Tag: carbon dioxide

Arizona’s Biosphere 2 Project Continues Mission of Exploring a Changing Planet

ORACLE, Arizona—From the outset, the Biosphere 2 project had all the ingredients of a large-scale earth science experiment with profound implications for human survival in outer space. Could a small group of people live and thrive in a pyramid-shaped building reminiscent of a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, sealed off from the world? The answer was…


EU Agrees Law to Make Airlines Pay More for Carbon Dioxide Emissions

BRUSSELS—The European Union reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price that airlines have to pay when they emit carbon dioxide. Airlines running flights within Europe currently have to submit permits from the EU’s carbon market to cover their carbon dioxide emissions, but the EU gives them…


There Are Better Answers to Methane Than Fart and Burp Taxes

Commentary Methane is the third most significant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, behind water vapour and carbon dioxide. It has a stronger effect than the notorious carbon dioxide but is present in much smaller quantities in the atmosphere (less than two parts per million, compared to four hundred parts per million for CO2). Methane emissions…


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…


Electric Cars Are Not ‘Zero-Emission Vehicles’

News Analysis While praising California’s decision to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, Governor Gavin Newsom declared that this will require “100 percent of new car sales in California to be zero-emission vehicles” like “electric cars.” In reality, electric cars emit substantial amounts of pollutants and may be more harmful to the environment than conventional cars….


EXCLUSIVE: Former Greenpeace Founder Patrick Moore Says Climate Change Based on False Narratives

Patrick Moore, one of the founders of Greenpeace said in an email obtained by The Epoch Times that his reasons for leaving Greenpeace were very clear: “Greenpeace was ‘hijacked’ by the political left when they realized there was money and power in the environmental movement. [Left-leaning] political activists in North America and Europe changed Greenpeace…


MLA Booted From Caucus Over Tweet Says Policies of ‘Environmental Elitists’ Are Hurting People, Ignoring Damage

B.C. Liberal MLA John Rustad, who was recently ousted from his party for reposting a tweet that questioned carbon dioxide’s role in climate change, says he did so because the government’s climate policies that revolve around CO2 emissions ignore contrary data and are “intentionally hurting people” by making life unaffordable. A former cabinet minister and…


BC Liberal MLA Ousted From Caucus For Support of Carbon Dioxide

A Liberal MLA from northern B.C. has been kicked out of his party’s caucus after reposting a tweet that supports carbon dioxide as an essential element of life rather than a catalyst for global warming. John Rustad, who represents the riding of Nechako Lakes, was removed from the BC Liberal Party on Aug. 18 after…


BC Liberal MLA Ousted From Caucus for Questioning Climate Change Policy and Focus on CO2 as Driver

A Liberal MLA from northern B.C. has been kicked out of his party’s caucus after reposting a tweet that supports carbon dioxide as an essential element of life rather than a catalyst for global warming. John Rustad, who represents the riding of Nechako Lakes, was removed from the BC Liberal Party on Aug. 18 after…


What the Global CO2 Shortage Teaches Us About the Modern Economy and Entrepreneurial Innovation

Commentary It seems like we are running short on all sorts of things these days, including CO2 (carbon dioxide). YahooFinance recently reported that Italian drinks companies can’t get enough CO2 to put fizz into their cans and bottles, as gas producers cut output in response to rising energy prices. “Our suppliers have informed us they…