… anything to do with reducing inflation. Instead, Biden chided Congress by saying lawmakers “should have named it what it was” — the “most significant climate change law ever.” Cato further clarifies that the bill is a massive, multi-trillion-dollar subsidy scheme to decarbonize the U.S. economy. Fisher and …
… the belief in man-made climate change. This idea only makes … the theory of man-made climate change. In reality, the oil industry … cash in on the man-made climate change dogma. Funding available … argument that man-made climate change is bunk (if there is any … efforts to dispute man-made climate change, the politics surrounding …
… Gov. Whitmer claimed that climate change-induced extreme temperature … – and a reminder that climate change and extreme weather are … National Climate Assessment - Climate Change Indicators - U.S. Heat … absolutely proves that climate change-induced extreme weather … Climate Assessment's “Climate Change Indicators” page contained …
… voters believe in man-made climate change but also how much they … possible. Even man-made climate change advocates don’t dispute … who believe in man-made climate change and those who don’t? … of science. Man-made climate change dogma has been built on … those who promote man-made climate change dogma. It is the use of …
… Global Ecology, told USA Oceana. Climate change advocates like Caldeira say that … tipping point, “after which runaway climate change intensifies beyond humanity’s … articles, shows “little evidence for climate change affecting reefs in a linear fashion.” … reef expansion and decline to climate change fail to explain why previous temperature …
Henry Payne, editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News, writes about the Mackinac Center's climate change panel, in which he participated, at National Review Online. You can watch the event here.
… news story in Politico; only 4 percent ranked climate change as the top issue. The poll conducted by Public … with other recent polling that shows global climate change low on the priority list of most Americans. … that they proceed at their own peril with climate change legislation that is clearly not a priority …
… that global warming or climate change is an “existential threat” … Pelosi, have all referred to climate change as an existential threat. … greatest achievement of the climate change era. Environmental activists … But if the threat of climate change genuinely endangers our … explanation is that while climate change is a professed existential …
… Fourth Annual International Conference on Climate Change, held in Chicago May 16-18 and sponsored by … marine biologist, on ecological responses to climate change; Dr. Nils-Axel Morner, Stockholm University, … humankind's carbon dioxide emissions drive climate change were underrepresented, as many of them declined …
American taxpayers are spending billions of dollars to fight climate change with more renewable energy. But is putting all our eggs in this basket distracting … leaders take the path of least resistance by blaming every problem on climate change rather than examining the adequacy of protective infrastructure. In …
Climate change alarmists have been busy blaming every conceivable threat to mankind and the planet on global warming. The mainstream media eagerly report … composition can be observed from other planets.” It’s not surprising that climate change alarmists would turn to science fiction to support their cause. They …
… happen after a law is passed. When the U.S. president stands at a podium and announces a plan for regime change in foreign lands, or to eradicate climate change, you should know that’s far beyond their paygrade. They’ll spend your tax money, sure. But government is not in the problem-solving business. …
… response is to claim that climate change is supercharging wildfires. … fire, quite literally, is climate change.” Canadian Minister of … intensify wildfires. But climate change is not to blame for this … seems more likely that climate change is the primary cause of … out that there’s nothing climate change can’t do. Whether you’re …
… vehicles, solar panels, climate change, animal rights and many … issues. Some perspective on climate change: the early Earth experienced massive climate change for hundreds of millions … pre-eminent in discussions about climate change. No matter the damage … be at the center of any climate change action. Though we may …
… feeling of hopelessness” when they think about climate change, according to the London-based organization … Nearly half reported that “their feelings about climate change negatively affected their daily life and functioning.” … 127 legacy media outlets by the Media and Climate Change Observatory indicated that the number of climate …
… confirmed that the impacts of climate change are getting stronger and stronger.” … accuracy and transparency of climate change research federal agencies used … than previously thought, making climate change an even greater threat. Thomas … temperature data in its 2016 Climate Change Indicators report. Those EPA …
… the environment and stop climate change. But four key works published … years if we don't address climate change.” Four new works, though, … Lomborg, “False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, … scientific consensus over climate change. He also supports an international … Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he approaches climate …
