accounts of the recent heavy rains in California. […]

California’s Deluge: Unprecedented? No. Missed Opportunity? Yes. Learn More »

Where’s the electricity?

By /

One of the best-known quotes was “where’s the beef?“ from Clara Peller, who was a manicurist and American character actress who, at the age of 81, starred in the 1984  advertising campaign for the Wendy’s fast food restaurant chain. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Today, the huge dark cloud over EV projected sales is the availability of electricity to charge

Where’s the electricity? Learn More »

The Irony of Blaming Billionaires for CO2 Emissions

By /

Listen to a version of this article: Did you know that a billionaire is responsible for a million times more carbon dioxide emissions than the average person? That’s the conclusion of a new report from Oxfam, an 80-year-old movement with 21 independent charitable organizations around the world that supposedly focus on alleviating global poverty. But Oxfam’s fixation

The Irony of Blaming Billionaires for CO2 Emissions Learn More »

A Permanent Policy of Higher Prices?

By /

Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash This is a guest article by John Schweiker Shelton Research from the Wall Street Journal reveals that the Biden administration has leased less federal land for drilling than any other administration going back to the very beginning of the government’s modern oil-and-gas program. Though this is the result of a deliberate policy decision made by

A Permanent Policy of Higher Prices? Learn More »

Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions

By /

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” So begins Elizabeth Barret Browning’s famous Sonnet 43. What does that have to do with climate change, you ask? Browning’s poem has parallels to our understanding of the myriad physical mechanisms that drive climate change. “What affects the climate? Let me count the factors. …”

Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions Learn More »

Challenging “Net-Zero”: Conquering Poverty While Stewarding the Earth in the Age of Climate Change

By /

Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash The claim is rampant: manmade climate change is an existential threat to human and planetary survival. To prevent it, we must reach “net-zero carbon emissions,” ASAP. That means no more energy from fossil fuels; no more internal-combustion vehicles; no more nitrous fertilizers; eating less meat, or none; getting all our

Challenging “Net-Zero”: Conquering Poverty While Stewarding the Earth in the Age of Climate Change Learn More »