Michael Bastasch United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told The Washington Post why he’s so fixated on fighting global warming: He thought he could solve the world’s problems by forcing countries to cut carbon dioxide. “From day one, I made climate change the top priority,” Ki-moon told The Post. “There were many crises around the world,…
By Andrew Follett Conservatives should “call the left’s bluff” on global warming by asking why environmentalists oppose using proven technologies like nuclear power or hydraulic fracturing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to an article published Thursday in Forbes. James Taylor points out in the piece that if conservatives pressure the left to accept natural gas and…
By Michael Bastasch A new documentary by a prominent global warming skeptic takes on many of the claims from environmentalists and politicians who want to regulate nearly every aspect of the economy to stop it. Marc Morano, a prominent global warming skeptic and publisher of the website Climate Depot, has released his new documentary film “Climate…
Andrew Follett Bill Nye the “Science Guy,” said he’s ok with throwing global warming skeptics in jail, during an interview with the conservative Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) published on Youtube Wednesday. Nye was asked by CFACT interviewer Marc Morano if he agrees with other green activists that the government should throw global warming skeptics into jail as criminals,…
Andrew Follett Global warming has really helped the Alaskan moose, according to a study published Wednesday by scientists from the University of Alaska. The research compared historic changes in Alaska’s summer temperatures from 1860 to 2009 to the height of shrubs that are eaten by moose. High carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and an extended summer growing season caused Alaskan plant…
By Andrew Follett Scientists have found that global warming is helping Canadian trees recover from a devastating insect infestation, according to research published Tuesday by the University of Victoria. The research focuses on the forest of the Canadian province of British Columbia and found that warmer, wetter and more carbon dioxide (CO2) rich conditions caused by global warming are…
By Michael Bastasch A federal judge recently ruled in favor of environmental activists suing the government for not doing enough to fight global warming. The judge denied motions to dismiss claims by activists that global warming violated their constitutional rights. Not only did Judge Thomas Coffin reject federal government arguments to dismiss the lawsuit brought by…
By Michael Bastasch A libertarian think tank was served with a subpoena by U.S. Virgin Islands prosecutors as part of a racketeering probe not long after Democratic attorneys general promised to investigate groups with ties to the oil industry for allegedly misleading the public on global warming. More subpoenas are likely on the way as…
By Michael Bastasch The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed a libertarian think tank after pledging to investigate ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading the public about global warming. AG Claude Walker served the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a D.C.-based free market think tank, with a subpoena Thursday, in an apparent effort to tie the…
By Michael Bastasch European Union climate and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete has been ensnared in the controversy surrounding the newly-released “Panama Papers,” which detail how the global warming czar’s wife invested in a shady Panama-based law firm. Cañete’s wife, Micaela Domecq Solís-Beaumont, reportedly was “empowered to approve transactions of Rinconada Investments Group SA, a…