‘Poison pill’ ruling for Lake Erie wind farm will stand, according to draft order
by Jeremy Pelzer
Cleveland.com
Ohio Power Siting Board allows rule protecting birds to stand, possibly killing Lake Erie wind farm.
Environment
Wildfires Will Get Worse Under Decades-Old Liberal Policies, Veteran Forester Says
by Chris White
The Daily Signal
Twenty years ago Bill Clinton made states responsible for managing Federal forests. In liberal states in the west that has meant less management and more and more virulent fires according to an expert forester. In this article he cites this liberal creep toward disaster.
California’s Wildfire Power Eclipse
The Editorial Board
The Wall Street Journal
California’s “green”‘ politics, from its failure to properly manage forests to its over-reliance on solar and wind energy,The Wall S has given added meaning to its fire-derived nickname the “golden state”.
Environmentalists Destroyed California’s Forests
by Edward Ring
American Greatness
“The catastrophic fires that have immolated millions of acres of forests in the Golden State were preventable, and for decades, everyone knew what had to be done,” according to the author.
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Separating Fact From Fiction About Wildfires
by H. Sterling Burnett
The Heartland Institute
California’s wildfires are a fact of life unrelated to any climate change.
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EPA chief, pushing for second Trump term, outlines vision for agency
by Rebecca Beitsch
The Hill
“Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler laid out what a second term would look like for the agency under President Trump Thursday, recounting regulations largely viewed as rollbacks by critics in a speech celebrating the agency’s 50th anniversary,” according to The Hill.
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Major drilling projects among dozens fast-tracked after Trump order
By Rebecca Beitsch and Rachel Frazin
The Hill
“Oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) are just a few of the 21 fossil fuel and mining projects the Interior Department has forwarded with reduced environmental scrutiny due to the June order,” according to The Hill.
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Stop Blaming Climate Change For California’s Fires. Many Forests, Including The Redwoods, Need Them
by Michael Shellenberger
Forbes
Apocalyptic media blame California’s forest fires on global warming. In fact, they are not only natural but an essential part of nature for the giant Sequoias.
Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Would Be a Disaster for the Environment
by James Taylor
Real Clear Energy
Biden’s emission-free America would exact a heavy price…needlessly.
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Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: Even with Laura, Louisiana Hurricanes Have Not Increased Since 1851
by Dr. Roy Spencer
Climate Depot
Storm damage is increasing but not due to more or stronger storms.
There’s no climate benefit to keeping Obama-era rules on curbing methane emissions
by Seth Whitehead, executive director, Illinois Petroleum Resources Board
Chicago Sun Times, Letters to the Editor
“The repeal of the costly and redundant methane rule could help save up to 14,000 Illinois jobs, far outweighing the negligible climate benefit,” according to the author.
National parks chief says coronavirus staff shortages shouldn’t prevent access
by Rachel Frazin
The Hill
Acting Park Service Director Margaret Everson told regional leadership in an email that public access to the parks should be a top priority
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The Green New Deal means monumental disruption
by David Wojick
The Heartland Institute
“Kamala Harris co-sponsored the Senate resolution to support the Green New Deal. Now Joe Biden has endorsed the plan. Naturally, people want to know what the GND will cost – usually meaning in state and federal government spending. But that is the wrong question. The real question is, how much do Green New Dealers expect to get out of it, at what total cost?” according to the author.
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The Trump-Administration Reforms Obama’s Misguided Methane-Emissions Rule
by Benjamin Zycher
National Review
The Trump administration has issued new rules to reform the misguided Obamarules against methane emissions. The changes are sure to incite those who believe in anthropogenic climate change.
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If You Like Lockdowns, You’ll Love the Carbon-Free Future
by Paul Tice
The Wall St. Journal
“The climate-change movement is taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic, equating it with the “existential crisis” of man-made global warming. While praising the current display of unilateral government action as a model for addressing climate change, many environmentalists and liberal politicians have also called for a surge in government spending on renewable energy projects,” according to The Wall St. Journal.
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New Climate Summary: Meat, Livestock Have Little Climate Impact
Extreme environmentalists falsely claim that consumption of meat adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Instead, recent scientific studies show cattle add just two percent to this natural atmospheric chemical.
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Watching CO2 Feed the World
by David Wojick
The Heartland Institute
Extreme environmentalists decry the addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere while ignoring the science that says this common natural chemical is essential to feeding the population.
Alaska Gold and Copper Mine Project Moves Forward, Despite Environmentalist Objections
by Penny Starr
Breitbart
The decades of environmentalists’ delays came nearer an end when…”the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its final environmental impact statement on Friday which found gold and copper mining in Alaska ‘would not be expected to have a measurable effect on fish numbers.’” Don’t expect this to be the last hurdle.
Here’s The Problem With The Great American Outdoors Act
by Tom Pyle
Western Wire
“The recently passed Great American Outdoors Act, likely signed into law by President Trump, is not the proper remedy for protecting and funding our national park system,” according to Tom Pyle.
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What Will An American Carbon Tax Cost You?
by Ed Hirs
Forbes
Joe Biden’s radical proposed carbon tax will cost Americans 89 cents per gallon every time they fill up…with no environmental benefit.
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