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The Environmentalist Rhetoric Guide

Authors of dubious Michigan 'business leaders' poll on Obama energy plan also craft movement spin

… not make global warming/climate change the primary rationale … not make global warming/climate change the primary rationale … are those that position climate change as the primary reason … “However, referring to climate change in passing as part of … incorporating subtle references to climate change into otherwise strong …

Greenhouse Gas Accord Will Further Damage Michigan's Economy

… Accord. The agreement states, "the effects of climate change present growing economic, social and environmental risks…. We know enough to act on climate change, and there is sufficient scientific certainty … economy and have no discernible impact on global climate change. The Michigan Legislature needs to intervene …

The Laboratory Library: Book Reviews

… evidence supports a "gloom-and-doom vision of climate change." Michaels explains that he will be departing … comported well with the actual science of climate change. As the chapters roll by, theories of global … United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Michaels and Balling describe his refusal …

Global Warming: Science in Service to Politics

“Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don’t Want You to Know.”

… evidence supports a "gloom-and-doom vision of climate change." Michaels explains that he will be departing … comported well with the actual science of climate change. As the chapters roll by, theories of global … United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Michaels and Balling describe his refusal …

Climate Distortion 101

… bent on belittling, attacking and obfuscating climate change science." Given the complexities of climate, "climate change science" is a product susceptible to overselling. … from dissent. The chill that hangs over "climate change science" is the progressive subverting of …

Asking Questions to Help Cut Through the Political Fog

… billion years the Earth has undergone constant climate change. A recent example of this was the poorly named … archaeological and geological sciences to put the climate change into perspective, religious leaders of the … facts on hand, millions of people still blame climate change on the supposed misdeeds of other people rather …

Michigan made better choices on forest management

Good Neighbor Authority has proven to be a good choice

… 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 …

Earth Day 2021

Our future is bright

… 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 …

Green Energy Policies Create Shortages and High Prices

Socialist policies like the nationalization of the energy industry would be dangerous

… 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 …

Green energy policies create shortages, high prices

Socialist policies like the nationalization of the energy industry would be dangerous

… 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 …

Michigan shouldn’t worry about becoming a ‘climate haven’

And we aren’t running out of water

… 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 …

‘Decarbonization has really thrown a wrench into the gears’

Jason Hayes on the Overton Window for electricity regulation

… on there.” Many people are worried about climate change, and this interest has changed electricity … Window shift a little bit when people said that climate change was our biggest problem, and we have to address climate change,” Hayes says. He notes that the drive for …

Degrowth and decarbonization will harm people

Michigan is caught up in an energy transition frenzy, and 10 million people stand to differ

… influences other, better-known, ideas such as climate change, decarbonization and the energy transition. … argued that “a child is a major contributor to climate change.” This led to Rieder’s conclusion that “everyone … cremation techniques mean that now “death has a climate change problem.” The Mackinac Center study, “Conflict …

Molding minds with a green curriculum

… than 105 references to "global climate change." The lessons do address various … placed on human impacts and global climate change. For example: "Scientists know … science is settled on the causes of climate change when it is not. The curriculum … conclusions on such issues as land use, climate change and the use of nonrenewable fuels. …

Common Mythconceptions

    The science on climate change is settled. There is nothing more to discuss … discourse over the science of global climate change. In fact, it’s well past time … energy options for that state. Climate change is an “existential crisis“ or … UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or the IPCC, recognizes in its …

Weather, Water and Trees Highlighted in Latest MichiganScience Magazine

… camps for K-12 students also is included. Among the regular features of MichiganScience is a rebuttal of common media misinformation regarding climate change; a list of scientific exhibits open to students, families and teachers; a forecast of legislative and regulatory actions; and the work of award-winning …

Politicians Begin to Choke on Ethanol Myths

… 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 …

Progressing Backwards

Some high profile climate change alarmists have been backtracking following recent revelations of significant errors and outright fraud involving the … domestic energy. On the other hand, if one really does believe man-made climate change is an impending disaster worthy of dismantling our economy over, then …

University of Michigan Arctic Ice Global Warming Study Criticized

… what was predicted by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at University of Alabama-Huntsville, … Global Warming: Science in Service to Politics Changing the Climate on Climate Change Climate Science and Groupthink The Economic Punishment Agency

More Precipitation in Grand Rapids Means What?

… 2011. This is the fourth in the last six years the city hit that mark. Climate-change theory thrives on variability in weather. The October snowstorm in … The AGW lobby has always been resilient, even renaming its issue as “climate change” (ACC). The prospect of pervasive drought has been replaced by “droughts …

Shhh, U.S. Leads World In Carbon Emissions Reductions

Technology, market forces credited for reductions

… any other nation in the world. Efforts to curb so-called man-made climate change had little or nothing to do with it. Government mandated "green" energy … Global Warming: Science in Service to Politics Changing the Climate on Climate Change Climate Science and Groupthink Do 90 Percent of Scientists Really …

Gretchen Whitmer’s Michigan: Red tape and orange barrels

Michigan can’t fix every problem, but it can control the controllable, starting here

… Michigan media outlets are attempting to create a new narrative that a climate change crisis is on its way and will lead to an American South that is too … result will be “climigrants” rushing for Michigan’s border to evade a climate change hellscape. The problem is that migration patterns show the opposite. …

World Economic Forum seeks 75% reduction in car ownership

Michigan’s partner in the U.S. Centre for Advanced Manufacturing seeks ‘vehicle access regulations’

