Quit Fearmongering, Climate Change is Not a National Security Threat

The following is a guest article by Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling Burnett A 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. […]

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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

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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

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Vietnam’s Bustling Economy Requires Fossil Fuels

The following is a guest article by Ananya Bhatia and Vijay Jayaraj. From my residential perch overlooking Ho Chi Minh City, I embrace the tranquillity of daybreak.   Quickly, the idyllic morning transforms into a pulsing canvas of vitality as middle-class ambitions surge through the arteries of this burgeoning metropolis – Vietnam’s largest city known to

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When Will Scientists Admit that They Haven’t Saved the Ozone Layer?

Another year has passed, and that stubborn Ozone Hole over Antarctica refuses to go away. Data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows that the area of the Ozone Hole remains about the same as it has been over the last 30 years. When will scientists admit that they didn’t save the ozone

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NC Floods, CA Drought, and The Role of Randomness

The recent devastating floods in western North Carolina were not unprecedented but were certainly rare. A recent masters thesis examining flood deposits in the banks of the French Broad River over the last 250-300 years found that a flood in 1769 produced water levels approximately as high as those reported in the recent flood from Hurricane Helene.

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If Green Energy is the Future, Bring a Fire Extinguisher 

A version of this article was recently published in The Wall Street Journal.  Alternative energy is exploding─literally. Lithium battery fires are breaking out on highways and in factories, home garages, and storage rooms. The rise in battery fires is amplified by government efforts to force adoption of electric vehicles and grid-scale batteries for electric power. 

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Fires, Pollution and Slavery: EVs’ Ugly Truth

The electric vehicle (EV) is heralded as a cornerstone of the fight against climate change, with promises of a cleaner, greener future. As recently as July, the Biden-Harris administration announced billions of dollars of government support for EV manufacturing.   However, a growing concern lies beneath the shiny surface of electric cars and bikes: the safety

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Exxon Knew! First Warming And Climate, Now Plastics

“Exxon Knew!” The battle cry has inflamed and inspired climate activists for decades. Since the 1970s, they allege, Exxon Knew that human-caused climate change is “real” – but lied about it, claimed there wasn’t a “crisis,” and kept marketing its “planet-killing” fuels and petrochemical feed stocks. Now activists say Exxon Knew for years that very

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