Climate Change
Will Bitcoin Be Done In By Terrible Zoning Laws?
Local ordinances threaten upstart crypto-mining operations.
Weather and Climate Disasters Are Declining Globally
Increasing weather damage costs are not reliable evidence for climate change.
Biden To Spend $7.5 Billion on Chargers That Electric Car Owners Likely Won't Use
It's unwise to try to force consumer spending habits in defiance of the market.
The 'Build Back Better' Bill Will Spend a Lot of Money To Make Our Problems Worse
You can support pre-K education and affordable child care and worry about climate change while understanding that policymakers need to get out of the way.
Facebook Fact-Checkers Are Stifling Open Debate
It's true that some users spread lies on social media. But this can’t be solved by partisan “fact-checking."
The Build Back Better Bill Will Give You $12,000 for Buying an Electric Car. Unless It's a Tesla.
Only vehicles made in unionized U.S. factories qualify for the full amount.
Will Glasgow Climate Promises Be Kept?
Accelerating market and technological trends will fortuitously keep many COP26 promises.
The Fake Environmentalist Attack on Bitcoin
The cryptocurrency is spurring use of renewable energy even as it undermines existing economic, political, and cultural elites.
Neal Stephenson's Termination Shock Is a Glorious Sci-Fi Vision of How To Respond to Global Warming, One Geoengineering Problem at a Time
In Stephenson's near-future novel, innovation, not legislation, is the best response to a changing climate.
Furious Activists Walk Out of U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow
The policies and technologies they reject as "false solutions" would actually work to mitigate climate change.
A Simple Step To Reduce Climate Change: More Trees
Planting trees as a partial solution to climate change has broad bipartisan appeal.
The White House Says More Government Spending Will Fix Inflation
Plus: Administrative bloat conquers Yale, the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow wraps up, and more...
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."
Free Markets Are the Best and Fastest Way to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Top-down mandates will only slow down the energy transition.
Lukewarm Promises at the U.N. Climate Change Conference
China and Russia aren’t interested in bigger emissions cuts.
Congress Spends More on Defense Than the Next 10 Countries Combined
We can't afford to keep funding defense contractors' cost overruns.
The Spending Bill Got Smaller, but It's Still Full of Bad Ideas
Plus, speculation around Virginia's heated gubernatorial race
Joe Biden Will Let World Leaders Know He Wants To Spend a Lot of Money on Climate Change
Plus: New York City's vaccine mandate is accidentally shrinking the city's workforce, a windowless dorm in California stokes controversy, and more...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Challenging EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases (Updated)
A surprising grant of certiorari places a high-stakes regulatory case on the Court's docket, with profound implications for EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
Why State Common Law Nuisance Claims Against Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Preempted
Nuisance claims may not be a particularly effective way to address the problem of climate change, but federal law does not preempt state common law nuisance claims seeking compensatory damages.
Gas-Powered Lawnmower Ban, Mandatory Gender-Neutral Toy Aisles Among California's Weirdest New Laws
But at least state lawmakers also passed some useful criminal justice bills and policing reforms.
Biden's 'Climate-Resilient Economy' Roadmap Is Largely Superfluous
Businesses, investors, and markets are already adapting to climate change without federal help.
Why Millennials and Gen Z Hate Boomers, and What To Do About It.
Karla Vermeulen's Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 is a starting place to mend the new generation gap.
Overheated and Inaccurate Commentary on Courts and Climate
Demand Justice's Balls and Strikes provides more heat than light.
Could the Supreme Court Revive the Trump Administration's ACE Rule?
The D.C. Circuit rejected the Trump Administration's approach to regulating power plant emissions of greenhouse gases. Some states and industry groups want the Supreme Court to take a look.
Why Carbon Pricing Is Preferable to Carbon Regulation
And, within those policies deemed "carbon pricing," a carbon tax is preferable to cap-and-trade.
House Democrats' Housing Bill Includes a $20 Billion Bailout of Federal Flood Insurance
A bill intended to make America's housing stock more climate-resilient also includes a big effective subsidy for the properties most exposed to the risks of climate change.
Hurricane Ida, Climate Change, and Falling Trends in Global Deaths From Natural Disasters
The risk of dying from extreme weather since the 1920s has dropped by 99.75 percent.
Roger Pielke Jr.: We Are Successfully Adapting To Climate Change
The findings of the newest IPCC report on the future of the planet—called a "code red" for humanity—have been wildly distorted.
How Conservatives (and Libertarians) Should Respond to Climate Change
Dismissing climate science, the IPCC, and the costs of climate change are neither prudent nor responsible.
Why We Shouldn't Fear a Climate Apocalypse
Environmental scientist Roger Pielke Jr. says many media interpretations of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report are "irresponsible."
A Jobs-Killing Civilian Climate Corps Is Not the Way To Fix Climate Change
Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed the creation of a counterproductive $130 billion federal behemoth.
The Scariest Predictions in the New U.N. Climate Report Are Also the Most Unlikely
The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change issues its Sixth Assessment Report on the global climate.
Adding Human Gene Boosts Crop Yields by 50 Percent
The technique "could potentially help address problems of poverty and food insecurity at a global scale."
Judge Strikes All of Michael Mann's Expert Witnesses from Libel Suit
A week after granting summary judgment for another defendant (CEI), the judge rejects all but one of the proffered experts.
Drown the Federal Flood Insurance Program
Why is the government encouraging people to live in dangerous, flood-prone areas?
DC Court Grants Summary Judgment for CEI In Michael Mann Defamation Suit
Another significant loss for the controversial climate scientist, though his cases against two remaining defendants will continue.
Juliana Plaintiffs Opt Against Filing Cert Petition in Kids Climate Case
Without the prospect of Supreme Court review, does the district court still have jurisdiction to consider a settlement?
Blue States File Brief Encouraging District Court to Consider Juliana Settlement
"Pay no attention to those states claiming you lack jurisdiction to approve a settlement."
To Stop Climate Change Americans Must Cut Energy Use by 90 Percent, Live in 640 Square Feet, and Fly Only Once Every 3 Years, Says Study
Researchers admit there are absolutely no current examples of low-energy societies providing a decent living standard for their citizens.
The Tomorrow War Is a Tortured Global Warming Metaphor Disguised as a Dull Action Movie
Another lifeless pseudo-blockbuster goes straight to streaming.
States Seek to Intervene to Prevent Settlement in Kids Climate Case Ninth Circuit Already Ordered Dismissed
The district court has ordered a settlement conference in Juliana v. U.S., even though the Ninth Circuit held federal courts lack jurisdiction to hear the claims.
Biden's Green Agenda Meets Environmental Red Tape
A clean-energy future will require more than just spending money.
Will the Justice Department Settle a Case the Ninth Circuit Already Dismissed?
Judge Aiken has ordered a settlement conference in the Kids Climate Case.
