Bill Gates wants you to be a “global citizen.” But what does that even mean? Why would a person want to focus globally before taking care of the needs of his or her own nation, state, or community? And are Gates’s intentions as soft as his cashmere sweaters? …
What Is a Global Citizen? Bill Gates Will Tell You
January 5, 2023
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US Spy Agency Works Inside America’s Borders to Assist With Disasters, Prepare for Climate Change
January 3, 2023
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A U.S. intelligence agency is turning to domestic deployments to assist with disaster relief and help prepare for climate change, The Washington Post reported Monday. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a spy organization that typically supports Department of Defense (DOD) overseas combat operations with mapping and imagery, helped relief workers in Florida locate and rescue…
Radical Climate Protest Group Vows to Tone Down Publicly Disruptive Tactics
The UK branch of a climate activist group has vowed to tone down its radical tactics like gluing themselves to famous paintings and blocking roads. Extinction Rebellion UK (XR) said in a Jan. 1 statement entitled “We Quit” that it would halt its publicly disruptive actions in order to be more inclusive in its campaign…
2022: The Year ESG Fell to Earth
Commentary The year 2022 brings an end to an era of illusions: a year that saw the end of the post–Cold War era and the return of geopolitics; the first energy crisis of the enforced energy transition to net zero; and the year that brought environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing down to earth with…
EU Socialist Scandal: Here’s the Lesson for the US
December 28, 2022
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Commentary The European Union is currently in the midst of one of its largest corruption scandals to date. There are credible allegations that Qatar—the Gulf state that recently hosted the FIFA World Cup—bribed a number of high-level EU figures in order to exert influence on European politics. Some may well ask: Why should we care…
Are Electric Cars Fads?
Commentary It was a bitter cold night in New England, which came as an unwelcome shock having flown in from warm and wonderful Mexico City. Still, I felt gratitude as the Uber rocked up to the baggage-claim area of the airport to get me home. The surprise was that he was driving an all-electric car,…
ESG RIP: Review of Terrence Keeley’s ‘Sustainable,’ Part 4
December 27, 2022
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Concern about catastrophic climate change has been the biggest factor driving ESG, yet the likelihood of climate change being catastrophic and the attainment of net zero are not open to debate or challenge by participants in financial markets. In the last of his four part review of Terrence Keeley’s “Sustainable,” Rupert Darwall argues that this…
The World Is Not Following California’s Climate Goals
December 22, 2022
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Commentary California’s climate goals might as well have been formulated in the Marvel Studios in Burbank. Consider, first, what’s really going on. The Financial Times reported Dec. 15: “Global coal use set to reach fresh record.” Subhead: “Growing demand and Ukraine war drive higher consumption despite promises on climate change to cut levels.” I’ve reported…
New $2 Billion Canada Growth Fund Can Buy and Sell Shares Without Public Scrutiny: Federal Documents
A new $2 billion growth fund created to advance Canada’s green transition will be allowed to buy, sell and swap shares in other companies without public scrutiny, says a regulatory notice issued by the federal Department of Finance on Dec. 21. The Canada Growth Fund (CGF) will be exempted from section 91 of the Financial…
ESG RIP: Review of Terrence Keeley’s ‘Sustainable,’ Part 3
Commentary In the third of his four part review of Terrence Keeley’s Sustainable, Rupert Darwall writes that ESG rests on a vision of the free-market economy that says capitalism needs to be led by people with the right values, which raises the question: Whose values? This makes ESG inherently divisive, explaining the pushback ESG is…
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