Starbucks thinks virtue signaling can “save the planet”
Starbucks thinks virtue signaling can “save the planet” http://www.cfact.org/2018/12/03/starbucks-thinks-virtue-signaling-can-save-the-planet/ Will your Starbucks actually get electricity from wind turbines? Will transmission lines run directly from the turbines to each Starbucks store? If not, how will they separate wind-generated electrons from the renewable-fossil-hydro-nuclear mixture on the regional grid? The post Starbucks thinks virtue signaling can “save the […]
UN Climate Summit in Poland to Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 American Homes Do in a Year – ‘More than 11,700 cars driving for one year or 728 tanker trucks worth of gasoline’
The Daily Signal UN Climate Summit to Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 American Homes Do in a Year by Michael Bastasch / Today, 13:16 This year’s United Nations climate summit will have a carbon footprint equivalent to the yearly electricity usage of more than 8,200 American households, according to the international body’s own figures. The […]
Great news! US and China SNUB MASSIVE United Nations climate change conference – ‘Rendering summit pointless!’
US and China SNUB climate change talks despite being BIGGEST coal producers – https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/hot-air-us-and-china-snub-climate-change-talks-despite-being-biggest-coal-producers/ By Paul Homewood h/t Patsy Lacey From the Express: A MASSIVE United Nations climate change conference has been rendered pointless after being snubbed by China and America – the world’s biggest coal producers. Representatives from nearly 200 countries met in Katowice, […]
Unplug Electric Vehicle Subsidies and Let Consumers Decide
Unplug Electric Vehicle Subsidies and Let Consumers Decide https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/03/unplug-electric-vehicle-subsidies-and-let-consumers-decide/ Frustrated with General Motors’ recent announcement of plant closures and layoffs, President Donald Trump said the administration is now looking at cutting at subsidies to the automaker, including for electric vehicles. Good. Families should be empowered to purchase the car they want without nudging from Washington […]
Oh Dear: Electric Car Sales Drop Sharply Due To High Prices And Bad Batteries
Oh Dear: Electric Car Sales Drop Sharply Due To High Prices And Bad Batteries http://www.thegwpf.com/oh-dear-electric-car-sales-drop-sharply-due-to-high-prices-and-bad-batteries/ The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) Oh Dear: Electric Car Sales Drop Sharply Due To High Prices And Bad Batteries by bennypeiser / Today, 12:35 Poor sales of the greenest cars are undermining government plans to cut toxic roadside emissions, […]
Public Support For French Anti-Carbon Tax Protest Movement Remains High
Public Support For French Anti-Carbon Tax Protest Movement Remains High http://www.thegwpf.com/yellow-vests-public-support-for-french-anti-carbon-tax-protest-movement-remains-high/ Public support for the protest movement has not dropped since the Saturday riots in Paris and violence elsewhere in the country, a poll showed today. Support for the movement was voiced by 72 per cent, unchanged for the past fortnight, according to the Harris […]
Editorial: UN Should Sober Up — There Is No Consensus On The Threat Of Climate Catastrophe
Editorial: UN Should Sober Up — There Is No Consensus On The Threat Of Climate Catastrophe http://www.thegwpf.com/editorial-un-should-sober-up-there-is-no-consensus-on-the-threat-of-climate-catastrophe/ As things stand today, there is clearly no global consensus on a climate catastrophe, or on the way the world should tackle it. We think the UN should sober up. It is its responsibility to review its climate […]
Macron’s Carbon Tax Collides With France’s Forgotten
Macron’s Carbon Tax Collides With France’s Forgotten http://www.thegwpf.com/macrons-carbon-tax-collides-with-frances-forgotten/ There are parallels between what is happening in France and almost every other developed country as comfortable urban elites seek to impose their climate change agenda on a broader population just struggling to pay its bills and earn an honest buck. In September, just a few days […]
France’s Macron Learns The Hard Way: Carbon Taxes Carry Political Risks
France’s Macron Learns The Hard Way: Carbon Taxes Carry Political Risks http://www.thegwpf.com/frances-macron-learns-the-hard-way-green-taxes-carry-political-risks/ PARIS (Reuters) – When Emmanuel Macron rose to power, he put the environment at the heart of his agenda. Eighteen months later, anger over those policies has stoked protests that are a huge challenge for the French president. What was once widely seen by […]
The Riots Over Macron’s Global Warming Tax May End His Career
The Riots Over Macron’s Global Warming Tax May End His Career http://www.thegwpf.com/the-riots-over-macrons-global-warming-tax-could-end-his-career/ The public reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron’s carbon tax increase that caused this weekend’s protests is making him even less popular and represents a profound challenge to Macron’s future. Count me among the disappointed about Emmanuel Macron. I listened closely to his […]