Does Climate Change Threaten Your Morning Joe? A Guide for Caffeine Aficionados

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There are two types of coffee drinkers: casual and extremely particular.  Regardless which type you are, you might want to know how climate change impacts coffee production. The media tell us coffee plants are dying because of climate change. Time magazine, for example published an article titled, “Your Morning Cup of Coffee Is in Danger. Can the Industry Adapt […]

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Oil and Gas Kindle Hope of Economic Progress in South America

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South America has been a major producer of oil and gas, with the fossil fuel sector contributing significantly to economic growth. Its emergence out of poverty will depend not just on production of fossil fuels but also on their use to drive an industrialized economy. Recent developments in the oil and gas sectors indicate that

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Evidence of Media Bias about Climate Change Part 1: Amazon Burning

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This is the first in a series by Cornwall Alliance Senior Fellow Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D. (Meteorology), Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama at Huntsville, exposing media bias in reporting about climate change. This first appeared as part of a longer article by Dr. Spencer on his blog. A few days ago, The Guardian announced Large swathes of

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How to Avoid Restrictive Climate Policies: Asian Giants Set the Example

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With each passing year, nations are becoming sensitive to the fact that climate change is not as dangerous as it was believed to be. Crop yields continue to increase, life expectancy rates have gone up dramatically, and more importantly the temperature levels failed to follow the lead of carbon dioxide emissions. As a result, and the responsibility to meet growing

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We Pray for Those Working in the Jardim Gramacho Landfill, Brazil

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 BACKGROUND REPORT  by The Rt. Rev. William Mikler The Jardim Gramacho landfill is the largest garbage dump in South America. No longer active, this enormous trash heap is home to 12,000 people who have neither running water nor sewage. Most all live in shacks made of cardboard or tin, and share the dump with wild

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