Category: climate change

The Night the Lights Went Out in Europe

Commentary Politico Europe, a publication marinated in green politics, has named Russian President Vladimir Putin as one of its “power players of the year”—for, in the publication’s words, “advancing Europe’s green agenda.” “By invading Ukraine and manipulating energy supplies to undermine European support for Kyiv, Putin has achieved something generations of green campaigners could not—clean…


Christmas Tree Shortage Stumps Australian Christmas Celebrations

The extreme rainfall that has fallen across New South Wales in 2022 has created a supply shortage of real Christmas trees, triggering a rapid rise in the price of this Christmas tradition in Australia. This comes as Australia has been hit by its third consecutive La Nina, with Sydney experiencing its wettest October on record,…


Christmas Tree Shortage Stumps Australian Holiday Celebrations

The extreme rainfall that has fallen across New South Wales in 2022 has created a supply shortage of real Christmas trees, triggering a rapid rise in the price of this Christmas tradition in Australia. This comes as Australia has been hit by its third consecutive La Nina, with Sydney experiencing its wettest October on record,…


Solar’s Lofty Ambitions Are Consuming Ever-Larger Expanses of Land Down Below

Wedged in the southern flank of Virginia, Charlotte County is home to some 11,500 people who live amidst rolling hills and family farms, pastures and sawmills, a historic Civil War battlefield, and four townlets tinier than many suburban subdivisions. But this pastoral tableau will be swept up in the green revolution when construction begins here on…


Environmentalists Sue California for Approving New Oil, Gas Wells

An environmental activist organization is suing California for approving more than a dozen oil and gas wells in Los Angeles and Kern counties, claiming the wells would harm the health of its members. The Center for Biological Diversity, a national nonprofit that routinely uses the court system to reach its environmental goals, sued the state’s…


The 401(k) Heist

Commentary President Joe Biden’s going after 401(k) retirement accounts, risking millions of workers’ comfortable retirements. If you put money into a 401(k), beware. Until now, the law always required fund managers entrusted with your savings to invest the money where it’s expected to get the top return for you. Period. But on Nov. 22, Biden’s…


Climate Change Experts Have No Backup Plan to Replace Products From Oil

Commentary The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) was recently held in Egypt, attracting many global elites and more than 400 private jets. All attendees recognize that the climate change is occurring, like it has for four billion years—but it seems most lack basic energy literacy, which starts with the knowledge that renewable energy…


HK University Study Finds Older Trees Are More Drought Resistant

A joint study by the University of Hong Kong and Indiana University suggests that top conservation priority should be given to older trees in the forest canopy owing to their exceptional drought tolerance and carbon storage capacity. Furthermore, a diverse forest structure and species composition can also improve the ability of forests to resist future…


Environment Canada Looking Into ‘Cost of Ownership’ of Electric Vehicles

The Environment Department is now conducting research into the cost of owning an electric vehicle, according to federal documents, a year after mandating 100 percent electric car sales in the country by 2035. A document titled “Total Cost of Ownership for Light Duty Vehicles in Canada,” [pdf] posted on the Government of Canada website on Dec. 2,…


No, America Does Not Owe the World Climate ‘Reparations’

Commentary I’ve made the case in previous columns that the climate change movement is mostly a climate change hustle. Let’s be real. None of this is about changing the temperature of the Earth. Even the most naïve environmental activist can’t really believe that building windmills and driving Teslas is going to cool the planet. This…