Michael Bastasch Decades before Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that global warming was driving terrorism, U.S. intelligence officials warned that global cooling would cause massive crop failures, destabilize government and drive violent conflict. A Central Intelligence Agency report from 1974 warned Earth’s “climate is returning to that of the neo-boreal era… an era of drought, famine,…
Michael Bastasch For those who claim there’s no money in global warming, a new report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) shows the private sector and governments spent $391 billion in 2014 on “low-carbon and climate-resilient growth.” Governments — mostly in Western Europe, East Asia and the U.S. — spent $148 billion backing green energy and leveraging…
Andrew Follett Scientists and lawmakers are placing the blame for recent wildfires on President Barack Obama’s policies, not global warming. “Our nation’s forests are sick and flammable, but they don’t have to be. Proper management would increase their resilience to wildfires.” said Julia Slingsby, Press Secretary of the House Committee on Natural Resources to the…
Andrew Follett The New York Times reported Tuesday that solar, wind, and other “green” energy sources won’t be deployed in the developing world soon enough to stop global warming. “Even as the world shifts toward lower-carbon forms of energy, the changes are happening too slowly to keep global temperatures from rising to dangerous levels,” The New…
Guy Bentley The majority of Americans are woefully misinformed about the health effects of vaping, with public health campaigners bearing the brunt of the criticism for spreading scare stories about the dangers of e-cigarettes. A poll conducted for the Boston Globe and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that only 44 percent of Americans…
Australian researchers are heralding an astonishing breakthrough. Using a new form of ultrasound treatment the scientists were able to clear the brains of mice of buildups of plaque and harmful proteins that cause Alzheimer’s. Remarkably, 75% of the mice they experimented on regained their memories. Science Alert reports: Australian researchers have come up with a…
Andrew Follett The biggest cause of CO2 emissions reduction is America’s fracking natural gas boom, not solar or wind power, according to a study by the Manhattan Institute. The study shows that solar power is responsible for 1 percent of the decline in U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions, while natural gas is responsible for nearly 20 percent. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by…
Michael Bastasch Texas commissioners unanimously agreed in a recent hearing that fracking processes didn’t cause several small earthquakes last year. Scientists and lawmakers are, once again, countering myths promoted by environmentalists that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is causing earthquakes around America. Before the hearing, Texas state seismologist Craig Pearson said that he didn’t see any “substantial proof” that…
Andrew Follett Environmentalists like to claim skeptics are making money off hampering global warming regulations, but those same activists are making a lot of money promoting global warming alarmism. A recent video from The Guardian claims that there is little money or power to be gained from environmental activism. The money behind activism pales in comparison to…
By Michael Bastasch Environmental economist Richard Tol wants the world to deal with global warming, but his data shows the past 25 years of climate policies in rich countries have done nothing to fundamentally tackle the issue. If anything, Tol argues, current and past climate policies have only served to make most people a little…