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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…

John Barbus, director of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, said he is integrating his office's work into the agency's push to counter reforms President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to make at the Department of Health and Human Services. [emphasis, links added] Balbus' action plan calls for senior administrative services employees, who are hardest to fire, to create and disseminate global warming “training modules” to all employees to increase “climate literacy.” The goal is that even if Trump eliminates the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, his training modules will remain in place. “Health systems are recognizing…

Foreign government officials attending the ongoing United Nations climate change summit are advocating A global climate tax indeed Funding green energy development in poor countries Before President-elect Trump returns to the White HouseAccording to the Financial Times. [emphasis, links added] According to the Financial Times, officials from France, Spain and Kenya are pushing for a so-called “solidarity tax” on various industries at this year's conference, with a view to presenting a more complete version of the plan at next year's conference in Brazil. say. The idea is to identify a plan to raise $100 billion or more annually Fund climate-related…

Public Broadcasting System (PBS) News reported that climate change has caused or contributed to the wildfires currently plaguing New York and New Jersey. This is wrong. [emphasis, links added] Wildfires have historically plagued both states, so the current fire season is not unusual. Furthermore, real-world data shows that the area lost to wildfires in the United States has declined dramatically since the early 20th century. PBS News report “Climate Change's Role in Unusual Wildfire Outbreak in the Northeast” features PBS NewsHour reporter, producer and fill-in anchor William Brangham, who interviews PBS climate change reporter Hillary Hilary Howard. Branham begins by…

Author: Neil Brown Berkeley, California is arguably the most liberal city in the United States. The city is overwhelmingly white and affluent, with a large Asian and small black minority population, a median household income of more than $100,000, and a median home value of nearly $1.3 million. When we think of liberal elites, we think of Berkeley. So green activists across the country were surprised when residents voted down new fossil fuel taxes last week. A local initiative on the ballot in Berkeley this November would impose a heavy tax on large buildings that use natural gas for heating,…

People eagerly donate to wealthy environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council has $463 million in assets. [emphasis, links added] It claims to use the law to “fight the climate crisis”. What it really does is Pay lawyers to torture people who are trying to do something useful. For example: America needs minerals like copper and silver to make things. Even President Joe Biden gave a speech saying that the United States will need 400-600% of these minerals to make “solar panels, wind turbines, and more!” The iPhone alone requires aluminum, iron, lithium, gold, copper… But when investors dare try…

Many residents in Northeast Houston braced for flooded streets and yards during the storm. Espinoza: “There are people who lost their homes…and now every time it rains, there are just some people who are traumatized.” David Espinoza is a member of the community advocacy group Northeast Action Collective. Houston has more than 2,000 miles of open roadside ditches. They are designed to collect rainwater, funnel it under driveways, and move it away from yards and roads. But this system often failed because many ditches needed regrading and maintenance, or became clogged with weeds and debris. For decades, people have been…

Article by Eric Worrell “Much cheaper than you think” The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think … However, this bit of consensus among climate activists and carbon addicts is actually wrong. The cost of a green world economy will be much lower than either group imagines. … Such estimates often form the basis for decisions. They range from about $3 trillion per year ($4.6 trillion) to nearly $12 trillion per year, which is a really big number. But these numbers are exaggerated in four important ways. … The incremental cost of abatement could be less than $1…

Vijay Jayaraj A farmer in Gyeongbok-do, South Korea, carefully tends his potato fields, while on the other side of the world on a U.S. interstate highway, the engines of a thousand cars idle. These seemingly unrelated scenes are closely connected through the fertilizing effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which has been greening the earth for decades. Yes, CO2 Emissions from tailpipes and industrial flues are good for plants and all life, contrary to the alarming stories that make this invisible gas an environmental monster. increase carbon dioxide2 Concentration has literally made the world a greener place, and in many cases…

bleeding We're excited to join Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. (UC Boulder) and Chris Wright, CEO and Chairman of Liberty Energy, for a live discussion on Wednesday in Denver as part of Liberty Energy's “Freedom and Energy” presentation series part. Roger is a professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and the author of the “Honest Broker” substack (link here). Roger's work focuses on the intersection of policy and governance issues related to science, technology, environment, innovation and sport. It was exciting to see the Denver area community come together and have a live studio…