climatechangedispatch--2020-08-31--NPR Pushes False Link Between Climate Change and Disease

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news National Public Radio ( NPR ) followed its sister organization Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) this week in pushing false climate claims .
Among the most egregious lies told in NPR ’ s story , “ Everything Is Unprecedented .
Welcome To Your Hotter Earth , ” was linking the seasonal outbreak of mosquito-borne tropical diseases to climate change .
However , as detailed in Chapter Four of Climate Change Reconsidered II : Fossil Fuels , the vast body of scientific literature refutes NPR ’ s claim that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spread of mosquito-borne diseases .
Studies from Africa , to England and Wales , to North and South America , to Thailand and beyond refute any link between climate change and the spread of malaria , Dengue fever , West Nile virus , and other vector-borne diseases .
For example , a 2010 study in the peer-reviewed journal Nature reports , “ [ The study ’ s authors ] compared historical and contemporary maps of the range and incidence of malaria and found endemic/stable malaria is likely to have covered 58 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1900 but only 30 % by 2007.
” Clearly , malaria has become less prevalent and deadly as the climate has warmed .
The authors rebut potential assertions that there would be even further reductions in malaria but for global warming .
The authors write , ‘ widespread claims that rising mean temperatures have already led to increases in worldwide malaria morbidity and mortality are largely at odds with observed decreasing global trends in both its endemicity and geographic extent.
’ Vector-borne disease expert Paul Reiter , a member of the World Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vector Biology and Control , has written extensively on the transmission of vector-borne diseases .
Reiter concludes any links between such diseases and climate change are not supported by evidence .
For example , in a 2008 article in the Malaria Journal , Reiter writes , NPR and PBS should stick to entertainment topics for which they have better expertise – like Big Bird .

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on Aug 31, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
National Public Radio (NPR) followed its sister organization Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) this week in pushing false climate claims.
Among the most egregious lies told in NPR’s story, “Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth,” was linking the seasonal outbreak of mosquito-borne tropical diseases to climate change.
However, as detailed in Chapter Four of Climate Change Reconsidered II: Fossil Fuels, the vast body of scientific literature refutes NPR’s claim that climate change is likely to exacerbate the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.
Studies from Africa, to England and Wales, to North and South America, to Thailand and beyond refute any link between climate change and the spread of malaria, Dengue fever, West Nile virus, and other vector-borne diseases.
For example, a 2010 study in the peer-reviewed journal Nature reports, “[The study’s authors] compared historical and contemporary maps of the range and incidence of malaria and found endemic/stable malaria is likely to have covered 58% of the world’s land surface around 1900 but only 30% by 2007.”
Clearly, malaria has become less prevalent and deadly as the climate has warmed.
The authors rebut potential assertions that there would be even further reductions in malaria but for global warming.
The authors write, ‘widespread claims that rising mean temperatures have already led to increases in worldwide malaria morbidity and mortality are largely at odds with observed decreasing global trends in both its endemicity and geographic extent.’
Vector-borne disease expert Paul Reiter, a member of the World Health Organization’s Expert Advisory Committee on Vector Biology and Control, has written extensively on the transmission of vector-borne diseases.
Reiter concludes any links between such diseases and climate change are not supported by evidence.
For example, in a 2008 article in the Malaria Journal, Reiter writes,
“Simplistic reasoning on the future prevalence of malaria is ill-founded; malaria is not limited by climate in most temperate regions, nor in the tropics, and in nearly all cases, ‘new’ malaria at high altitudes is well below the maximum altitudinal limits for transmission.”
Reiter adds,
“…future changes in climate may alter the prevalence and incidence of the disease, but obsessive emphasis on ‘global warming’ as a dominant parameter is indefensible; the principal determinants are linked to ecological and societal change, politics and economics.”
NPR and PBS should stick to entertainment topics for which they have better expertise – like Big Bird.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-08-31--The Green-Energy Road To A Blackout Nation

Written by Viv Forbes on .
Posted in Latest news California leads the way to electricity blackouts , closely followed by South Australia .
They both created this problem by taxing , banning , delaying , or demolishing reliable coal , nuclear , gas , or hydro-generators while subsidizing and promoting unreliable electricity from the sickly green twins — solar and wind .
All are supposed to solve a global warming crisis that exists only in academic computer models .
Energy policy should be driven by proven reliability , efficiency , and cost , not by green politics .
Wind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blackouts for three reasons .
First , they are intermittent , producing zero power when winds drops or sunlight fails .
Second , green energy is dilute , so the collection area must be huge .
Both solar panels and wind turbines are old technologies and now close to collecting the maximum energy from a given land area of wind and sun , so limited technology gains are possible .
Wind turbines generate nothing from gentle breezes and must shut down in gales .
To collect more energy , the green twins must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scatter of panels and towers connected by a fragile network of roads and transmission lines .
This flimsy system is far more susceptible to damage from cyclones , hail , and the like than a big , well built , centrally located , well maintained traditional power station with strong walls , a roof , and lightning protection .
Green energy also requires far more investment in transmission lines and interconnectors , and the energy transmission losses are greater .
Third , green energy is like a virus in a distribution network .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ floods the network , causing energy prices to plummet .
Coal and gas plants are forced to operate at a cash loss or shut down .
Erratic winds make this problem worse as they are less predictable and changes can be quicker .
But when all green energy fails suddenly , like in an evening peak demand period after a still cold sunset , coal can not ramp up quickly unless it has been kept on standby with boilers hot , waiting for an opportunity to generate some positive cash flow .
Gas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but who wants to own , build , and maintain an expensive fair-dinkum power station that operates intermittently ?
Currently , hydro , or stop-start gas turbines on standby , or coal generators fired up but not generating are keeping Australian lights on during green-energy blackouts .
But no one will build new reliable generators to operate part-time .
Soon we will have daytime where there are heaps of electricity , producing no profit for any generator , and nighttime when electricity prices will soar and blackouts will threaten .
Authorities have their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a blackout crisis to grab the power to dictate rolling blackouts of whole suburbs , areas , or factories or selective consumer blackouts using smart meters .
There are many contestants in the battery growth “ industry , ” including pumped hydro , lithium batteries , compressed air , big flywheels , hydrogen storage , capacitors , and molten salt .
They all need to be able to cope with a few days without wind-solar , which makes them huge and expensive .
And all are net consumers of energy as they go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ batteries are huge consumers of energy — energy for exploring , mining , and refining metals and for concrete , battery manufacture , transport , and construction ; energy to charge them and absorb the inevitable losses in the charge-discharge cycle ; energy to build battery warehouses ; and finally energy to recycle or bury worn out batteries ( which wear out far quicker than coal , gas , hydro , or nuclear power stations ) .
Few people consider the extra generating capacity needed to maintain charged batteries .
Solar energy at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per day when there is no cloud , smoke , or dust in the air .
So a solar array needs batteries with a capacity of twice name-plate capacity just to cover the hours of darkness , every day .
These batteries then need extra generating capacity to charge them during daylight hours .
But a solar system also needs to be able to cope with up to seven days of cloudy weather .
This needs seven times more batteries plus the generating capacity to charge them .
The Big Battery in South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and cost $ 160m .
East Coast demand these days is about 22,500 MW which would require 150 SA batteries and adding a 10 % factor of safety = 165 batteries .
The cost could be 165 X $ 160m = $ 26.4bn .
No matter whether the battery is stored hydrogen or pumped hydro , the cost to stabilize 100 % green energy would be prohibitively expensive .
Before we leap over this green cliff , those who claim otherwise must be obliged to demonstrate a working pilot plant without coal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suffers the same problems but is far less predictable .
Wind droughts are a common feature .
At times wind turbines drain electricity from the grid .
To maintain grid stability , the generators must charge batteries which can then supply a steady stream of electricity to the grid .
This requires many more transmission lines and battery connections .
At this point the math/costs of zero-emissions with 100 % solar/wind become preposterous .
And the ecological disruption becomes enormous .
When Danish windmills stand silent , they import hydropower from Scandinavia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ snow , they import nuclear electricity from France .
And California can draw power from Canada .
But Australia is an island .
When the grid fails , Tasmanian hydro or New Zealand geothermal are the closest reliable-energy neighbors .
The looming COVID Depression has no room for more green energy silliness .
We can not afford to mollycoddle an aging failing technology .
A hard , dangerous new world is coming .
To survive we will need cheap reliable energy — coal , gas , nuclear or hydro .