… culprit for society’s woes and collective solutions as the answer. Climate change demands nothing less, the paper argues: By 2050, almost 70% of the … mid-century. Such a scenario is at odds with both the Paris Agreement on climate change and a vision of cities as healthy, sustainable and successful places …

Feedback mostly opposes Grand Rapids climate plan

Plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from city operations by 85% by 2030

… through a record request. The money partially funded the salaries of climate change workers and pilot projects. The funding paid the salary of a healthy … buildings policy specialist and the nonprofit Community Collaboration on Climate Change, among other things, according to 10 documents obtained through a records …

The Michigan Climate Coincidence: Channeling Goldfinger

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, …

Just the Facts

Washington is awash in legislation to mitigate climate change, including proposals for higher taxes on gasoline, caps on carbon emissions and stricter automotive fuel economy standards. Among the most peculiar proposals has been offered by Michigan’s own Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, who is intent …

Alternative energy subsidies: Yes or no?

High schoolers prep for debate season at MCCP workshops

… Increase Alternative Energy Subsidies in the Unites States," drew questions and prompted discussions about clean coal, nuclear plants, electric cars, climate change, biofuels and solar power. More than 475 students took part in the workshops, held over four consecutive days in Livonia, Adrian, Grand Rapids …

Some Politicians Want It Both Ways on Environment

… 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 …

EPA, Not CO2, Is the Danger

… 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 …

Time to Abandon Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord

… 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 …

Analysis: Time to Abandon Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord

… 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 …

U.S. Senate Resolution Would Limit EPA Power

… 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 …

Dr. Thorning: How Cap-and-Trade Would Harm Michigan

… that appeared in The Detroit News. The Michigan-specific findings that Thorning discussed in all three venues are startling. By 2030, a national climate change bill would impact Michigan in the following ways: Annual state manufacturing output would decrease by between 5.4 percent and 6 percent. Annual …

Al Gore Now a Great Lakes Expert

… 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 …

Wildfires, Wild Theories, and Extinguishing these Fiery Threats

A Goldwater Institute Conversation with Jason Hayes – Virtual Event

Wildfires are once again sweeping through America’s West. Many politicians and activists are focusing on climate change as the primary cause and using the flames to fuel their calls for radical green energy policies, like the Green New Deal. But those policies would devastate our economy, cause financial …

Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law Led to Huge Drop in Union Membership

For the first time in decades, state falls outside of the top 10 nationally in unionization

… 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 …

Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Overarching Authority

The opinion places limits on the power of administrative agencies

… opinion upholds the separation of powers and takes steps to ensure that we won’t be ruled by bureaucratic fiat. Major policy decisions, whether climate change or other important matters, require legislative deliberation, not administrative determinations." The case concerned the EPA's attempt to implement …

Germany defends the internal combustion engine against the rest of Europe

As EU speeds toward the EV transition, Germany asks regulators to pump the brakes

… the defense of the internal combustion engine. Reuters reports: The law is aimed at speeding up Europe's shift to electric vehicles to combat climate change. But Germany is seeking wiggle room for combustion engines that run on fuels produced using electricity, or e-fuels. “The commission should come …

With COVID emergency over, Michigan senator pushes for remote meetings

With a two-seat majority in the House and Senate, Democrats who run Lansing don’t have a vote to spare

… Not the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID emergency was terminated last month by an act of Congress, which President Joe Biden signed. Not fear of climate change spurred by 148 lawmakers and their staffs driving to Lansing three days a week. Not concern of driving over potholed roads, or through construction …

Whitmer: Governor’s residence went days without power after storms

Not even the governor’s residence was spared the mass power outages of the last week

… that’s why we’re going to continue to push to upgrade our grids, to rebuild our infrastructure, and to do our part to mitigate our impact on this climate change that is making us all feel the pain.” As of Monday, the governor’s official residence was still without power. As of Tuesday, Michigan was the …

Teachers union president: Focus on politics, not on bargaining, wages, education

AFT head David Hecker urges ‘fundamental progressive change’

… 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 …

New Energy Bills Would Increase Costs and Blackouts

Michigan ratepayers can expect to pay an additional $2,746 a year for less reliable electricity

… 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 …

Mackinac in the Media

… flowing when the biggest storms hit, and when they inevitably do, more and more people will be at risk. It’s ironic that in their fight against climate change, our leaders are putting our lives at the mercy of the climate.” Jason Hayes, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy Washington Examiner …

Playing Chicken With the World’s Economies

… Conversely, those who challenge the severity of climate change sometimes stretch the boundaries of what some … Heartland’s annual International Conference of Climate Change gatherings to exchange peer reviewed papers, … paragraph: “Given the sweeping success of the climate change movement, you might think its roosters would …

In Their Own Words: Democratic Socialists, Green New Dealers Meet In Detroit

They don’t like capitalism

… uncertain about joining the movement against climate change. “It’s not because the science isn’t 100% … United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Prakash said the group will put pressure … whether the organization is more focused on climate change policies or building a movement of activists, …

Michigan Is About to Lose a Big Source of Green Energy

If governors cared about the climate, they wouldn’t oppose nuclear energy

… 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 …

Global Warming: Mother Nature Is Still In Charge

… $2,700 annually. For nearly 20 years scientists have been studying climate changes using computer models designed to make predictions of temperature and … of nature far outweighed the impact of any human activity on global climate changes. A thorough public debate is needed before the United States signs …

The Corporatism of Nike and Apple

… apparently believing this to be over those firms' new-found belief in climate change and their support for cap and tax legislation. The Chamber needs "a more progressive stance" on climate change, declared Apple Vice President Catherine Novelli in a letter of resignation …