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Carbon

John Stossel is seen in front of a red sky and a city skyline

Panic

No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'

Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.

John Stossel | 1.25.2023 12:30 AM

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Free Trade

Tariffs Targeting Carbon Emissions Would Be a Costly Blow to Free Trade

Joe Biden could take advantage of the expanded executive authority over trade that Donald Trump helped create.

Eric Boehm | 1.20.2023 4:00 PM

Cows

Brickbats

Brickbat: That Smell

Charles Oliver | 12.20.2022 4:00 AM

A farmer is seen planting pumpkins

Food

Farm Subsidies and Food Stamps Won't Fix High Grocery Prices. Innovation Will.

With government meddling, many farmers end up doing less with more, and people end up paying more for less.

Veronique de Rugy | 11.10.2022 2:15 PM

John Stossel stands in front of a row of cars

Electric cars

Driving Electric Cars Produces Little Carbon. Making the Batteries Produces a Lot.

Many politicians who want to ban gas-powered vehicles appear to misunderstand the science.

John Stossel | 11.2.2022 12:30 AM

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Energy & Environment

Ford Rolls Out Gas-Guzzlers To Fund Its Green Energy Ambitions

While that might seem backward, even the most worthwhile green energy goals will require some level of trade-off if they are to be achieved.

Joe Lancaster | 9.28.2022 2:35 PM

Driver charges an electric car

Energy & Environment

Some Countries Are Having Second Thoughts About Electric Car Mandates

The United States should consider adopting a market-based strategy for increasing electric vehicle usage.

Joe Lancaster | 6.29.2022 4:45 PM

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Bitcoin

Biden Has His Eye on Bitcoin

The president's anticipated executive order stopped short of feared regulations but suggests federal unease with uncontrolled development.

Andrea O'Sullivan | 3.15.2022 8:00 AM

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Climate Change

China, India, and Russia Aren't Interested in Updating Their Emissions Targets Before 2025

Meanwhile, the U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration is "a stage-managed nothingburger."

Ronald Bailey | 11.11.2021 1:10 PM

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Climate Change

California's Zero-Emission Car Mandate Is Empty Virtue Signalling

Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order banning non-electric cars from being sold after 2035 merely shifts the emissions from the tailpipe to the power plant.

Steven Greenhut | 3.5.2021 8:00 AM

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Environmentalism

The World Is Doing Better Than Ever. Here's Why You Never Hear About It.

Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know documents progress and explains why it happens.

Nick Gillespie and Ronald Bailey | 9.14.2020 11:20 AM

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Green New Deal

Ronald Bailey: The World Is Getting Cleaner, Richer, and Safer

Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know documents the immense, ongoing progress that politicians and media refuse to acknowledge.

Nick Gillespie | 9.9.2020 4:20 PM

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Climate Change

'Climate Change Is Real, But It's Not the End of the World': Michael Shellenberger

In his new book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, Shellenberger argues that science doesn't support doomsayers' claims.

Nick Gillespie | 7.9.2020 12:15 PM

Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio

De Blasio to Skyscrapers: Drop Dead!

“We’re going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers which are incredibly inefficient," said the mayor of New York City.

Joe Setyon | 4.22.2019 2:05 PM

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Nuclear Power

Nuclear Warfare Between the Greens: New at Reason

The fight over treating nuclear power on a similar footing with other low-carbon energy sources

Ronald Bailey | 8.5.2016 1:30 PM

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Sea Level

Meters of Sea Level Rise and MegaBoulder-Heaving Superstorms Thanks to Global Warming

Also carbon emissions rate highest in 66 million years

Ronald Bailey | 3.22.2016 5:33 PM

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Politics

A New Central Plan for the Climate

Representatives of 195 countries hammer out an emissions accord in Paris.

Ronald Bailey | 3.1.2016 12:00 PM

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