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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 …

Critics Challenge Choosing Upton as Energy Chair

… 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 …

What if it Were April Fools' Day Year Round?

It might sound a lot like this

… 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 …

Great Lakes Water Levels At High-Level Marks

Rise has submerged some beaches

… 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 …

You Have My Permission to Speak … Unless

… 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 …

Congress May Protect Private Pensions from State Bureaucrats

Recent regulations allow states to create and manage retirement for private employees

… 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, …

Thirty Years of Climate Concerns

And technology and efficiency are still our best bet

… 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 …

Sunny With a Chance of Apocalypse

Consumers Energy should produce affordable, reliable energy

… 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” …

What a Biden-Harris Presidency Would Mean for the Future of Energy

Both support largely ending oil and gas production

… 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 …

Fossil Fuels

Natural Gas

… 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 …