Tag: Science

Biden Would Budget Billions for Climate, ‘Environmental Justice,’ Global Gender Equity

President Joe Biden’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget would involve billions in climate-related spending, including $11 billion for international climate finance, as well as multibillion-dollar investments said to “advance equity and equality globally.” Submitted Monday morning, more than a month after it was legally due on the first Monday of February, the budget would total…


Shutting Down Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting down a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs for families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates…


Shutting Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs on families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates that…


EXCLUSIVE: SEC Climate Rules Will Enrich Trial Lawyers, Says Consumer Advocate

In an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, consumer advocate O.H. Skinner explained why he thinks trial lawyers, a major source of donations for President Joe Biden, stand to gain from newly proposed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules compelling many companies to provide climate-related disclosures, including on greenhouse gas emissions. SEC Commissioner Gary Gensler…


SEC Climate Rules Will Enrich Trial Lawyers, Says Consumer Advocate

In an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, consumer advocate O.H. Skinner explained why he thinks trial lawyers, a major source of donations for President Joe Biden, stand to gain from newly proposed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules compelling many companies to provide climate-related disclosures, including on greenhouse gas emissions. SEC Commissioner Gary Gensler…


Discovery of Victorian-Era Data Suggests Extreme Weather Events Not New

Data taken from handwritten 130-year old rainfall observations from Met Office archives has revealed that extreme weather events are nothing new. United Kingdom’s national weather service, The Met Office published the data on Friday gained from millions of archived rainfall records. But long-standing environmentalism skeptics told The Epoch Times that this further undermines the case…


Flashback Friday: Sugar Industry Attempts to Manipulate the Science

“Corporations are legally required to maximise shareholder profits and therefore have to oppose public health policies that could threaten profits.” It’s just how the system is set up. “Unequivocal, longstanding evidence shows that to achieve this, diverse industries with products that can damage health have worked systematically to subvert the scientific process.” Take the sugar…


Azores Volcanic Island Hit by Thousands of Quakes Starts Evacuation as Fears Grow

LISBON—Authorities on a mid-Atlantic Portuguese island hit by thousands of small earthquakes in recent days started evacuating people living at the bottom of coastal cliffs on Thursday as fears of a stronger tremor or a volcanic eruption grow. Since Saturday, over 2,000 earthquakes, with a magnitude of between 1.6 and 3.3, have been recorded on…


Climate Requests Big Winners in Biden’s $1.5 Trillion Budget Omnibus Bill

News Analysis As President Joe Biden prepares to release his Fiscal Year 2023 budget request, a close look at last week’s $1.5 trillion omnibus bill shows how spending in the upcoming plan may be justified (or rationalized) by appeals to climate change. The bill passed both the House and the Senate with support from some…


CSIRO to Release Foreign Fungi to Control Coastal Invasive Weed for Penguin Nests

The CSIRO announced that it will be releasing the Venturia paralias fungi to attack the invasive coastal weed called sea spurge that is threatening nesting sites of native Australian little penguins as well as coastal vegetation. “Our research found that the fungus is highly specific towards sea spurge. Based on our results, the fungus was…