Baltimore bridge collapse will block coal exports from U.S.’s 2nd-largest coal-exporting port

Via Nexus news:  https://newsletter.climatenexus.org/20240327-private-fossil-lending-key-bridge-collapse-sunrise-wind Baltimore Bridge Collapse Will Block Coal Exports: The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Tuesday could block as much as 2.5 million tons of coal exports from the country’s second-largest coal-exporting port over up to six weeks, but the disruption will have little impact on global prices. Most of the coal […]

Canada’s New Democratic Party introduces bill that would prescribe jail terms for speaking well of fossil fuels

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ndp-bill-jail-terms-fossil-fuels By Tristin Hopper C-372, also known as the Fossil Fuel Advertising Act, was tabled Monday as a private member’s bill by NDP MP Charlie Angus An NDP bill is seeking to criminalize the “promotion” of fossil fuels, and prescribe jail time even for Canadians who say scientifically true things such as how burning natural […]

India plans to double coal production, ignoring climate pledges

India plans to double coal production, ignoring climate pledges  Bloomberg, 9 January 2024 The south Asian giant is setting new targets to use more coal, despite committing to transitioning away from fossil fuels. As climate diplomats at COP28 in Dubai debated an agreement to transition away from fossil fuels last December, India was facing another energy […]

Dr. Willie Soon on the origins of ‘fossil fuels’ – We should be careful not to assume all of the hydrocarbons on Earth are ‘fossil fuels’

https://www.ceres-science.com/post/dr-willie-soon-s-interview-by-tucker-carlson-december-2023 Dr. Soon’s comments on the discussion of the origin of fossil fuels In the first part of the interview, Tucker Carlson asked Dr. Soon some questions about the possibility that hydrocarbons (gas, oil and coal) could be produced “abiogenically” as opposed to requiring a biological source.   Gas, oil and coal are commonly referred […]

Biden just pledged to shut down 60% of America’s electric power

https://nypost.com/2023/12/10/opinion/president-biden-just-pledged-to-shut-down-60-of-americas-electric-power/ By Stephen Moore The Biden administration made two virtue-signaling proclamations at last week’s COP28 conference in Dubai that it says will help save the planet from climate change. The policies aren’t likely to change the planet’s temperature by even one-tenth of a degree, but they might just destroy the 21st-century American industrial economy as we know it. […]