Pompeo Announces U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement!

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced yesterday that the United States has given official notice of its withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. The Cornwall Alliance has advocated for this ever since President Donald Trump took office and considers it a great win for common sense, good science, good economics, and good politics. Full implementation of the Paris agreement […]

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Electrify Everything’ Policies Would Eliminate Gas Heating and Cooking

Originally published in TheInvadingSea. Natural gas and propane serve as excellent low-cost fuels for heating and cooking. Last year, natural gas usage grew faster than renewables in the United States. But advocates of green energy policies would eliminate gas for heating and cooking. According to the US Department of Energy, since 2007, US consumption of

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Rainfall Trends in India Show No Climate Fatigue

Climate is particularly important to farmers in agrarian countries. Drought could mean the difference between life and death. India, for example, is predominantly agrarian. Of the country’s 1.3 billion people, 300 million, nearly a fourth, are poor even by Indian standards, and millions of others are on the borderline. So, agriculture is a big deal.

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Climate Change and the Battle for People’s Minds: Part 2 of Interview with “Christian Renewal” Magazine

The interview above was first published in the October 12, 2019 issue of Christian Renewal magazine (www.crmag.com) and is reproduced by permission. Part one of this interview was published on our website here. From the Ministry to the Climate and Some Points in Between You may have noticed the growing attention to the subject of

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Drama Over Science? Greta’s Climate Speech and Appeal to Emotion

As a scientist, I think science ought to have taken center stage at the recently concluded United Nations climate summit in New York City. The reason is obvious: climate change is a scientific issue.  Instead, we witnessed a political spectacle. Media outlets and celebrities (on Twitter) celebrated Greta Thunberg’s climate summit speech, making it the

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Here Are 4 Outrageously Insane Climate Proposals

Judging from the much-hyped and widely mocked speech by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations earlier this week, it’s clear that some young people are convinced that the world will soon end unless we do something drastic. “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” Thunberg said. “… We

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New York Climate Meet’s Controversies and Failures: Set to Continue?

The recently concluded United Nations (UN) climate summit in New York City embroiled itself in controversies even before it began. Swedish school girl Greta Thunberg’s speech overshadowed these controversies, but their impact will be felt in years to come. China and India Threaten to Stop Climate Action if Funds Don’t Arrive On September 17, India

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The Most Radical Tool Against Global Warming

Abortion is a global issue. A survey of The World’s Abortion Laws shows significant disagreement about it. A few countries, like Egypt, prohibit it. Others, like Brazil, allow it only when the mother’s life is in danger. In the United States, laws vary from state to state. But the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision makes it difficult

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The Myth That the Polar Bear Population Is Declining

Many of us watched the viral video in horror. A starving polar bear scavenging for food on barren land, his ribs visible beneath a jaundiced white coat. “This is what climate change looks like,” said National Geographic. The magazine explained that because of melting sea ice, precipitated by climate change, more of these mammals are starving. They pointed

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Evidence of Media Bias about Climate Change Part 4: Bait and Switch: Models replacing observations

This is the fourth 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. There is an increasing trend toward passing off

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