Political activist Grover Norquist is not convinced that Democrats’ opposition to fossil fuels is about the environment. “It’s completely political because if you look at it, it’s not just that they don’t like fossil fuels, meaning gasoline,” he said. “They also don’t like nuclear power. Well, nuclear power has no carbon in it.” Norquist, president…
California’s Vanished Dream, by the Numbers
Even today amid a mounting exodus among those who can afford it, and with its appeal diminished to businesses and newcomers, California, legendary state of American dreams, continues to inspire optimism among progressive boosters. Laura Tyson, the longtime Democratic economist now at the University of California at Berkeley, praises the state for creating “the way…
Discovery of Victorian-Era Data Suggests Extreme Weather Events Not New
Data taken from handwritten 130-year old rainfall observations from Met Office archives has revealed that extreme weather events are nothing new. United Kingdom’s national weather service, The Met Office published the data on Friday gained from millions of archived rainfall records. But long-standing environmentalism skeptics told The Epoch Times that this further undermines the case…
Holding China to Climate Change Promises Seeing a Dead End? Biden Admin’s Hope for a Change
Climate change is one of the biggest issues on the world stage. Yet China is allowed to continue as the top polluter. Is the world doing enough to fight climate change if China’s not required to do much until 2030? Its repeated failure to meet climate change goals is met with only appeasement from the…
What’s in Store as Beijing Takes on Climate Change?
News Analysis The Chinese regime and the United States agreed to work together to address climate change, in a surprise announcement on Nov. 10 at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. In a joint statement, the world’s top two greenhouse gas-emitting countries declared their intention to cooperate by reducing methane emissions, protecting forests, and phasing…
COP26 Global Climate Deal Reached After China, India Push to Soften Language on Coal
Nearly 200 countries attending the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, agreed on a global climate deal on Nov. 13, following last-minute changes pushed by China and India that watered down language about the use of coal power. After two weeks of talks, the 197 nations didn’t veto last-minute changes to revise the final text of the…
CCP Aims to Take Advantage of Climate Agenda, Experts Say
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tries to play to its advantage the efforts of Western countries to counter climate change, several experts told The Epoch Times; this time, however, its strategy seems to be failing. Over the past year or so, the CCP has made a series of moves that gave some hope the regime…
Xi Jinping Skips COP26 Despite China Being the Top Polluter; Former CIA Officer Discusses China IP Theft
As the COP26 climate conference is underway, one member is missing. Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not even attend. Rather, he sent a letter instead. Why is the top polluter in the world not in attendance? I discuss exactly how unserious the Chinese regime really takes climate change. Plus, have you ever wondered what “common prosperity” really…
China Wants US to Fulfill Demands in Exchange for Climate Change Cooperation
Beijing wants Washington to soften its China policies before working with the United States on climate change, as the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) continues in Glasgow. “You can’t ask China to cut coal production on the one hand, while at the same time imposing sanctions on Chinese photovoltaic enterprises,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for…
China’s Xi Calls for Stronger Action on Climate Change, But Makes No New Commitments
China’s leader Xi Jinping called for stronger action in dealing with climate change on Nov. 1, days after submitting a revised plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that disappointed many climate observers. In a written statement to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Xi called on “developed countries not only to do more but…
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