This isn't science. This isn't even rational discourse. This is thuggery---typical of communist movements from the French Revolution through the socialist revolutions of the 1840s and the Russian and Chinese revolutions. Not sure? Read the press release from the "Peoples Climate Movement" for yourself: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 8, 2017 Contact: Harrison Beck: Harrison.Beck@peoplesclimate.org or (617) 694-5128 Paul Getsos Paul@PeoplesClimate.org or (646) 732-0041 Protester’s … [Read more...]
Why the U.S. Should Clexit and Pexit—Exit UNFCCC and Paris Climate Treaty
As a candidate Donald Trump promised to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate treaty/aka agreement if elected President. Now he's reported to be wavering. The Wall Street Journal editorial team gives him good reasons not only to Pexit (exit Paris) but also to Clexit (exit the whole international climate negotiation institution, the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change---FCCC). Here's the gist: Damage from remaining in the Paris treaty (which President Barack Obama treated as an … [Read more...]
Tillerson Gets It: Nothing Lifts People Out of Poverty Quicker than Electricity
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, nominated by President-elect Donald J. Trump to become Secretary of State, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, January 11, said clearly, concisely, and powerfully something that's been a key part of the Cornwall Alliance's message for years: Nothing lifts people out of poverty quicker than electricity. That’s just a fact. You give people light, and you give them the ability to refrigerate food, medicine, it … [Read more...]
