… 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 …
… over from fossil fuels. An immediate transition would be premature, and dangerous. “She (Tlaib) is pontificating about the potential impacts of climate change on dispossessed or disenfranchised groups,” Hayes told CapCon. “But she completely ignores the fact that stopping the use of fossil fuels would …
… 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 …
… incentive to meet certain pre-defined sustainability targets.” Nordea also requires its sustainability-linked loans to “[c]ontribute to combating climate change, for example through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or energy consumption.” How do these incentives work? SLBs are a sort of “step-up/step-down …
… hands-on environmentalism for this week’s Overton Window podcast. A key Nature Conservancy objective is to make the environment more resilient to climate change. “Fossil fuels have helped us do amazing things but they’re a little bit like spending money from your savings account. We’ve taken a whole bunch …
… expert Alex Epstein. But why would governments mandate that citizens and taxpayers endure expensive and unreliable electric service? To stop climate change? If the United States (the world’s second-largest CO2 emitter) were to go net-zero by 2050, climate modelling indicates it would cool the planet …
… “This is because these programs have been hijacked by other agendas, including choosing winners and losers among competing internet technologies, climate change mandates, price regulations, preferences for hiring union workers, and a lot of red tape,” Bolema told CapCon in an email. A large share of the …
… 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, …
… actual debate is between those who argue that there will be a large and catastrophic increase in global temperatures and those who believe that any climate change will be quite small, generally beneficial and possibly indistinguishable from normal climate variability. Increasingly, scientists are moving …
… Kamboj for her essay on the scientific errors in the film "The Day After Tomorrow," which depicted the supposed cataclysmic consequences of global climate change. Third place was awarded to Phoebe Huberty, who analyzed why the Fizzy Lifting Drink featured in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" could not …
… tanks like the Mackinac Center is to keep liberty-oriented principles alive when policymakers are hostile to them. Then, when the ideological climate changes, ideas that seemed out of vogue can suddenly gain new currency. At the beginning of 2011, the tide of new leaders at all levels of state government …
… policy changes that are responsible for Michigan’s improving migration picture. Eventually, however, we believe that recent business tax and labor climate changes will drive greater economic growth and opportunity for Michigan and ultimately all Americans.
By Kevon Martis Climate change activist James Hansen has said, "Suggesting that renewables will let us phase rapidly off fossil fuels in the United States, China, India, or the world as a whole is almost the equivalent of believing in the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy." But this has not prevented the …
… global warming and the Legislature even tried to ban the use of Michigan lakes for bottled water. Today, now that levels are high and rising, climate change is again being blamed. Proposal 1 Will Cost the Average Michigan Household Up to $525 a Year in Extra Taxes The May ballot proposal would have …
… 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 …
