Category: Environment

‘When You Think ESG, You Should Be Thinking CCP’: Peter Thiel

In his keynote address to the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, venture capitalist Peter Thiel said environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is “perhaps the real enemy” of the cryptocurrency, likening the movement to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “I think that ESG is just a hate factory. It’s a factory for naming enemies, and…


EPA Nominee Whose Tweet #ResistCapitalism Advocated ‘Climate Reparations’ Now Closer to Senate Confirmation

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) deadlocked 10-10 on April 7 on the nomination of Carlton Waterhouse to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—but a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could still send it to the Senate…


EPA Nominee Who Said #ResistCapitalism, Advocated ‘Climate Reparations’ Now Closer to Senate Confirmation

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) deadlocked 10-10 on April 7 on the nomination of Carlton Waterhouse to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—but a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could still send it to the Senate…


Microplastics Found in Lung Tissue of Living Humans for First Time: Study

Researchers have discovered microplastics deep in the lungs of living humans for the first time. Scientists at Hull York Medical School in England published their findings in the journal Science of the Total Environment, the first such study to show microplastics in the lung tissue of live people. Microplastics are extremely small plastic particles composed of mixtures of polymers and…


Supreme Court Restores Trump-Era Water Rule

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) vacated a district court’s decision to strike down the Trump-era Section 401 Certification rule for the Clean Water Act (CWA), thereby reinstating it. The decision granted an emergency stay, responding to an application filed March 21 by a group of states and energy…


Most Australian Solar Farms Exposed to China’s Slave Labour Supply Chains

At least six in every 10 of Australia’s largest solar farms have sourced solar panels from supply chains vulnerable to China’s Uyghur forced labour programmes. The United States, Australia, and other western countries have condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its human rights abuses against more than a million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, including its…


High Gas Prices Caused by Biden Policies, Say Republican Lawmakers

Historically high gas prices are largely a result of Biden administration policies, not simply Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other GOP senators argued at a press conference April 6. “The problem is that the oil is in Louisiana and Texas and Oklahoma and Kansas and North Dakota and…


‘A Prisoner in Our Own Home’: South Carolina Cardboard Mill Allegedly Emitting Noxious Odors

One of South Carolina’s state mottos is “Dum spiro spero,” a Latin phrase meaning “While I breathe, I hope.” However, there are some living near the New-Indy Containerboard mill in Catawba, South Carolina, reporting difficulty breathing due to an all-pervasive noxious odor hanging over the community, allegedly caused by the plant. On most days, when…


New Bill Would Shield Farmland From Key Wind and Solar Subsidy

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) has introduced new legislation that would eliminate the energy credit for wind and solar installations if they are operated by a public utility on agricultural land. Known as the Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act of 2022, or FARM Act of 2022, the bill was referred to the House Committee on…


Texas Oil Can ‘Lead the Way’—But Will It Be Allowed To?

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Railroad Commission chairman Wayne Christian asked President Joe Biden to “get out of the way” and “give the green light” respectively, so Texas oil can lead the way. “Texas can drill enough oil and natural gas to keep prices low here in America and in Europe if Biden would…