Why Undoing the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rule Matters for Americans

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The following is a guest article by Thomas Savidge. The recent rescission of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Under the Clean Air Act marks one of the largest deregulation efforts in a generation. Among the 571,672 comments the EPA received on this issue last September, […]

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Open Letter to Federal Judicial Center Chair, Chief Justice John Roberts

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EN: In an unusual intervention aimed at the federal judiciary, three prominent physicists—Richard Lindzen, William Happer, and Steven Koonin—have issued an open letter to John G. Roberts Jr. raising concerns about the latest edition of the Federal Judicial Center’s Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. The manual, long regarded as a neutral guide for judges evaluating

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Wastewater Maintenance Fails the Smell Test

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Imagine holding fragile assets worth a trillion dollars and letting them deteriorate to a point where their actual value is vastly diminished. America’s sewers — including nearly 17,500 wastewater treatment plants — are overall not being properly maintained. Over the past decade alone, the renewal and replacement rate for large capital wastewater projects decreased from

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Misguided ‘Repair the World’ Climate Philanthropy  

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The Bronfman family built the Seagram Company into the fabulously successful Canadian real estate, beverage and entertainment conglomerate. After selling Seagram to Vivendi in 2000, it deepened its commitment to Birthright Israel and other Jewish philanthropies.   Like his father, Stephen Bronfman has long been active in Liberal Party of Canada politics. He recently launched the Jewish Climate Trust, published the Jewish Guide to Climate Philanthropy and explained why he believes “climate action is the next great Jewish

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The Urban Heat Island and Urban Cool Island: A Few Examples for U.S. Major Metropolitan Areas

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I’ve been spending recent months applying our novel methodology of quantifying the urban heat island (UHI) effect on surface air temperature, now using Landsat-based Impervious Surface (IS) cover fraction as a proxy for urbanization. This is an adaptation of our published research using population density (PD) as a proxy for urbanization, in which we showed that about

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It’s Important to Find Balance in Protection of Earth and Protection of Human Life

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The following is a guest article by Robert Thornton. Earth Day is being celebrated by some today. The day of recognition began on April 22, 1970 — a date deliberately chosen by U.S. Democrat Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, and young activist Denis Hayes, to fall between Spring Break and Final Exams, maximizing student participation in what

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Australia’s ‘Renewable’ Obsession Decimates Industry 

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Australia’s “green energy” experiment has turned one of the most energy-rich countries into a high‑cost outlier that guts businesses that once anchored its prosperity. The claim that “renewables are cheaper” is a slogan for the propaganda of politicians and the marketing of green grifters who betray families and employers burdened by the bills.  Fall from Economic Stardom  Australia once held a competitive advantage that was the envy of the world, with power

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Artificial Intelligence (AI): Economic Transformation, Politics Brewing

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Artificial intelligence is impacting the economy on a scale that may surpass changes from the internet revolution. Science, technology, energy, transportation, health care, industry, and business are being transformed at an accelerating pace. President Trump has emerged as an AI champion, but opposition is rising from progressive and environmental groups. The term “artificial intelligence” was coined by

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Is America on the Verge of a Nuclear Renaissance?

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It has been more than seven years since President Donald Trump signed the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) into law – and it has taken all seven years (including four during the Biden Administration) for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue a final rule implementing its provisions. Even the Washington Post admits that the new Part

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Fossil Fuels Shine Light of Hope in Africa

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My recent conversation on a social media platform with a close friend in Lagos came to an abrupt, silent end. Hours later, he messaged me back with an apology: The phone battery had died, and his neighborhood had been waiting for restoration of electricity service for the better part of the day.  Power interruptions are common for Nigeria’s largest city of more than 13 million people. It

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