The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6) has been released, much to the excitement of and fanfare from the mainstream media. It was expected that gloom and despair would permeate the document – unless, of course, we adopt a draconian carbon-dioxide-reduction strategy – and the IPCC did not fail to deliver. So, where do these extreme climate scenarios originate? One could assume that they could be “made up”; after all, climate change … [Read more...]
Countdown to COP26 on the road to failure
It is less than 60 days until COP26 convenes in Glasgow. We can expect a flood of climate horror stories (including flooding). But there will also be some discussion of the actual issues, so here is a brief breakdown of the big four. Keep in mind that the alarmists have a bit of a civil war going on, between what I call the moderates and the radicals. The moderates have been at it for over 30 years and the radicals are fed up. The moderates now have a net zero target of 2050, while the … [Read more...]
Get Involved: Educate Your Community!
As you know, every month we offer a free gift as our way of thanking donors who request it. For the month of September, 2021, we want to equip you to make a difference in your community, not only with personal knowledge, but with resources you can share. When you make a donation of any amount and request it, we will send 10 copies of a resource of your choice from the list below for you to hand out to your community! Just write the title in the comments box on the second page of the online … [Read more...]
Is Religious Environmentalism an Evidence-Free Zone? Is Christianity?
I object to the notion, common as it is, that “claims not backed by evidence” are characteristic specifically of Christianity. by E. Calvin Beisner The headline caught my attention: “Environmentalism as Religion: Unpacking the Congregation,” by Ryan M. Yonk and Jessica Rood of the American Institute for Economic Research. Having studied and written about environmentalism and its relationship with religion for over 30 years, I hoped the article would explain how and why religion motivates … [Read more...]
The Perils of Idolizing Organic Farming in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is on a path to agricultural collapse. Its president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, declared an economic emergency on August 31, 2021. Why? One reason is a bizarre agricultural policy. In April, Sri Lanka’s cabinet “approved a ban on importation of chemical fertilizers and other agrochemicals in the bid to become the first country ever to practice organic-only agriculture.” It requires all farming to be organic within 10 years. This puts farmers in the country in a dreadful … [Read more...]
One Overhyped Crisis Deserves Another
Anthropogenic climate change is real. It is not a an existential threat---pace Greenpeace, the Climate Action Network, and the world's most famous climate scientist, 18-year-old Greta Thunberg, who demand a hundred-trillion-dollar makeover of the global energy infrastructure to achieve a fraction of a degree of global temperature reduction at the end of this century. COVID-19 is real. It is not an existential threat---pace the WHO, the CDC, and your local mayor or school board, who demand … [Read more...]
Ida, Like Camille in 1969, Packed a One-Two Punch
But was it unprecedented and attributable to manmade global warming? Guest column by Joe D'Aleo Hurricane Ida came ashore in Louisiana as a strong CAT4 hurricane. It produced major flooding and wind damage and widespread lengthy power outages in Louisiana where at least 6 people have died. [Editor's note: Louisiana death toll from Ida had risen to 14 by September 7.] Ida then turned northeast and then east. On the way out to sea, the storm spun up 5 tornadoes in PA and NJ to MD late … [Read more...]
To anti-capitalists climate change is just a pretext for a planned economy
Guest column by Rainer Zitelmann Many so-called climate change activists are not really concerned about the climate and the environment. No, for them, these are merely instruments in the fight against capitalism. Examine the standard work of anti-capitalist climate change activists and you will quickly see what I mean. Naomi Klein, the popular critic of capitalism and globalization, admits that she initially had no particular interest in the issues surrounding and related to climate … [Read more...]
A Brief History of the Cornwall Alliance—Part 4: We Come of Age
We ended Part 3 of this history with reference to An Examination of the Scientific, Ethical, and Theological Implications of Climate Change, produced by the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance—the original name of what became the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. I don’t think any of us involved in creating it could imagine all that would come of it. But it shook some things up. Over a decade before, Marxist atheist astronomer Carl Sagan (famous for his Cosmos PBS program, each … [Read more...]
Al Gore Offers Africa Electricity by the Spoonful
Guest column by Ken Braun An anecdote widely attributed to (but perhaps not originating with) Milton Friedman holds that the late, great Nobel Prize laureate was touring a developing nation and happened upon a public works project. To make way for the new road or canal or whatever, platoons of workers using hand shovels were laboriously moving the dirt and rocks from one spot to another. Perplexed by this absurdly primitive approach, Friedman supposedly asked why the government wasn’t using … [Read more...]
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