POLITICO: Democrats retreat on climate: ‘It’s a reversal that is dismaying to climate activists’ – Now ‘recalibrating on climate policies’ – ‘Pulling back on climate policies in the name of affordability’
POLITICO: Other parts of the country are pulling back on climate policies in the name of affordability, too. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is delaying plans for a carbon-trading system and slowing enforcement of the state’s rules for clean cars and trucks, which follow California’s. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is similarly pausing on carbon trading. And in Congress, some 36 Democrats — including two from California — signed on to the effort to overturn California’s vehicle rules. …
But California, as the state with the strongest suite of climate policies and a decades-long reputation of stalwart environmentalism, is now becoming an unlikely leader in Democrats’ pivot as they try to respond to cost-of-living concerns that they fret may have cost them the election.
‘Scientists & the media published thousands of articles claiming that climate change would destroy small atoll islands due to sea level rise’ – But ‘it was all a big lie’ – Study finds ‘89% of the islands were stable or had increased in size’
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1806341713826378035.html By Michael Shellenberger Over the last two decades, scientists and the media published thousands of articles claiming that climate change would destroy small atoll islands due to sea level rise. And the climate change was our fault. “You’re making this island disappear,” claimed @CNN It was all a big lie. Scientists have known since […]
Climate Fact-Check June 2025: Scientifically debunking claims about heatwaves, hurricanes, extreme weather, ocean acidification, & food shortages
Climate Fact-Check June 2025 Guest Post by: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate. Editor’s note: This summary serves as a fact check on the top false claims made about climate change […]
Analysis: ‘Using Less Oil Won’t Boost America’s Energy Security – It’ll Make it Poorer & Beholden to China’
https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/no-using-less-oil-wont-boost-americas By Tilak Doshi Excerpt: Economic incompetence and geopolitical naïvety never go out of fashion, it seems. In a Foreign Policy article this week, Jason Bordoff — Director of Columbia University’s Centre on Global Energy Policy and a former Obama administration official — resurrects a tired old argument long favoured by the ‘progressive’ energy policy elite: that the […]