At the start of February, Greta Thunberg accidentally shared a private climate activist toolkit. The leaked document provoked fury in India, authorities accused Greta of plotting to destabilise the Government.…
Category: Climate Politics
Biden & Democrats conceal U.S. CO2 decreases of 3.4 billion tons from natural gas
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin In his first week in office Biden and his Democrats ordered the suspension of leases for fossil fuel development on federal lands and offshore waters and…
New Mexico Democrats Struggling with Biden’s Climate Action Fossil Fuel Bans
New Mexico supported Biden 54.3% to 43.5% for Trump, despite Biden’s promise to shut down the fossil fuel industry, yet all they seem to do nowadays is complain about their…
Aussie Climate Pushback: “I’m not going to take lectures from other countries that have not met their targets.”
Sadly this statement was made by skeptic Senator Matt Canavan rather than Prime Minister Scott Morrison. But it is reassuring that some senior politicians in Australia plan to stand up…
Biden to Kill 200,000 More Jobs Because… Climate Change
Guest “MAVA (Made America Venezuela Already)” by David Middleton How Many US GOM Jobs Could Go Under Biden?by Andreas Exarheas|Rigzone Staff|Tuesday, February 09, 2021 If U.S. President Joe Biden’s pause…
SCMP: China Teaching Children to Limit their Climate Activism
According to the South China Morning Post, China wants kids to learn about climate change, but is trying to moderate the message to encourage children to focus on personal climate…
Study Suggests “Familiarity with Greta” drives Climate Activism
A study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology suggests people are more likely to act on climate change if they are familiar with Greta Thunberg, though the authors admit…
Shafting The Poor
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Let me start with a couple of the most callous and heartless quotes that I know of. Here’s a description from Politico of the first…
Claim: Aussie PM Edging Towards a 2050 Carbon Pledge
Surprise! When Aussies re-elected conservative PM Scott Morrison in the last national election, we thought we were rejecting the hardline climate madness of the Labor opposition party. Turns out we…
Guardian: “The Trump years may well have been the death rattle of influential [climate] denialism”
According to the Guardian, despite “unease among some unions” about destroyed jobs, Biden’s transformative first week will set the course for America’s future. But nobody has a coherent explanation for…
Biden Senior Director for Environmental Justice Blames “Systemic Racism” for Climate Change
Introducing your new government; NYT is celebrating the appointment of visionaries like Dr. Cecilia Martinez to Biden’s climate team. But Martinez has some interesting ideas of why climate action has…
Climate Warrior John Kerry Notices China’s Global Coal Funding Spree
“Some countries are funding coal-fired power plants around the world, some countries are planning to bring increased coal-fired power online” – But Kerry can’t quite bring himself to say the…
Biden Suspends Federal Oil and Gas Permits, Because Climate Change
As promised, Biden has launched a full frontal assault on the USA’s oil and gas jobs, while he investigates the impact of US domestic energy independence on climate change.
Dr Fauci, Covid, weather, and climate
Dr Fauci admits there were a lot of unknowns so for the greater good, he recommended actions that were not backed with proof, but instead were designed to create a…
Pielke Jr. on the US National Climate Assessment
NYT article on US Nat’l Climate Assessment/Trump is right & wrong
“USGS Gets Politics Out of Climate Forecasts”
Guest “another thing lost in the November coup” by David Middleton USGS Director Jim Reilly authored a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal… USGS Gets Politics Out of…
SCMP: China’s Power to “Marshal” Private Savings into Climate Mega Projects will Leave the West Behind
How will Joe Biden marshal the private savings of US citizens to address the climate crisis? The UN thinks half of the $75 trillion required to save the world from…
National Journal on Possible Trump Submission of Paris Climate Treaty to Senate
“Any claim that Paris compels U.S. action or inaction would now confront doubt that a U.S. commitment to Paris was anything but a political commitment,”
China recolonizes Africa
Harvard University China specialist Edward Cunningham says China is building, planning or financing more than 300 coal plants, in places as widespread as Turkey, Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the…
Climate Scientists to Request Political Representation on the Arctic Council
Climate scientists are planning to request political representation in the form of an “Arctic Ambassador” so they can remind other members of the council that the melting Arctic is not…
Aussie Doctor Urges a “Bipartisan” Response to Climate Change
According to gastroenterologist and chief editor of the Australian Medical Journal Professor Talley, politicians of all sides should do what they are told on climate policy, just as they follow…
China’s Green NGO Climate Propaganda Enablers
Beijing doesn’t even need to pay for the propaganda work it wants to do inside the United States. The San Francisco-based NGO, Energy Foundation China, has disbursed over $330 million…
Marc Morano: We Will Go From COVID Lockdowns To “Climate Lockdowns” Under Biden
Climate Depot publisher Marc Morano warned Biden and Democrats are using the COVID lockdown model to prepare for “climate lockdowns” in an interview Monday night with FOX News host Tucker…
Biden’s Energy Plans Are Expensive—and Dangerous
Overhauling the entire electric grid, which some call the world’s largest machine, and converting much of it to wind and solar power, is not just a momentous task. It is…
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