… these massive fires on climate change. In a heated press conference, … counterparts, using the climate change diagnosis as the impetus … seeing the impacts of climate change right now,” she said, … fires’ real causes. If climate change were the main culprit, … “borders can’t contain climate change” and that these fires …
… alarmists presented the situation as undeniable evidence of impending climate change doom. A major element of this Chicken Little message was that we — … misrepresentation will be allowed to escape once more. The manmade climate change/global warming industry is powerful enough to keep the debacle of the …
… the state. Nessel claims that climate change, most of which occurs outside … alleged role in accelerating climate change. This case was brought by the … addressing the injuries of global climate change and seeking damages for such alleged … All three of the Empire State’s climate change lawsuits have now been dismissed. …
… We have repeatedly questioned the so-called consensus narrative on climate change. But for those who remain concerned that human-caused climate change presents a potentially catastrophic challenge to our continued survival, …
… softened over the years, climate change. Depending on which climate change believer you read, listened … Those who challenged the climate change crowd were subjected to … years since catastrophic climate change was declared settled science. … Times recently folded its climate-change blog; The Economist, the …
… climate conferences in Stockholm and Cancun have revealed what the global climate change issue is really all about — the transfer of wealth from developed nations … plants to support their rapidly escalating economy. The global climate change crowd, many who consider themselves progressives, are actually stuck …
… anything covering the so-called science of climate change will immediately recognize the pattern. No … — and respect for — the actual science of climate change. We often hear that the “science is settled.” … and widespread concerns about the science of climate change being called on to support massive changes …
… Dwindling Away,” and “Flooding in Detroit: How Climate Change has Affected Michigan.” More and more, it … increased riverine flooding to human-induced climate change.” In 2019 and 2020, many reports warned that … Development, Reducing Inequality, the Impact of Climate Change, and the Cost of Climate Policies, author …
… internet infrastructure, and for mandating that recipients perform climate change assessments. All of these criticisms apply to the MIHI funding approval … the ways that they’ve imposed extra legal requirements. There’s also climate change regulations, union mandates, wholesale access requirements... all kinds …
… Challenges." Thorning, vice president and chief economist for the American Council for Capital Formation, discussed the impact cap-and-trade and other climate change legislation would have on Michigan's economy. Earlier that day, Thorning and Jack McHugh, senior legislative analyst, were guests on The Frank …
… natural disasters and climate change. She went on to opine … losses from disasters and climate change. The report "Have disaster … increased due to anthropogenic climate change?" was written by Laurens … disaster losses in light of climate change. The author concluded … of the facts regarding climate change than by fear-mongering. …
… total spending on global climate change has grown from a few million … man in causing global climate change simply are not going to … world that the global climate change issue has little to do … lingering doubts about global climate change being a scientific issue … thundering applause from the climate change delegates. The scientific …
… global climate collapse. In a January 2019 speaking engagement, Ocasio-Cortez warned, “The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change and your biggest issue is how are we going to pay for it? … This is the war — this is our World War II.” Now, in the midst of the coronavirus-fueled …
… financial claims related to climate change demonstrates this reality. … will occur as a result of climate change, specifically, flooding … believe fossil fuel-induced climate change will cause. But ExxonMobil … rise or other impacts of climate change will occur.” So San Francisco … the potential harm of climate change in an effort to market …
… views. Harding said the reason people may have done this is money. "Climate change has become a huge business for researchers. They are not going to get … The most recent issue of MichiganScience includes a book review of "Climate Change Reconsidered," which examines the overall issue and critiques the methods …
… Bypassing Congress, the Obama administration finalized a rulemaking process on December 7, 2009 — just ahead of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change — that would require the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The impact of the EPA's unpopular regulation of GHGs has now been conveniently …
