Gas stoves, pizza ovens & now — Washington Democrats move to regulate tire standards to mitigate climate change
Ari Hoffman of Post Millennial: Washington Democrats are looking to make tires more expensive for consumers in an effort to combat climate change. The state’s Department of Commerce will be requesting that the Democrat-controlled Legislature give the agency the authority to regulate tire efficiency. …
The new standards would apply to replacement tires for passenger cars and light trucks but not to original tires installed by manufacturers on vehicles. California has claimed that the tire standards would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 million metric tons per year…
Editor of the Modern Tire Dealer trade journal Mike Manges wrote in an editorial, “I still believe that a mandate could not only limit consumer choice but also limit a dealer’s ability to sell what he or she wants — based on the customer’s budget and preference,” Manges continued. “Not all customers will be able to afford higher-priced tires that can meet or exceed whatever rolling resistance target the CEC will require.”
A ‘siege of Paris’ is underway: Victory to the French farmers – Europeans are right to rise up against our eco-obsessed elites.
Victory to the French farmers By FRASER MYERS – Spiked A ‘siege of Paris’ is underway. Since Monday, thousands of tractors, trailers and combine harvesters have encircled the French capital, blocking key motorways in and out of the city. Roads around Lyon, Limoges and Toulouse have also been brought to a standstill by furious farmers. […]
Belgians Blockade Port with Tractors as French Net Zero Protests Spread
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/01/31/belgians-blockade-port-with-tractors-as-french-net-zero-protests-spread/ BY WILL JONES 31 JANUARY 2024 3:01 PM Belgian farmers have blockaded highways and a major port as protests against Net Zero environmental regulation and low pay spread from France and intensify across Europe. The Telegraph has more. More than 100 tractors blockaded the Zeebrugge container port, according to organisers, causing gridlock on the surrounding roads. […]
French Farmers Block Paris Roads to Protest ‘Net Zero’ Lunacy
French Farmers Block Paris Roads to Protest “Net Zero” Lunacy By blocking access to Paris with their tractors, French farmers are fighting the EU’s version of the Green New Deal that aims to eliminate all fossil fuel use in the years ahead. As we noted in yesterday’s Hotline: no energy means no food. Although we […]
We’re saved! John Podesta to replace Kerry as top climate diplomat in order ‘to keep meeting the gravity of this moment’
Podesta to replace Kerry as top climate diplomat BY RACHEL FRAZIN White House adviser John Podesta will replace John Kerry as the nation’s lead climate diplomat, the White House announced on Wednesday. “We need to keep meeting the gravity of this moment, and there is no one better than John Podesta to make sure we do,” White House Chief of […]
Study: ‘Global greening is an indisputable fact…the rate of global greening increased’ from 2001-2020 – Published in journal Global Ecology & Conservation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423004262 Global Ecology and Conservation Volume 49, January 2024, e02791 Highlights • The global greening is an indisputable fact. • The rate of global greening increased slightly. • The drought has only slowed the global greening, but not caused the global browning. Abstract Increases or decreases in remote sensing-based vegetation greenness are usually referred to […]