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A new congressional report from House Republicans claims the Biden-Harris administration funneled billions in taxpayer funds to “environmental justice” funding for political reasons. [emphasis, links added] The Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee released a staff report Monday outlining the allegations. “As part of its aggressive green agenda, the government has given hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds to activists who are also engaged in political activities,the lawmakers behind the report said in a joint statement. “Democrats in Congress mandated this, they forced a piece of legislation through that The aim is to get money out as quickly as possible,…
In 2023, huge wildfires occurred in Canada, Greece and the Amazon. Research shows that human-induced climate change and land-use changes significantly increase the likelihood of these record-setting fires. Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood of very dry, fire-prone conditions in the western Amazon last summer by at least 20 times, according to the first State of Wildfire report. Douglas Kelly of the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology is one of the lead authors of the report. Kelly: “We had a pretty big drought in the western Amazon last year, which led to more fires in the rainforest.” In Canada,…
Jason Isaacs If Kamala Harris is elected president on November 5, her Justice Department is expected to launch Green New Deal laws. As with all final issues related to this election, Harris didn't say much about the substance of her climate policies. But a review of her record suggests she is willing to unleash the power of energy providers on the Justice Department, something her taciturn allies on the climate left are optimistic she will do. Letting the Justice Department go easy on U.S. energy companies would mean plunging the country into the last century. Conventional energy sources are critical…
not many people know Paul Homewood Another trillion or two! Although metal supply has grown over the past decade, Bloomberg New Energy Finance's (BNEF) annual Transition Metals Outlook finds that there are still not enough raw materials to meet growing demand. This supply squeeze could slow the adoption of clean energy technologies. To meet the needs of a net-zero emissions world, BNEF estimates that $2.1 trillion in new mining investment will be needed by 2050. The report indicates that key energy transition metals such as aluminum, copper and lithium could face deficits in primary supply this decade – some as…
from CFACT Author: Dr. Bonner Cohen The Biden-Harris administration's effort to designate more than 324,000 square miles as “critical habitat” for two species of Arctic seals was blocked by an Alaska federal court, which ruled that the designation, based largely on the future impacts of climate change, was blocked. is not feasible. In a Sept. 26 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason dealt a huge setback to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), revoking the agency's 12-year ban on fishing in Bitexa. Efforts to develop oil and gas in larger areas of the state are simultaneously undermining the region's…
from masterresource By Robert Bradley Jr. — November 4, 2024 Editor's Note: The US election shows 1) the impotence of climate alarmism and 2) the bad experience with wind, solar and batteries, this is a timely repost from earlier this year. Update, replace Joe Biden with Kamala Harris. “The clean energy transition should happen, but reckless stupidity should increase Trump's chances of reelection!” (Robert Bibeau, Part 2) Robert Bibeau, a self-proclaimed environmental and energy analyst and observer, recently lamented Trump’s growing popularity relative to President Biden. He said: this new york times Polls show Trump leading in five battleground states.…
DANA is still ongoing over Spain, with very strong storms also occurring along the coast of Andalusia, Castellon and Catalonia. The impact of the meteorological phenomenon known as an isolated upper-altitude depression (DANA) has killed more than 210 people in the Spanish province of Valencia and caused immeasurable damage to the Spanish Mediterranean region. The incident was the worst disaster the country has experienced in its recent history. Thousands of Spaniards arrived in Valencia over the weekend to assist local residents. Many have criticized the government for being slow to respond to help residents in the worst-hit areas. What is…
By 2032, the lights may be out in Michigan. That's the prediction from federal regulators, regional grid officials and a new study of the impact of “net-zero” energy plans in seven Great Lakes states. [emphasis, links added] The study, conducted by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, analyzed power plans from 38 large investor-owned utilities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, including 32 Countries have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. Three states, including Michigan, have set net-zero carbon emissions goals in state law, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation in November 2023 targeting…
Josh's comic reads: I just posted this https://twitter.com/Cartoonsbyjosh/status/1853372731267453020 Might play a role in Monday cheer. Ben’s article is here https://dailysceptic.org/2024/11/02/scepticisms-post-covid-problem/ all the best Josh Ben's article requires payment, but here is his Twitter post about his article. https://x.com/clim8resistance/status/1852646910529503340 https://www.climate-resistance.org/2015/03/the-peer-reviewed-dirt-on-monbiots-dirty-new-scare-story.html https://twitter.com/clim8resistance/status/1853039837323972934 I also commented on Ben's original tweet. Charles Rotter 📟@crotter8Excellent work. Another way to put it is that we have serious epistemological problems with the institutions and scientific knowledge we capture ideologically. In some cases, such as the effectiveness of mRNA therapies, agencies like the CDC and NIH have fallen into blatant lies, but we still expect these agencies to…
A hurricane warning flag has been hoisted in the Cayman Islands and a hurricane watch has been activated for western Cuba in response to Tropical Depression 18, which formed over the warm waters of the western Caribbean at 10 a.m. ET on Monday. TD 18 is expected to intensify into Tropical Storm Rafael on Monday night before impacting Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday morning. TD 18 in organizational stage At 10 a.m. ET on Monday, November 4, TD 18 was located 400 miles (645 kilometers) southeast of Grand Cayman Island, moving north at 6 mph (15 km/h),…