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Wildfires near Los Angeles make Pacific Palisades look like Dresden after World War II bombing. More than 12,000 homes, schools and businesses have been burned, dozens have died, at least 70,000 people have been left homeless, and the fires are still raging. [emphasis, links added] AccuWeather estimates just two fires can cause $135-$150 in damage billion On property! It was a doubly terrible tragedy because most of the death and destruction could have been avoided. California has 33,000,000 acres of federal, state, and private forest lands, equivalent to the state of Wisconsin. As the state's population grew, forests and wildlife…
A recent report from the House Judiciary Committee details how America’s largest financial institutions colluded with climate activists to impose aggressive environmental policies on the U.S. economy and subvert our autonomy and free markets. [emphasis, links added] It highlights a successful effort to insert climate activist directors on the board of energy giant ExxonMobil. According to reports, There is “enormous evidence of a 'climate cartel' among financial institutions,” including 'Big Three' asset managers (BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard), Several large state pension funds, European investment firms, and two foreign proxy advisory firms that dominate the U.S. market. The cartel coordinates…
Climate change is a major factor contributing to the crisis in the property and casualty insurance sector. While rising property values and rebuilding costs also contribute, the impact of more frequent and intense extreme weather events is undeniable. From wildfires, larger hail, bigger winds, stronger hurricanes, heavy rains and snowstorms, to inland and coastal flooding, all these events are linked to global warming. As a result, insurance rates are rising, insurance coverage is becoming harder to obtain, reimbursements are becoming less frequent and more troublesome, mortgages are becoming harder to find and pay, and both individuals and companies are struggling…
Transcript: Moose are the giants of the boreal forest. But in some areas, they are threatened by tiny creatures called winter ticks. In the fall, tick larvae hide in bushes, waiting for animals such as moose to crawl up. By winter, some moose's bodies are covered in thousands of ticks that feed on their blood, said Steve Cote, a biologist at Université Laval in Quebec. Côté: “And it’s very itchy, so they scratch a lot on the trees and they lose their hair. … They don’t eat… They get weaker and weaker. For moose calves, tick infection can be fatal.…
From Manhattan Contrarian Francis Menton Energy from wind and sun – they are clean, green and free. Well, there is a small intermittent issue. But apparently the intermittency problem can be easily solved with a few batteries to store some power for the occasional calm night. Or is the solution really that simple? Regular readers here will know that I wrote an energy storage report called “The Energy Storage Conundrum,” published by GWPF in December 2022. Yes, the amount of storage required is so large, and the cost is so high, that energy storage is simply unfeasible as a way…
Excerpted from “Legal Insurrection” Leslie Eastman Dear Dr. Song Xiang: I write to you, scientist to scientist, to address a long-standing problem with the American media and the scientific community. Los Angeles Times: Use less qualified authors to analyze important topics of scientific relevance. Maybe if you hired reporters who weren't climate fanatics and racists who wanted to “get Trump,” a major American city wouldn't have been burned to the ground…perhaps by arson by terrorists or foreign street gangs. A healthy country needs a healthy media… — Leslie Eastman ☥ (@Mutnodjmet) January 10, 2025 A great example is when social…
Article by Eric Worrell Another nail in the coffin of climate models? A study published in the journal Nature found no evidence that the AMOC has declined over the past 60 years. AMOC study: Critical ocean currents have not decreased over the past 60 years … In the Atlantic, a system of interconnected ocean currents – the AMOC – transports water to oceans around the world, driven by a combination of wind and ocean density. Not only does it distribute heat, water and nutrients to the ocean, it also regulates the Earth's climate and weather. As the climate continues to…
The climate policy landscape has shifted significantly in recent weeks, with agencies, governments and businesses beginning to back away from the ambitious but economically problematic climate commitments they made over the past decade. Two major developments highlighted this retreat: the Fed's withdrawal from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors to Green the Financial System (NGFS) and BlackRock's withdrawal from its Net Zero Asset Management program (NZAM) and subsequent suspension of activities. These high-profile decisions, and similar initiatives around the world, demonstrate growing awareness of the economic damage caused by costly, ineffective and excessive climate policies. Fed: Not the climate…
From the Daily Skeptic Author: Dr. James Allen The religious mindset believes that there is more to life than the physical world of the senses. Some truths transcend the here and now. That which gives human existence non-accidental meaning. This is obvious for monotheistic religions and less obvious for Buddhist and polytheistic faiths. Nonetheless, the appeal of this belief in transcendent truth is quite obvious. This means that not everyone who rejects established religion turns to some kind of David Hume or Bertrand Russell-style skeptical view that what you see is what you get—we’re here because tens of thousands Accidental…
The weekend has been relatively mild, with 2 to 4 inches of snow expected in the Baltimore area on Sunday, while temperatures will plummet into the single digits Monday night. [Get the latest weathercast from FOX45 News ] Snow, sleet and possibly rain are expected before 2 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. After 3 p.m., all precipitation is expected to be snow. Winds are expected to range from 6 to 11 mph throughout the day, increasing to 12 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Temperatures are expected to drop to 18 degrees on Sunday night,…