Climate Change
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.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Wrong: There Is No Looming Climate Change 'Expiration Date'
No, our kids will not be doomed in 12 years if we don't adopt her Green New Deal.
Hey NYers: Debate the Severity of Global Warming on April 15
The next Soho Forum is going to get hot.
Good News! No Need to Have a Mental Breakdown Over 'Climate Collapse'
The hot new Deep Adaptation report about near-term climate catastrophe is overblown.
The 4 Contradictions of Beto O'Rourke
He's a free trader against dumping, a deficit hawk for Medicare expansion, and an anti-drug warrior who wants to imprison pharma execs.
New Research Suggests Solar Geoengineering Could Safely Lower Global Temperatures
We should stop hemming and hawing and try building an emergency backup cooling system for the planet
The Market Says Climate Change Is Happening
When money is on the line, it is hard to find parties willing to bet against the scientific consensus on climate change.
Would Building Speed-Limit-Free Highway Lanes Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
One California legislator wants to combat global warming with more roadways.
Environmental Protection Agency
It's 'Time to Panic' Over Climate Change, Asserts New York Times Op-Ed
That's wrong. Promoting fear hinders more than helps environmental progress.
What Happened at the House Science Committee Hearing on the State of the Climate, and Why It Matters
Extreme weather events around the globe have tripled since the 1980s, but what's happening in the U.S.?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal: A Bizarre Grab-Bag of Terrible Ideas
Q&A with economist Veronique de Rugy.
The Co-Sponsor of the Green New Deal Thinks Mitch McConnell's Plan to Hold a Vote on It Is 'Sabotage' and a 'Republican Trick'
Ed Markey believes the time to vote on urgently necessary climate change legislation is...later.
Think the Green New Deal Is Crazy? Blame Intersectionality.
The left loves fringe causes, like providing welfare to people who are "unwilling to work."
Green New Deal—Same Old Progressive Policies
Using climate change to justify government-guaranteed jobs, health care, and housing.
How Much Will the Green New Deal Cost?
Climate change is the excuse; radically remaking the American economy is the aim.
Fewer U.S. Cold Waves
Cold waves aren't as common as they used to be, but research suggests that climate change could still make polar vortexes worse.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Climate Change 'Our World War II'
"The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don't address climate change and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it?"
Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes More Destructive?
Not yet in the United States, new studies suggest
Green New Deal Will Try Anything Except Nukes, Hydro, Markets…
Using climate change as an excuse to pursue other social and economic goals.
Despite Climate Change, There Will Be Enough Food for 10 Billion in 2050
Food security is not the problem, but nutrition security could be.
Economists Love Carbon Taxes. Lots of Regular Folks Don't.
Raising the price of gasoline, heat, and electricity is a steep political hill to climb.
Will Uprisings Thwart Green Central Planners?
Ordinary people aren't willing to pay higher costs just to fulfill the grand visions of environmentalists.
Can the Democrats Really Win 2020 with a New Green Deal?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks so.
My Puzzlement Over Climate Change Damage Estimates in New National Climate Assessment
Implausible worst-case scenarios do not further the debate over reasonable policies for addressing climate change.
Is Kids Climate Case Coming to an End?
The "trial of the century" may not happen after all.
National Climate Report Projects Future Weather and Economic Trends
"Climate-related threats to Americans' physical, social, and economic well-being are rising," says report.
Widely Reported Alarming Ocean Warming Study Is Wrong
Skeptic of catastrophic climate change projections is right about significant errors in alarming new study.
Union of Concerned Scientists For Nukes!
Activist group finally recognizes that it can't achieve its energy and climate goals without nuclear power.
An Alarming New Study Suggests the Oceans Are Warming 60 Percent Faster. A Statistician Disagrees.
Is the study's worst-case climate scenario wrong?
Washington State Carbon Tax Initiative Loses
Did voters recognize it as a green pork-barrel scheme?
Natural Disasters Are Destroying a Lower Percentage of Humanity's Stuff Since 1990
Absolute losses increased, but the proportion of losses relative to global GDP has dropped
What Would the Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative Really Accomplish?
Very little carbon reduction, lots of political patronage.
Just Stop With the Climate-Change Disease Scaremongering, OK?
No, global warming will not spark a black death pandemic that kills millions
How Big of a Deal Is an Extra Half Degree of Global Warming?
New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.
Unlimited Growth and Climate Change Economists Win Nobel Prize
Paul Romer overturns limits-to-growth nonsense, and William Nordhaus projects climate change damages.
If You Hate Ice Ages, Thank a Farmer
Chopping down forests and irrigating rice paddies boosted greenhouse gases enough to prevent the onset of a new ice age
Will EPA Trump California's Clean Air Act Waiver?
The Trump Administration is seeking to roll back federal automotive fuel economy standards and prevent California from maintaining more stringent standards of its own.
The Republican Carbon Tax Bill Would Create Powerful Commission With Access to All Government Data
The "National Climate Commission" would institutionalize special interests that favor taxes to combat climate change.
Federal Judge Dismisses Climate Change Damage Lawsuits Against Big Oil
Is it really fair for we who benefited from fossil fuels to blame for global warming on those who supplied what we demanded?
Every European Union Country Is Failing to Meet Their Climate Change Commitments
Meanwhile U.S. carbon dioxide emissions continue to fall
Germany Flops on Climate Change Goals
Germany won't be able to meet the goal of cutting emissions by 20 percent before 2020. But the attempt caused residential energy prices to double.
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Faster: New Study
Sea level rise rate has increased marginally, but are we doomed in the future?
Sucking Carbon Dioxide from the Air to Produce Gasoline?
Carbon-neutral transportation fuels might be possible.
More Wind and Solar Power Perversely Locks In Fossil Fuel Generation
Skip renewables for zero-carbon electricity and go directly to nuclear
Over-Regulation Is Making Us More Vulnerable to Disease
Regulatory precaution, not rising temperatures, is the main driver for the increase in vector-borne disease.
Paris Agreement Climate Change
Carbon Dioxide: U.S. Emissions Down, European Emissions Up
Despite the E.U.'s carbon markets and vast renewable energy subsidies