Watch: Michael Shellenberger on how climate change alarmists see hope in coronavirus
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CNN: The world is coming together to fight coronavirus. It can do the same for the climate crisis
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/world/coronavirus-and-climate-crisis-response-intl-hnk/index.html by Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) While the coronavirus pandemic and climate change are inherently different issues, they share two important characteristics: both are global crises that threaten the lives of millions of people. Yet only one crisis has inspired widespread, drastic action from countries across the globe. As Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, spreads, governments, businesses and individuals around […]
NBC News: Coronavirus shutdowns have unintended climate benefits
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/coronavirus-shutdowns-have-unintended-climate-benefits-n1161921 By Denise Chow In Venice, the often murky canals recently began to get clearer, with fish visible in the water below. Italy’s efforts to limit the coronavirus meant an absence of boat traffic on the city’s famous waterways. And the changes happened quickly. Countries that have been under stringent lockdowns to stop the spread of […]
Elon Musk downplays coronavirus as Tesla factory stays open amid crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/19/elon-musk-coronavirus-tesla-factory-california By Julia Carrie Wong Excerpt: Tesla chief executive has used his massive platform to cast doubt upon the danger of the virus Elon Musk has downplayed the severity of the coronavirus epidemic, tweeted false information about the disease’s effect on children, and kept his northern California factory open despite a local “shelter-in-place” order, but the […]
Stanford U. epidemiologist: Data Indicates We’re Severely Overreacting To Coronavirus
https://www.dailywire.com/news/stanford-professor-data-indicates-were-overreacting-to-coronavirus By James Barrett DailyWire.com In an analysis published Tuesday, Stanford’s John P.A. Ioannidis — co-director of the university’s Meta-Research Innovation Center and professor of medicine, biomedical data science, statistics, and epidemiology and population health — suggests that the response to the coronavirus pandemic may be “a fiasco in the making” because we are making seismic decisions […]
Democrats Want to Include ‘Climate Action’ in Coronavirus Aid
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/democrats-want-to-include-climate-action-in-coronavirus-aid/ By Maxine Joselow, E&E News on March 19, 2020 Democrats on both sides of Capitol Hill are pushing to add climate change provisions to the third aid package for people and industries affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. But it’s unclear whether they have the political leverage to make those ideas stick—at least not […]
Climate Litigation: a Government Grab for Cash
https://the-pipeline.org/climate-litigation-a-government-grab-for-cash/ By Christopher Horner Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a clumsy bully, particularly when it comes to those who disagree with his obsession with redesigning society in response to climate alarmism. Whitehouse is also a promiscuous filer of often angry amicus curiae or “friend of the court,” briefs; his pet peeve is that parties who disagree with […]
Matt Ridley becomes full government coronavirus ‘clampdown’ advocate: ‘We clampdown hard now’ and may have ‘clampdown again when the virus resurges’
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/we-are-about-to-find-out-how-robust-civilisation-is We are about to find out how robust civilization is The hardships ahead will be like nothing we have ever known From magazine issue: 21 March 2020 By Matt Ridley Excerpts: There are no good outcomes from here. Many people will die prematurely. Many will lose their jobs. Many businesses will go under. Many people will suffer […]