Climate-change hysteria is the primary rationale for switching from abundant, affordable, reliable energy from fossil fuels to diffuse, expensive, unreliable "renewable energy from wind, solar, geothermal, biofuels, etc. It's also a main driver of failure after failure, often wasting millions or even billions in taxpayer dollars. That's one of many reasons to cheer this report from Bloomberg: President Donald Trump is set to sign a sweeping directive to dramatically shrink the role climate … [Read more...]
Seeing Red—New NASA Climate Change Video Uses Questionable “Data” for Colorful Deception
A visitor to Cornwall Alliance's Facebook page recently asked our thoughts on a new video from NASA purporting to demonstrate that global warming is happening rapidly and that there's been no slow-down, let alone "pause," in the last two decades. Among other media, Huffington Post featured the video in an article titled "NASA Climate Change Video Shows Just How Quickly the Earth Is Warming." As is typical, the video uses frightening graphics to communicate numbers that are far less than … [Read more...]
Al Gore Signs Open Letter Supporting Climate Skeptic Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator
An open letter supporting the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator organized by The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation has attracted some very famous signers. U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced the letter into the official record of Pruitt’s confirmation hearing January 18. Probably the highest name recognition worldwide would go to German … [Read more...]
Why Trump Should Fire the Paris Climate Treaty
Oh, the delight of knowing we’ve probably just endured the last salvo in the Obama Administration’s climate-change propaganda campaign! On November 16, U.S. delegates to COP-21 in Marrakech, Morocco—the twenty-first Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—unveiled the United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization. The document sets forth how the U.S. Obama Administration intends intended to achieve its “Intended Nationally Determined … [Read more...]
DiCaprio’s Titanic Failure: Did “Before the Flood” Sink on Maiden Voyage?
Early in Leonardo DiCaprio’s Before the Flood, which aired Sunday night on the National Geographic Channel, we see a clip of DiCaprio speaking before the U.N. General Assembly, saying, “I stand before you not as an expert.” That’s the most credible line in the movie. And the least credible may be one that follows almost immediately: “I want to do everything I can to learn more about this issue.” If he’d really meant that, he might have gone to the trouble to speak to some of the … [Read more...]
Zika vs. Global Warming—What’s Obama’s Priority?
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the number of cases of the Zika virus in the U.S. has grown from 107 in February to 618 as of June 1. The virus has people all over the world scared. Though it poses little threat to healthy adults, babies in the wombs of infected mothers can suffer catastrophic birth defects. So of course President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $1.8 billion to fight it. But just how serious is he about it? Well, Congress last December gave the … [Read more...]
Concerned Americans Tell Congress: Stop EPA Overreach on Greenhouse Gases
Washington, D. C. May 18, 2016 The Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D. C. Via e-mail Dear Mr. Speaker, The undersigned organizations write to express our concerns about federal agency overreach, especially the Environmental Protection Agency’s campaign to de-carbonize the U.S. electric power sector and dictate national climate policy. The Environmental Protection Agency’s climate-related regulations will have … [Read more...]
Interfaith Climate Change Statement—An Exercise in Absurdity?
In preparation for the signing of the Paris climate treaty Friday (Earth Day), 16 religious organizations presented an "Interfaith Climate Change Statement" to the United Nations in New York today. The 724-word statement urges heads of state to sign and ratify (Do they know the difference? In the U.S., the "head of state" can only propose, not ratify, a treaty. Without Senate ratification, President Obama's signature won't bind the United States.) the Paris climate treaty, claiming "Humanity … [Read more...]
Do AGs Bent on Prosecuting Climate Skeptics Have a Political Agenda?
You can’t make these things up! A small group of attorneys general, led by New York AG Eric Schneiderman, held a press conference Wednesday, March 30, to announce their determination to track down and prosecute for fraud (knowingly conveying false information to enrich oneself or harm others) evil skeptics of climate change. One look at this photo tells you everything you need to know about their real agenda. It just so happens that the fate of the Obama Administration's most … [Read more...]
A Keystone of Obama’s Green Legacy Faces Serious Legal Challenge
Late last year, after years and years of dilly-dallying, President Obama nixed the planned Keystone XL pipeline extension, though he'd admitted that "This pipeline would neither be a silver bullet for the economy, as was promised by some, nor the express lane to climate disaster proclaimed by others." Indeed, the U.S. State Department and EPA had found no significant environmental threats in the planned pipeline, which would have created thousands of short-term and some long-term jobs in … [Read more...]
