By Michael Shellenberger, Public News, August 31, 2026
Many are blaming climate change for the flood in Nepal that killed at least 903 and up to 5,000. … Read more
Many are blaming climate change for the flood in Nepal that killed at least 903 and up to 5,000. … Read more
Summary: Wildfires are widely blamed on “climate change,” but the immediate cause is lack of adequate prevention and preparedness in mitigating wildfire risk. Blaming “climate change” lets politicians avoid accountability for not being adequately prepared for fires that are easily predictable. … Read more
Summary: Climate change is not threatening everyday staples like coffee and olive oil, nor is it causing supply shortages and price increases. In fact, warming is increasing planetary greening and helping feed eight billion people.
These days, no morning ritual is safe from climate alarm. The journal Nature has just declared that coffee is “critically threatened by climate change” and described . scientists racing to save your espresso from “extinction.” … Read more
Summary: Canada’s climate goals, including a national clean-energy grid and zero-polluting homes while excessive regulation strangles resource extraction and export, are economically unsustainable. Without resource exports, including fossil fuels, the country must rely on imports for goods and services, leading to inflation and increasing poverty. Furthermore, the focus on renewable energy sources like solar and wind is impractical.… Read more
The Terms of Reference for the CleanBC Review Panel reads:
… Read more“The Province is launching an independent review of CleanBC programs to ensure:
- they are effectively reducing emissions,
- while making life more affordable, and
- supporting a strong economy.”
As missiles hit Gulf energy infrastructure and gas prices lurch upward, one of the most consequential Canadian policy judgments of recent years looks worse by the day.… Read more
As we’ve noted, climate alarmism is in trouble on two key fronts. First, the supposedly solid science behind the panic is collapsing, and second, the supposedly easy policies to bring about a green energy transition are turning out not to work. … Read more
Many Americans still think the key question in climate politics is a human effect on climate, yea or nay, believer vs. denier.
No. For 40 years, the only interesting questions have been how and how much are we influencing the climate, and the cost and benefit of proposed actions—questions that can’t be answered by shouting yea or nay about a human role in climate change.… Read more
… Read moreThe IPCC’s MAGICC model shows that even with a 100% reduction in carbon emissions by developed nations, global warming would only be reduced by a minuscule 0.13°C by 2050. This tiny reduction comes at a staggering cost, with a McKinsey study estimating US$275 trillion globally by 2050. Instead of focusing on carbon taxes, we should be using our fossil-fuel wealth to develop adaptation strategies and gradually, over several decades, transition to other energy sources.