Category: climate

PREMIERING NOW: The Environmental Movement’s Moral Blackmail: Rupert Darwall

Rupert Darwall is a senior fellow at RealClearFoundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the principles of honest journalism. Darwall, who is based in the UK, is also the author of several books including “The Age of Global Warming: A History” and “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” NTD’s Paul…


The Environmental Movement’s Moral Blackmail: Rupert Darwall

Rupert Darwall is a senior fellow at RealClearFoundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the principles of honest journalism. Darwall, who is based in the UK, is also the author of several books including “The Age of Global Warming: A History” and “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” NTD’s Paul…


Late Monsoon Brings More Misery to North India,18 Dead

NEW DELHI—Incessant rain lashed parts of northern India on Monday forcing schools to close in several cities as an unusually late rainy season prolonged havoc across the country, and killed 18 people over the past 24 hours. The state-run Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said heavy rainfall was expected for the northwestern states of Uttarakhand, Uttar…


Researcher Questions Extent of Carbon Dioxide’s Climate Effect

A Sept. 18 paper in the journal Climate Dynamics claims that the climate’s long-range sensitivity to carbon dioxide could be remarkably low. In an Oct. 4 interview with The Epoch Times, the study’s author, Nicola Scafetta, noted that models assuming that our climate system is quite sensitive to carbon dioxide are “more alarming” than those…


Sacrificing Energy Security on the Altar of Sustainability

Commentary The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress have been weaponizing the federal government against their political adversaries since January 2021. Perhaps they seek to turn the U.S. federal bureaucracy into the mirror image of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing that controls every aspect of Chinese society—and one that brooks no political dissent…


Texas University Ends Climate Cooperation With China, Citing Security Risks

Universities in China and Texas are no longer working together over national security concerns. But was the United States aiding China’s navy? China is Washington’s number one national security threat, or is it? We look at new data on the U.S. stance. Made in Mexico or Made in China? Some Chinese companies are branching out…


Democrats Trip Up on Climate

Commentary Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) cried as he left the Senate chambers. He had just voted for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, predicted to cut U.S. emissions by 40 percent by 2030. “We’ve been fighting for this for decades,” he told The New York Times. “Now I can look my kids in the eye…


The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’: The Green New Deal’s New Look?

News Analysis Although our legacy media have dutifully described the Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)/Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) climate bill as the “Inflation Reduction Act,” it’s no stretch to call that a misnomer. After all, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the legislation would have a “negligible effect on inflation.” Yet, even before the bill passed the…


Biden Continues Trump’s Border Wall Construction; Top Economist Issues Warning on US Economy | NTD News Today

A top economist issues a warning about the U.S. economy. He says it’s weakening much faster than most people expected. Closing the gaps. The Biden administration is finishing some sections of border wall in Arizona. That comes after Arizona sued the administration for halting construction. Groups of climate protestors storm the annual congressional baseball game,…


Biden Says ‘Climate Change is an Emergency,’ Stops Short of Formal Declaration

President Joe Biden on July 20 stated “climate change is an emergency,” leaving open the possibility of additional executive actions aimed at mitigating it after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) shot down climate and energy programs advocated by Democrats. “Climate change is an emergency and in the coming weeks, I’m going to use the power I have…