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by GAO Webadmin Chris Horner, a GAO attorney who has been involved in many public records cases and briefed the court in amicus briefs on the realities of the regulatory onslaught we are seeing, published a piece on Monday article wall street journal Combine two themes. The project builds on Horner’s two recent Magazine Articles, “EPA defies Supreme Court” (August 2023) and “EPA’s deceptive climate rules won’t hold up in court” (May 2024). The common denominator is that a group of unscrupulous regulators have overstepped their legal bounds and in so doing are not only too smart, but also dishonest.…

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the closure of his Los Angeles refinery complex just hours after signing the bill regulating Phillips 66. The company, without actually using those words, said there was no reason to stay and be mistreated. [emphasis, links added] In a ceremony designed to convey that the governor is doing some good things, Newsom signed Assembly Bill X2-1. it empowers the state “Refiners are required to maintain minimum fuel inventories to avoid supply shortages.” It also aims to limit “the industry's higher profits”, and further Empowers the bureaucracy to force “refineries to develop replenishment plans during refinery maintenance…

Although the world economic crisis is worsening year by year, the European Union continues to vigorously promote the global transition away from fossil fuels. [emphasis, links added] Azerbaijan prepares to present its long-awaited proposal for a global climate finance deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, The EU is driving discussions calling for a global phase-out of fossil fuels and its Require developed countries to shoulder a greater financial burden. On Wednesday 20 November, Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra reinforced the EU's position while carefully avoiding mentioning specific details of the financial commitments it was prepared to…

Bull trout, Athabasca rainbow trout, and westslope cutthroat trout live in icy streams that flow down from the mountains of Alberta, Canada. But as the climate warms, so do these streams, causing these fish to retreat to dwindling refuges in colder waters upstream. Kissinger: “As they warm downstream, they force them further upstream into ever-decreasing available habitat.” Ben Kissinger is a water and fish scientist in the fRI research group. He said the problem has been exacerbated by the loss of many of the trees and plants along the river that once served to shade the water body from the…

not many people know Paul Homewood Ford won't be the last. Ford has announced it will cut 800 jobs in the UK over the next three years. The move is part of a major restructuring plan that will see 4,000 jobs closed across Europe. The company said the action was necessary due to difficult trading conditions, including fierce competition and weak demand for electric vehicles. However, the job cuts will not affect its manufacturing sites in Dagenham and Halewood, or its logistics base in Southampton. Ford said it hopes to make most of its layoffs through voluntary layoffs. “Announcing this…

from masterresource Author: Robert Bradley Jr. “For the climate church, Al Gore will always be their champion. But back to reality, citizen voters as consumers and taxpayers have had enough. Everyone knows the carnival barker, that deep voice at the fairgrounds that extols the virtues of entertainment. But there’s Al Gore, an aging guru whose predictions of climate doom were not only exaggerated, but laughably wrong. But he kept going, like a cuckoo clock. On social media, self-proclaimed Earthly CEO Oliver Bolton praised Al Gore for yet another emotional outburst on climate (and political) realities, saying, “The organization helps people…

Martha Bellisler, Halle Golden and Lisa Bowman, The Associated PressIssaquah, Wash. (AP) — A massive storm is sweeping across the U.S. northwest, bringing strong winds and rain that have caused widespread power outages, closed schools, downed trees and killed at least two people.The Weather Prediction Center on Friday issued a risk for excess rainfall and a hurricane-force wind warning was in effect as California and the Pacific Northwest's strongest atmospheric river of the season – a flood of moisture – flooded the region. The storm system that began hitting Tuesday is considered a “bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone…

Martha Bellisler, Halle Golden and Lisa Bowman, The Associated PressIssaquah, Wash. (AP) — A major storm is sweeping across the U.S. Northwest, bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the region, causing widespread power outages, closing schools, downing trees and killing at least two people.The Weather Prediction Center on Friday issued a risk for excess rainfall and a hurricane-force wind warning was in effect as California and the Pacific Northwest's strongest atmospheric river of the season – a flood of moisture – flooded the region. The storm system that began hitting Tuesday is considered a “bomb cyclone,” which occurs when…

Steve Harner Grapevines can absorb carbon dioxide, so climate alarmist activists in Virginia had no compunction to pull the cork today after learning that a Virginia circuit court judge will order Virginia to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). During Virginia's three-year participation in a multistate cap-and-tax agreement, Virginia collected $828 million from electricity producers seeking permits to emit carbon dioxide emissions. Dominion Energy Virginia, the state's largest payer, simply passes the cost on to consumers dollar for dollar on their monthly bills. The judge's final order has not yet been issued, so the details of any relief he…

Maryland officials on Thursday lifted a ban on outdoor burning that had been in place for about 20 days.After less than an inch of rain fell in the Baltimore area Wednesday night during a thunderstorm, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources reassessed weather and ground conditions and lifted the ban, according to a news release. According to the National Weather Service, precipitation in the Charm City has dropped about 1.41 inches so far in November.State officials are still encouraging residents to avoid lighting outdoor fires if possible as the state is suffering from a drought. Some places have enacted their…