Written by Viv Forbes, guest post on Aug 31, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
California leads the way to electricity blackouts, closely followed by South Australia.
They both created this problem by taxing, banning, delaying, or demolishing reliable coal, nuclear, gas, or hydro-generators while subsidizing and promoting unreliable electricity from the sickly green twins — solar and wind.
All are supposed to solve a global warming crisis that exists only in academic computer models.
Energy policy should be driven by proven reliability, efficiency, and cost, not by green politics.
Wind and solar will always be prone to blackouts for three reasons.
First, they are intermittent, producing zero power when winds drops or sunlight fails.
Second, green energy is dilute, so the collection area must be huge. Both solar panels and wind turbines are old technologies and now close to collecting the maximum energy from a given land area of wind and sun, so limited technology gains are possible.
Wind turbines generate nothing from gentle breezes and must shut down in gales. To collect more energy, the green twins must collect from greater areas using a widespread scatter of panels and towers connected by a fragile network of roads and transmission lines.
This flimsy system is far more susceptible to damage from cyclones, hail, and the like than a big, well built, centrally located, well maintained traditional power station with strong walls, a roof, and lightning protection.
Green energy also requires far more investment in transmission lines and interconnectors, and the energy transmission losses are greater.
Third, green energy is like a virus in a distribution network.
When the sun shines, solar energy floods the network, causing energy prices to plummet. Coal and gas plants are forced to operate at a cash loss or shut down.
Erratic winds make this problem worse as they are less predictable and changes can be quicker.
But when all green energy fails suddenly, like in an evening peak demand period after a still cold sunset, coal cannot ramp up quickly unless it has been kept on standby with boilers hot, waiting for an opportunity to generate some positive cash flow.
Gas and hydro can fire up swiftly, but who wants to own, build, and maintain an expensive fair-dinkum power station that operates intermittently?
Currently, hydro, or stop-start gas turbines on standby, or coal generators fired up but not generating are keeping Australian lights on during green-energy blackouts. But no one will build new reliable generators to operate part-time.
Soon we will have daytime where there are heaps of electricity, producing no profit for any generator, and nighttime when electricity prices will soar and blackouts will threaten.
Authorities have their solution: rationing. They will use a blackout crisis to grab the power to dictate rolling blackouts of whole suburbs, areas, or factories or selective consumer blackouts using smart meters.
Naturally, Green “engineers” also have a solution — “More Big Batteries.”
There are many contestants in the battery growth “industry,” including pumped hydro, lithium batteries, compressed air, big flywheels, hydrogen storage, capacitors, and molten salt.
They all need to be able to cope with a few days without wind-solar, which makes them huge and expensive. And all are net consumers of energy as they go through the charge-discharge cycle.
Half-ton Li/Co/Pb batteries are huge consumers of energy — energy for exploring, mining, and refining metals and for concrete, battery manufacture, transport, and construction; energy to charge them and absorb the inevitable losses in the charge-discharge cycle; energy to build battery warehouses; and finally energy to recycle or bury worn out batteries (which wear out far quicker than coal, gas, hydro, or nuclear power stations).
Few people consider the extra generating capacity needed to maintain charged batteries. Solar energy at best delivers power for about eight hours per day when there is no cloud, smoke, or dust in the air.
So a solar array needs batteries with a capacity of twice name-plate capacity just to cover the hours of darkness, every day. These batteries then need extra generating capacity to charge them during daylight hours.
But a solar system also needs to be able to cope with up to seven days of cloudy weather. This needs seven times more batteries plus the generating capacity to charge them.
The Big Battery in South Australia has a capacity of 150 MW and cost $160m. East Coast demand these days is about 22,500 MW which would require 150 SA batteries and adding a 10% factor of safety = 165 batteries. The cost could be 165 X $160m = $26.4bn.
No matter whether the battery is stored hydrogen or pumped hydro, the cost to stabilize 100% green energy would be prohibitively expensive.
Before we leap over this green cliff, those who claim otherwise must be obliged to demonstrate a working pilot plant without coal, gas, or diesel.
Wind power suffers the same problems but is far less predictable. Wind droughts are a common feature. At times wind turbines drain electricity from the grid.
To maintain grid stability, the generators must charge batteries which can then supply a steady stream of electricity to the grid. This requires many more transmission lines and battery connections.
At this point the math/costs of zero-emissions with 100% solar/wind become preposterous. And the ecological disruption becomes enormous.
When Danish windmills stand silent, they import hydropower from Scandinavia. When German solar panels are covered in snow, they import nuclear electricity from France. And California can draw power from Canada.
But Australia is an island. When the grid fails, Tasmanian hydro or New Zealand geothermal are the closest reliable-energy neighbors.
The looming COVID Depression has no room for more green energy silliness. We cannot afford to mollycoddle an aging failing technology. A hard, dangerous new world is coming. To survive we will need cheap reliable energy — coal, gas, nuclear or hydro.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-08-31--Radical Greens Have Provided The Legal Tools To Stop Wind & Solar

Written by Craig Rucker , guest post on .
Posted in Latest news Fracking ( horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing ) has unleashed bounties of US oil and natural gas , dramatically reduced energy prices from their historic 2008 peak , saved families and industries billions of dollars annually , helped create and sustain millions of American jobs , made the United States stronger militarily and turned it into a net energy exporter .
Those fixated on alleged climate dangers from fossil fuels don ’ t care .
In fact , they are aghast and angry about this oil and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ production , they have focused on blocking pipelines .
If companies can ’ t get oil and gas to markets , Greens reason that production will dwindle , companies will go bankrupt , and the case for supposedly renewable energy will grow stronger .
Acceding to their demands , tunnel-visioned federal judges recently blocked the Atlantic Coast Pipeline , told operators to shut down and drain the fully operational Dakota Access Pipeline , and mandated still more studies for Keystone XL and 75 other pipelines .
The judges issued these decisions in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ siltation , protecting endangered species , safeguarding scenic views , stopping greenhouse gas emissions , and protecting other environmental values .
They effectively deemed it irrelevant that fossil fuels still provide over 80 % of all the energy that powers American industries , homes , and living standards , and that virtually invisible underground pipelines replace much more dangerous alternatives .
The Dakota Access Pipeline alone replaces some 255,000 oil tanker railcars going through our towns and cities , or 730,000 semi-trailer tanker trucks on our highways , every year !
The activists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stream sedimentation , and ecological impacts during pipeline construction are unacceptable .
Even after a US Supreme Court decision reversed the ACP decision , the company sponsors canceled the project anyway , due to threats of more costly lawsuits and delays ad infinitum .
Even more extreme , Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want no fossil fuels , and net-zero carbon dioxide emissions , by 2050 .
They claim this will lead the world in eliminating climate and environmental catastrophes .
In reality , the impacts on the US and global environments would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and natural gas generated 2.6 billion megawatt-hours of America ’ s electricity .
Natural gas also provided the equivalent of 2.7 billion MWh of fuel for factories , businesses , and homes .
Internal combustion vehicles used over 2.0 billion MWh equivalent of gasoline and diesel .
Under the Biden-AOC Green New Deal , all those 7.3 billion megawatt-hours of electricity would come from “ clean , green , renewable , sustainable ” sources .
Wind and sunshine certainly fit that description .
However , harnessing this intermittent power definitely does not .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ turbines and solar panels , and warehouses of huge batteries to provide backup power for only a week of windless , sunless days – especially since the more wind and solar we demand , the more we must put turbines and panels in low-quality locations .
Without them , we would be hit by hundreds of rolling blackouts every year , like the ones that have been clobbering California .
A recent analysis concludes that generating all that electricity would require some 17 billion sun-tracking solar panels ; or 25 billion fixed thin-film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wind turbines ; or 260,000 monstrous 10-MW offshore turbines ; or some combination of those facilities .
We ’ d also need nearly two billion half-ton Tesla battery modules , and thousands of miles of new transmission lines across America .
Building and installing these massive facilities would require tens of billions of tons of concrete , steel , copper , aluminum , cobalt , rare earth elements , fiberglass composites , and dozens of other materials .
Getting those raw materials would require mining , processing , and smelting hundreds of billions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the world , but mostly from companies owned or controlled by China – almost all with fossil fuels ; without regard for US pollution control , wildlife protection or workplace safety laws ; and all too often using child and near-slave labor .
The turbines and panels would sprawl across hundreds of millions of acres of crop , scenic , and habitat lands .
Construction would scar landscapes , remove mountaintops , rip through forests , destroy scenic vistas , obliterate wildlife habitats , fill streams with sediment during construction , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and birds .
Dominion Energy alone plans to construct solar panels in rural Virginia on lands totaling eight times Washington , DC , to serve a small fraction of the state ’ s electricity needs .
Multiply that times 50 states and thousands of communities in a 100 % electric economy , and you can begin to envision the ecological devastation from this “ clean , green , renewable , sustainable ” energy .
The 600- to 850-foot-tall wind turbines would slaughter millions of raptors , other birds , and bats annually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Residential , business , hospital , and school electricity rates would skyrocket .
America ’ s economy and job market would never recover from COVID .
A few landowners – and a lot of utility company officers and investors – would get rich .
But other people would suffer from infrasound and light flicker , watch their beautiful landscapes disappear forever , and get no compensation whatsoever .
The turbines , panels , and batteries have short lifespans and are generally non-recyclable .
Most would end up in enormous landfills .
Vast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and trash colonies for politically powerful urban centers .
But on one positive note , years of pipeline lawsuits , human rights campaigns , and battles over mining and US and global air and water pollution have set powerful legal precedents .
Landowners , citizen groups , human rights defenders and environmentalists not fixated on climate change will be able to use them to delay , block , bankrupt and scuttle many or most of these destructive pseudo-renewable energy projects .
They will also demand that wind , solar , battery and electric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are responsibly sourced – in accordance with all US laws and ethics .
Utilities think they hit a buzz saw over pipelines .
Radical greens think they won this war .
It could be a Pyrrhic victory if those laws , regulations , EIS rules , and judicial decisions are applied to wind and solar .
In fact , they are potentially powerful pipeline precedents .
And if regulators , politicians , and the courts apply double standards – one for fossil fuels and one for pseudo-renewables , akin to one for rioters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could become extremely troublesome , to say the least .
It could turn into real resistance , rebellion , and conflict .
It ’ s time for civilized debates , with no cancel-culture interference , on all these issues , before that happens .
Craig Rucker is president of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow ( www.CFACT.org ) , a public policy education organization devoted to both people and the planet .

