Category: Climate Policies

Beijing Issues New 4-Point Plan to Australia to Reset Ties

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a new list of “demands” for the Australian government to follow through on if it hopes to reset bilateral ties. It comes as part of Beijing’s new charm offensive to win over the Labor government while claiming the former Morrison government was the “root cause” of deteriorating…


‘Small But Powerful’ Group Pushing SEC Climate Disclosures: Professors

Law and finance professors from across the country have criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) March 21 proposal to compel climate-related disclosures by public companies, arguing that the move exceeds the SEC’s authority and reflects the outsized influence of “institutional asset managers who are managing other people’s money, not their own.” “Rather than provide…


US and World Gripped by Fertilizer Crisis

“Fertilizer shortages are real now.” Uttered by USAID’s Samantha Power in a May 1 ABC interview with former Democratic advisor George Stephanopoulos, the words briefly drowned out the din of the news cycle. They were not unexpected to some. Power, who served as U.N. ambassador under Obama, mentioned fertilizer shortages after weeks of hints from…


Kigali Amendment Phasing Down HFCs Nears Senate Ratification

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on May 4 to advance the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, moving the United States closer to formalizing the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) already included in 2020’s American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM). The AIM Act was passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and…


China Increases Coal Production Amid Global Energy Shortage, Moves Carbon Reduction Plans Further to the Future

Sanctions placed on Russia, by many of the world governments for invading Ukraine, have aggravated global energy supplies, and forced many countries to revert to other sources of energy, including coal, that the West has tried to move away from because of concerns about high carbon dioxide emissions. China is also taking the opportunity to…


Can China Hold America Hostage Over Rare Earth Metals? Three Experts Weigh In

China holds the rare earth supply chain by the throat. Anytime China decides to, it can cut us off, which means no more electronics. We explore the danger of the world’s reliance on exports of rare earth metals that go into cars, radars, appliances, and so much more. Are we at the mercy of the…


Chinese Firms Slammed for Falsifying Emission Data

China’s environmental watchdog has named four companies that falsified carbon emission reports. As data fraud continues to undermine the country’s ambitious climate goals, a former employee in China’s environment ministry analyzed the causes. On March 14, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said that data verification agencies manipulated reports and falsified testing dates, emissions…


‘Green Energy Movement Empowers China,’ Says Marc Morano; US-China 7-Hour Meeting Reaches No Results

Does China want to provide military supplies to Russia? Crossing that line means the United States must elevate its relationship with China from competition to confrontation. U.S. officials met with their Chinese counterparts in Rome, and their meeting resulted in nothing new. A climate agenda from the Biden administration is only aiding China’s climate aggression—using…


China’s ‘Carbon Neutral’ Olympics Was ‘Theater,’ Distraction From Nation’s Much Bigger Environmental Problems: Analysts

The Chinese regime may have used the Winter Olympics to signal an interest in clean energy, but critics suggest the event’s purported “carbon neutrality” is mere theater amid a record of sizeable fossil fuel consumption. “It’s a bunch of theater really,” said Riley Walters, an expert on East Asia at the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based…


Beijing’s Energy Policies Benefit Chinese Industry, While US Sacrifices Its Own Energy Interests: Expert

The Chinese regime has received widespread praise for its purported ability to make progress on climate change issues, but it actually pursues energy policies that benefit itself without regard for the environment. Meanwhile, the United States has failed to adopt energy policies that serve its best interests. That’s according to Marc Morano, executive director of…