Commentary If a crisis is a terrible thing to waste, how terrible would it be to waste two simultaneous crises? While still in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and the Delta variant (isn’t “crisis” overused and thus losing its power?), comes a report from a panel of scientists assembled by the United Nations Intergovernmental…
Extinction Rebellion Activists Vandalise Australian Parliament, 8 Arrested
Extinction Rebellion protesters, demanding action on climate change, have vandalised Australia’s Parliament House and the prime minister’s residence, The Lodge, in the country’s capital, Canberra. After spray painting slogans like “climate duty of care” on walls outside of both buildings, as well as setting a pram on fire on Tuesday morning, eight Extinction Rebellion protesters…
UN Releases New Report on Climate Change
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued the first installment of its Sixth Assessment Report, “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.” “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land,” the report states. The report, authored by hundreds of scientists from across the world, predicts global temperature…
Biden Wants Half of All Vehicles Sold in US by 2030 to Be Zero Emission
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Thursday establishing the goal of making half of all new vehicles sold in the United States zero emissions—either hybrid or fully electric—by 2030, according to the White House. Biden’s executive order will also set a new schedule for the development of new long-term fuel efficiency and…
Australia to Investigate Monopolies and Woke Capitalism in New Parliamentary Inquiry into Financial Sector
August 4, 2021
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The Australian federal government is set to examine the power “mega-funds” like U.S. giants BlackRock snd Vanguard, and local super funds hold over the country’s financial sector with the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics decision to investigate the issue of “common ownership” and whether it has led to possible collusion between firms. Tim Wilson, a federal…
Australia to Investigate Monopolies, Woke Capitalism in New Parliamentary Inquiry into Financial Sector
August 4, 2021
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The Australian federal government is set to examine the power “mega-funds” like U.S. giants BlackRock, Vanguard, and local super funds hold over the country’s financial sector, with the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics to investigate the issue of “common ownership” and whether it has led to possible collusion between firms. Tim Wilson, federal member of Parliament…
Early, Intense Wildfire Season Makes Canada U.S. Resource Sharing Impossible: Ottawa
The federal government says neither Canada nor the United States can lend each other any extra firefighters as they deal with one of the most severe wildfire seasons in recent memory. Last year, Canada sent 529 front−line crew members, 62 supervisory teams and a number of aircraft to help the U.S. battle rampant wildfires in…
What’s Ripping American Families Apart?
Commentary In my last column, I published comments written by New York Times subscribers about how proud they were of their children for deciding not to have children of their own. Though they acknowledged how much they ached to be grandparents, they nevertheless reveled in the fact that this would never happen. Why did these…
Australian Oil and Gas Giants to Merge Amid Climate Change Pressure
August 2, 2021
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Australian fossil fuel giants Oil Search and Santos are close to a merger that will create a $21 billion entity and a new entrant to the top 20 largest oil and gas companies globally. The merger talks come as the resource industry undergoes a major shift amid mounting pressure from the climate change movement. Santos,…
Wrong Predictions Don’t Deter the Predictors
Commentary We have always had them among us: fortune tellers, diviners, readers of palms, tarot cards, tea leaves, stars, horoscopes, discerners of animal entrails, calling on gods of wood and stone, and all sorts of other “seers” who have attempted to convince the gullible that they have the power to predict the future. To some,…
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