Climate Change

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

High U.N. Official Supports “Nature Rights” and Environmental Lawfare

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

The assistant secretary general of the U.S., Kanni Wignaraja, wants "nature" to go to court so that tribunals can set environmental policy for the world. From her "Nature Goes to Court," published by the U.N. Development Programme (of which she is a regional director): Read More ›

The excitement and anticipation of a brewing hurricane

^{Jonathan Lesser
October 22, 2024
Energy}

Hurricanes, Climate Change, and Statistical Sleight-of-Hand

_{Jonathan Lesser
October 22, 2024
Energy}

Doomsayers wasted no time identifying the destruction wrought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton as “proof” of climate change. It is the latest example of an increasingly common phenomenon: attributing individual weather events — a flood in Vermont, a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest, a cold snap in Texas, and many others — to climate change. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
March 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Beware the “Right to Health”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Health and wellness are becoming the primary justifications for international technocracy, or "rule by experts." Indeed, we are told that preventing the next pandemic will require that the World Health Organization be given the power to declare pandemics and impose emergency policies internationally. Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
March 26, 2024
Energy}

CO2 Is Historically Low — Too Low

_{Bill Walton
March 26, 2024
Energy}

What if, rather than being at unprecedented high levels, CO2 is at one of its lowest concentrations in the long history of the Earth and that the modest warming anticipated from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases will be benign? Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
November 20, 2023
Energy}

Oregon and Washington State Green Energy Policies Are Burdening Individuals and Businesses While Providing Little Environmental Benefit, Discovery Institute Study Shows

_{Discovery Institute
November 20, 2023
Energy}

The report concludes that a better common-sense approach would be to emphasize market-based approaches that eliminate burdensome mandates and subsidies and focus on providing low-cost, reliable energy supplies, especially emissions-free nuclear power. Read More ›

Group of modern doctors standing as a team with arms crossed in hospital office. Physicians ready to examine and help patients. Medical help, insurance in health care, best desease treatment and

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

Say No to ‘Public Health’ Imperialism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns opened the door. Now, the medical establishment is redefining our most contentious political controversies as “public health emergencies” so as to circumvent public resistance and impose policies on society unobtainable through normal democratic means. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Lesser
August 12, 2023
Economics}

State’s Climate Act Isn’t Worth Price We’re Paying

_{Jonathan Lesser
August 12, 2023
Economics}

Washington state’s 2021 Climate Commitment Act (CCA), although high-minded in spirit, will do nothing to protect the state’s economy and environment from the effects of climate change. But what the CCA is already doing is burdening state residents and businesses with higher energy costs. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Education}

Union Leaders & Bureaucrats Have Long Ignored Parents’ Concerns

_{Keri D. Ingraham
March 16, 2023
Education}

With families wanting other options than the traditional public school and with the passage of school choice bills, the K-12 education market is experiencing a much-needed shake up. Parents are now seeing themselves as consumers of K-12 education for their children. Read More ›

Homemade sign at environmental rally. A colorful cardboard placard is viewed close up, saying the climate is changing, why aren't we, in the hands of ecological activists as they protest in the city

^{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

What 1973’s Soylent Green Accurately Predicted about 2022

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

I have always loved science fiction. So when Soylent Green was first released in 1973, I immediately headed to the theater. I remember clearly being shocked by the depictions presented but assuaging myself with the comforting thought that nothing like any of that would ever actually happen. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Stop ‘Authoritarian Climate Governance’ Before It is Too Late

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

If COVID has taught us anything, it is that the technocratic class has little compunction about restricting freedom. Moreover, once they grab power, they are very reluctant to give it back. Read More ›