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During Donald Trump's first successful campaign for president, he pledged to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. [emphasis, links added] He wasn't able to do so until the day after he lost the 2020 election, and the reprieve lasted just over two months as Joe Biden rejoined the agreement the day he was inaugurated. This is one of many Biden messes that Trump must clean up. The United States should not be part of the Paris Agreement at all. It would be foolish for our country to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which means reducing the use…

Carbon Brief (TCB) recently posted an interactive page online titled: Mapping: How climate change is affecting extreme weather around the world. However, the webpage gives the false impression that TCB is using actual data showing how climate change affects severe weather. It's not. Instead, TCB relies heavily on so-called “attribution studies,” which use climate model simulations and estimates. The climate model output is not the same as the actual data, which exposes the TCB web page as a lie. TCB's interactive feature page on attribution research provides a comprehensive overview of “attribution” research linking climate change to extreme weather events.…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would make Californians pay new credits if President-elect Donald Trump ends a $7,500 electric vehicle rebate program. [emphasis, links added] However, Those points don't include Tesla, the state's most popular electric vehicle company and the only electric vehicle manufacturer. A few weeks ago, Newsom and his administration passed new refinery and carbon credit regulations, It would add $1.15 per gallon and require Californians with gasoline-powered cars to earn up to an additional $1,000 a year in pre-tax income to afford it. “If the Trump administration eliminates federal tax credits, we will intervene to double…

Oh look, The Guardian Here we go again, a hot dish of climate hysteria laced with precocious child activism. This time, they rescued a 17-year-old surfer from Brazil to teach us all at COP29 how the ocean is allegedly “warming.” [emphasis, links added] Because who needs thermometers, satellite data, or rigorous ocean temperature reconstructions when you have a kid paddling around on a surfboard who can tell us about planetary ocean temperatures? “As a surfer, I'm always in the ocean, and I can definitely feel the ocean getting warmer,” said Catarina Lorenzo, a 17-year-old professional surfer from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.…

The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) stretches from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Canadian border, traversing more than 2,600 miles of desert, mountains, and forests. For many people, hiking from start to finish is a lifetime goal. But this year, wildfires disrupted hikers’ journeys. Rylee: “This July, from north to south, everywhere along the way was hit by hurricanes. It seems that no area is immune to fires this year. Chris Rylee is a member of the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Wildfires have closed more than 600 miles of trails, forcing hikers off trails, he said. Some fires directly burned parts…

Billions of people living in developing countries do not benefit from government subsidies. Guest post co-author Ronald, Oliver Hermes, and Steve Curtis When the government goes about its business, citizens begin to suffer. Citizens prosper when government supports laws that promote an economic playing field for all in a free enterprise system. The United States is a good example. Under a free enterprise system, this small alliance of a little over 13 different colonies grew into the world's greatest industrial power in just over 100 years. Under the current system, where government spending picks winners and losers in business and…

Guest post by David Wojick Diplomacy is indeed the art of not agreeing on anything in the “financial agreement” of COP29. There is no substantive agreement here because the agreement has no substance. One day, both sides will get their numbers and that's all. Let's look at the actual text and see there's nothing there. But first think back to what should happen. The Paris Agreement commits developed country members to provide $100 billion per year to developing countries by 2025. The fiasco began when developing countries asked for a whopping $1.3 trillion. This set off a series of indirect…

Thanksgiving weather travel forecast: Rain, snow and colder airweather channelThanksgiving travel forecast: rain and snow in some areasnew york times'Chaotic Thanksgiving travel': Thanksgiving week weather forecast by regionYahoo! soundA Thanksgiving storm could bring rain and possibly some snow to Massachusetts. Map showing affected areascbs bostonWill it snow on Thanksgiving? How winter storms could affect your holiday travelUSA TodayThanksgiving week forecast: Weather may impact Thanksgiving travelabc newsAtlanta Weather: Rain expected for Thanksgiving 2024, cold until late NovemberFox 5 AtlantaWinter storm will sweep away millions of people's Thanksgiving travels as snow and the coldest air of the season invade the NortheastFoss weather…

Guest post by Vijay Jayaraj When the so-called climate crisis dominates much of the discussion of public policy, the trap of blaming every ecological problem on climate change can easily ensnare those who fail to heed the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Over the past few decades, we have witnessed extraordinary success stories of species being saved from the brink of extinction, stories that contradict the popular media narrative that a climate slightly warmer than the Little Ice Age is killing life forms on our planet . from the brink of extinction The iconic polar bear has long been hailed…

Visitors nationwide are expected to face record-breaking traffic, according to AAA. Maryland commuters in particular are facing severe weather conditions and potential congestion across the state.This year, AAA's Thanksgiving traffic forecast includes the Tuesday before and Monday after the holiday weekend, during which a record 79.9 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more. AAA believes that the vast majority of travelers will travel by car, with the number of drivers expected to increase by 1.9% from last year.Despite clear skies Wednesday night, Marylanders can expect an 80% chance of rain on Thursday. In the Baltimore area, the…