… Commerce Committee, which will have a central role in the health care and climate change debates to come. However, his critics say that Upton is not fiscally … was an early signer of a promise to not raise taxes in response to climate change, the so-called "cap-and-trade" program. The congressman has used those …
… mentioned during U.S. presidential debates.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: “How were we supposed to know there would be a 17-year pause in global … shouldn’t be disregarded. We explain it all in our latest report on our climate change models. It’s 218 pages and it was carefully prepared. We even used …
… low-level period (1999-2013), which lasted longer than the previous three, climate-change activists and politicians such as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) insisted … water levels recorded came long before the words "global warming" or "climate change" entered the political lexicon. The lowest observed level for the month …
… senators claimed their targets were spinning a “web of denial” about climate change. Their actions demonstrate that those who believe the so-called consensus … be investigated for their concerns over the use of fossil fuels or climate change. That same day, a Grist.org article told of a protest outside the …
… 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, …
… Climate Sensitivity. If, as this paper found, the ECS is low, then climate change may not be much of a problem. It could even prove to be beneficial. … fossil fuels should be “leave it in the ground” in the name of stopping climate change. Rather than follow that prescription, though, we should continue to …
… 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 …
… to supply the majority of its electricity, but public concern over climate change, increasingly strict environmental regulation, renewable mandates, … nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide or mercury.[38] For those concerned about climate change, natural gas also presents a good option as it emits approximately …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 100% of its energy come from renewable sources by 2040. DTE Energy serves 2.3 million customers with electricity in southeastern Michigan. “Climate change is one of the defining issues of our era,” DTE said on its website. “That’s why DTE Electric is taking bold steps to significantly increase our …
… coal-fired capacity by 2030 to keep up with current levels of growth. For more information go to http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/ill-wind-puts-climate-change-on-top-of-agenda/ 2007/03/09/1173166991682.html# and http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/coal.html.
… 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 …
… health of the animal, since a large debate surrounds how mastodons actually became extinct. Some scientists believe they died out as a result of climate changes and subsequent food scarcity, which would be revealed in the fossilized remains of the mastodons. For the most part, however, this has not been …
… 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 …
… means for students of science and for academic research in general. For these purposes, it's not really all that important who's right about climate change. We might not ever really know who's right. The debate is much more nuanced than one side being right and the other wrong. There's clearly evidence …
… journals, thanks to efforts by the same conspirators. These elites were the gatekeepers of input to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports - which is considered the authoritative source on global warming. Independent double-checking was thwarted. As a result, this warped …
… 2007 than "An Inconvenient Truth" had nine significant errors in it and was politically partisan and not an impartial analysis of the science of climate change, according to the London Times. The judge called it "a political film" when ruling on whether or not it could be shown to children in secondary …
… 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 …
… Army Corps of Engineers started keeping track in 1918. That attracted attention, including claims that the low levels were caused by man-made climate change. However, by February the level was higher than it was back in the 1960s and remained higher than in previous low periods throughout the rest …
… this year, a group of attorneys general from 17 states formed “AGs United For Clean Power.” The attorneys general have stated they will pursue climate change policies via litigation against free-market think tanks.
… presidency in 2020 has introduced or endorsed a plan, such as the Green New Deal, that seeks to phase out crude oil production in the name of fighting climate change. Joe Biden was the latest candidate to release a climate plan that promotes other sources of energy like nuclear.
… published in The Hill, “the former vice president and California senator have both committed themselves to heavily restrict fracking as they focus on climate change and renewable energy. If enacted, the Biden-Harris plan would reduce energy choices, increase prices and drive Americans back to international …
… another speaker, Elizabeth Perry, an assistant professor in the Michigan State University College of Agriculture, as someone who would discuss climate change and its “equity considerations.” Williams did not respond to a request for comment.
