Newsom vows to fast track toward Germany’s failed climate goals

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He wants an electrical grid of intermittent electricity free of fossil fuels before 2045 California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday, September 11, that he is about to take one giant step toward following Germany’s failed climate goals, which should be a wake-up all for governments everywhere. Like Germany, California’s renewables are becoming an increasing […]

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International Organizations—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Can They Be Reformed?

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The COVID pandemic has brought various international organizations, especially the World Health Organization, to the forefront in the news this year. As a result, citizens around the world are seeing both the promise and the flaws of such agencies. Tomorrow Dr. E. Calvin Beisner will be a panelist in a worldwide Livestream discussion hosted by

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India Crafts Fossil-Fuel Pathway to Secure its Future

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India is on the way to become a fossil fuel-based energy powerhouse of the 21st century. India’s developmental goals for the future are quite ambitious. They ought to be: From tackling the surging poverty rates to providing affordable utilities, the country faces a steep challenge. The key to achieving any of its developmental goals is

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So Climate Change Is a Non-Crisis—What about Air & Water Pollution?

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A follower writes, My question concerns the legitimate concern with pollution in large urban areas across the globe. I have come to believe that CO2 emissions are not a threat to our climate. But many of the things spewed into the air and water as a result of industrialization are harmful to people. It seems

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Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops

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A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if and their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible. He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by Indian scientist Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her

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What’s the ‘Most Important Figure You’ve Never Heard of’?

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Get ready. You’re about to meet “the most important figure you’ve never heard of.” SCC. No, not SEC—Securities and Exchange Commission. (And you sports fans thought that was Southeastern Conference!) SCC stands for “social cost of carbon.” Which should prompt you immediately to ask two questions: “What’s that?” and “What’s that?” Okay, that’s one question.

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UNPREPARED: Covid-19, Locusts, Refugees, Floods, and Climate Change

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by G. Cornelis “Kees” van Kooten I live on a Pacific Island off the coast of British Columbia (BC), Canada. Vancouver Island is about the same size as the Netherlands, but only has a population of about ¾ million (about 60% of whom live in the Victoria area) compared to 17 million in the Netherlands.

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50th Earth Day: Compassionate concern for humans and their habitat

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A measured response to COVID-19 must balance health and economic needs Fifty years of weather have passed since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. This was the same year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was established and the federal Clean Air Act was promulgated. Over the past five decades, since I rode my bike to

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