Climate Change? What Climate Change?

American Towns Don’t Want To Be Big Cities’ ‘Green Energy’ Graveyards From New York to California, local opposition is thwarting wind and solar projects seen as essential to transitioning from fossil fuels. By Vince Bielski July 29, 2020 While the coronavirus recession has sapped demand for energy and put fracking companies on the ropes – with hundreds of bankruptcies declared so far – the renewables that would replace oil and coal are facing a growing challenge that will last long after the pandemic: The resistance of rural communities to mammoth solar or wind farms that can power cities. From New York to California, local opposition is thwarting wind and solar projects seen as essential to transitioning from fossil fuels. Many opponents support renewable energy in theory and express concern about climate change. And many landowners have partnered with environmental groups to block or delay natural gas pipelines designed to run through their property. ...

Why Carbon Dioxide Can’t Cause Warming In The Atmosphere, by Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University July 5, 2020 Cap Allon A take on why carbon dioxide can’t cause warming in the atmosphere, by D.J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University. “ Evidence-Based Climate Science (Second Edition),” 2016 : Abstract A greenhouse gas is a gas that absorbs and emits infrared radiation. The primary greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is a nontoxic, colorless, odorless gas. Water vapor accounts for by far the largest greenhouse effect (90–85%) because water vapor emits and absorbs infrared radiation at many more wavelengths than any of the other greenhouse gases, and there is much more water vapor in the atmosphere th...

SHELLENBERGER: On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare By   Michael Shellenberger Jun 29th, 2020    DailyWire.com Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The following is the full text of an opinion piece written by climate activist and energy expert Michael Shellenberger which was originally published by Forbes but pulled a few hours later.  Shellenberger,  a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and Green Book Award Winner,  told The Daily Wire in a statement hours after Forbes deactivated the piece, “I am grateful that Forbes has been so committed to publishing a range of viewpoints, including ones that challenge the conventional wisdom, and was thus disappointed my editors removed my piece from the web site. I believe Forbes is an important outlet for broadening environmental journalism beyond the overwhelmingly  alarmist approach taken by most reporters, and look forward to contributing heterodoxi...