Tag: carbon dioxide emissions

Who Turned the Lights Out? Joe Biden

Commentary Does the radical climate change agenda know no end? Earlier this year, it was gas stoves—and then lightbulbs. Then, a few weeks ago, President Joe Biden’s administration announced much less gas cars after 2032. Even though about half of Americans say they don’t want an electric car and only 6 percent of drivers are…


Why International Climate Summits Are Doomed to Fail, Part 2: Upward Mobility for Poor Depends on Energy

Commentary Here’s a reality-framing statement for the roughly 190 countries headed to the COP27 climate summit in Egypt that opens on Sunday: Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2022 appear to be higher than pre-pandemic levels, again, and yet, according to the U.N., greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced 43 percent (relative to 2019 levels) by 2030. Why is the…


Carbon Dioxide, Blamed for Climate Change, Is Actually Beneficial to Earth and Life: Expert

Carbon dioxide, or CO2, which is characterized as a damaging pollutant by mainstream media and progressive politicians, is hugely beneficial to Earth and life on the planet, an expert has said. Gregory Wrightstone is executive director of the CO2 Coalition, a nonprofit organization with a mission to educate about the role of CO2 in the environment,…


The Insidious Reach of ‘Greenies’ in US Municipalities

Commentary The Green New Deal (GND) has captured headlines in the United States for years, what with luminaries such as Al Gore, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (and the rest of The Squad), Hollywood supporters such as John Cusack and Mia Farrow, and virtually the entire Democrat Party publicly supporting its full implementation throughout the land. Lesser known…


Open up the Climate Change Debate to Include Alternative Views

Ever since Prof. Wallace Broecker put the term “global warming” into the public domain, the climate change debate has gotten hotter and hotter. I am a migrant Australian in my late 50s, currently settled in Brisbane after living and working in a few different countries. I have always believed and followed climate change science that…


Australian Greens Pledge To Pay Coal Workers Billions Amid Energy Transition

If elected, the Australian Greens have promised to support workers with billions of dollars in wage subsidies and new employment opportunities as the lights dim across the nation’s fleet of coal plants. It comes after the shock announcement of the early closure of Australia’s largest coal plant—the Eraring coal-fired power station in New South Wales—which…


Australia Funds Ultra Low-Cost Solar To Help Reach Zero Emissions

Australia will be supporting the research and development of ultra low-cost solar energy, a technology that has become a priority in the nation’s bid to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocate $40 million out of its $2.5 billion budget for the program with the eventual hope to…


Trudeau Pledges to Cap Oil and Gas Sector Emissions at COP26 Summit

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to cap emissions produced by Canada’s oil and gas industry as he delivered a speech at the 26th meeting of the Council of Parties to the UN climate convention, known as COP26, in Glasgow on Nov. 1. “We’ll cap oil and gas sector emissions today and ensure they decrease tomorrow…


Smokestack Fighting: Carbon Capture Promises to Slash Emissions, and Greens Hate It

Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have designed a pioneering project to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the existing Mustang natural gas power plant in West Texas. If built, the project could help kickstart an industry to clean up America’s energy sector after a decade of false starts. The protest against carbon capture…


PA Senate ERE Committee Wants to Keep PA Out of Greenhouse Gas Program

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is pressing for his state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program intended to cap and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector. However, State Senate Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Chairman Gene Yaw (R) told The Epoch Times that Wolf’s proposed plan to enter Pennsylvania…