Politico: Biden rule tells power plants to cut CO2 by 90% — or shut down
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/11/biden-rule-tells-power-plants-cut-climate-pollution-00095827 By ALEX GUILLÉN 05/11/2023 05:01 AM EDT The Biden administration is announcing a climate rule that would require most fossil fuel power plants to slash their greenhouse gas pollution 90 percent between 2035 and 2040 — or shut down. The highly anticipated regulation being unveiled Thursday morning is just the latest step in President Joe Biden’s campaign […]
‘Useful Idiots’ Promote the Climate Scare by Supporting ‘Carbon Capture & Storage’
https://www.americaoutloud.com/useful-idiots-promote-the-climate-scare-by-supporting-carbon-capture-and-storage/ by Tom Harris I would never have anticipated that I would actually agree with the Huffington Post on anything they write about climate change. But, when it comes to the serious dangers of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) on a massive scale from industrial activities and storing it underground, I have to agree with them. It […]
MIT analysis: EV batteries production ‘more material-intensive than producing traditional combustion engines’ – ‘For every tonne of mined lithium, 15 tonnes of CO2 are emitted into the air’
Also see: Ask MIT Climate: “Are electric vehicles definitely better for the climate than gas-powered cars?” – Yes: although electric cars’ batteries make them more carbon-intensive to manufacture than gas cars, they more than make up for it by driving much cleaner under nearly any conditions. Although many fully electric vehicles (EVs) carry “zero emissions” […]
EPA to Propose First Controls on CO2 Emissions From Power Plants – ‘Will be 1st time fed gov’t has limited CO2 from existing power plants’
Ignoring last June's SCOTUS decision in West Virgina v. EPA, the rogue Biden regime plans another assault on our electricity grid by essentially requiring CO2 capture and storage for fossil fuel plants.https://t.co/xi4WMVkQ8v — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) April 23, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/climate/epa-power-plants-pollution.html By Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants […]
China uses more coal than all other nations on earth combined & shows zero signs of changing course
Another single chart showing the utter futility of the "energy transition." China uses more coal than all other nations on earth combined, and its usage is projected to continue rising for the foreseeable future. It has no "net-zero" goal until 2060, and its coal emissions… pic.twitter.com/JBnDOXUJYT — David Blackmon's Energy Absurdity (@EnergyAbsurdity) April 10, 2023 […]
Pielke Jr. on 1.5C temperature target: ‘There was essentially no science behind it’ – ‘More grounded in political aspirations than in science’
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-15-degree-temperature-target The 1.5 Degree Temperature Target is a Dead Man Walking By Roger Pielke Jr. … In today’s post I explain the origins of its companion, the 1.5 degree Celsius target that has in many respects eclipsed the 2C target in public discussions of climate. Most scientists in climate know that despite its prominent role […]
Watch: Ian Plimer, a geologist’s view of climate change at Heartland Institute Climate Conference , 2023
Ian Plimer, Ph.D., a geologist and emeritus professor at the University of Melbourne, delivers a presentation titled “The Past is the Key to the Present.” He starts by noting that “you will not find any people in my profession who would claim that humans can change a major planetary system.” Then he goes through the […]
1938: ‘A landmark paper in the Royal Meteorological Society’ concluded warming would ‘prove beneficial to mankind’ – ‘Return of the deadly glaciers should be delayed indefinitely’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/apr/22/guy-callendar-climate-fossil-fuels (Cache) 1938: “A landmark paper in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society” by UK Meteorologist Guy Callendar concluded warming would “prove beneficial to mankind in several ways” Royal Meteorological Society study in 1938: “It may be said that the combustion of fossil fuel, whether it be peat from the surface or oil […]
Horowitz: Republicans must stop accepting the premise of the carbon/climate fascism agenda
https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-republicans-must-stop-accepting-the-premise-of-the-carbon-climate-fascism-agenda By DANIEL HOROWITZ Just as with COVID, Republicans have largely accepted the false premise behind the global warming agenda, which is depleting our quality of life, crushing our freedoms, and making everything expensive. They merely object to the extreme to which Democrats are taking it. However, once you accept the premise, you lose the […]
We’re saved! GOP announces ‘that addressing climate change is absolutely a prime priority’ – ‘Wants to appease climate-conscious voters & powerful business interests’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2023/01/26/does-the-gop-finally-have-a-climate-plan-00079615 Republicans appear ready to cast off their label as the party that sidesteps or denies climate change. By ARIANNA SKIBELL Republicans appear ready to cast off their label as the party that sidesteps or denies climate change. That doesn’t mean the GOP will embrace President Joe Biden’s agenda — quite the opposite — but the […]