My friend Sue Divin is an Irish novelist and peace worker who grew up with, and writes about, the legacy of the Irish “Troubles,” a 30-year period marked by car bombings, murders, and intergenerational grief and anguish. The “Troubles” formally ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 – but their impacts are still being […]
A broken world’s chance for a new world polity Learn More »
I was honored a couple of weeks ago to be invited by Charlie Du, president of Columbia University Global Dialogue and founder of the World Salon series and website, to participate as a panelist on a World Salon Fireside Talk Series livestream discussion titled “Policy to Plate: Climate-Smart Solutions for Agriculture.” The panel consisted of
Agriculture and Climate Change Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka. It is both timely and impactful to deepen public and governmental policymakers’ understanding of electricity, including the essential role of fossil fuels that are driving global development with the products and transportation fuels that are dependent on those same fossil fuels. In less
Wind turbines and solar panels ONLY generate electricity Learn More »
A couple of months ago, I obtained a permit from the US Forest Service to travel 4×4 and off highway vehicle trails in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The permit cost $25 plus postage, and was valid for a year. The trails my group rode on a Saturday turned out to be crowded with
Bureaucrats in Ranger Hats: Why Government Park Management Fails Learn More »
In July, a bone-chilling cold wave swept across South America, plunging nations like Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay into an energy crisis that laid bare the fragility of their power systems. Record-low temperatures, driven by an Antarctic air mass, pushed electricity grids to the brink, forced governments to ration gas, and left thousands without power for
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The push for solar energy is carving a path of destruction through the Thar Desert in India’s Rajasthan, where native species maintain a delicate balance of life now being sacrificed to an absurd and futile climate agenda. This is an act of ecological vandalism that pretends moral superiority while destroying the natural world it supposedly
Solar Blasphemy in India’s Thar Desert Learn More »
In July, a bone-chilling cold wave swept across South America, plunging nations like Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay into an energy crisis that laid bare the fragility of their power systems. Record-low temperatures, driven by an Antarctic air mass, pushed electricity grids to the brink, forced governments to ration gas, and left thousands without power for
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British multinational BP has announced its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years in Brazil’s Santos Basin. By 2030, daily production is expected to be 2.3 to 2.5 million barrels of oil equivalent, which leaves little doubt that the company is solidly committed to hydrocarbons after a brief flirtation with alternatives like wind and
Choosing the Positive Reality of Hydrocarbons Over ‘Green’ Fantasies Learn More »
In the modern climate debate, emotion and partisan allegiance replace critical thinking to smear carbon dioxide (CO2) as a dangerous pollutant. Well-crafted green advocacies steal the spotlight, while reason languishes in the shadows of medieval-style witch hunts. The reality, however, is seen in places like the dense tropical forests of Indonesia’s many verdant islands. Among
Asian Forests Victims of Intolerable ‘Green’ Lie Learn More »
By refusing to play by the EU’s restrictive climate rules, Poland has begun to build one of Europe’s most energy-secure economies. While much of the bloc marches in lockstep towards a self-inflicted economic wound called “net zero,” Poland has chosen a different path – one of pragmatism, national interest and, most importantly, energy security. And
Poland’s Pragmatic Energy Approach Pays Off Learn More »
