Poll: American Voters Reject Biden’s Climate Agenda
American voters in strong majorities reject Joe Biden’s energy policies designed around so-called climate change and want reliable and affordable domestic energy.
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Beijing's Green Fist
The climate crisis is a human rights crisis on a colossal scale, and to help mitigate it, the world needs the Chinese government to take urgent action.
McConnell, Manchin Press FERC to Lift Restrictions on Gas Pipelines
The pushback continues against Joe Biden’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) rules, put into place in February to consider greenhouse gas emissions and “vulnerable” communities when permitting natural gas pipelines, including criticism from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). “At a time when
North American Oil Rig Count Falls Again on Canadian Plunge
The number of oil and natural gas rigs operating in North America fell this week, the third decline over the past four weeks amid elevated oil prices and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Extreme Heat Dangers When Pregnant in Pakistan
A new video shows how rising temperatures are increasing health pressures on pregnant women, new mothers, and their families in Sindh and Punjab provinces in Pakistan.
South African Court Urges Action on Deadly Air Pollution
On March 18 a South African court issued a landmark judgment declaring that Mpumalanga province’s unsafe level of air pollution is in breach of residents’ section 24(a) constitutional right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being, along with other constitutional rights. Mpumalanga’s
SEC Drafts Climate Change Disclosure Rule to Force Corporate Policing
Joe Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a sweeping rule that would require public companies to disclose not only their own greenhouse gas emissions but also the emissions of customers and suppliers.
The Associated Press reported: Under the proposals adopted on a 3-1 SEC vote, public companies
Australia: Extreme Heat Threatens Lives
(Sydney) – Australian local, state, and federal governments should act to protect their populations from the foreseeable harms of heatwaves exacerbated by climate change, Human Rights Watch said today in a new photo essay on the struggles of living with extreme heat.
The photographs show life in Greater Western Sydney, where
Emerging Battles Over Forests Crucial to Protect Rights, Tackle Climate Crisis
“The forest dies first, we die later,” said Ka’apor chief Itahú as we patrolled the vast Alto Turiaçu Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon, looking for evidence of illegal logging.
Interior Says It Is ‘Moving Forward’ on Oil, Gas Leases on Public Land
With prices rising at the gas pump — and a court order that allows climate change consideration when developing the agency’s policies — President Joe Biden’s Department of the Interior announced on Friday it will resume plans for issuing oil and gas leases on federal land. Biden had halted any
Breitbart Business Digest: Sarah Bloom Raskin's Risky Bet
Joe Biden wanted to put Sarah Bloom Raskin into one of the most powerful positions at the Federal Reserve because she is an advocate of using the central bank’s regulatory powers to diminish the supply of fossil fuels. In an age of oil priced over $100 a barrel and
Solar Energy Sector on the Skids as Biden Continues War on Oil, Gas
On Day One of his presidency, Joe Biden shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline and banned drilling on federal land as part of his plan to save the planet from so-called climate change.
Brian Kemp Suspends Georgia Gas Tax amid Record-High Prices
Gov.Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill Friday evening temporarily suspending Georgia’s excise tax on motor fuel, which is currently at 29 cents per gallon.
Report: Battery Fires Emitting Toxic Fumes Steer Some Consumers from Electric Vehicles
The Detroit News published a lengthy article explaining that batteries catching on fire in electric vehicles is a problem steering some consumers away from purchasing them, but it is not so problematic that the outlet could not find people committed to buying them. “The thing that pisses me off more
Under Climate Activist Pressure, Credit Suisse Defunds Oil, Gas Industry by 41%
Credit Suisse, in the last two years, has slashed funding provided to the oil, gas, and coal industries by 41 percent over the last two years due to global warming activism.