Bjorn Lomborg: How Our Climate Fixation Hurts the World's Poor
The 'skeptical environmentalist' offers 12 low-cost, proven policies that he says could save 4.2 million lives and generate $1.1 trillion in new wealth every year.
The 'skeptical environmentalist' offers 12 low-cost, proven policies that he says could save 4.2 million lives and generate $1.1 trillion in new wealth every year.
The 'Skeptical Environmentalist' offers 12 low-cost, proven policies that he says would save 4.2 million lives and generate $1.1 trillion in new wealth every year.
Daraius Dubash was arrested for peacefully protesting in a public park.
Plus: DeSantis campaign on life support, Biden climate corps seeks to waste your money, implanting chips into brains, and more…
The big spending has fueled higher inflation, resulted in larger-than-projected deficits, and contributed to a record level of debt.
One company is betting that it can run a commercially viable passenger rail service without massive federal subsidies.
Labor actions largely respond to policies that cause widespread pain.
Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.
Plus: Trump criticizes abortion bans, new TikTok trend asks how often men think about the Roman Empire, and more…
Despite the New York Times’ gaslighting, bureaucrats and politicians are coming for your stoves.
This progress has been widely shared, to the great benefit of the people at the bottom of the distribution.
Not unless you want to get stranded in the heat trying to find a charging station.
A coalition including the state ACLU, Sierra Club, and Native Hawaiian cultural groups argue Gov. Josh Green vastly exceeded his emergency powers when he waived most regulations on homebuilding.
Studies are mixed on whether or not it will make a difference.
Rather than posing a national security threat, the growth of China's E.V. industry is an opportunity for global innovation.
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
A nice review of Climate Liberalism by Jordan Lofthouse (and a less nice one by Robert Bradley).
The country's current struggles show the problems of the Beijing way—and make the case for freedom.
It's high time for Congress to end a program that routinely goes into debt providing subsidies to wealthy people living in high-risk areas.
New York City and New York state are locked in a battle over sale of the fatty liver delicacy.
A new study from Belgian researchers found that paper straws had higher concentrations of long-lasting, water resistant "forever chemicals" than plastic or steel straws.
The GOP presidential candidate also definitively said climate change is real.
A Bloomberg report blames "unconstrained capitalism" for a glut of abandoned electric vehicles. But the industry also received billions of dollars in public funds.
The judges recognize that Congress ended their ability to review the Mountain Valley Pipeline, but they seem none too happy about it.
The designation will prevent new uranium mines in a lucrative area.
The Edison Electric Institute submitted comments clarifying that although it supports the EPA's goal of decarbonization, the technologies being presented are not sufficiently proven effective.
The doomsday consensus around climate change is "manufactured," says scientist Judith Curry.
Confessions of a Carter administration economist
The Supreme Court vacated a stay entered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
It's a short-sighted approach that distracts us from the more important question.
It's a portrait of a complex man, and a warning about the nuclear era he created.
A review of Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property & Pollution at Law & Liberty.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline's developers seek Supreme Court intervention to prevent the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from delaying its completion.
State and countries should make their business climates more attractive to investment, not just dole out taxpayer money.
It's a familiar program. And it will result in higher prices, slower growth, and fewer jobs.
The 2018 ban led to the loss of approximately 44,000 jobs and $28 million in revenue.
The popularity of e-bike subsidies doesn't mean these programs are creating more e-bike riders.
In exchange for $1 billion, the state expected 5,000 jobs and 1,000 installations a week. Instead, it reported 1,700 jobs, most of them Tesla data analysts, and 21 installations per week.
As beef prices increase, biotech could provide a cheaper and tasty alternative.
The group stresses that it supports the government's ultimate goal of electrification, but the method of achieving that goal should be realistic.
The environmentalist and anti-vaccine activist talks about his presidential run and whether he'd jail climate change skeptics.