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Climate Change Happens; Now What?

Climate change happens; now what?” How would you respond to … on policy solutions to climate change and whether the private … “stemming the damage of climate change.” I pointed out that … phrase, “the damage of climate change” undefined. Without a … understanding of whether climate change is an existential threat …

Can we recover from the ‘most significant climate change law ever’?

New study shows how Inflation Reduction Act is creating a nation of rent seekers

… 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 …

'Big Oil' and Climate Change

Debunking an urban myth

… 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 …

Don’t Confuse Cold Weather Snap for Climate Change

Swings in temperatures have always happened in Michigan

… 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 …

The Real Story Behind the Feds Pursuing 'Climate Change Deniers'

Conservative media exaggerate Attorney General investigation

… taking legal action against “climate change deniers.” The stories focused … Department of Justice has gone after climate change skeptics. According to Lynch’s … professors who are labeled as “climate change deniers” could not be penalized … investigation of the potential for climate change,” Jeffers said in an email. “They …

Exploring the Political Climate of Climate Change

"Average" and "normal" are not synonymous

… 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 …

Don’t panic over the reefs

How are coral populations enduring ‘runaway climate change’?

… 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 …

Federal Park Staffers Defy Presidential Order, Tweet Climate Change Warnings

More CO2 in the atmosphere 'than at any time in the last 650,000 years,' said park's Twitter feed

… blackout on social media by using the park’s Twitter account to tweet climate change facts. After President Donald Trump issued a ban on social media use … deleted. The incident caused a new flare-up in the ongoing debate over climate change policy. While they get less mainstream media coverage, some climate …

Biden seeks $11B for international climate change projects

Biden said he wants to mobilize $100B for “climate action in developing nations”

… ident Joe Biden wants America to spend $11 billion on international climate change projects. “Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on September … to assist low-income countries with reducing their vulnerability to climate change impacts and building climate resilience.”

Blizzard Hits East Coast But Climate Change Not Blamed

A noteworthy departure from media orthodoxy

… at least three hours. Readers expecting to see the words “man-made climate change” or “global warming” were in for a surprise. They never appeared in … orthodoxy. It did not label the East Coast blizzard a product of man-made climate change. These days, that’s worth noticing.

Global Warmist Media Thought Police

The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe climate change is a threat is false

… with an extraterrestrial, the questioner could hardly display greater scorn. Quickly the interviewer adds that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has cited a survey of peer-reviewed literature by climate scientists showing that 97 percent of them consider man-made global warming to be both …

Climate Change Panel Examines the 'Changing Debate'

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.

Changing the Climate on Climate Change

… The event was called "The Changing Debate on Climate Change" and was put on by the Mackinac Center for … United Nations' 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that he referred to as the "come to Jesus" … well refuted," McDiarmid said. "I believe climate change is real and that man is accelerating it."

The Public Gets It on Climate Change. Why Don't Politicians?

… 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 …

Who is Really Dedicated to Stopping Climate Change?

… spend money on environmental issues, like climate change, is for advocates to invest their own resources … big government and do their part to “halt climate change.” They’re happy to do so because stopping climate change is “for the greater good,” plus the costs …

Farm Bureau: Climate change book misleading

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Battle Creek Area Math & Science Center is removing a book about climate change from its seventh-grade science kits after the Michigan Farm Bureau said that the volume is inaccurate and lacks solid science, according to the Battle Creek Enquirer. “A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids” …

Climate Change Debate at MSU

Event hosted by Students for a Free Economy

… Contact: Isaac Morehouse Director of Campus Leadership Students for a Free Economy 269-978-6998 or 989-631-0900 MIDLAND — Various aspects of climate change — including its causes and government’s role, if any — will be debated from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 6 in Room 105 of South Kedzie Hall …

Teslas are being burned and vandalized

So much for the ‘existential threat’ of global warming

… 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 …

Media Missed Opportunity to Enlighten Public on Current Climate Change Science

… 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 …

Renewable energy or bust?

Strategic infrastructure can play an important role in dealing with climate change

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 …

Global Warming Will Lead to Alien Invasions?

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 …

The feds can’t find the Supreme Court leaker. You think they can fix climate change?

Government is not in the problem-solving business. It can’t even plug leaks.

… 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.  …

Only who can prevent forest fires?

Dry brush was burning, and burning bigger, long before anybody heard of global warming or climate change

… 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 …

Only who can prevent forest fires?

Dry brush was burning, and burning bigger, long before anybody heard of global warming or climate change

… response is to claim that climate change is supercharging wildfires. … fire, quite literally, is climate change,” Rolling Stone concluded. … 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 …

Michael Moore: Trump Rule Change Means Human Extinction

Who sends the press release if humans are extinct?

