During CBC/Radio-Canada’s French-language television interviews with party leaders on Aug. 29, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau blamed the former Conservative government for Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. When asked about his climate policy, including why greenhouse gas emissions have increased in recent years under his party’s governance, Trudeau responded by blaming former prime minister Stephen Harper, and…
Trudeau Blames Harper Government for GHG Emissions During National French-Language Interviews
Politicians, Environment Protection Authority Hoisted by Their Own Petard
Commentary The New South Wales government has only itself to blame if it does not like the ruling from the state’s Land and Environment Court, which has ordered the state’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to develop goals and policies to ensure the environment is protected from climate change. The landmark ruling came after a challenge…
The World’s Climate Is Changing, so What Should We Do?
Commentary Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report (AR6—the Sixth Assessment Report) that human-caused climate change is accelerating and that radical changes to human behavior are needed to avert disaster. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said of the report that “alarm bells are deafening” and the situation is “code…
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Funds Removing Carbon Dioxide From the Air
If the driver of climate change is too much carbon dioxide, then one solution is to remove that gas from the air. The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the Senate on Aug. 10 includes massive investments in direct air capture technologies to do just that. These technologies have elicited interest from the private…
Policing Extinction Rebellion Protests Has Cost Over £50 Million: Met Police
More than £50 million ($68 million) has been spent on policing Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests since 2019, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday ahead of another round of protests planned by the environmental activist group. The climate activist group staged prolonged demonstrations in April and October 2019 and September 2020, when protesters blocked entrances, halted traffic,…
Does Climate Change Cause Extreme Weather Now? Here’s a Scorcher of a Reality Check
News Analysis The Pacific Northwest was hit with a record-shattering heat wave in June, with temperatures over 35 degrees higher than normal in some places. On June 28, Portland, Ore., reached 116 degrees. Late last week the region suffered another blast of hot weather, with a high in Portland of 103 degrees. The New York…
The Recent Code Red UN Report on Climate: More of the Same
Commentary What are we to make of the “code red for humanity” report just released by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? “The alarm bells are deafening,” pontificates the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet.” The UN report…
Challenging UN, Study Finds Sun—not CO2—May Be Behind Global Warming
The sun and not human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) may be the main cause of warmer temperatures in recent decades, according to a new study with findings that sharply contradict the conclusions of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The peer-reviewed paper, produced by a team of almost two dozen…
Climate Activists Who Defaced Parliament Should Have Protested at Chinese Embassy: Aussie Senator
Members of an activist group who defaced Australia’s Parliament House and the prime minister’s Canberra residence, The Lodge, during a protest, do not care about climate change but instead want to “radically change” Australia’s political system from democracy to communism, according to an Australian politician. Nationals Sen. Matt Canavan told Parliament on Aug. 10, after…
A Pickle: How to Convince Voters Skeptical of Climate Change to Make Sacrifices on Its Behalf
Commentary Here’s a headline from the Aug. 9 (London) Daily Telegraph: “The political question of our era is how to tackle climate change without losing voters.” Sounds plausible, doesn’t it? Maybe even profound. But the more you think about this statement, the more curious it seems. Of course, you can see what Tom Harris, the…
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