Former US Sec Kerry calls for cooperation with China on climate
https://www.reuters.com/world/former-us-secretary-kerry-calls-new-trade-rules-cooperation-with-china-climate-2024-09-18/ By Georgina Mccartney HOUSTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday urged a new look at global trade rules, calling the existing mediator of trade disputes, the World Trade Organization, “neutered.”Kerry, who stepped down as President Joe Biden’s climate envoy earlier this year, also urged cooperation with China […]
Michigan union members blame Biden electric-vehicle mandates for auto-industry layoffs: ‘Want to slit our throats’
https://nypost.com/2024/09/17/us-news/michigan-union-members-blame-biden-electric-vehicle-mandates-for-auto-industry-layoffs/ ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The auto industry is big business in Michigan, and a major round of layoffs is revving the election into high gear for industry workers in the critical swing state — who blame the Biden-Harris administration’s heavy-handed electric-vehicle mandates for the painful job losses. Stellantis, which manufactures Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles, announced last […]
‘The Science’ has spoken: Scientific American endorses Harris for prez because ‘she treats the climate crisis as the emergency it is’ while ‘Trump has said climate change is a hoax’
For only the second time in our 179-year history, the editors of Scientific American are endorsing a candidate for president. That person is @KamalaHarris. | Editorial https://t.co/dOsFW8BQCn — Scientific American (@sciam) September 16, 2024 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote-for-kamala-harris-to-support-science-health-and-the-environment/ Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment – Kamala Harris has plans to improve health, boost […]
Tennessee leads the way toward a U.S. nuclear revival
https://www.cfact.org/2024/09/16/tennessee-leads-the-way-toward-a-u-s-nuclear-revival/ By Duggan Flanakin On September 3, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the city of Oak Ridge, birthplace of the U.S. nuclear energy industry, announced new details about “Project IKE,” a new nuclear energy development boosted by the new Tennessee Nuclear Energy Fund. Paris-based Orano USA has agreed to build a uranium enrichment centrifuge facility on the […]
New Study finds the ‘green gap’ – ‘A growing gulf between what consumers say they want to do to help save the planet, & what they actually end up doing’
https://link.thetimes.co.uk/view/643dae8e52f5b18ea2028d73lu69y.dho/9de38bca By Ben Spencer – Science Editor, The Sunday Times Do you switch the lights off when you leave the room? What about sorting your recycling? And how many times a year do you take a flight? Most of us, if the opinion polls are to be believed, are keen on living on a green, […]
Leader of Medical Activist Group Pushing Climate Crackdowns Had Medical License Suspended
Leader of Medical Activist Group Pushing Climate Crackdowns Had Medical License Suspended By Thomas Catenacci Physicians for Social Responsibility, a left-wing activist group led by “health professionals,” uses its medical bonafides to drive opposition to fracking, gas stoves, and other “environmental hazards to health.” It’s raised tens of millions of dollars in recent years to […]
Chinese Electric Vehicles Could Be ‘Weaponised’ by Beijing, Report Warns
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/09/18/chinese-electric-vehicles-could-be-weaponised-by-beijing-report-warns/ By Kurt Zindulka The British government’s open-doors approach to electric vehicles from Communist China threatens to undercut domestic manufacturing and expose the country to national security risks, with a think tank warning that EVs could be “weaponised” by Beijing. A report from the China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI) warned that the growing market share of and dependency […]
Analysis: Pope Francis’ Climate Crusade or the erosion of faith in God
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/clintel-essay-pope-francis-climate By William M Briggs This essay was by my brother in intellectual arms Jaap Hanekamp and Yours Truly. It appears at the Clintel site, whose motto is “There is no climate emergency”. You will be doing me a great service if you pass on the link to the Clintel site so that others may see the […]
Climate Realism: A Sane Approach – With Prof. Steven Koonin
https://www.efrat.blog/p/climate-realism-a-sane-approach-youre By Efrat Fenigson and Tom Nelson My guest today is Prof. Steven Koonin, co-hosted with Tom Nelson – host of The Tom Nelson Podcast. Prof. Koonin is an American theoretical physicist and former director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at NYU, as well as a professor in the Department of Civil and Urban […]
Jet-Setting Academics Branded Hypocrites For Lecturing the Rest of us About Climate Change
Jet-Setting Academics Branded Hypocrites For Lecturing the Rest of us About Climate Change By Toby Young University researchers have been branded “hypocrites” for condemning air travel as bad for the planet but then flying to conferences anyway. The Times has more. A study found that about a third of the academics at a leading U.K. university had flown […]