Written by Craig Rucker, guest post on Aug 31, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Fracking (horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing) has unleashed bounties of US oil and natural gas, dramatically reduced energy prices from their historic 2008 peak, saved families and industries billions of dollars annually, helped create and sustain millions of American jobs, made the United States stronger militarily and turned it into a net energy exporter.
Those fixated on alleged climate dangers from fossil fuels don’t care. In fact, they are aghast and angry about this oil and gas renaissance. Unable to stop all production, they have focused on blocking pipelines.
If companies can’t get oil and gas to markets, Greens reason that production will dwindle, companies will go bankrupt, and the case for supposedly renewable energy will grow stronger.
Acceding to their demands, tunnel-visioned federal judges recently blocked the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, told operators to shut down and drain the fully operational Dakota Access Pipeline, and mandated still more studies for Keystone XL and 75 other pipelines.
The judges issued these decisions in the name of preserving wetlands, preventing stream siltation, protecting endangered species, safeguarding scenic views, stopping greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting other environmental values.
They effectively deemed it irrelevant that fossil fuels still provide over 80% of all the energy that powers American industries, homes, and living standards, and that virtually invisible underground pipelines replace much more dangerous alternatives.
The Dakota Access Pipeline alone replaces some 255,000 oil tanker railcars going through our towns and cities, or 730,000 semi-trailer tanker trucks on our highways, every year!
The activists and judges said even short-term scenic, stream sedimentation, and ecological impacts during pipeline construction are unacceptable.
Even after a US Supreme Court decision reversed the ACP decision, the company sponsors canceled the project anyway, due to threats of more costly lawsuits and delays ad infinitum.
Even more extreme, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want no fossil fuels, and net-zero carbon dioxide emissions, by 2050.
They claim this will lead the world in eliminating climate and environmental catastrophes. In reality, the impacts on the US and global environments would be monumental.
In 2018, coal and natural gas generated 2.6 billion megawatt-hours of America’s electricity. Natural gas also provided the equivalent of 2.7 billion MWh of fuel for factories, businesses, and homes. Internal combustion vehicles used over 2.0 billion MWh equivalent of gasoline and diesel.
Under the Biden-AOC Green New Deal, all those 7.3 billion megawatt-hours of electricity would come from “clean, green, renewable, sustainable” sources. Wind and sunshine certainly fit that description.
However, harnessing this intermittent power definitely does not. That would require unimaginable numbers of wind turbines and solar panels, and warehouses of huge batteries to provide backup power for only a week of windless, sunless days – especially since the more wind and solar we demand, the more we must put turbines and panels in low-quality locations.
Without them, we would be hit by hundreds of rolling blackouts every year, like the ones that have been clobbering California.
A recent analysis concludes that generating all that electricity would require some 17 billion sun-tracking solar panels; or 25 billion fixed thin-film panels; or 3.5 million 1.8-MW onshore wind turbines; or 260,000 monstrous 10-MW offshore turbines; or some combination of those facilities.
We’d also need nearly two billion half-ton Tesla battery modules, and thousands of miles of new transmission lines across America.
Building and installing these massive facilities would require tens of billions of tons of concrete, steel, copper, aluminum, cobalt, rare earth elements, fiberglass composites, and dozens of other materials.
Getting those raw materials would require mining, processing, and smelting hundreds of billions of tons of ore, from all around the world, but mostly from companies owned or controlled by China – almost all with fossil fuels; without regard for US pollution control, wildlife protection or workplace safety laws; and all too often using child and near-slave labor.
The turbines and panels would sprawl across hundreds of millions of acres of crop, scenic, and habitat lands.
Construction would scar landscapes, remove mountaintops, rip through forests, destroy scenic vistas, obliterate wildlife habitats, fill streams with sediment during construction, and displace or kill endangered plants, animals, and birds.
Dominion Energy alone plans to construct solar panels in rural Virginia on lands totaling eight times Washington, DC, to serve a small fraction of the state’s electricity needs.
Multiply that times 50 states and thousands of communities in a 100% electric economy, and you can begin to envision the ecological devastation from this “clean, green, renewable, sustainable” energy.
The 600- to 850-foot-tall wind turbines would slaughter millions of raptors, other birds, and bats annually, completely eradicating them in many areas.
Residential, business, hospital, and school electricity rates would skyrocket. America’s economy and job market would never recover from COVID.
A few landowners – and a lot of utility company officers and investors – would get rich. But other people would suffer from infrasound and light flicker, watch their beautiful landscapes disappear forever, and get no compensation whatsoever.
The turbines, panels, and batteries have short lifespans and are generally non-recyclable. Most would end up in enormous landfills. Vast rural areas would be turned into energy and trash colonies for politically powerful urban centers.
But on one positive note, years of pipeline lawsuits, human rights campaigns, and battles over mining and US and global air and water pollution have set powerful legal precedents.
Landowners, citizen groups, human rights defenders and environmentalists not fixated on climate change will be able to use them to delay, block, bankrupt and scuttle many or most of these destructive pseudo-renewable energy projects.
They will also demand that wind, solar, battery and electric vehicle metals, minerals, and components are responsibly sourced – in accordance with all US laws and ethics.
Utilities think they hit a buzz saw over pipelines. Radical greens think they won this war. It could be a Pyrrhic victory if those laws, regulations, EIS rules, and judicial decisions are applied to wind and solar. In fact, they are potentially powerful pipeline precedents.
And if regulators, politicians, and the courts apply double standards – one for fossil fuels and one for pseudo-renewables, akin to one for rioters and another for churchgoers – the situation could become extremely troublesome, to say the least. It could turn into real resistance, rebellion, and conflict.
It’s time for civilized debates, with no cancel-culture interference, on all these issues, before that happens.
Craig Rucker is president of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (www.CFACT.org), a public policy education organization devoted to both people and the planet.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-01--NPR Paints Wildfire Apocalypse – As Droughts, Fires Decline

