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Obama’s Words on Carbon Dioxide, Drilling Contradict His Actions
Opinion -In his much-hyped speech Tuesday, President Obama promised executive action – including greater regulations on the coal industry and approval of the Keystone Pipeline only if its “net effect on our climate” is not significant – to reduce the emissions of -
Genetic Enhancements Can Help Crops Absorb More Carbon Dioxide
Opinion -Modifying crops to grow longer roots deeper into the soil would allow plants to naturally sequester more carbon dioxide in soil, Douglas Kell, a scientist at the UK’s University of Manchester reports in the September issue of Annals of Botany. -
Review: How Rising Carbon Dioxide Benefits Plant Life
Opinion -Review of The Many Benefits of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment, by Craig D. Idso and Sherwood B. Idso (Vales Lake Publishing, 2011), 366 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0981969428The U.S. -
History Shows Carbon Caps a Failed Policy
Opinion -This is the second in a three-part series exploring how industry, and society at large, should respond to predicted climate change. -
Testimony to U.S. Senate on Carbon Sequestration
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Another Clean Coal Power Project on the Brink of Failure
Opinion -Kemper County Mississippi is both one of the poorest places in America, and home to one of the most expensive power plants ever built, Mississippi Power's 582 megawatt clean coal power plant with carbon capture. -
Climate Policies Lock Chains on Developing Nations
Opinion -As part of his climate change initiative announced in June, President Obama declared, “Today I’m calling for an end of public financing for new coal plants overseas unless they deploy carbon capture technologies, or there’s no other viable way for the -
Research & Commentary: How State Legislators Can Fight Back Against the Inflation Reduction Act’s Green Giveaways
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022, but the contents of the legislation are contradictory to its stated purpose. The real point of the IRA is the creation of an enormous renewable energy slush fund, paid for by deficit spending. The […] -
Paying For What Ought To Be Free
Opinion -Environmental groups and universities are already working to mitigate climate change and reduce fossil fuels. So, we’re paying some to do what they were doing anyway, and paying others not to do what they weren’t doing anyway. -
Climate Change Weekly # 532 — Energy, Climate Top Agenda Items for Trump’s Busy First Days: Pt. 1
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
America Needs a Subzero Blackout Prevention Program
Opinion -Switching from coal to gas has made us vulnerable to cold weather blackouts. We need a program to address and cure this vulnerability. Action at both the State and Federal levels will be needed. New coal-fired power may be part of the answer. -
New Book Pushes Back on Justin Trudeau’s Net Zero Plan with Facts
Opinion -Press Release -"Energy & Climate at a Glance: Canadian Edition" outlines why Trudeau’s climate plans will cause economic hardship in Canada, and will do nothing measurable to improve the global climate. -
Climate Change Weekly #506: Climate at a Glance Videos: Climate Fact Checks for Youths
Opinion -Young people don’t get their information through traditional news outlets. They get their information in byte-sized chunks. -
Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure
Opinion -Do you think that wind, solar, and batteries can replace the hydrocarbon fuels that power our modern industrialized society? -
With no replacement for oil, countries and companies are ramping up alternatives to renewables
Opinion -Alternatives to occasional electricity from renewables are required to support the worlds’ demand for the products currently made from oil. -
Keep Your Fingers Crossed This Summer for the Power Grid
Opinion -The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) also has warned of dire consequences from the loss of base-load capacity. -
Billionaire Climate Elites Have Their Own Rules
Opinion -Editorial -Billionaire climate scolds with mansions, private jets want to tell rest of us how to live. -
What Might a Climate Change Class Action Lawsuit Look Like?
Opinion -Editorial -How do you turn the Green Agenda on its head? Say “Class action lawsuits will save the planet.” -
Dems’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Bursts with Tainted Green Pork
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #414 -
Cape Town And Dubai Battle Over Africa’s Energy Future
Opinion -Editorial -This major skirmish could determine the outcome of Africa’s fight for energy freedom. -
John Kerry (Et Al.): I’m Your Huckleberry
Opinion -Editorial -Like it or not, there is a fear of CO2 out there. So — let’s get rid of the fear. -
Republicans Offer Bills to Fight Climate Change
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Members of the Republican congressional caucus have offered a slate of bills that would expand subsidies for and research into carbon-capture and sequestration. -
Virginia’s ‘Clean Economy Act’ Will Have Dirty Results
Opinion -Editorial -850-foot-tall turbines, 3.5 times DC covered with solar panels, mining, child labor, pricey power. -
Wind, Biofuel Win, Solar and Electric Vehicles Lose in Year-End Appropriations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Supporters of extending a slew of tax credits for green energy technologies had to settle for considerably less than they lobbied for in the omnibus appropriations measure passed before Congress adjourned in December.
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