By Peter Adam ~ President Biden is doubling down on efforts to compel (“nudge” is the preferred euphemism) investors to put their hard-earned dollars into schemes that supposedly promote often misguided — but highly politicized — environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities. On Monday, March 20, he vetoed – his first such action – a […]
By Rupert Darwall ~ Fed-speak, Alan Greenspan once explained, was about practicing the art of constructive ambiguity. Testifying to Congress as Fed chairman, Greenspan would resolve a sentence in a deliberately obscure way that made it incomprehensible, “but nobody was quite sure I wasn’t saying something profound when I wasn’t.” Speaking on Tuesday at a symposium on […]
By Rupert Darwall ~ This year brings an end to an era of illusions: a year that saw the end of the post–Cold War era and the return of geopolitics; the first energy crisis of the enforced energy transition to net zero; and the year that brought environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing down to […]
By Paul Driessen ~ Warning: Your retirement fund may have been Shanghaied by BlackRock or other Wall Street asset managers who’ve unilaterally decided that the tens of trillions of dollars of other people’s money they control should be used to advance political causes they favor – to “make the world a better place.” As most […]
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ The loss and damage camel’s nose is so fuzzy at this point there may not even be a camel. Nothing has been agreed to except that a Transitional Committee will consider what might be agreed to. But it could be great fun to watch. The developing countries fighting over nothing. […]
By Craig Rucker ~ UN climate negotiators have been talking about “loss and damage,” a concept that would make you liable when bad weather strikes developing nations, since the Bali action plan in 2007. This amounts to developed nations accepting liability for extreme weather they did not cause. Naturally developing nations, the hard climate Left, […]
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Wanting ever more money and getting very little, the UN climate agenda is now calling for the global financial system to bend to its will. I am not making this up. Here is the exact quote from the COP27 final statement, under the heading Finance: “The Conference of the Parties…Highlights […]
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ This preposterous claim shows the dangerous absurdity of the “loss and damage” doctrine. At this rate of damage the global total would run around TWO HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. There is not that much money in the whole world. The $800 billion a year is from a report presented […]
By Duggan Flanakin ~ Joe Biden fell asleep (not even his most embarrassing moment!) at the Glasgow climate conference. And for good reason. It’s over. Net Zero by 2050 is dying a slow, painful death. President Xi Jinping said so. So did India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So did Africa. Good riddance. Oh, they are still […]
By Peter Murphy ~ Ten billion dollars is not what it used to be, but it still buys plenty. Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, recently announced a new Bezos Earth Fund to be endowed with $10 billion from his personal fortune. The best thing that $10 billion can fund is the truth. Scientific truth. […]
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ The year 2020 is shaping up to be one of madness when it comes to the climate change debate. Several huge milestones are in the cards and these cards are on the table. One is the US Presidential election, where the entire world wants to see if President Trump can […]
By Paul Driessen ~ The climate crisis industry incessantly claims that fossil fuel emissions are causing unprecedented temperature, climate and weather changes that pose existential threats to human civilization and our planet. The only solution, Climate Crisis, Inc. insists, is to eliminate the oil, coal and natural gas that provide 80% of the energy that […]
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ The UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland features a grand sideshow, with all sorts of groups making presentations to whoever shows up. Some countries and groups even have permanent pavilions. A lot of these shows are put on by what might be termed “fellow travelers.” These are groups with no […]
Obama, Gore other climate alarmists refuse to debate, but love to vilify – and love their money By Paul Driessen ~ Manmade climate disaster proponents know the Saul Alinksy community agitator playbook by heart. In a fight, almost anything goes. Never admit error; just change your terminology and attack again. Expand your base, by giving […]
March 24, 2023 by PA Pundits - International
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