District of Columbia | October 26, 2021
Climate Financing Plan Won’t Help Climate, but Will Push Country to Totalitarianism: Experts
District of Columbia | October 26, 2021
The Biden administration’s plan to impose a slew of financial regulations in order to counter climate change would end up having little impact on reducing global temperatures. But the measures would be quite effective at hurting economy, expanding government authority, and moving the country toward totalitarianism, according to several experts.
Biden’s plan, sketched out in a recent “roadmap” White House report, would infuse projections on climate change into decisions across the financial industry (pdf). Applying for a mortgage or other loans? The bank would consider the “climate risk” of underwriting it. Taking out an insurance? “Climate risk” would play into your premium. Putting money into a pension or investment fund? The fund managers would be free to consider “climate risk” in deciding where to invest your money. Buying stocks on your own? Public companies would need to divert part of their attention to explaining “climate risks” they face. Applying for a government contract? Prepare to justify your carbon footprint… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
District of Columbia | July 1, 2021
Dozens of Climate Change Agitators Arrested After Storming White House, Blocking Entrances
District of Columbia | July 1, 2021
Dozens of left-wing activists from a climate change political action group were arrested by Secret Service agents on Monday after they marched to the White House and blocked entrances as part of a #NoClimateNoDeal protest. Agitators from the far-left, Soros-funded Sunrise Movement were reportedly demanding that Joe Biden stop negotiating with Republican politicians, meet with Sunrise executive director Varshini Prakash, and include a fully funded “Civilian Climate Corps” in the infrastructure bill…
(Excerpts from the Virginia Star)
District of Columbia | June 28, 2021
Green Groups Redirect Efforts to Reconciliation Package: Report
District of Columbia | June 28, 2021
Green groups are redirecting their efforts toward a reconciliation package after learning that a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package backed by President Joe Biden is unlikely to include many of their proposals.
Biden announced on June 24 that he, along with five Democratic and five Republican senators, had reached a deal on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, after weeks of talks.
According to a fact sheet released by the White House on June 24, the bill would make investments in “clean transportation infrastructure,” as well as “clean power infrastructure,” and the “remediation of legacy pollution.”
Immediately following Biden’s announcement, some Democrats criticized the measure as being too limited, as they sought a multi-trillion-dollar package that would include more funding for climate-related initiatives and childcare measures.
The pared-down version of the infrastructure deal, for example, would include just $15 billion of the president’s initial $174 billion goal for electric vehicles and transit.
Environmental advocates say they are hopeful that many of the provisions they say will fight climate change can be achieved through a measure that is set to advance alongside the bipartisan infrastructure package without Republican support…
(Excerpts from Epoch Times)
District of Columbia | May 11, 2021
Kneecapping the Oil Industry Won’t Help the Economy or the Environment
District of Columbia | May 11, 2021
On Earth Day this year, President Joe Biden unilaterally committed the United States to a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions by 2030. Biden’s Intelligence Director, Avril Haines, declared climate change as the center of American foreign policy for the decade to come. Even Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, a fine economist but hardly a climate expert, dutifully called climate change an “existential threat.”
Their hearts might be in the right place, but America also needs level heads. While committing to sacrificing our energy supremacy — achieved thanks to America’s shale revolution — the Biden administration appears willing to overlook energy production in countries such as China, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia, which boast nearly one-third of the world’s population. It is a giant leap of faith to assume that these countries will follow our lead in cutting off their cheapest sources of energy. Even most of the European countries that signed the Paris Climate Agreement didn’t come anywhere close to meeting their commitments five years after signing that treaty. Meanwhile, the U.S. has been one of the global leaders in reductions in air-pollution levels, even as Donald Trump pulled us out of unenforceable treaties that put America’s economic interests last…
(Excerpts from the National Review)
District of Columbia | April 27, 2021
John Kerry Calls on Scientists to Lead Fight Against Climate Change Denial
District of Columbia | April 27, 2021
Widespread mistrust of science and disputes over basic facts, tied to growing political polarization and disinformation campaigns, are undermining efforts to tackle climate change globally, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warned.
During a virtual summit organized by the Nobel Foundation and major science academies this week, Kerry said building greater public understanding and agreement on the world’s “existential” challenges was crucial to addressing them.
“We have to establish a baseline of truth or we can’t build consensus in a democracy,” he said.
“Paid-for denial” about climate change by big polluters and political disregard by some governments of scientific warnings about COVID-19 risks are “costing us enormously,” he added…
(Excerpts from Newsmax)