Commentary South Australia in 2016; California last year; now, Texas. The recent blackout is a terrible ordeal for Texans but a political disaster for the Biden administration. The president had just signed an executive order making climate change the organizing principle of his administration. All coal and natural gas power stations are to be taken off the…
Canada, US Discuss Shared Climate Priorities Following Biden-Trudeau’s First Virtual Bilateral Meeting
Canada and the United States discussed more ways of “limiting global warming to 1.5ºC” and “achieving net-zero emissions by 2050” during an online meeting on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden had their first virtual bilateral meeting on Tuesday. “That certainly includes things like working on vehicle emission…
China Will Exploit Paris Climate Accord to Undermine US: Expert
After the Biden administration rejoined the Paris Climate Accord on Feb. 19, reversing the policies of the previous administration, experts warned that it will benefit China and the latter will take advantage of this move to undermine the United States. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will gain in four fronts through the Paris agreement, Sen…
Beijing Wants to Sway US Policy Using Climate Change, Experts Warn
The Biden administration should not allow the Chinese regime to use climate change as a bargaining chip to extract concessions in other areas, according to China experts. The warning comes as the United States formally rejoined the Paris agreement on Feb. 19. President Joe Biden has described climate change as an “existential threat” and vowed…
White House Revokes Trump-Era Guidance on Greenhouse Gas Impacts
The White House on Thursday revoked Trump administration guidance that sought to limit the use of “remote or speculative” environmental consequences of greenhouse gas effects on major projects like highways and pipelines. The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) rescinded the Trump administration’s 2019 draft National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) guidance, which called on federal…
What Exactly Is the Polar Vortex?
February 19, 2021
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At the start of February 2021, a major snowstorm hit the northeast United States, with some areas receiving well over two feet of snow. Just a few weeks earlier, Spain experienced a historic and deadly snowstorm and dangerously low temperatures. Northern Siberia is no stranger to cold, but in mid-January 2021, some Siberian cities reported temperatures below minus 70 F (minus 56…
Biden’s Economy Will Be a Train Wreck
Commentary Warning lights should be flashing. Less than a month in, it’s becoming evident that President Joe Biden’s economic policies are likely to end in disaster. The wrong economic diagnosis and the politics of not letting any crisis go to waste is leading to the most damaging mix of economic policy in decades. The administration…
The Year of No Science
Commentary Remember “The Year of Living Dangerously”? That was a 1982 film based on a 1978 novel about a love affair during the year Sukarno was overthrown in Indonesia, 1967. 2020 and now 2021 might be called the Year or Years of No Science… or maybe Phony Science… or Pretentious Science… or, perhaps most accurately,…
Yellen Seeks to Name Climate Czar to Advance Biden’s Green Energy Agenda
February 13, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is reportedly looking to appoint an Obama administration veteran as climate czar at the Treasury Department to lead efforts in assessing the effects of climate change on financial markets as well as pushing tax incentives for renewable energy. Yellen is expected to appoint Sarah Bloom Raskin, former deputy Treasury secretary under…
Yellen to Name Climate Czar to Advance Biden’s Green Energy Agenda
February 13, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is reportedly looking to appoint an Obama administration veteran as climate czar at the Treasury Department to lead efforts in assessing the impact of climate change on financial markets and pushing tax incentives for renewable energy. Yellen is expected to appoint Sarah Bloom Raskin, former deputy Treasury secretary under the Obama…
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