The United States is “sending the absolute wrong signal” by sending John Kerry, the Biden administration’s climate envoy, on a trip to China to discuss “raising global climate ambition,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Tuesday. Kerry is expected to arrive in Shanghai on Wednesday and has scheduled meetings with Chinese officials…
US ‘Sending the Wrong Signal’ By Traveling to China to Discuss Climate Issues: GOP Rep
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President Biden on Friday asked Congress to authorize a $1.52 trillion federal spending plan for 2022, which gives a sense of his administration’s priorities, calling for a 16 percent increase in funding for non-defense domestic programs and a relatively flat 1.7 percent increase for defense. Biden’s first discretionary spending request, detailed in a blueprint (pdf)…
A Union’s Support of Biden Does Little to Save Members’ Jobs in Pennsylvania
Commentary ROARING SPRING, Pennsylvania—When the Appvion Inc. paper mill plant shut its doors for good on April 1, putting 293 people out of work, it marked the first significant manufacturing loss in this state since President Joe Biden took office. “We were all completely blindsided,” said state Sen. Judy Ward, who claims she and other…
Experts Weigh In on Supreme Court Carbon Tax Ruling
The matter of carbon taxes and whether Ottawa retained ultimate authority to impose them on recalcitrant provinces under the auspices of fighting climate change finally had its day in Canada’s highest court, and the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was deemed constitutionally sound. Proponents of the federal policy lauded the 6–3 split decision, but University…
Opinion: Biden’s 2030 Carbon Goal Will Fail—and Bankrupt America
Commentary President Joe Biden followed his raft of heavy-handed climate executive orders by announcing his loftiest goal yet: slashing U.S. carbon dioxide emissions in half by the end of the decade. Biden’s ambitious climate fantasy is doomed to fail—not only failing to reach his emissions target, but also failing utterly to make the slightest impact…
Biden’s 2030 Carbon Goal Will Fail—and Bankrupt America
Commentary President Joe Biden followed his raft of heavy-handed climate executive orders by announcing his loftiest goal yet: slashing U.S. carbon dioxide emissions in half by the end of the decade. Biden’s ambitious climate fantasy is doomed to fail—not only failing to reach his emissions target, but also failing utterly to make the slightest impact…
Biden Unveils $2 Trillion Plan to Fix Roads and ‘Reimagine’ a New Climate-Proof Economy
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Climate Change Reality Check
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Supreme Extremism Will Leave Canadians Hurting
Commentary The Supreme Court of Canada ruled March 25 that the federal government is fully within its jurisdiction to impose a carbon tax on provinces, even if the duly elected governments of those provinces oppose the imposition of such a tax. Their rationale? The wisdom of Greta Thunberg. Judges aren’t scientists. They aren’t climate experts….
Biden Includes Xi and Putin as Invited Guests to Climate Summit in April
March 27, 2021
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President Joe Biden is including Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a list of 40 world leaders invited to a global summit on climate change in April. The virtual event, called the Leaders’ Climate Summit, will be held April 22-23 and live-streamed for public viewing. “President Biden took action his first…
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