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news Among the top items in a Google News search under “ climate change , ” National Public Radio ( NPR ) is warning of a wildfire apocalypse , even as the United Nations reports a decline in drought and objective data to show a decline in wildfires .
The NPR article , “ Everything Is Unprecedented .
Welcome To Your Hotter Earth , ” asserts global warming makes wildfires worse , claiming “ the most power wildfires … are all in our future.
” That would require a sudden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Drought is the primary climate component that would affect wildfires .
Yet , as reported in Climate at a Glance : Drought , the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) reports with “ high confidence ” that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere ( including the United States ) during the past 70 years .
Also , IPCC has “ low confidence ” about any negative precipitation trends occurring globally .
Moreover , in 2017 and 2019 , the United States registered its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in recorded history .
Furthermore , the United States is undergoing its longest period in recorded history with less than 40 percent of the country experiencing “ very dry ” conditions .
If global warming is making drought – and thus wildfires – more frequent and severe , why do the objective data show exactly the opposite ?
Data from federal government sources confirm the IPCC ’ s findings .
As reported in Climate at a Glance : Wildfires , long-term data from U.S. National Interagency Fire Center ( NIFC ) show wildfires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent decades .
Using data on U.S. wildfires from as far back as 1926 , NIFC reports the number of acres burned is far less now than it was throughout the early 20th century .
As Figure 1 below shows , current acres burned run about 1/4th to 1/5th of the record values which occurred in the 1930s .
Globally , the data on wildfires are just as clear .
In his book False Alarm , Bjorn Lomborg observes : “ There is plenty of evidence for a reduction in the level of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ showing a 25 percent reduction globally in burned areas just over the past 18 years … In total , the global amount of area burned as declined by more than 540,000 square miles , from 1.9 million square miles in the early part of the last century to 1.4 million square miles today.
” It is easy to make unjustified , alarmist climate change claims .
We at Climate Realism , however , will continue to set the record straight .

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on Sep 1, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Among the top items in a Google News search under “climate change,” National Public Radio (NPR) is warning of a wildfire apocalypse, even as the United Nations reports a decline in drought and objective data to show a decline in wildfires.
The NPR article, “Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth,” asserts global warming makes wildfires worse, claiming “the most power wildfires … are all in our future.” That would require a sudden and unexplained reversal in recent climate trends.
Drought is the primary climate component that would affect wildfires. Yet, as reported in Climate at a Glance: Drought, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports with “high confidence” that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere (including the United States) during the past 70 years.
Also, IPCC has “low confidence” about any negative precipitation trends occurring globally.
Moreover, in 2017 and 2019, the United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history.
Furthermore, the United States is undergoing its longest period in recorded history with less than 40 percent of the country experiencing “very dry” conditions.
If global warming is making drought – and thus wildfires – more frequent and severe, why do the objective data show exactly the opposite?
Data from federal government sources confirm the IPCC’s findings. As reported in Climate at a Glance: Wildfires, long-term data from U.S. National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) show wildfires have declined in number and severity in recent decades.
Using data on U.S. wildfires from as far back as 1926, NIFC reports the number of acres burned is far less now than it was throughout the early 20th century.
As Figure 1 below shows, current acres burned run about 1/4th to 1/5th of the record values which occurred in the 1930s.
Globally, the data on wildfires are just as clear. In his book False Alarm, Bjorn Lomborg observes:
“There is plenty of evidence for a reduction in the level of devastation caused by fire, with satellites showing a 25 percent reduction globally in burned areas just over the past 18 years … In total, the global amount of area burned as declined by more than 540,000 square miles, from 1.9 million square miles in the early part of the last century to 1.4 million square miles today.”
It is easy to make unjustified, alarmist climate change claims. We at Climate Realism, however, will continue to set the record straight.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-01--Scientific Rebuttal Of Kamala Harris’s Unscientific Climate Tweet

Written by Joe Bastardi on .
Posted in Latest news Honestly , sometimes I marvel at things like this .
Outrageous statements such as these are gifts that keep on giving .
1 ) Wildfires are less than 20 % of the early 20th century in acreage burned .
2 ) Hurricane ACE index/storm near record lows this year , globally no increase .
EPAC/WPAC well below average .
So is total global production this season .
3 ) Much worse storms have always run rampant than what we see now .
The list is legion and too numerous to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compared to the 1930s , and if you didn ’ t have rolling blackouts due to bad energy policy , there would be fewer problems .
Why the rest of the nation would want to adopt the example of California is beyond any rational person ’ s belief .
Besides , cold kills more than warm , another fact ignored .
Obviously , the person making this statement either does not know these facts ( or does ) and simply seeks to hide them to push a false message .
There can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris does not understand that earlier periods were as warm as today and were called climate optimums , not climate emergencies .
We can go on and on , but in this case , brevity makes the point .
Joe Bastardi is a pioneer in extreme weather and long-range forecasting .
He is the author of “ The Climate Chronicles : Inconvenient Revelations You Won ’ t Hear From Al Gore — and Others ” .

Written by Joe Bastardi on Sep 1, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Honestly, sometimes I marvel at things like this.
It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.
Outrageous statements such as these are gifts that keep on giving.
Let’s check the facts:
1) Wildfires are less than 20% of the early 20th century in acreage burned.
2) Hurricane ACE index/storm near record lows this year, globally no increase. EPAC/WPAC well below average. So is total global production this season.
3) Much worse storms have always run rampant than what we see now. The list is legion and too numerous to name.
4) Heatwaves are nothing compared to the 1930s, and if you didn’t have rolling blackouts due to bad energy policy, there would be fewer problems.
Why the rest of the nation would want to adopt the example of California is beyond any rational person’s belief. Besides, cold kills more than warm, another fact ignored.
Obviously, the person making this statement either does not know these facts (or does) and simply seeks to hide them to push a false message. There can be no other conclusion.
Apparently, Kamala Harris does not understand that earlier periods were as warm as today and were called climate optimums, not climate emergencies. We can go on and on, but in this case, brevity makes the point.
Joe Bastardi is a pioneer in extreme weather and long-range forecasting. He is the author of “The Climate Chronicles: Inconvenient Revelations You Won’t Hear From Al Gore — and Others”.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-01--Summer Snow In Parts Of Wyoming, Montana Amid ‘Freezing’ Temps

Written by Travis Fedschun on .
Posted in Latest news It may be the tail end of summer , but some parts out West on Monday skipped right to winter .
Higher elevations in parts of Wyoming and Montana saw some snowfall on Monday as a cold front brought in weather more appropriate for winter than late August .
The National Weather Service ( NWS ) had issued a hazardous weather alert for freezing conditions on Sunday night into Monday .
“ Freezing temperatures are expected early this morning for the far western valleys , ” the NWS forecast office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hiker exploring the Teton Pass in Wyoming captured some of the snow falling in a lush forest in the region .
Cameras from the Wyoming Department of Transportation ( WYDOT ) showed snow falling along State Route 22 over Teton Pass .
The frosty weather made for dangerous road conditions , with one crash reported along Teton Pass Monday afternoon .
Drivers were urged to be careful while driving in conditions more appropriate for December than August , as temperatures also fell into the 30s .
The resort shared videos of flakes falling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The flakes out West may be a precursor to what could be a rough winter ahead .
The Farmers ’ Almanac recently released its extended forecast for the 2020-2021 season , which shows this upcoming winter could be brutally cold and snowy for much of the country .
“ Based on our time-tested weather formula , the forecast for the upcoming winter looks a lot different from last year , quite divided with some very intense cold snaps and snowfall , ” editor Peter Geiger said in a statement .
Long-range forecasts from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ below-normal temperatures in areas from the Great Lakes and Midwest stretching westward over the Northern and Central Plains and into the Rockies .

