Wall Street firms part of ‘climate cartel,’ colluded to curb emissions: House report
A U.S. congressional committee is expected to file charges on Tuesday that major Wall Street firms conspired with advocacy groups to force companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report seen by Reuters ahead of its release. The report is the first produced by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee since it began investigating […]
Emissions From Agriculture Must be “Front and Center”
Farmers and ranchers who assume that their main job is to produce food to feed hungry people stand corrected. John Kerry, the Biden administration’s special envoy on climate, wants to enlist them in the global struggle to combat the “climate crisis.” “A lot of people have no clue that agriculture contributes about 33% of all […]
Offshore Wind Is Neither Clean, Nor Green And Doesn’t Cut CO2 Emissions
America is preparing to spend trillions of taxpayer and ratepayer dollars to install thousands of offshore wind turbines – for illusory benefits. Advocates claim offshore wind energy is clean and sustainable. Wind itself certainly is, but that doesn’t mean getting energy from wind is. Relying on the wind just to provide electricity to power New […]
Scientist who contributed to UN climate report touts global virus as final solution for curbing emissions
bill mcguireThe emeritus professor of earth sciences at University College London and co-director of the New Weather Institute has long been concerned about climate change. McGuire’s specialty is volcanoes, and he contributed to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2012 report. He gave numerous scares about the weather on his BBC Radio 4 […]
Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet | Greenhouse gas emissions
Ministers are considering plans to weaken Britain’s carbon reduction plans by allowing unused portions of the last carbon budget to be rolled over into the next. This would go against the strong recommendations of the Government’s statutory climate adviser, the Committee on Climate Change. But it will make it easier to achieve your next goal. […]
Biden’s New Rule on Auto Emissions Will Accelerate Death Spiral for Auto Manufacturers
For one of the wealthier countries on this planet, America, with 330 million that represents about 4% of the world’s 8 billion on this planet, President Biden is speeding ahead with EV mandates to ditch most new gas cars by 2030. Biden may not be cognizant that 80 percent of the 8 billion on this […]
Amazon plans to deploy a dozen electric seaport trucks amid push to slash tailpipe emissions
LOS ANGELES, May 7 (Reuters) – Amazon.com said on Tuesday the Volvo electric big rigs it plans to deploy this year to pick up cargo from the country’s busiest container port in Southern California The first of 12 machines was announced. The e-commerce giant is already using eight of these semi-trucks at its Los Angeles/Long […]
Biden’s EPA pursues dramatic clampdown on emissions from power plants
On Thursday, the Biden administration announced a set of new rules to dramatically reduce pollution from coal and natural gas plants, but critics immediately called the measures a “thousand-thousand blow to America’s fossil fuel industry.” “This will lead to cuts,” he said. Under the new system, existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas-fired power […]
EPA finalizes new rules cracking down on power plant emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized four new rules Thursday that set tougher emissions limits on coal and new gas-fired power plants, taking restrictions further than the agency’s earlier proposed regulation and sparking fierce backlash from industry groups that are likely to mount a challenge in court. The rules, finalized under separate authorities including the Clean […]
Senate strikes down Biden admin’s climate regulations targeting car emissions
The Senate voted Wednesday afternoon to pass a bill that would repeal a Biden administration measure that would require states to track and set reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles on their highways. The chamber is joined by all Republicans, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Rep. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and […]