Category: climate change

PREMIERING 3 PM ET: Reparations for Slavery: Who Do You Think Should Pay for It? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 124

In 2020, California Assembly Bill 3121 established a Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The task force, which consists of nine members, has met over the last year to discuss appropriate reparations for the state. Nina May, founder and chairman of the Renaissance Women, who produced and directed the award-winning…


The Left’s Little Financial Engine That Could (Change the World Radically)

Amalgamated Bank, with just five branches across three cities, and a market value lower than the net worth of many an individual hedge fund honcho, would seem an unlikely mover and shaker in the world of Wall Street, let alone Washington, D.C. Yet last fall, it successfully pressured colossal credit card companies Visa, Mastercard, and…


Wind Turbines Deadly for Bald Eagles and Songbirds, but Could Benefit Region, Ohio Supreme Court Is Told

Birdwatching is such a big deal along Ohio’s Lake Erie shore, 100,000 fans flock to a springtime festival in Ottawa County called The Biggest Week in American Birding. That’s one reason why a proposal to build a wind-turbine farm, with whirring blades that kill birds, has been so hotly debated in nearby Erie and Huron…


Scientists Take Australian Bureau of Meteorology to Court Over Reliability of Temperature Records

For years, Australian biologist Jennifer Marohasy has questioned the reliability of the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) historical temperature records, which shows a significant rise in Australia over the past decades. The BoM attributed the record-breaking hot temperatures to human-caused global warming, but Marohasy asked whether at least some of the warming was natural and whether the other…


Just $80 to Offset My Emissions? I’ll Take That Deal!

Commentary In a recent proposal, the New South Wales government will enable drivers to buy $80 (US$55) worth of carbon credits when they pay for their car registration to offset their emissions. It is not a surprising initiative from the treasurer and energy minister, Matt Kean. He is one of many Australian leaders to spruik…


‘More Genuine Science’: Former Australian Conservative PM Tony Abbott Joined UK Climate Think Tank

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has joined a UK climate think tank, which he said had “injected a note of realism into the climate debate.” The London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), founded in 2009 by former UK conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, says it aims to help restore a less “hysterical” and…


Yes, Biden Admin and the Left Are Coming for Your Gas Stove One Way or Another

Commentary Remember when worries about the government coming for your gas stove were dismissed as just another conservative fever dream? At least that was the canned response from everyone from the Biden White House to the party loyalists in the corporate media. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm even chimed in, saying: “That is so ridiculous, that story….


Electric Vehicles Pumped up by More Durable Solid-State Batteries

A recently developed material that can increase the durability of the positive electrodes within solid-state batteries, an alternative battery to lithium-ion, can potentially boost electric vehicles (EVs). While some car companies predict that plug-in hybrids will maintain their popularity in the short term, electric cars are considered the world’s leading candidate in the switch from conventional gasoline-run…


The Long-Term Negative Effects of ESG Will Be Catastrophic

Commentary Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has been a hotly debated topic over the last few years. The seemingly unquestioned march towards corporate utopia has met with resistance among those who oppose the idea that government oligarchs should dictate the affairs of private business firms. The long-term effects of the ESG movement are largely ignored by…


The Future of Tech: Part 2

Commentary Part I discussed tech opportunities in areas like 5-G, cloud computing, healthcare, and finance, especially in insurance. This article examines opportunities for tech in meeting two huge issues facing the world’s economies. One is the growing number of older retirees in populations, and the other is the ever-present anxiety over climate change. Whether all the…