… the “legally binding international treaty on climate change” after President Biden re-entered the agreement … funding for the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, “which oversees the implementation of the … orders as a step backward on environmental and climate change issues, these policies are a return to a more …
… drawn inexorably into the climate change hysteria as dueling experts … forest fires goes up in climate-change smoke.” The author, Ross … ignored.” They continue, “Climate change doesn’t make fires more … intensify wildfires. But climate change is not to blame for this … out that there’s nothing climate change can’t do. Whether you’re …
… states, "Women around the world are disproportionately affected by climate change." They would have it right if their statement read: Women around the world are disproportionately affected by climate change policy. Having access to electricity may be the single biggest factor …
… individual liberty for central government control. Fighting global climate change, which has become the defining issue for environmentalists, is the … they control virtually every aspect of modern life in America. Global climate change is also the perfect issue to advocate for one-world governance, as …
… compensation for the alleged climate change harms described by the … their contributions to climate change. Nessel said Michigan … emissions contribute to climate change. Other states may be preparing … California previously filed a climate change lawsuit in 2006 against … Forbes. These previous climate change lawsuits appear to have …
… any warmer for the last eight years, global warming became global "climate change." Global climate change has proven to be an equally hard sell. Now Americans are being told …
… management prescriptions, claiming that stopping climate change is the primary — or only — means of addressing … one conditionally accepts the theory that climate change is the reason for the massive fires, reducing … method of reducing fire risk. In fact, if climate change were making California’s droughts more extreme …
… economy to stop or limit the impacts of runaway climate change. In response, we would first encourage readers … actions that people who are concerned about climate change can take in their own lives. MyClimatePledge.com … several “mythconceptions” that are common in climate change discussions. For example: Is climate science …
… mixed concerns over high energy prices and climate change, several progressives have eschewed free market … bailed out, Nelson argued the need to address climate change entails “massive investments in renewable … industry’s drawdown,” the now obvious end goal of climate change policies. Former presidential candidate Bernie …
… Business, WOOD-TV, WIRED and many others. “Climate change continues to impact the world,” MLive’s video … Additionally, there’s little available evidence that climate change is forcing vast swaths of people to relocate. … People move for a variety of reasons, but “climate change” is rarely one of them. Having more people …
… politicians can be taught to throw in the towel when a green energy swindle has finally jumped the shark. How many years before the rest of the climate change agenda gets to this point? Below is a fun video from Reason and some recent Mackinac Center and Michigan Capitol Confidential work regarding …
Michigan is not officially part of the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, which the New York Post says aims to "save the Earth from certain doom." While the Great Lakes state will miss out on hobnobbing with notable personalities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Daryl Hannah, …
… voted for these waivers are on record in support of cap-and-tax legislation to limit greenhouse gasses — a key component of President Obama's climate change initiative. While the hypocrisy of congressmen flipping on this issue is glaring, their action is a harbinger of a much bigger problem. Cap and …
… Act. This is the EPA's Christmas present to President Barack Obama as he prepares to jet to Copenhagen with a mostly empty toy bag to discuss climate change. The president had hoped to bring with him to Copenhagen a signed cap-and-trade bill; the prospect of that happening in the near future looks …
… regarding regional greenhouse gas reduction accords with the state loosing almost 1 million jobs and recent revelations that the science of global climate change has been compromised by political agendas. Michigan's participation in the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord was a bad idea when it was …
… greenhouse gases, bypassed Congress by turning to the EPA to implement his energy policy. Regardless of one's view on the controversial theory of climate change, it is imperative that important national public policy be made by elected officials who are accountable to voters and not by government employees …
… downpours in Pakistan and Columbia to wildfires in Australia and drought in Texas are evidence of the looming climate crisis. It is remarkable that climate change alarmists like Al Gore, displaying the conviction of a conspiracy theorist, find evidence for their theory no matter what the weather. If it is …
… dominance was driven by state laws requiring workers in organized workplaces to pay dues or fees to a union in order to hold a job. That legal climate changed in 2012, when the Michigan Legislature passed a right-to-work law, allowing workers the ability to keep their hard-earned money and not be fired …
