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Climate Change Weekly #517: Net Zero Efforts Destroying Forests and Reefs
Opinion -IN THIS ISSUE: Net Zero Efforts Destroying Forests and Reefs Many of our readers are probably aware of the tremendous amounts of lithium and cobalt needed for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, among other supposedly green technologies. Climate Change Weekly has previously discussed the environmental destruction and human rights violations inherent in the production of these […] -
Climate Change Weekly #516: Hunga Tonga Eruption Behind “Record” Warming
Opinion -I and other Heartland Institute scholars have written before about the bird, bat, and marine mammals that industrial wind is killing around the world. -
You Don’t Own What You Think You Own
Opinion -Any system that requires the people to sacrifice their property to support the financial institutions that built this mess in the first place is not a system worth saving. -
Accounting for Mail-In Ballot Fraud on Both Sides, the 2020 Election Was a Toss-Up
Opinion -It is highly possible that former President Donald Trump may have actually beaten President Biden when accounting for mail-in ballot fraud on both sides. -
Colorado Supreme Court Ruling Is a Total Travesty
Opinion -Although the actions that occurred on January 6, 2021 were far from peaceful, it strains credulity to describe what happened on that day as an actual insurrection under the age-old definition of the term. -
What the World Really Needs
Opinion -There is an old Henny Youngman joke, borrowed more recently by P.J. O’Rourke, that says, “What this country really needs is fewer people who know what this country really needs.” -
New Poll Finds Rampant Mail-in Voting Fraud in the 2020 Election
Opinion -Using a conservative estimate, it appears likely that more than 14 million ballots cast in 2020 were fraudulent. -
Protecting Valuable Resources – Again and Again
Opinion -As is so often the case with environmental industry campaigns, this is not about protecting the environment; it is about money. -
Illinois Lawmakers Just Axed State’s Sole School Choice Program
Opinion -The solution to a deteriorating public education system, which has operated as a near-monopoly for decades in Illinois, is more, not less, competition. -
Misguided Environmentalists Have Made Our Cities Filthy
Opinion -Newsom’s superficial, last-minute attempt to sanitize San Francisco symbolizes the superficiality of the modern environmental movement and the misplaced priorities of climate change crusaders. -
Lockdown Fallout: Adults Are Stressed and Kids Are Depressed
Opinion -Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of all of the destruction wrought by ill-conceived lockdowns and pointless school closures is the fact that this was completely avoidable. -
Illinois School Report Card Confirms the Urgent Need for Universal School Choice
Opinion -Illinois spent $39.1 billion on public education last year, of which 99.8 percent was allocated to public schools and 0.2 percent was left for all school choice programs combined. -
More Than Nine in 10 Americans Say ‘No Thanks’ to Latest COVID-19 Booster Shot
Opinion -The American people are obviously skeptical about receiving yet another COVID-19 booster, which makes sense given the doublespeak, disturbing side effects, and lack of efficacy regarding the vaccine and boosters over the past few years. -
Despite Massive Subsidies, the Green Energy Transition Is Floundering
Opinion -According to a recent report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the federal government has doled out $183.3 billion in direct and indirect subsidies for green energy over the past six years alone. -
The Average Cost of Public School Education Is 58 Percent More Than Private School
Opinion -Compared to private schools, public schools are costly and ineffective. An array of facts indicate that this situation—which poses a dire threat to the entire nation—can be improved by competition from school choice. -
Climate Change Weekly #468: Fact-Checking Fact-Deprived Fact Checkers
Opinion -A funny thing happened on the way to Agence France-Presse’s (AFP) fact check of The Heartland Institute’s Climate at a Glance (CAAG) booklet for teachers and students. They forgot to check any facts. -
Climate Change Weekly #466: New IPCC Report Suggests the Organization May Be Obsolete
Opinion -The main takeaway from the IPCC’s 85-page lament is that we are soon to surpass the dreaded 1.5℃ temperature rise which climate scolds claim will spell doom for the planet. -
Climate Change Weekly #465: [Fill in the Blank Climate Crisis] Season Is Here
Opinion -For the past two decades, every year as winter wanes and spring springs, the media has engaged in its contemporary rite of spring: climate fear. -
Climate Change Weekly #464: Slavery and Child Labor at the Core of Elites’ Green Energy Obsession
Opinion -The much touted green energy economy and the net zero goals it aims to obtain are built upon a dirty little secret: slavery, child labor, and environmental destruction. -
Climate Change Weekly #460: Biden Offshoring Pollution, Environmental Injustice
Opinion -The threat to whales is hardly the only problem with Biden’s plan, as proven by an analysis of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. -
Climate Change Weekly #459: Remembering Jay Lehr – Scholar, Truth Seeker, Friend, Eternal Optimist
Opinion -With his workload, it is hard to fathom how Jay found time to pursue so many extracurricular passions, but he did. -
Climate Change Weekly #458: Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions
Opinion -IN THIS ISSUE: Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” So begins Elizabeth Barret Browning’s famous Sonnet 43. What does that have to do with climate change, you ask? Browning’s poem has parallels to our understanding of the myriad physical mechanisms that drive climate change. “What […] -
Climate Change Weekly #457: Coalition Provides 2022 Climate Fact Check
Opinion -Climate alarmists and their media allies once again made a slew of claims about natural disasters being caused by man-made emissions in 2022. And once again, these claims clashed with reality and science. -
A Holiday Climate Potpourri
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #456
