For ‘Climate Relocation,’ the Dollar Math Is Hardly Settled
By James Varney, RealClearInvestigations ISLE de JEAN CHARLES, La. – The Gulf of Mexico has been closing in on Rita Falgout’s native soil for all of her 81 years. Now the island that has been her home is just a thin spit of land – the last 320 of what was once 22,000 acres being […]
Virginia moving forward with cap-and-trade plan soon after Democratic win
by John Siciliano Virginia is moving forward with climate change regulations that could mean the expansion of a 10-state cap-and-trade system extending from Massachusetts to Maryland. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will begin presenting its draft greenhouse gas program next week to the state’s pollution board for approval to create the state’s first cap-and-trade […]
CO2-induced corn apocalypse update: ‘USDA boosts corn harvest view above expectations on record yields’
By Mark Weinraub WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) – U.S. corn production will be higher than expected as harvest yields came in at record levels despite some concerns about the crop throughout the growing season, government data showed on Thursday. The U.S. Agriculture Department in its monthly supply and demand report said the bumper corn harvest […]
Sacrificing Scientific Skepticism: (Re)Discovering Disproof – Science Writer Talks About Lessons Learned About Climate Change
by Phil Berardelli Read the previous installment of “Sacrificing Scientific Skepticism” here, and the first installment here. Summary: A veteran science journalist looks back 15-plus years of reporting on science and climate issues to offer key lessons—and warning—about climatology. Journalists and scientists should remain the most skeptical of professionals, particularly in areas like climatology that we don’t understand […]