Los Angeles Times: Why this Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery: ‘We’re going to be fine’
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-22/coronavirus-outbreak-nobel-laureate By JOE MOZINGOSTAFF WRITER Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted. Now he foresees a similar outcome in the United States and […]
Plastic Bag Bans Put on Hold Over Concerns About the Cleanliness of Reusable Bags Amid Coronavirus Fears
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-bag-bans-coronavirus-2645571573.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2 By Jordan Davidson A number of states and cities that implemented bans on plastic bags are putting them on hold over concerns about the cleanliness of reusable bags amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the Massachusetts Food Administration asked Governor Charlie Baker to rescind bans on plastic bags in several towns over concerns that […]
NYT: ‘Climate Change’ Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus – Climate battle has familiar ‘disdain for science, neglecting future risk, lack of global leadership’
A disdain for science, neglecting future risk, lack of global leadership: Coronavirus reveals fault lines familiar to those who have been working on climate change for years. https://t.co/2nyT4iN9MP — NYT Climate (@nytclimate) March 23, 2020 By Somini Sengupta “Alarming levels of inaction.” That is what the World Health Organization said Wednesday about the global response […]
Heartland Institute Launches ClimateRealism.com – Debunks climate claims promoted by media
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/03/19/heartland-institute-launches-climaterealism-com/ Via press release: This new website will debunk the alarmist climate propaganda that dominates the media’s coverage of the environment ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (March 19, 2020) – The Heartland Institute is proud to announce ClimateRealism.com, a new website that debunks climate scares perpetuated in the media. ClimateRealism.com is Heartland’s second new climate website launched this month; ClimateAtAGlance.com debuted […]
Warmist Ben Santer: How COVID-19 Is like Climate Change – ‘Both are existential challenges’
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-covid-19-is-like-climate-change/ By Ben Santer Pandemics are not the only existential problem we face. Climate change endangers every present and future citizen of this planet. If we truly care about the health of our communities, countries and global commons, we must find ways of powering the planet without relying on fossil fuels. It would be a […]
USA Warned About Internationally Mandated ‘Coronavirus Economy’
Horner & Peiser: United States Warned About Internationally Mandated ‘Coronavirus Economy’ The Washington Times, 23 March 2020 By Chris Horner and Benny Peiser The United States should pay close attention to developments in Europe, beyond their governments’ response to the COVID-19 virus. Other contagions loom. For example, we now see proof that the retrenchment embodied […]
Former Harvard Physicist Dr. Lubos Motl: ‘Every rational person must realize that this ‘war on Covid-19’ is absolutely suicidal
https://motls.blogspot.com/2020/03/great-viral-depression.html Dr. Motl Excerpts: Every rational person must realize that this “war on Covid-19” is absolutely suicidal. … Most of the Western nations just seem brain-dead at this moment. Brainwashed hysterical cowardly sheep that have been switched into an irrational survival mode … This disease differs from flu in some technical aspects but it’s still […]
Trump Says Coronavirus Cure Cannot ‘Be Worse Than the Problem Itself’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-coronavirus-cure-cannot-be-worse-than-the-problem-itself/ar-BB11zYyS By Maggie Haberman and David E. Sanger 1 hr ago President Trump on Sunday night said that the government would reassess the recommended period for keeping businesses shut and millions of workers at home after this week, amid millions of job losses caused by the efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. […]
Lorrie Goldstein: We Gambled On The Wrong Threat — Climate Change
Lorrie Goldstein: We Gambled On The Wrong Threat — Climate Change Toronto Sun, 22 March 2020One of the key lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is that for at least the past decade, we focused disproportionately, or rather our governments did, on one potential global threat — human-induced climate change — to the exclusion of all […]
Cheap Coal May Get Boost In A Post-Pandemic World: ‘A cheap & reliable source of energy to rebuild the economy’
Cheap Coal May Get Boost In A Post-Pandemic World OilPrice, 22 March 2020 In a post-pandemic world coal, while having lots of problems, is considered to be a cheap and reliable source of energy to rebuild the economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken energy markets to the core this year, creating incredible volatility for fuel prices. […]