… list of what he believes the union should focus on: “Bring about fundamental progressive change” “Proactively act on emerging issues like AI and climate change” “Address societal problems like systemic racism, misogyny, attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, the greed-induced dissolution of a livable climate and the …
… would come out and say they don’t care about climate change. But by persistently fighting nuclear power, … produces none of the emissions associated with climate change: no nitrous oxide, sulfur oxide or carbon … leaders do if they were truly concerned about climate change? First, end energy subsidies of all kinds …
… and Exchange Commission, asking the agency 'to improve disclosure of climate change-related risks, and material environmental, social and governance risks, … to ensure their portfolios reflect the risks and benefits related to climate change.” According to Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute, …
… In a 2015 San Francisco Chronicle op-ed on California’s response to climate change, Dr. Jon Christensen, an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Institute of the … phrase “sunny with a chance of apocalypse” to explain his views on “climate-change communications.” He used the term to critique the “doom and gloom” …
… committed themselves to heavily restrict fracking as they focus on climate change and renewable energy. If enacted, the Biden-Harris plan would reduce … stated that she “support[s] a Green New Deal,” the nearly $100 trillion climate change policy authored by Ocasio-Cortez. In that same appearance, Harris promised …
… lives? Today’s most prominent science-related issues are COVID-19 and climate change, but many other things are also important to us: medications, nutrition, … latest natural disaster has historical precedent or might be the new climate change normal. But like real science, this takes work. It is worth it, though, …
… designed to combat high temperatures, flooding, or power outages caused by climate change;” and more, in addition to activities like “monthly training and professional … designed to combat high temperatures, flooding, or power outages caused by climate change;” and more, in addition to activities like “monthly training and professional …
… in these issues in recent decades, however, has taken a back seat to climate change. But with the growing attention paid to so-called “forever chemicals,” … these reasons, policy decisions deserve wide-open debate. For many, climate change is a higher priority — either because of its forecasted impacts or …
… expensive to use that other forms of alternative energy could compete economically. The preferred strategy to eliminate coal is the Waxman-Markey Climate Change legislation, which is more commonly referred to as Cap and Trade or, increasingly, Cap and Tax. A recent study by the Heritage Foundation estimates …
… Among scandals which are calling into question the scientific validity of anthropogenic global warming, the meltdown of the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change and frigid temperatures and record snowfall gripping much of the nation, it appears federal legislation that forces more expensive alternative …
… 6,000 to 8,000 lakes in 17 states over five years. In the process of finding out why some lakes are more sensitive than others to land-use and climate changes, the project will employ 17 people each year, most of them graduate and post-graduate assistants in fresh water ecology. Some of them will attend …
… conventional parties across Europe, deny the most obvious of truths? To play lethal games with our energy systems in order to honour the whimsical god of climate change is as intelligent and scientific as the Aztec sacrifice of their young. Actually, it is far more frivolous, because at least the Aztecs knew how …
… support, oppose or aren’t sure about a series of policy issues the Legislature could tackle in 2023. On almost every issue – from abortion to climate change to subsidies for farmers of color – the poll showed majority support for the left-wing position. That should raise some questions about the sample …
… Western world from strategic infrastructure and toward the vagaries of climate change. At the same time, they have convinced most of us that strategic infrastructure … across the Western world. Many of us still see the environment and climate change as an issue like the economy or gun rights. But for others today, the …
… the Wolverine State,” the report examines how the neighboring state and province have done economically before and after the dramatic business climate changes enacted in Michigan beginning in 2011. A state economic resurgence has followed in the wake of the reforms, which included an overhaul of the …
… amended bills will continue to impose substantial costs on the average Michigan family while achieving little to nothing to actually address the climate change issue politicians claim they want to solve. Estimates show that taking the state of Michigan to net-zero emissions by 2050 would only reduce global …
… motor companies so that someone else can get a better deal on a second car. It doesn’t become right just because progressives do it in the name of climate change.