Written by Travis Fedschun on Sep 1, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
It may be the tail end of summer, but some parts out West on Monday skipped right to winter.
Higher elevations in parts of Wyoming and Montana saw some snowfall on Monday as a cold front brought in weather more appropriate for winter than late August.
The National Weather Service (NWS) had issued a hazardous weather alert for freezing conditions on Sunday night into Monday.
“Freezing temperatures are expected early this morning for the far western valleys,” the NWS forecast office for Riverton, Wyo said.
A hiker exploring the Teton Pass in Wyoming captured some of the snow falling in a lush forest in the region.
Cameras from the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) showed snow falling along State Route 22 over Teton Pass.
The frosty weather made for dangerous road conditions, with one crash reported along Teton Pass Monday afternoon.
Drivers were urged to be careful while driving in conditions more appropriate for December than August, as temperatures also fell into the 30s.
In Montana, Big Sky Resort also reported snow, tweeting “when seasons collide.”
The resort shared videos of flakes falling and accumulating on some surfaces. …
The flakes out West may be a precursor to what could be a rough winter ahead.
The Farmers’ Almanac recently released its extended forecast for the 2020-2021 season, which shows this upcoming winter could be brutally cold and snowy for much of the country.
“Based on our time-tested weather formula, the forecast for the upcoming winter looks a lot different from last year, quite divided with some very intense cold snaps and snowfall,” editor Peter Geiger said in a statement.
Long-range forecasts from the periodical are calling for normal to below-normal temperatures in areas from the Great Lakes and Midwest stretching westward over the Northern and Central Plains and into the Rockies.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-01--Study: 90% Of Power Companies Prioritize Reliable Fuels Over Renewables

Written by Matt McGrath on .
Posted in Latest news New research suggests that power companies are dragging their feet when it comes to embracing green energy sources such as wind and solar .
Only one in 10 energy suppliers globally has prioritized renewables over fossil fuels , the study finds .
Even those that are spending on greener energy are continuing to invest in carbon-heavy coal and natural gas .
The lead researcher says the slow uptake undermines global efforts to tackle climate change .
In countries like the UK and across Europe , renewable energy has taken a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 40 % of Britain ’ s electricity coming from wind and solar last year .
But while green energy has boomed around the world in recent years , many of the new wind and solar power installations have been built by independent producers .
Large scale utility companies , including many state and city-owned enterprises , have been much slower to go green , according to this new study .
The research looked at more than 3,000 electricity companies worldwide and used machine learning techniques to analyze their activities over the past two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 % of the companies had expanded their renewable-based power generation more quickly than their gas or coal-fired capacity .
Of this small proportion that spent more on renewables , many continued to invest in fossil fuels , although at a lower rate .

Written by Matt McGrath on Sep 1, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
New research suggests that power companies are dragging their feet when it comes to embracing green energy sources such as wind and solar.
Only one in 10 energy suppliers globally has prioritized renewables over fossil fuels, the study finds.
Even those that are spending on greener energy are continuing to invest in carbon-heavy coal and natural gas.
The lead researcher says the slow uptake undermines global efforts to tackle climate change.
In countries like the UK and across Europe, renewable energy has taken a significant share of the market, with 40% of Britain’s electricity coming from wind and solar last year.
But while green energy has boomed around the world in recent years, many of the new wind and solar power installations have been built by independent producers.
Large scale utility companies, including many state and city-owned enterprises, have been much slower to go green, according to this new study.
The research looked at more than 3,000 electricity companies worldwide and used machine learning techniques to analyze their activities over the past two decades.
The study found that only 10% of the companies had expanded their renewable-based power generation more quickly than their gas or coal-fired capacity.
Of this small proportion that spent more on renewables, many continued to invest in fossil fuels, although at a lower rate.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-01--Best Indian Rainfall Since 1901 Raises Hopes For Record Harvest

Written by Shashwat Mohanty on .
Posted in Latest news The monsoon has roared back in August with excess rain of 26 % and is likely to be among the wettest since 1901 , when the weather office started recording official data .
Rainfall is already at a record in India ’ s mid-latitude states including Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh , Gujarat , and Odisha .
This region , which the weather office categorizes as ‘ central India ’ , has received an all-time high of 482.8 mm rainfall this month .
The surge in rainfall , following a weak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record harvest of summer-sown , or Kharif crops , although there are concerns about floods , particularly in Madhya Pradesh , which is an important area for oilseeds and pulses .
From a shortage of 2 % at the start of the month , monsoon rainfall since June 1 now stands at 10 % above normal , spearheaded by the southwest monsoon remaining active in western India throughout the month .
Rains in north India were also normal , after a disastrous July that saw the region suffer a 26 % rain deficit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen surplus rainfall .
Since the monsoon season started on June 1 , nearly 90 % of India has seen normal or above normal rain , said the India Meteorological Department ( IMD ) .
The first two weeks of September are likely to continue seeing normal or above normal rain , according to the weather office .
Thereafter , rainfall is likely to weaken over most parts of the country , as the monsoon starts its withdrawal .
However , global weather forecasters have issued a La Nina .

Written by Shashwat Mohanty on Sep 1, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The monsoon has roared back in August with excess rain of 26% and is likely to be among the wettest since 1901, when the weather office started recording official data.
Rainfall is already at a record in India’s mid-latitude states including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Odisha.
This region, which the weather office categorizes as ‘central India’, has received an all-time high of 482.8 mm rainfall this month.
The surge in rainfall, following a weak July, has raised hopes of a record harvest of summer-sown, or Kharif crops, although there are concerns about floods, particularly in Madhya Pradesh, which is an important area for oilseeds and pulses.
From a shortage of 2% at the start of the month, monsoon rainfall since June 1 now stands at 10% above normal, spearheaded by the southwest monsoon remaining active in western India throughout the month.
Rains in north India were also normal, after a disastrous July that saw the region suffer a 26% rain deficit. …
Most days in August have seen surplus rainfall. Since the monsoon season started on June 1, nearly 90% of India has seen normal or above normal rain, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The first two weeks of September are likely to continue seeing normal or above normal rain, according to the weather office.
Thereafter, rainfall is likely to weaken over most parts of the country, as the monsoon starts its withdrawal. However, global weather forecasters have issued a La Nina.
h/t GWPF
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-01--Like Biden, Kamala Harris Has Endorsed A Complete Fracking Ban

Written by David Rutz on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos Though Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised Monday that he would not ban fracking , his running mate Kamala Harris emphatically supported banning fracking during her failed presidential campaign .
“ There is no question I ’ m in favor of banning fracking , ” Harris said on Sept. 4 .
“ We have to acknowledge that the residual impact of fracking is enormous in terms of the impact on the health and safety of communities.
” Biden has also repeatedly promised to “ get rid of fossil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ love to ” get rid of fracking entirely .
Biden said he did not favor an outright fracking ban during the Democratic primary , instead pledging there would be “ no new fracking ” on federal lands .
But he said “ yes ” to a woman in January when she suggested stopping fracking and he told a climate change activist in December he would “ love to ” ban the practice , although doing it immediately was unrealistic .
“ I ’ d love to [ ban it ] too , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ d love to make sure we don ’ t use oil or gas , period.
” In a debate on March 15 , he said there would be “ no ability for the oil industry to continue to drill , period.
” His campaign website does not mention fracking but states he would ban “ new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters.
” He also answered “ yes ” at a debate on Dec. 19 when asked if he would be willing to displace thousands of workers employed by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At a debate on July 31 , 2019 , CNN moderator Dana Bash asked Biden , “ would there be any place for fossil fuels including coal and fracking in a Biden administration ?
” “ No , ” he said .
“ We would work it out .
We would make sure it ’ s eliminated , and no more subsidies for either one of those .
Any fossil fuel.
” Sens .
Bernie Sanders ( I. , Vt. ) , Elizabeth Warren ( D. , Mass . )
, and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are among the 2020 Democratic hopefuls who support a complete ban on fracking and have endorsed Biden ’ s candidacy .

