Tag: Environment

‘Dirty Secret’: Made-In-China Solar Panels Produce 3 Times More Carbon Emissions Than UN Claims: Study

An analysis by a non-profit research group drawing on calculations by an Italian analyst looking into the carbon footprint of made-in-China solar panels claims that the influential United Nations body on climate change has been drastically underestimating the carbon intensity of Chinese-made photovoltaic cells. Environmental Progress, a non-profit co-founded by investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger, in…


Environmentalists ‘Ignore the Winter’ While ‘Hyping Up’ Summers to Maintain Climate Narrative, Expert Claims

The ongoing narrative presenting the current hot temperatures across the world as something alarming is ludicrous, according to Daniel Turner, founder and executive director of the national nonprofit advocacy group Power the Future, who insists that environmental activists are hyping up heat events. Earlier this month, Christopher Hewitt, director of climate services at the World Meteorological…


Climate Engineering to Fight Global Warming? What Could Go Wrong!

Commentary Two years ago, a documentary, “The Dimming: Exposing The Global Climate Engineering Cover-Up,” was released by Dane Wigington of Geoengineering Watch. The documentary claimed that climate engineering had been going on for decades, and there had been a massive cover-up. In fact, Yahoo Finance reported in 2019 that “Bill Gates backs plan to tackle…


Lab Grown Artificial ‘Meat’ May Actually Be Worse for the Environment

Lab grown “meat” may be potentially worse for the environment than actual beef and may have an even larger carbon footprint, according to a recent study. This follows the USDA’s approval of the FDA’s decision on June 21 to greenlight the sale of lab-grown meat to American consumers. GOOD Meat, a company that grows cell-based meat…


PREMIERING July 20, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Andrew Montford: ‘People Don’t Understand How Difficult Life is Going to Be in the Net Zero World’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Andrew Montford, author and director of Net Zero Watch. Andrew talks about the impact on our lives of the complete transformation of society needed to meet government carbon emission targets. And explains that even if Western countries did meet their Net Zero targets, it would make little difference without…


Artificial Intelligence Being Trained to Extract Hidden Data From Plant Life

Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Botanic Garden of Sydney are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to understand and counter the impact the changing climate can have on plant life. The researchers have trained an AI to uncover data from millions of plant specimens within herbaria —preserved plant collections— from…


Appeals Court Denies Bid by Conservationists, Tribes to Block Nevada Lithium Mine

An effort by a coalition of conservationists and tribal leaders to block the construction of a lithium mine along the Nevada-Oregon border was denied by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 17. In its decision Monday (pdf), a three-panel judge of the San Francisco-based appellate ruled that the U.S. government did not…


Global Climate Agencies Publish Dubious Emissions Calculations, Tighten the Noose Around Energy

Commentary The International Energy Agency (IEA) is again demonstrating its usefulness in creating whips for Western governments to flagellate themselves with. Last time, it was their Net-Zero report, which recommended building no new fossil-fuel-fired power stations. Ever. It was released the day before Australia approved a new gas-fired power station. This time, it is the…


Canadian Government Unaware of Full Ecological Impact of Road Salt

Environment and Climate Change Canada says it does not know to what extent road salt, an all-Canadian contaminant, is causing ecological damage in Canada. Federal researchers estimate it poses a greater environmental threat than fracking, though tonnes of it are used yearly in Ontario and Québec, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “Salt application for de-icing purposes…


Climate Envoy Kerry Won’t Share Staff Names to Congress, Saying It’s Not ‘Required’

Climate Envoy John Kerry, who reports directly to President Joe Biden from a cabinet-level position in the State Department, would not disclose the names of various staff in his office when asked to do so on July 13 by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.). Pointing to a mostly empty org chart labeled, “Who’s In Charge?” Mr….