An Open Letter on Climate Change to the People, their Local Representatives, the State Legislatures and Governors, the Congress, and the President of the United States of America

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Human-induced climate change, also known as anthropogenic global warming (AGW), is real. Crucial questions facing the public and policymakers are its magnitude, its benefits and harms relative to the benefits and harms of the activities that drive it, and the benefits and harms of proposed responses to it. As the American people and their political […]

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LEGO Plans to Spend Millions to Replace Material in Iconic Children’s Toy to Cut Carbon Footprint

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This article was originally published on Townhall.com. In a recent announcement, well known Danish children’s toy maker, LEGO, revealed it is looking for a new material to replace the oil-based plastic used in its iconic building blocks. The toymaker is creating the LEGO Sustainable Materials Center with the intention of spending $150 million,hiring 100 experts,

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Focusing on Low Carbon Development to curb climate change will hurt cities

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In addition to economic growth, should improving the climate be an important goal of government policy? The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate offers ten recommendations designed to help countries of all income levels achieve these two goals. Their first recommendation is that cities “commit to developing and implementing low-carbon urban development strategies by

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Anglican Bishop and Labour Leader Respond to Pope Francis on Climate Change

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Anglican Bishop Peter Forster and Labour Party Leader Bernard Donoughue team up for a clear, concise, respectful, yet telling critique of Pope Francis’s encyclical LAUDATO SI’, published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation. They argue, as has the Cornwall Alliance, that: 1. The policies Pope Francis supports to reduce global warming will harm the world’s poor.

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Bishop’s “Call to Action” on Climate and Fossil Fuels May Be Less than Meets the Eye

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Paul Etienne, Catholic Bishop of Cheyenne, with jurisdiction over the Diocese of Wyoming, was cited recently in Inside Energy as calling Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ “a call to action” for Wyoming, the nation’s largest coal-producing state. But there might not be quite so much to what Bishop Etienne said as Inside Energy would wish. The sole quote

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Europe’s Appetite for Wood Pellets Instead of Coal Threatens Forests

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In its Quixotic quest to fight global warming, Europe is switching many coal-fired electric generating plants to wood pellets. Not a good idea. One of the most important advances for both humanity and the environment was our move from using wood as primary energy source to coal, natural gas, and oil. That led to a

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Update on Trip to Rome Italy from Dr. E. Calvin Beisner

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Today I’ll be among 8 scholars speaking for a press conference in Rome to bring balance to a global warming alarmist biased conference at the Vatican tomorrow. We have outstanding climate scientists who can explain what’s wrong with IPPC “science.” My basic message? Policies to fight AGW will condemn the world’s poor to more generations

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Environmentalists Use Millennials to Further Divestment Agenda

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Environmental activists are at it again—using well-meaning college students to further their political agenda. Activists tried to turn February 13th and 14th into “Global Divestment Day.” Petitions circulated and pledges were taken by students and faculty at dozens of colleges across America (and the globe) to try to convince their respective schools to “rid their

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