Category: climate change

UN Declaration Calls for as Much as $10 Trillion a Year to Meet Climate Targets

The United Nations COP27 climate plan calls on nations to spend eight to ten trillion dollars annually to invest in green energy and rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Governments, central banks, commercial banks, and investors will have to spend $4 to $6 trillion annually to create a global “low-carbon economy,” according to the COP27 Implementation Plan. Furthermore,…


New Congress Should Empower People—Not Politicians—for Environmental Results

Commentary As Republicans expand their power in Congress, high on their agenda should be a change in the country’s approach to environmental stewardship. The new strategy cannot simply be a less oppressive form of the Left’s approach. Conservative voters would reject that, and it is ineffective. Republicans should work to shift the focus of environmental…


UK’s Sunak Says ‘More Must Be Done’ After Climate Deal at COP27 Summit

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that “more must be done” on climate change, after a last-minute deal was reached at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Officials and negotiators agreed a deal in the early hours of Nov. 20 to create a fund to “compensate” poor nations that claim to be victims of…


Cory Morgan: What Does Guilbeault’s Uncharacteristic Position at COP27 Signal?

Commentary The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) came and went with less fanfare than these gatherings usually have. The annual gabfest provides the opportunity for activists, politicians, and celebrities to fly private jets across the world to gather in luxury hotels and chide people for their consumption of petrochemical products. Usually, many nations…


FTC Is Latest Federal Agency to Pursue Race-Based Agenda

The Biden administration, as it has done with other federal agencies, has redirected the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from its core mission of “protecting consumers and promoting competition” to fighting racial inequity and climate change. Created to be an enforcement arm of U.S. anti-trust laws, the FTC has written a new mandate for itself to…


Countries at UN Climate Talks Agree to ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund to Pay for Poor Nations

At the United Nations COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, representatives from nearly 200 countries have agreed to set up a “loss and damage” fund intended to help vulnerable countries cope with natural disasters. The agreement early Sunday will establish a fund in response to “loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.” The…


Joe Biden’s ‘Alternative Energy’ Fantasy

Commentary “Look, kiddo, I want you to look at my eyes. I guarantee you. I guarantee you. We’re going to end fossil fuels.” Joe Biden, 2019 We energy realists knew that all this was inevitable, although it might have come about even faster than we expected. A historic energy crisis is the only possible result of spurning…


Billionaire Climate Activist Wrests Control of Energy Giant to Speed up Net-Zero Transition

Tech billionaire and climate change advocate Mike Cannon-Brookes has won shareholder approval to overhaul the board of Australian energy giant AGL Energy, in a move likely to see the accelerated shutdown of coal-fired power generators in favour of renewable energy. On Nov. 15, AGL’s annual general meeting approved the onboarding of four new directors, Mark…


There’s a New Book the Climate Industrial Complex Doesn’t Want You to Read

Commentary When it comes to environmental policy, the only “solutions” coming from liberal politicians activists involve radically restructuring society and centralizing more power in the government—while, of course, handing out billions in tax dollars to politically-favored special interests. Whether it’s the Paris climate accords, Green New Deal or the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act, these political…


America Was Built on Coal. Now Biden Wants to Abolish It

Commentary The one promise that President Joe Biden has faithfully kept is his pledge to “close down” fossil fuels. We get two-thirds of our energy in America from fossil fuels, and almost one-third of our power comes from coal. That’s quadruple the amount of energy we get from wind and solar, which are niche forms…