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Labor has faced anger over a brutal tax raid that “destroyed” British farms while delivering hundreds of millions of pounds in support to foreign farmers. [emphasis, links added] Britain's aid budget is funneling huge sums of money to farmers in Africa, Asia and South America, an investigation has found. More than £536 million has been spent on ten projects overseas, including grants to promote low-carbon agricultural practices in Brazil, the world's 11th richest country. Another scheme worth more than £16m, Designed to help new farmers in Rwanda produce tea for the first time. Shadow cabinet minister Robert Jenrick criticizes Labor…

An Atlanta News First (ANF) article published on November 18 claimed that climate change is affecting farmers and restaurants in Georgia who rely on local produce. This is obviously wrong. [emphasis, links added] Empirical data on temperature and crop yields refute this claim. The article titled “Georgia farmers and restaurateurs say climate change threatens way of life,” written by Abby Kousouris, promotes the claim that climate change is generally warming the planet and adversely affecting agriculture. This claim, although often asserted by climate alarmists, has been specifically debunked by regional climate and crop data. Contrary to the common belief that…

President-elect Donald Trump plans to restore the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the first day of his new administration, according to people familiar with the matter Politico. [emphasis, links added] President Joe Biden revoked Trump's 2017 approval of the pipeline on his first day in office in January 2021, citing concerns that burning oil sands crude would exacerbate “climate change.” Critics blame Biden's “energy war” for causing soaring prices for energy and daily commodities. The 1,200-mile Canada-Nebraska project can transport 830,000 barrels (35 million gallons) of crude oil per day. After Biden canceled the permit in 2021, TC Energy, the…

By GODOFREDO A. VÁSQUEZ, JANIE HAR and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated PressFORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm moved through Northern California on Friday, dumping heavy snow and record rainfall that killed two people, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, closed some roads and Causing evacuation.Forecasters warned that the risk of flash flooding and landslides would continue, and dozens of flights were canceled at San Francisco Airport.In Washington state, more than 185,000 people, mostly in the Seattle area, remained without power and crews were clearing streets of power lines, downed branches and debris. Utility officials said outages that began Tuesday…

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…