Category: climate change

Senate Republicans Seek to Block Biden From Declaring Climate National Emergency

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and nine of her Senate Republican colleagues are cosponsoring legislation to bar President Joe Biden from doing what many environmentalists within Congress want him to do—declare a national emergency based on claims about climate change. “The Biden administration has repeatedly governed by executive overreach when it comes to energy and…


Officials Unsure When Hydrogen Production Can Be Profitable Despite Billions in Taxpayer Funding

Despite billions being pumped into trying to kickstart Australia’s hydrogen industry, department officials concede reaching profitability may be a long way off. Jo Evans, the deputy secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy, said costs were still too high for hydrogen production. “There’s no way they’ll make a profit at those costs,” Evans…


EPRINC Report Shows That IEA Net Zero Roadmap Is a Green Mirage

News Analysis Two years ago, efforts by climate activists and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investors to block investment in oil and gas production by Western companies appeared to have received a seal of approval from no less an authority than the International Energy Agency (IEA), when it published “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for…


The Heat You’re Feeling Could Just Be El Nino

If temperatures hit unseasonable highs this fall and winter don’t blame fossil fuels, blame El Nino, a group of climate analysts say. Flying in the face of the prevailing narrative on climate change, a recent report on the Pacific Ocean weather phenomenon known as El Nino argues that this weather phenomenon corresponds more closely to…


Hollywood Star Jane Fonda to Press Climate Change Content During Conference

Hollywood A-listers are ramping up their environmental activism and efforts to push the climate agenda in entertainment content during this week’s Hollywood Climate Summit. The annual three-day conference, which is taking place from June 21–24, creates a community space for entertainment and media professionals to collaborate on climate issues. As described by Agence France-Presse, the…


UN Adopts Landmark High Seas Treaty to Protect International Waters

The United Nations on June 19 adopted a landmark legally binding international marine biodiversity agreement to govern the high seas following nearly two decades of fierce negotiations. The agreement, known as the High Seas Treaty or the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty, was adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction…


Poor Forest Management to Blame for Canada’s Wildfires, Not Climate Change

Commentary As North America suffers from Canada’s out-of-control forest fires, the Canadian government shuns responsibility. Instead of acknowledging its failure to follow tried-and-true forest-management procedures, the government instead points the finger at climate change. “We’re seeing more and more of these fires because of climate change,” Prime Minister Trudeau tweeted. “These fires are affecting everyday…


Climate Change a Factor in Unveiling of New Roadmap for Basin Review

Sir Angus Houston, chair of the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), has unveiled a roadmap on how the authority will conduct its 2026 basin plan review (BPR). Focusing on four key themes: climate change, sustainable water limits, First Nations, and regulatory design, the BPR will be released “every 6 months or so” until the delivery…


​​Montana Youth Suing for a ‘Right’ to a Stable Climate

Commentary Sixteen young people ranging in age from 5 to 22 are plaintiffs in a legal suit against the government of their state, Montana. The suit maintains that the state’s continued fossil fuel friendly policies (sometimes characterized as “support of” or “allegiance to” fossil fuel industries) are contributing to harmful climate changes, thereby violating the…


When Blue-Collar Worker Are Abandoned in Favor of ‘Social Justice’ Warriors

Commentary CHESWICK, Pennsylvania—Up until two years ago, it would only take 12 hours for coal mined deep in a labyrinth operation 60 miles from here to go from that underground mine, through a high-tech cleaning procedure, and be loaded on a barge or rail car and brought to the Cheswick Generating Station, a coal-fired power…