… unfortunately, quickly revealed his definition of science to be a “majority-of-scientists-concur” gambit for increasing government’s role in combating climate change. In this, he sounds much the same way as the advertising industry’s mad men who attempted to convince potential customers that four out of five …
… administration produced a long list of executive actions to “empower the renewable energy sector and move forward a sensibility among people … that climate change is real.” But separation of powers is being hurried back into vogue in the effort to criticize this executive action as being “all about power.” …
… to respond to Trump administration actions aimed at rolling back environmental regulations and questioning the potential long-term impacts of climate change. At the Washington, D.C. March for Science event, Bill Nye, “the Science Guy,” charged elected officials worldwide with “deliberately ignoring …
… past administration, and thus begin the effort to withdraw that rule.” The news that Pruitt would repeal the Obama administration’s signature climate change regulation went off like a fire alarm in national energy and environmental circles. Groups like the Sierra Club referred to Pruitt’s plan as “a …
… electricity rates, competition in electricity markets, subsidies for renewable energy and the notion that renewable energy could make a difference in climate change in some substantive way. Add to all that the reality that, whatever it rules, the MPSC has the authority to substantially affect the trajectory …
… completely abandon the sources of energy that protected millions of lives recently, telling us that “the world will end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” From there, they springboard to demanding that we switch our energy system to 100 percent renewables by 2030. Unfortunately for the residents …
… mirror the concerns of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who ominously warned that “The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” They claim that “Human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and, as a result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction …
… grid even more fragile and vulnerable to rolling blackouts. Biden has claimed that extreme weather events will become more common because of climate change. But as we have seen in Texas this week, California this past summer, and the Midwest during 2019’s polar vortex, wind and solar can’t be trusted …
… continuity.” Instead, he suggested that we should embrace delay, or “pause–full electricity” service, to help reduce the risks associated with climate change. And, make no mistake, the results of these grid-wide moves toward pause-full utility service are starting to have a profound impact, as dangerous …
… familiarity with cable news and social media know that opening up a discussion on topics like endangered species management, energy production, or climate change can quickly descend into outrage. Impassioned responses like this can discourage frank discussion and makes it difficult to engage with dissenting …
… groups. These groups have been successful at lobbying policymakers to eliminate fossil fuels and even nuclear energy in support of their extreme climate change agenda. Not only do they push bad science, but they put their agenda ahead of the wellbeing of families, who will face higher prices and cold, …
… harder to produce oil and gas in the U.S. In this case, the Biden administration imposed a rule requiring fiduciaries to consider the effects of climate change and other environmental, social, and corporate governance measures when considering investing in retirement funds. That rule has the effect of …
… measured. A recent report by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan agreed, noting that “it is not possible for Michigan to measurably mitigate climate change through state-level emissions-reduction policies.” Erratic power generation drives away businesses and endangers the residents of the state, …
… of the [Trump administration’s] most consequential regulatory rollbacks” that will "virtually [undo] the government's biggest effort to combat climate change.” One Sierra Club staffer even argued it would “recklessly [drive] us over a climate cliff.” In reality, the rule sets a reasonable floor, below …
… however, the victim gives in to an all-consuming desire to expose the betrayal. To set that scene, Gibbs opens the film by detailing his belief in climate change — the same view held by most climate alarmists: that human use of fossil fuels will lead to an inevitable catastrophe. He uses old video to reinforce …
… thriving: Contrary to claims that accompanied a heart-wrenching 2017 video of a starving polar bear, the species is not being driven to extinction by climate change. In fact, according to The State of the Polar Report 2018, the wild population has increased from about 5,000 in the 1950s to the current “global …
… gas reserves are up Natural gas prices are down Air quality is better Motor vehicles are safer LED lights save energy CO2 capture could mitigate climate change The ozone hole is smaller Higher CO2 levels increase vegetation Genetic libraries increase resistance to diseases The cosmic crisp apple has a …
… cause for optimism on the first question, there are reasons to believe things can change. “Green New Deal” policies have not proven popular, and “climate change,” despite heavy promotion by government and media, still ranks very low among voter concerns. And as bad energy policies lead to real power failures, …
