Tag: climate change

Experts Warn of ‘Devastating’ Economic Impact of Rejoining Paris Climate Accord

The United States rejoining the Paris climate agreement as it stands now will have devastating economic consequences, with little actual environmental benefit, according to experts. President Joe Biden on Jan. 20 signed an executive order to rejoin the global pact, one of his first major moves as president. According to the United Nations, developed countries under the…


Children of Oil and Gas Workers Deserve Respect

Commentary Shortly after being inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden issued an executive order revoking the Keystone XL pipeline construction permit. Canadians knew this decision was coming, but it was still a huge disappointment. This short-sighted decision will lead to the loss of thousands of well-paying jobs, particularly in Alberta…


Biden’s Carbon Restrictions Aren’t Justified by the False Climate Change-Natural Disaster Link

Commentary In less than a month, three separate reports have been released repeating the same lie, that the costs of natural disasters are rising, and human-caused climate change is to blame. Each report received copious amounts of coverage by the mainstream media. I suspect the timing of the releases and the coordinated coverage were not…


Baltimore’s Lawsuit Against Energy Companies Belongs in Federal Court, Supreme Court Hears

A novel climate-change lawsuit that Baltimore, Maryland, brought in state court against energy producers seeking damages for the supposed effects of global warming, should be heard in federal court, the outgoing Trump administration urged the Supreme Court. The hearing came as the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden prepares to  reverse President Donald Trump’s pro-energy…


Get Ready for More Obama-Era Green Energy Scams

Commentary With Democrats about to control all the levers of power in Washington, the biggest winners might be the wind and solar companies. These firms’ stocks continue to surge mostly because President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to invest several hundred billion dollars in green energy through a pipeline of taxpayer-funded grants, loans, tax credits, and…


Climate Risk and Financial Stability

Commentary Shortly before her nomination as Treasury secretary in the Biden administration, Janet Yellen appeared on a Bloomberg New Economy panel discussing the role of central banks as the world struggles to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel revealed a sharp difference of opinion between Yellen and one of her predecessors—Larry Summers, President Bill Clinton’s second…


India Has Much at Stake in Biden’s Tone on China: Expert

NEW DELHI—As the world transitions out of a pandemic year that also ended with presidential elections in the United States, it has questions about what Joe Biden is thinking about China. China will not stop its expansionist activities even while the world waits to hear about what a Biden China policy would look like should…