Tag: climate change agenda

Europe Strikes Deal to Ban Diesel and Gasoline Cars, ‘100 Percent’ Reduction of CO2 Emissions

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement confirming zero-emissions targets for new vans and cars by 2035. According to the deal arrived at by E.U. negotiators with member states, the region will achieve zero-emission road mobility by 2035, according to an Oct. 28 press release. The deal seeks to reduce CO2 emissions…


‘Just Stop Oil’ Protesters Arrested After Splattering Ferrari and Bentley Dealerships With Paint

Just Stop Oil climate activists recently sprayed paint across windows of luxury car showrooms in Berkeley Square, London, before police arrested them. “Protestors have sprayed paint at the Ferrari and Bentley garages in Berkley Square at 08:39hrs,” stated the Metropolitan Police. “Met officers were rapidly on scene, and at 08:46hrs, arrested two people for criminal…


Climate Activists Arrested After Disturbing Behaviors

Just Stop Oil climate activists recently sprayed paint across windows of luxury car showrooms in Berkeley Square, London, before police arrested them. “Protestors have sprayed paint at the Ferrari and Bentley garages in Berkley Square at 08:39hrs,” stated the Metropolitan Police. “Met officers were rapidly on scene, and at 08:46hrs, arrested two people for criminal…


Ex-Treasury Secretary Says Biden Should Fight Inflation by Cutting Regulations, Make It Easier to Drill and Frack

The Biden administration needs to reduce regulations and assist oil and gas companies in order to bring down inflationary price pressures on the U.S. economy, said former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers during a recent interview with CNN. When asked what the administration could do about the recession that many fear could hit the economy next…


New Zealand’s Cow Burp Tax Proposal Angering Farmers

The New Zealand government has attracted the ire of the country’s farmers after it announced a proposal to impose taxes on greenhouse gasses that farm animals emit as part of burping and urinating. New Zealand—home to around five million people—has about 10 million dairy and beef cattle as well as 26 million sheep. Roughly half…


Ex-Treasury Secretary Blasts ‘Hostile’ Fossil Fuel Policies: ‘We Made a Mistake’

Larry Summers, a former Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, warns that the U.S. government has made a mistake by taking a hostile approach toward fossil fuels. “We made a mistake by canceling the Keystone pipeline. We made a mistake by slowing down all kinds of permitting activity. We made a mistake by being hostile…


Louisiana Dumps BlackRock Over ‘Crippling’ ESG Policies

Louisiana has informed BlackRock that the state will be liquidating all investments in the corporation, blaming it for the promotion of politically driven green energy—under environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards—over fossil fuels critical to the state’s economy. “Your blatantly anti-fossil fuel policies would destroy Louisiana’s economy,” Treasurer John Schroder wrote (pdf), on Oct. 5,…


Bill Gates Says Preventing People From Eating Meat Is ‘Too Difficult’

Bill Gates has said that it is impractical to insist on reducing meat consumption in order to combat climate change. “Anyone who says that we will tell people to stop eating meat, or stop wanting to have a nice house, and we’ll just basically change human desires, I think that that’s too difficult,” Gates said…


Massive Jump in Regional Gas Prices Pull Up National Average as Refinery Issues Send Prices Soaring

U.S. national average gas prices have risen in the past week, with states such as Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and California seeing prices jump by more than ¢40 a gallon, according to oil analyst Patrick De Haan. “For the second straight week, average #gasprices have risen, the national average is up ¢8.40 per gallon from a…


California Looks to Ban Sales of Diesel Commercial Trucks in Newest Climate Fight Front

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is trying to ban the sale of diesel commercial trucks by 2040 as part of the state’s latest agenda on combating climate change. Fossil fuel-powered mobile sources are the “largest contributors” to California’s fine particulate matter (PM2.5), toxic diesel particulate matter (PM), and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, states the…