As coal use surges, America finds it’s hard to unplug from carbon

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So much for the myriad claims about going “beyond coal.” According to a new report from the Rhodium Group, U.S. coal consumption jumped by 17 percent last year compared to 2020 levels. That’s a huge increase, which Rhodium says was “largely driven by a run-up in natural gas prices.” Rather than burn gas, which averaged about $4.93

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The Dangers of Challenging the Climate Change Consensus

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One of the easiest things to do is to go along to get along.  This is true in so many areas of life, including knowledge of science topics.  If you don’t have an in-depth knowledge of a particular area of science, the “easiest thing” kicks in rather effortlessly.  Alternatively, if you have a depth of knowledge on a

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Being a Climate Alarmist Means Never Having to Admit You’re Wrong

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A mountain of evidence shows climate alarmists never learn from their mistakes, be they clear misstatements of facts or repeatedly failed prognostications. Why should they? The press lets climate alarmists get away with making more false claims than any other group on any other topic, including the efficacy of the COVID vaccines in keeping people

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You May Want to Wish for Coal in Your Christmas Stocking

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Adding to already rough and rising winter energy prices, Santa may have little choice but to pass along inflationary gift delivery reindeer flatulence fees. Yes, if he and his formerly merry elves didn’t already have problems enough with sky-high supply chain costs and delays, Democrat grinches are pushing a penalty tax on methane producers, Rudolph

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Mad Hatters, March Hares, and Mad Laws

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One hundred years ago it was illegal to kick back with a beer, celebrate with champagne, or sip a martini even in the privacy of your own home. “National prohibition of alcohol (1920–33) — the ‘noble experiment’,” wrote economist Mark Thornton, “was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created

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The East Slams the West’s Climate ‘Colonialism’

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s explosive comments are not surprising to anyone who has been closely observing the opposition of India and China to western pressure for adopting climate policies contrary to the two countries’ economic objectives. “The colonial mindset hasn’t gone,” said Modi at a Constitution Day event. “We are seeing from developed nations that the

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In Court Filing, Facebook Admits ‘Fact-Checks’ Are Nothing More Than Opinion

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Facebook has admitted in a court of law that such fact-checks are not factual at all, but merely opinions. People send me stuff. As we have previously reported, journalist John Stossel is suing Facebook after Facebook’s ‘fact-checkers’ labeled climate change information that Stossel posted as “false and misleading”. In the middle of all this is the

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India and China Set Aside Differences to Resist Carbon Imperialism

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India and China have come together to resist the common enemy of carbon imperialism, despite a sour relationship fraught with a deadly border skirmish.  At the COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow, leaders from the developed West were hellbent on imposing harsher measures to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide on developing nations. However, India and China, with the support of few other

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