… an employee of Apex Clean Energy. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., opposes the agenda of many climate change activists. The Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition is a Michigan-based nonprofit led by Kevon Martis, a Lenawee County resident who has opposed many …
… Secretary and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Whitmer argues the nuclear plant is not only good for business, but that it will “help fight climate change.” Whitmer is seeking federal funds through the Civil Nuclear Credit program. Whitmer’s letter quotes another letter from Granholm in May, which …
First there was “global warming,” and then there was “climate change.” But a new term is gaining currency, and it is “global weirding,” which in the words of one professor at Northeastern University, refers to extreme weather events. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman popularized the term in a …
… 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 …
… bureaucracies. Examples include agencies forgiving student loans, treating nicotine as an FDA-controlled drug, and restructuring the electric grid to fight climate change. Supporters of the administrative state have reacted to this doctrine with alarm. The New York Times legal columnist dubs it “the doctrine that …
Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a May 9 press release that Michigan intends to sue fossil fuel companies over alleged contributions to climate change, as CapCon previously reported. Nessel claims these companies have had a climate impact, and she seeks private law firms to submit proposals to …
… into law, this would require the carbon intensity of fuel to be reduced by at least 25% by 2035. “It is past due that we take action to address climate change and invest in the resources needed to make Michigan a leader in environmental resiliency and sustainability,” Singh said in a 2023 news release. …
… war on oil and gas companies: The state’s attorney general announced plans to sue oil and gas companies over their purported role in fostering climate change.
… ‘parent trigger’ Math & Science Center yanks climate change book Pennsylvania considers school vouchers … Sept. 23, 2011 Math & Science Center yanks climate change book BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Battle Creek … Math & Science Center removed a book about climate change from its seventh-grade science kits after …
… alarming pronouncements about climate change. But a new report by researchers … composition.[21] Abrupt climate changes at that time are well … times.[23] Although some climate changes associated with lake-level … investigations of past climate change in the basin over the … anthropogenic forcing of climate change between the Maunder Minimum …
… 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 …
… — contributing equally to a rich scientific discourse. But there is no room for differing opinions in "An Inconvenient Truth," the film about climate change, specifically global warming. Viewers are led to believe that all reputable scientists believe that Mount Kilimanjaro’s receding snowcaps are …
… to feel more like those in Kentucky today and that by the end of the century, summer weather will resemble Arkansas and northern Mississippi. Climate change alarmists predicting doomsday scenarios for the Great Lakes are probably not too pleased with the draft report "Impacts on Upper Great Lakes Water …
… includes a large exhibition on the natural world and the way we attempt to classify nature scientifically, as well as an exhibition on art and climate change. Also featured is the acclaimed video project "Murmur," a study of starling migration in Europe. Runs through June 2010. The Cranbrook Institute …
… warmed 0.07 degrees Celsius between 1999 to 2008 rather than the 0.2 degrees Celsius reported by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Hadley scientists assert that the temperature fluctuation is due to natural climate occurrences El Nino and La Nina, and compensating for those …
… information, visit www.impression5.org/index.php. THE CRANBROOK INSTITUTE of Science and Cranbrook Art Museum present "Cape Farewell: Art and Climate Change." In 2002, artists and scientists traveled on a schooner to the Arctic. Cape Farewell features the results of this mission with photography, video, …
… go the route of the EPA to get his agenda enacted. Tim Phillips, national director of Americans for Prosperity, said when he was at the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen, one of the most chilling things he heard came from Lisa Jackson, administrator of the EPA. Phillips said that Jackson, …
… promised benefits. Critics of a "Climate Accountability Act" will claim this is just another attempt by the right to discredit the threat of climate change and thwart energy conservation. Nothing could be further from the truth. The "Climate Accountability Act" has little to do with environmental …
… for the Detroit News and editor of TheMichiganView.com, said he was in Washington D.C. for a press conference on the international agreement on climate change called the Kyoto Protocol. Payne recalled the first question of the press conference was asked by the New York Times environmental reporter. …
… bill after the experience he had trying to get information on Michigan's agreement with England on something called the "Partnership on Global Climate Change Action." That agreement was reached under former Gov. Jennifer Granholm in 2008. Rep. Opsommer could not get any information about the agreement …
… the scientists in the world,” said Jim Lakely, a spokesman for The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that disputes the notion that climate change is hurting the world. In July, the leader of a progressive think tank made news at a convention of progressive activists. Arshad Hasan, who …
… set fewer records than previous low-water spells, it was repeatedly portrayed by environmentalists and their media allies as clear evidence of climate change. This contention became untenable when water levels began increasing rapidly in the second half of 2013. Instead of accepting that their arguments …