Written by David Rutz on Sep 1, 2020 . Posted in Latest news, Videos
Though Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised Monday that he would not ban fracking, his running mate Kamala Harris emphatically supported banning fracking during her failed presidential campaign.
“There is no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris said on Sept. 4. “We have to acknowledge that the residual impact of fracking is enormous in terms of the impact on the health and safety of communities.”
Biden has also repeatedly promised to “get rid of fossil fuels” and even said he would “love to” get rid of fracking entirely.
Biden said he did not favor an outright fracking ban during the Democratic primary, instead pledging there would be “no new fracking” on federal lands.
But he said “yes” to a woman in January when she suggested stopping fracking and he told a climate change activist in December he would “love to” ban the practice, although doing it immediately was unrealistic.
“I’d love to [ban it] too,” Biden said. “I’d love to make sure we don’t use oil or gas, period.”
In a debate on March 15, he said there would be “no ability for the oil industry to continue to drill, period.” His campaign website does not mention fracking but states he would ban “new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters.”
He also answered “yes” at a debate on Dec. 19 when asked if he would be willing to displace thousands of workers employed by the fracking energy boom for a greener economy.
At a debate on July 31, 2019, CNN moderator Dana Bash asked Biden, “would there be any place for fossil fuels including coal and fracking in a Biden administration?”
“No,” he said. “We would work it out. We would make sure it’s eliminated, and no more subsidies for either one of those. Any fossil fuel.”
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), and Cory Booker (D., N.J.) are among the 2020 Democratic hopefuls who support a complete ban on fracking and have endorsed Biden’s candidacy.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-01--The Hill Defends Months Of Biden Promising To Ban Fracking

Written by Joseph Vazquez on .
Posted in Latest news Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden just contradicted himself by claiming he was “ not banning fracking.
” Liberal outlet The Hill not only defended it but accused President Donald Trump of falsely stating Biden ’ s position .
Biden pretended Monday in Pennsylvania : “ I am not banning fracking .
Let me say that again : I am not banning fracking .
No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me.
” The Hill parroted this , and crazily said that “ Throughout the Republican National Convention last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate and energy plan , offering a number of misleading comments.
” At the bottom of the piece , The Hill said that Trump “ falsely stated ” during the Republican National Convention that “ ‘ Biden has promised to abolish the production of American oil , coal , shale and natural gas.
’ ” The Hill brazenly argued : “ Biden ’ s climate plan calls for ending new oil and gas leases on public lands , but it would not ban oil drilling and does not bar any specific method for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignored mentioning Biden ’ s own comments to CNN ’ s Dana Bash during the second Democratic presidential debate last year , where Biden said he would make sure both fracking and fossil fuels would be “ eliminated : ” BASH : Just to clarify .
Would there be any place for fossil fuels , including coal and fracking , in a Biden administration ?
” BIDEN : No .
We would work it out .
We would make sure it ’ s eliminated and no more subsidies for either one of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ During the March 15 , 2020 , Democratic presidential debate , Biden said of fracking : “ No more — no new fracking.
” The Washington Post headlined its video grab : “ Biden indicates from the debate stage that he would ban all fracking.
” [ Emphasis added . ]
Grabien News founder Tom Elliot cut a video of Biden saying at a New Hampshire event in February : “ We are going to get rid of fossil fuels.
” In January , Joe Biden said in a video that he would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Hampshire voter .
The Hill initially didn ’ t mention any of this .
It instead said that “ Biden ’ s climate plan calls for ending new oil and gas leases on public lands , but it would not ban oil drilling and does not bar any specific method for extracting fossil fuels.
” [ Emphasis added . ]
The article was later stealth-edited to include a brief note on Biden ’ s comments during the March 15 debate : “ [ Biden ] caused confusion during the March Democratic debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new fracking . '
” No editor ’ s note was included in the addition .
The Hill also attempted to isolate Biden ’ s energy plan away from his former Democratic challengers as being less radical : Contact The Hill Editorial department at editor @ thehill.com and demand they correct the record on Biden ’ s past support for banning fracking .

Written by Joseph Vazquez on Sep 1, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden just contradicted himself by claiming he was “not banning fracking.”
Liberal outlet The Hill not only defended it but accused President Donald Trump of falsely stating Biden’s position.
Biden pretended Monday in Pennsylvania: “I am not banning fracking. Let me say that again: I am not banning fracking. No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me.”
The Hill parroted this, and crazily said that “Throughout the Republican National Convention last week, speakers attacked Biden’s climate and energy plan, offering a number of misleading comments.”
At the bottom of the piece, The Hill said that Trump “falsely stated” during the Republican National Convention that “‘Biden has promised to abolish the production of American oil, coal, shale and natural gas.’”
Watch Biden’s comments below from Pennsylvania:
Biden discusses his energy plan: “I am not banning fracking. Let me say that again: I am not banning fracking. No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me.” https://t.co/LBywpukq9G pic.twitter.com/B5QXkBoQbt — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2020
The Hill brazenly argued: “Biden’s climate plan calls for ending new oil and gas leases on public lands, but it would not ban oil drilling and does not bar any specific method for extracting fossil fuels.”
The article completely ignored mentioning Biden’s own comments to CNN’s Dana Bash during the second Democratic presidential debate last year, where Biden said he would make sure both fracking and fossil fuels would be “eliminated:”
BASH: Just to clarify. Would there be any place for fossil fuels, including coal and fracking, in a Biden administration?” BIDEN: No. We would work it out. We would make sure it’s eliminated and no more subsidies for either one of those. Either — any fossil fuel.
During the March 15, 2020, Democratic presidential debate, Biden said of fracking: “No more — no new fracking.”
The Washington Post headlined its video grab: “Biden indicates from the debate stage that he would ban all fracking.” [Emphasis added.]
Grabien News founder Tom Elliot cut a video of Biden saying at a New Hampshire event in February: “We are going to get rid of fossil fuels.”
In January, Joe Biden said in a video that he would end fracking in an exchange with a New Hampshire voter.
PROSPECTIVE VOTER: But like, what about, say, stopping fracking?” PROSPECTIVE VOTER: And stopping … BIDEN: Yes. PROSPECTIVE VOTER: … pipeline infrastructure? BIDEN: Yes.
The Hill initially didn’t mention any of this. It instead said that “Biden’s climate plan calls for ending new oil and gas leases on public lands, but it would not ban oil drilling and does not bar any specific method for extracting fossil fuels.” [Emphasis added.]
The article was later stealth-edited to include a brief note on Biden’s comments during the March 15 debate: “[Biden] caused confusion during the March Democratic debate by saying he would not support ‘new fracking.'”
No editor’s note was included in the addition.
SUPERCUT: Biden promises “no more” fracking if he’s elected President. pic.twitter.com/iWcsU2Yam8 — Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) August 31, 2020
The Hill also attempted to isolate Biden’s energy plan away from his former Democratic challengers as being less radical:
Biden’s climate plan wasn’t as bold as some of his earlier Democratic challengers, but it is still the most ambitious climate plan ever put forth by a presidential nominee.
Contact The Hill Editorial department at editor@thehill.com and demand they correct the record on Biden’s past support for banning fracking.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-02--The Folly Of Toronto’s Green Economics

