Late last year someone sent me a link to Dr. Katharine Hayhoe’s column “I’m a Climate Scientist Who Believes in God. Hear Me Out.” It was published in the New York Times October 31, 2019.Dr. Hayhoe’s Ph.D. is in atmospheric science. But she teaches in the political science department at Texas Tech University. She criticizes evangelicals who disagree with her about the causes, magnitude, consequences, and appropriate responses to climate change, aka global warming.Hayhoe Malignly … [Read more...]
Foundational Principles of Biblical Earth Stewardship
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. All creation belongs to Him (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 24:1).Though God reveals Himself in creation, the Bible, and His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, He is distinct from and transcendent over creation (Romans 1:25). Those who deny the Creator/creature distinction become futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts are darkened (Romans 1:21).God made man, male and female, in His own image (Genesis 1:26–27). No other terrestrial life form … [Read more...]
Californians Turn a Cold Shoulder on Bill Requiring Climate-Change Education
A bill introduced in the California Assembly January 13 would require students to study the causes and effects of climate change in grades 1-6. It would also make the subject a requirement for high-school graduation.When I read the news, I first thought, “What’s surprising? Climate alarmists have long since taken over California.”But it looks like ordinary Californians aren’t going to be so easily led. Comments on the news story at CBS Sacramento were overwhelmingly … [Read more...]
A Burning Golden Globe: Climate Hypocrisy Unraveled in Style
By now practically everybody’s heard how Ricky Gervais roasted celebrities at the 2020 Golden Globe awards. To say he called them out as hypocrites would be putting it mildly.Among his illustrious critical remarks were some about climate-change hypocrisy that celebrities display every year.What’s so special about that? Well, right-wing media and climate realists often point out the vast gap between what celebrities preach and what they do. But no one hosting an Oscar or Golden Globes … [Read more...]
Are Australia Bushfires Worsening from Human-Caused Climate Change?
Summary Points1) Global wildfire activity has decreased in recent decades, making any localized increase (or decrease) in wildfire activity difficult to attribute to ‘global climate change’.2) Like California, Australia is prone to bushfires every year during the dry season. Ample fuel and dry weather exists for devastating fires each year, even without excessive heat or drought, as illustrated by the record number of hectares burned (over 100 million) during 1974-75 when above-average … [Read more...]
Record Heat and Cold Expose Climate Alarmists’ Bias
Australia was literally on fire in December. Record heat made headlines in global media. So did the extreme rainfall in east Africa. You and everybody else on earth can guess what climate alarmists blamed for both: man-made global warming, a.k.a. climate change. But record cold in northern India at the same time didn’t make headlines in any major media in the United States or the United Kingdom. Why? Because it didn’t fit expectations.It’s a perfect example of climate alarmists’ obvious bias … [Read more...]
India’s Fossil-Fuel-First Policy Unyielding to Paris Climate Deal Pressure
The Indian government has adopted a fossil-fuel-first attitude and has made clear it will not compromise India’s developmental goals to fight climate change.The Paris agreement is the United Nation’s flagship climate treaty aimed at reducing global CO2 emissions. India’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the country’s official commitment to the Paris agreement, states that the total preliminary estimated cost for India’s climate change actions (between 2016 and 2030) is $2.5 trillion (at … [Read more...]
Isn’t Gene Editing a Better Form of Crossbreeding?
Last month the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament voted to oppose the European Union’s plan to approve four crops—varieties of cotton, soybeans, and maize (corn)—genetically modified to resist herbicides.Their vote exemplifies the mistaken belief that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are unsafe. No one would be sadder than the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug. Aside from scientists and students in agricultural colleges, few … [Read more...]
The Silly Notion of “Speed Limits for Ships”
Originally published in TheT&D.Occasionally a report appears which claims to be wisdom, but after careful analysis, offers solutions that don’t make much sense. Such a report was issued earlier this month by United Kingdom consulting firm GL Reynolds, titled “The multi-issue mitigation potential of reducing ship speeds.” The report proposes that we can reduce global warming by imposing speed limits on ocean-going ships.The GL Reynolds report concludes that a 10-20 percent reduction in ship … [Read more...]
How Much Is A Climate Change ‘Solution’ Worth?
Numerous policies are being proposed to combat climate change. The cost of some of these policies are estimated to be in the trillions, tens of trillions and even near 100 trillion dollars. By claiming their policies resolve an “existential” threat, some advocates justify implementation at any cost. Governments would impose these costs on the public, reducing standards of living and quality of life.But what is the true nature of the presumed threat? Is it existential? If not existential, … [Read more...]
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