Tag: net-zero emissions

UK Returns to Coal Power After Solar Panels Fail in Hot Weather

The United Kingdom has resorted to restarting a coal-fired power plant to meet demand for air conditioning after the nation was hit by a major heatwave. Temperatures in Britain hit 86 degrees Fahrenheit two weekends ago for the first time this year, pushing up demand for power as households and businesses faced unusually brutal heat….


Former Labor Minister to Head New Net-Zero Agency

Former Labor climate change minister Greg Combet has been picked to head the agency tasked with easing the transition to a renewable energy-fuelled economy. The ex-union boss will chair the Net-Zero Agency, which the Labor government has established to ensure workers, industries, and communities don’t miss out during the push to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Combet,…


Nearly 75% of Trucking Companies Haven’t Added Green Trucks to Fleets Despite Federal Grants: Report

Nearly 75 percent of transport-trucking companies haven’t replaced any of the trucks in their fleets with lower-emission substitutes over the last three years despite an available federal grant that would cover up to 50 percent of the cost for doing so, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Most companies said the biggest barrier was…


[SUNDAY WATCH PARTY] Alex Epstein: The Truth About Net-Zero CO2 and the Anti-Human Ideology Fueling the ‘Green’ Movement

Join us for our ATL Sunday Watch Party! During the Watch Party this Sunday at 7:30pm ET, everyone can watch our interview with Alex Epstein for FREE—even without a subscription. Feel free to share this link with your friends and family! This episode was originally published in Mar 9, 2023.     “What we’re told the…


ANALYSIS: Election Promises Hang Heavy Over Labor’s Next Budget

News Analysis With the stark realities of global economic turbulence rapidly seeping into Australian livelihoods, Labor is approaching a crossroads. It must decide between gearing its fiscal policy towards softening the blow of the cost-of-living crisis for households or maintaining sizeable levels of spending to fulfil its initial election promises. Earlier last week, Federal Health…


‘The Latest Frontier’: Will Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism Save or Keep Jobs?

The Western world is currently experiencing perhaps the most significant overhaul of the economic status quo in its history. A new coalition of governments has emerged, hoping to ensure industries are “future-proof” and can operate in a sustainable fashion well into the 21st century. Australia as a member of the G20 is very much on…


Alex Epstein: The Truth About Net-Zero CO2 and the Anti-Human Ideology Fueling the ‘Green’ Movement

“What we’re told the experts think can be murderously wrong—not just a little long wrong, but murderously wrong,” says Alex Epstein, author of “Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less.” “We should never make the mistake of thinking that a specific set of experts in a specific field…


[Premiering 7:30PM ET] Alex Epstein: The Truth About Net-Zero CO2 and the Anti-Human Ideology Fueling the ‘Green’ Movement

“What we’re told the experts think can be murderously wrong—not just a little long wrong, but murderously wrong,” says Alex Epstein, author of “Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less.” “We should never make the mistake of thinking that a specific set of experts in a specific field…


Federal Government Releases Canada’s ‘Just Transition’ Plan Toward ‘Net-Zero World’ in 2050

The Liberal government has released its “just transition” plan that claims it will not trigger massive unemployment in the country’s energy towns. Released on Feb. 17, the “Sustainable Jobs Plan” says the federal government aims to create “sustainable jobs” in every region of Canada as it looks to move the country to a “net-zero world.”…


The Left’s Little Financial Engine That Could (Change the World Radically)

Amalgamated Bank, with just five branches across three cities, and a market value lower than the net worth of many an individual hedge fund honcho, would seem an unlikely mover and shaker in the world of Wall Street, let alone Washington, D.C. Yet last fall, it successfully pressured colossal credit card companies Visa, Mastercard, and…