The Folly Of Toronto’s Green Economics

Written by Rex Murphy on .
Posted in Latest news Among the many items that stimulate curiosity about how public officials think , there was a small story out of Toronto concerning the city ’ s plans for a post-COVID green economy .
It is a story that is also pertinent to the federal government ’ s overall goal of leveraging the COVID-induced meltdown of the Canadian economy to pursue , with all the flamboyance that the cause can stimulate , its treasured ideal of fighting apocalyptic global warming .
The nub of the story is that Toronto ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , going to be outfitted with solar panels .
From one online resource , we read : “ The City of Toronto is modifying its medical vehicles to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.… The Canadian government will release up to $ 1.1 million to help the city in this transformation.
” The report continues : “ This funding comes from the ministry of environment and climate change.
” To which I reply : where else ?
I can think of many accouterments to ambulances — diagnostic equipment , better pay for the staff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that would better fit with their actual purpose — saving lives — than solar panels .
But the ministry of climate change — I presume having passed on miniature windmills for the hood — was probably most joyous when the request came through .
As for the need for such panels , or their utility for the service in question , who in the climate change bureau would ask such questions ?
Toronto Mayor John Tory is very much in agreement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when it comes to the beautiful oxymoron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a city whose progressive credentials are easily equal to those of Portland or Seattle , both havens of advanced social thought , so Torontonians have a high tolerance for progressive schemes and politicians .
It is , therefore , no surprise that so inventive , so original an initiative to stave off planetary oblivion as solar-paneling one city ’ s ambulance fleet occurred to him or was passed on from some green confrere .
Knowing that his city will be doing its bit surely made his fine civic heart thump a little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will be very good for the residents of Toronto to know that any time one of them has to be carted off at high speed to the emergency department , as a smidgen of consolation for the personal crisis being endured , that person will have the knowledge that he or she is helping to save the rainforest .
And probably giving an anorexic polar bear a few more minutes on a melting ice pan .
Not to mention “ offsetting , ” however infinitesimally , the emissions from China ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Such consolation will not be available , of course , should 911 be called on a rainy day , or during the night .
I think it was either Al Einstein or Al Gore who established the principle that you can not gather the beams of the sun during the periods when it is not shining .
And even on the brightest day , driving an ambulance through the shadowed canyons of Bay Street will foil any harvesting of the sun ’ s beams .
But there is still much to be said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For symbolism , and nothing practical beyond pure symbolism is what green economics is all about .
To put it in bare language , the Liberal craze for being seen as warriors against global warming is all about showing other countries how sublimely climate-virtuous we are .
It ’ s a summons for applause and praise from the green “ thinkers ” of the world , and a humble “ giving the knee ” to the IPCC .
Providing over $ 1 million for solar panels ( and hybrid motors ) for Toronto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the plan can not be limited just to one city .
So expect many more millions to be passed out to every other city and outsized town for rooftop sun-trapping accessories for every other ambulance service in Canada .
I take this folly as representative of what , in reality , is meant when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks so confidently about a green recovery and how all Canadians understand that it is what we must do .
Shut down the oilfields , yes .
But we ’ re going to green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the slack .
That ’ ll work .
Alberta will drop all thoughts of Wexit .
There is nothing so unpromising in practical terms , so irrelevant to the real challenges of our time or so fruitful of strange and eccentric projects underwritten by the public purse as subservience to green politics .
Toronto ’ s future ambulance fleet is just a small illustration of what passes for green economics .
We shall see an exponential explosion of far larger , far more wasteful projects once the promised post-COVID recovery goes into full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front may be that it is unlikely that the Kielburger brothers will be invited to manage it .
As an addendum , may I add that in my home province of fog-enshrouded , snow-blinded Newfoundland , the idea of harvesting sunlight , for ambulances or any other thing , would be seen as a sign of psychological distress , and a pitifully thin relationship with the nature of things .

Written by Rex Murphy on Sep 2, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Among the many items that stimulate curiosity about how public officials think, there was a small story out of Toronto concerning the city’s plans for a post-COVID green economy.
It is a story that is also pertinent to the federal government’s overall goal of leveraging the COVID-induced meltdown of the Canadian economy to pursue, with all the flamboyance that the cause can stimulate, its treasured ideal of fighting apocalyptic global warming.
The nub of the story is that Toronto’s ambulances are, thanks to federal funding, going to be outfitted with solar panels.
From one online resource, we read: “The City of Toronto is modifying its medical vehicles to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.… The Canadian government will release up to $1.1 million to help the city in this transformation.”
The report continues: “This funding comes from the ministry of environment and climate change.” To which I reply: where else?
I can think of many accouterments to ambulances — diagnostic equipment, better pay for the staff, great tires, updated electronics — that would better fit with their actual purpose — saving lives — than solar panels.
But the ministry of climate change — I presume having passed on miniature windmills for the hood — was probably most joyous when the request came through.
As for the need for such panels, or their utility for the service in question, who in the climate change bureau would ask such questions?
Toronto Mayor John Tory is very much in agreement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when it comes to the beautiful oxymoron, “green thought.”
And Toronto is a city whose progressive credentials are easily equal to those of Portland or Seattle, both havens of advanced social thought, so Torontonians have a high tolerance for progressive schemes and politicians.
It is, therefore, no surprise that so inventive, so original an initiative to stave off planetary oblivion as solar-paneling one city’s ambulance fleet occurred to him or was passed on from some green confrere.
Knowing that his city will be doing its bit surely made his fine civic heart thump a little more vigorously.
Let us agree that it will be very good for the residents of Toronto to know that any time one of them has to be carted off at high speed to the emergency department, as a smidgen of consolation for the personal crisis being endured, that person will have the knowledge that he or she is helping to save the rainforest.
And probably giving an anorexic polar bear a few more minutes on a melting ice pan. Not to mention “offsetting,” however infinitesimally, the emissions from China’s ever-expanding fleet of coal-fired power plants.
Such consolation will not be available, of course, should 911 be called on a rainy day, or during the night.
I think it was either Al Einstein or Al Gore who established the principle that you cannot gather the beams of the sun during the periods when it is not shining.
And even on the brightest day, driving an ambulance through the shadowed canyons of Bay Street will foil any harvesting of the sun’s beams.
But there is still much to be said for the symbolism of the gesture. For symbolism, and nothing practical beyond pure symbolism is what green economics is all about.
To put it in bare language, the Liberal craze for being seen as warriors against global warming is all about showing other countries how sublimely climate-virtuous we are.
It’s a summons for applause and praise from the green “thinkers” of the world, and a humble “giving the knee” to the IPCC.
Providing over $1 million for solar panels (and hybrid motors) for Toronto ambulances is just a start. Obviously, the plan cannot be limited just to one city.
So expect many more millions to be passed out to every other city and outsized town for rooftop sun-trapping accessories for every other ambulance service in Canada.
I take this folly as representative of what, in reality, is meant when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks so confidently about a green recovery and how all Canadians understand that it is what we must do.
Shut down the oilfields, yes. But we’re going to green the ambulances in Calgary to take up the slack. That’ll work. Alberta will drop all thoughts of Wexit.
There is nothing so unpromising in practical terms, so irrelevant to the real challenges of our time or so fruitful of strange and eccentric projects underwritten by the public purse as subservience to green politics.
Toronto’s future ambulance fleet is just a small illustration of what passes for green economics.
We shall see an exponential explosion of far larger, far more wasteful projects once the promised post-COVID recovery goes into full gear.
Our only consolation on this front may be that it is unlikely that the Kielburger brothers will be invited to manage it.
As an addendum, may I add that in my home province of fog-enshrouded, snow-blinded Newfoundland, the idea of harvesting sunlight, for ambulances or any other thing, would be seen as a sign of psychological distress, and a pitifully thin relationship with the nature of things.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-02--Bushfires Royal Commission Spins Aussie Fires Into Climate Manifesto

Written by Vic Jurskis on .
Posted in Latest news The Interim Observations of the Bushfires Royal Commission are extremely disturbing .
Not because they reveal any frightening facts about climate or weather , rather because they make it clear that the Commission will accept the climate cop-out argument from fire chiefs and green academic experts who have visited holocaust upon us .
After the introductory waffle , the first observation is that : “ The 2019-2020 bushfires and the conditions leading up to them were unprecedented .
They are no longer unprecedented.
” The staff of the Commission seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ language .
Unprecedented means it never happened before .
The Black Summer fires are still unprecedented .
More importantly , the Commission has misrepresented the facts .
The conditions weren ’ t unprecedented .
During the Settlement Drought , Australia experienced conditions every bit as bad as Black Summer , during three consecutive summers , but there were no disasters because Aboriginal people were maintaining a healthy and safe landscape .
That day ’ s maximum of 109 degrees Fahrenheit on Sydney Harbour was 43 degrees celsius .
By coincidence , this was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Valley , California – the hottest known place on earth – at midday on 10th July 2013 , the Centenary of the day of the highest ever recorded temperature on earth – 134 degrees F or 570 C. But even this heat was judged to be far exceeded in the latter end of the following February , when the north-west wind again set in , and blew with a great violence for three days .
At Sydney , it fell short by one degree of what I have just recorded : but at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by every person , to surpass all that they had before felt , either there , or in any other part of the world .
… An immense flight of bats , driven before the wind , covered all the trees around the settlement , whence they every moment dropped dead , or in a dying state , unable longer to endure the burning state of the atmosphere .
Nor did the perroquettes , though tropical birds , bear it better ; the ground was strewed with them in the same condition as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global warming enthusiasts such as Tim Flannery , Greg Mullins , and Will Steffen would make of such an event were it to happen in Parramatta Park today .
There were no total fire bans in those days .
Aboriginal fires were burning 24/365 .
They even had fires on clay hearths in their bark canoes .
Tench correctly deduced the meteorological cause of the extreme conditions which these days generate multimedia warnings of catastrophe : On another day of extreme weather conditions , 5th December 1792 , a grass fire at Sydney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fences before being controlled .
On the same day Judge Advocate David Collins wrote : At Parramatta and Toongabbe also the heat was extreme ; the country there too was everywhere in flames .
Mr. Arndell was a great sufferer by it .
The fire had spread to his farm ; but by the efforts of his own people and the neighbouring settlers it was got under , and its progress supposed to be effectually checked , when an unlucky spark from a tree , which had been on fire to the topmost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hut where his people lived , it blazed out ; the hut with all the outbuildings , and thirty bushels of wheat , just got into a stack , were in a few minutes destroyed .
Thousands of houses with steel or tile roofs were destroyed during Black Summer despite our having huge firefighting armies and airforces .
The Royal Commission ’ s observations were : While there have been large fire seasons in the past , the 2019-2020 season set a new benchmark for an extreme fire season in Australia ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not only about bushfires , but also about natural disasters more generally .
Australia ’ s weather and climate agencies have told us that changes to the climate are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of natural disasters in Australia .
Further warming over the next 20 years appears to be inevitable .
Sea-levels are projected to continue to rise .
Tropical cyclones are projected to decrease in number , but increase in intensity .
Floods and bushfires are expected to become more frequent and more intense .
I pointed out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forum at Mallacoota and in my submission , that the giga-fires we are currently suffering are not natural disasters .
They are a consequence of the unprecedented accumulation of 3D continuous fuel that generates unstoppable firestorms and long-distance ember showers during extreme weather .
I also noted that the 2003 House of Reps Inquiry had identified the problem and the solution – mild burning across the landscape .
The 2004 COAG Inquiry by an Emergency Fire Chief and two Green Academics swept the solution under the carpet and gave us ongoing Holocausts and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Royal Commission into Natural Disasters and the appointment of a Commissioner – Professor Macintosh – who ’ s a professional academic climate change enthusiast didn ’ t bode well for positive outcomes .
When they redacted references to the House of Representatives solution and the COAG whitewash – all on the public record – from my submission , it left me in no doubt that the result was predetermined .
The Royal Commission was directed to consider previous bushfire inquiries .
But they published an article focusing on a number of inquiries going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short of the 2003 inquiry A Nation Charred .
Their Interim Observations are that : Bushfire behavior in well-managed forests is entirely predictable .
Firestorms in unnatural 3D continuous fuels during extreme weather are unpredictable and unstoppable .
Firebreaks , fire engines , water bombers , and fuel-reduced zones on urban fringes don ’ t work .
Australian Aborigines survived 40,000 years of climate change without them .

