WARNING: The secret UN carbon tax that’s about to fleece America – UN pushing ‘an ocean carbon tax that would spike the price of many consumer goods’
https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/warning-the-secret-un-carbon-tax By Alex Epstein Next week, the UN votes on an ocean carbon tax that would spike the price of many consumer goods. The Trump administration must not allow this Biden climate policy to quietly take effect. Excerpt: Next week, the UN votes on an ocean carbon tax that would spike the price of food, […]
Canadian PM Mark Carney’s ‘Climate Tax Rollback’ is a Sleight of Hand
Mark Carney’s ‘Climate Tax Rollback’ is a Sleight of Hand by Ben Pile One of the biggest mysteries of the past decade or so has been the lingering of Justin Trudeau. Just how has he managed to stay in post for so long? Nonetheless, the political crises that are inevitably caused by victims of woke-green ideology’s disengagement from […]
POLITICO: ‘Be realistic’: Democrats’ new approach to Trump on climate change – ‘Blue states grappling with voters’ concerns over high electricity & gas prices’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/democrats-trump-climate-change-00200816 By Marie J. French, Jordan Wolman and Blanca Begert ALBANY, New York — State climate policies are reeling from a double blow. Even before President Donald Trump started dismantling the regulations and incentives that were meant to cut planet-warming pollution, blue states were grappling with their own voters’ concerns over high electricity and gas prices. Taken together, the […]
Carbon Capture A Waste Of Money, Says Octopus Boss
Carbon Capture A Waste Of Money, Says Octopus Boss By Paul Homewood Miliband’s £22bn carbon capture spree is a waste of money, warns Octopus boss. The Green Blob is arguing amongst itself about carbon capture, reports the Telegraph. Greg Jackson, boss of Octopus, thinks Miliband’s £22 billion bung is a waste of money, and should be spent […]
Carbon capture carries safety risks, threatens property rights, drives up energy costs, report says
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/carbon-capture-carries-safety-risks-threatens-property-rights-drives-energy Companies looking to build carbon capture pipelines are utilizing the power of eminent domain when property owners won’t willingly negotiate easements. In at least some cases, rather than go through the expense of litigating, landowners often agree to sell. By Kevin Killough President Donald Trump has for the moment, made short work of Joe Biden’s […]
Hochul’s senseless $75B climate cash grab will only speed New York’s decline
https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/opinion/hochuls-75b-climate-cash-grab-only-speeds-nys-decline/ By Peter Murphy Gov. Hochul last week signed a new climate bill forcing fossil-fuel companies to pay $75 billion in “recovery” assessments over the next 25 years for their alleged role in causing “extreme weather.” “It’s time for large polluters to pay their fair share,” she declared. But the claim is an unscientific joke — and the law, […]
Wells Fargo departs climate banking group in another high-profile exit after Goldman
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/wells-fargo-departs-climate-banking-group-another-high-profile-exit-after-2024-12-20/ Dec 20 (Reuters) – Wells Fargo (WFC.N), opens new tab has withdrawn from a group of global banks committed to curbing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the number of high-profile firms exiting climate initiatives amid mounting political pressure. The bank has ended its membership in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a spokesperson said on Friday, two weeks after […]
Bankers plot ways to get paid carbon credits for emissions they might have emitted, but didn’t
Bankers plot ways to get paid carbon credits for emissions they might have emitted, but didn’t By Jo Nova What other industry gets paid for what they could have done, but didn’t? The carbon market is the perfect scam-quasi-tax currency for our banker overlords. They were always trading reductions in an invisible gas, now they’re […]
At COP29, Officials Want To ‘Trump-Proof’ Their Green Funding With Global Climate Tax
At COP29, Officials Want To ‘Trump-Proof’ Their Green Funding With Global Climate Tax By Nick Pope Foreign government officials attending the ongoing U.N. climate change summit are advocating for de facto global climate taxes to fund green energy development in poor countries ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, according to Financial Times. [emphasis, links added] […]
Utility Companies Are Not on Our Side: ‘Reliability & affordability come secondary to the decarbonization agenda’
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/20/utility_companies_are_not_on_our_side_151975.html By Linnea Lueken & H. Sterling Burnett When electric power was a novel idea and just beginning to be adopted in urban centers, the industry had a Wild West feel to it as multiple companies strung wires, opened power plants, and sold electricity on an unregulated market. Competition was fierce, but state and local governments concluded that […]