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to nullify many of former President Barack Obama’s climate change regulations. That sparked outrage from one famous Michigan resident, filmmaker Michael Moore of Flint.   ForTheRecord says: More than a few social media wags have wondered: If human …

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 …

State Attorneys General Wage War on Political Dissent

NY AG: Use 'creative ways' to silence opponents

… While these nonprofits and climate change dissenters are the current … officials intend to pursue climate change policies not through legislation … litigation targeted at climate change “deniers,” borrowing the … Corp. over its views on climate change. Harris was recently … testimonies skeptical of various climate change policies. The subpoena …

Professor: Skeptics of Man-made Climate Change Aren't a Fringe Group

… vocal skeptics of man-made climate change. Like other climatologists, … jump onto the man-made climate change wagon. Taylor was also … trouble with the man-made climate change crowd for years. About … don't believe in man-made climate change as being on the fringe. … skeptical about it (man-made climate change). I don't know if it's …

Rational Environmentalism in 2020

Find a balance between human welfare and environmental concerns

… 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 …

Virtual Event: Environmental Climate Change, Contagion and Cataclysm

Can free markets still provide the energy we all need?

… infrastructure and massively expand spending on renewable energy and climate change mitigation. But will an expanded government hand in energy and climate … be made permanent to ensure a cleaner environment and a solution to climate change. But we’ve had a bit more time to look into the actual changes caused …

Climate panic is an old wine in a new bottle

Today’s eco-anxiety looks a lot like a similar scare tactic from long ago

… 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 …

Michigan to wage war on oil and gas companies

17 attorneys will litigate state claims that the fossil fuel industry contributed to climate change

… gas companies for allegedly contributing to climate change. The Department of Attorney General selected … accountable for deceiving consumers about climate change, for contaminating the drinking water people … complaints like persistent loud noise—’ to make climate change policy in the courts while landing big cash …

Michigan Pays for Fudged Climate Data

Fake news, meet settled science

… 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 Façade is Falling

Environmental researchers and activists are rebelling

… 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 …

Forest Management is More Effective Than Climate Virtue-Signaling

Governors across the country should take note

… 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 …

Bad Science Fuels Environmental Policies

… of ignoring science in climate change policy. Two studies published … are supposedly causing climate change. One of the studies calculated … political pressure to act on climate change. As Nicholas Nuttall, … as the silver bullet of climate change." But contrary to conventional … between carbon dioxide and climate change; predictions of future …

Public Events: Two Free-Market Panels of Experts to Examine Green Jobs and Climate Change

… director of Climate Strategies Watch, is considered a top authority on climate change policy development at the state level. Shikha Dalmia, senior policy … encourage job creation." The first event, "The Changing Debate on Climate Change," takes place at Oakland University in the Oakland Center in Banquet …

Michigan’s broadband spending program day late, dollar short

State internet office finally has application process off the ground, but next federal administrator is likely to reject its funding plan

… 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 …

Caught With Their Swimming Trunks Down

Great Lakes levels prove climate alarmists wrong

… 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 …

No, Michigan climate policy won’t improve the weather

Protecting the vulnerable means keeping their lights on

… claiming that addressing climate change is a moral imperative … in an effort to combat climate change. HB 4759 is part of a … labeled “a consequence of climate change” by Pohutsky during the … Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change wrote in its 2012 document, … and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. That finding …

State courts are not the place to set climate policy

New Jersey court dismisses case making same claims as Nessel lawsuit against oil companies

… 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. …

Marking Environmental Progress On Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary - Part II

We can be optimistic about our future

… 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, …

No Place for Alarmism on Earth Day

… 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 …

Legal expert calls Michigan's oil and gas lawsuit ‘utterly unethical’

Attorney seeks $475 an hour or 25% of recovered settlements

… gas companies for allegedly contributing to climate change. Climate change decreases tourism, harms agriculture and depletes … oil and gas companies for contributing to climate change. In Colorado, a judge refused to dismiss …

Climate Negotiations Carry a Chilling Message

… 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 …

Time for a Full and Independent Review of Climate Science

Signing onto a letter supporting the President’s Commission on Climate Security

… 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 …

Is There Anything Global Warming Can’t Do?

Water doesn’t boil and freeze at the same time...yet

… 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 …

Trump’s orders boost American energy

Reasons to be bullish on president’s opening days

… 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 …

Center Issues & Ideas Forum on Environment and Economics

… 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 …

Climate Agreements and Corporate Responsibility

… pledging to uphold the agreement and to “take aggressive action on climate change.” And 25 U.S.-based companies — including Google, Apple, Facebook, … pullout makes it clear that no matter what Washington, D.C., does on climate change, a growing number of organized groups will act. But what about the …