Written by Vic Jurskis on Sep 2, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The Interim Observations of the Bushfires Royal Commission are extremely disturbing.
Not because they reveal any frightening facts about climate or weather, rather because they make it clear that the Commission will accept the climate cop-out argument from fire chiefs and green academic experts who have visited holocaust upon us.
After the introductory waffle, the first observation is that: “The 2019-2020 bushfires and the conditions leading up to them were unprecedented. They are no longer unprecedented.”
The staff of the Commission seems to lack a command of the English language. Unprecedented means it never happened before.
The Black Summer fires are still unprecedented. More importantly, the Commission has misrepresented the facts. The conditions weren’t unprecedented.
During the Settlement Drought, Australia experienced conditions every bit as bad as Black Summer, during three consecutive summers, but there were no disasters because Aboriginal people were maintaining a healthy and safe landscape.
First Fleeter, Captain Watkin Tench wrote:
To convey an idea of the climate, in summer, I shall transcribe, from my meteorological journal, accounts of two particular days, which were the hottest we ever suffered under at Sydney. December 27th 1790. Wind NNW; it felt like the blast of a heated oven, and in proportion as it increased, the heat was found to be more intense, the sky hazy, the sun gleaming through at intervals…. At 20 minutes past two 109 degrees.
That day’s maximum of 109 degrees Fahrenheit on Sydney Harbour was 43 degrees celsius.
By coincidence, this was the temperature two centuries later at Death Valley, California – the hottest known place on earth – at midday on 10th July 2013, the Centenary of the day of the highest ever recorded temperature on earth – 134 degrees F or 570 C.
In 1791, Tench noted:
But even this heat was judged to be far exceeded in the latter end of the following February, when the north-west wind again set in, and blew with a great violence for three days. At Sydney, it fell short by one degree of what I have just recorded: but at Rose Hill, it was allowed, by every person, to surpass all that they had before felt, either there, or in any other part of the world. … An immense flight of bats, driven before the wind, covered all the trees around the settlement, whence they every moment dropped dead, or in a dying state, unable longer to endure the burning state of the atmosphere. Nor did the perroquettes, though tropical birds, bear it better; the ground was strewed with them in the same condition as the bats.
Imagine the mileage that global warming enthusiasts such as Tim Flannery, Greg Mullins, and Will Steffen would make of such an event were it to happen in Parramatta Park today.
There were no total fire bans in those days. Aboriginal fires were burning 24/365. They even had fires on clay hearths in their bark canoes.
Tench correctly deduced the meteorological cause of the extreme conditions which these days generate multimedia warnings of catastrophe:
Were I asked the cause of this intolerable heat, I should not hesitateto pronounce, that it was occasioned by the wind blowing overimmense desarts, which, I doubt not, exist in a north-west directionfrom Port Jackson, and not from fires kindled by the natives. … My other remarks on the climate will be short; it is changeable beyond any other I ever heard of…
On another day of extreme weather conditions, 5th December 1792, a grass fire at Sydney burnt one house and several gardens and fences before being controlled. On the same day Judge Advocate David Collins wrote:
At Parramatta and Toongabbe also the heat was extreme; the country there too was everywhere in flames. Mr. Arndell was a great sufferer by it. The fire had spread to his farm; but by the efforts of his own people and the neighbouring settlers it was got under, and its progress supposed to be effectually checked, when an unlucky spark from a tree, which had been on fire to the topmost branch, flying upon the thatch of the hut where his people lived, it blazed out; the hut with all the outbuildings, and thirty bushels of wheat, just got into a stack, were in a few minutes destroyed.
Thousands of houses with steel or tile roofs were destroyed during Black Summer despite our having huge firefighting armies and airforces. The Royal Commission’s observations were:
While there have been large fire seasons in the past, the 2019-2020 season set a new benchmark for an extreme fire season in Australia’s temperate forests. … Our inquiry is not only about bushfires, but also about natural disasters more generally. Australia’s weather and climate agencies have told us that changes to the climate are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of natural disasters in Australia. Further warming over the next 20 years appears to be inevitable. Sea-levels are projected to continue to rise. Tropical cyclones are projected to decrease in number, but increase in intensity. Floods and bushfires are expected to become more frequent and more intense.
I pointed out to the Royal Commission at their Community Forum at Mallacoota and in my submission, that the giga-fires we are currently suffering are not natural disasters.
They are a consequence of the unprecedented accumulation of 3D continuous fuel that generates unstoppable firestorms and long-distance ember showers during extreme weather.
I also noted that the 2003 House of Reps Inquiry had identified the problem and the solution – mild burning across the landscape.
The 2004 COAG Inquiry by an Emergency Fire Chief and two Green Academics swept the solution under the carpet and gave us ongoing Holocausts and Mass Evacuations.
The title of the Royal Commission into Natural Disasters and the appointment of a Commissioner – Professor Macintosh – who’s a professional academic climate change enthusiast didn’t bode well for positive outcomes.
When they redacted references to the House of Representatives solution and the COAG whitewash – all on the public record – from my submission, it left me in no doubt that the result was predetermined.
The Royal Commission was directed to consider previous bushfire inquiries. But they published an article focusing on a number of inquiries going back to COAG in 2004 and stopping short of the 2003 inquiry A Nation Charred.
Their Interim Observations are that:
Bushfire behaviour has become more extreme and less predictable. Catastrophic fire conditions may become more common, rendering traditional bushfire prediction models and firefighting techniques less effective. Even the most well-resourced government agencies cannot entirely protect the public from the risks of natural disasters. Some bushfires, for example, will be too large and too widespread; some Australians will live too remotely; and there are only so many firefighters, aircraft and trucks that can be deployed at the same time.
Bushfire behavior in well-managed forests is entirely predictable. Firestorms in unnatural 3D continuous fuels during extreme weather are unpredictable and unstoppable.
Firebreaks, fire engines, water bombers, and fuel-reduced zones on urban fringes don’t work. Australian Aborigines survived 40,000 years of climate change without them.
Read more at Spectator AU
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