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An online article claims a major international report on climate change found little to no evidence that global warming causes adverse events or has a negative impact on the environment. But the report shows that there has been a clear intensification of the planet's warming and the toll it has taken on humans and ecosystems.

April 8, 2021 Climate Change Weekly #393 Feeding the world’s hungry ranks among the greatest difficulties humankind has experienced throughout its history. With the Earth’s population expected to top nine billion between 2050 and 2100 (before starting a rapid decline), this challenge will likely worsen in coming decades unless people embrace increases in carbon dioxide and genetic engineering of crops.   Far from being an impediment to continued human existence, ris...

In Climate Change Weekly 387 I warned that China presents a huge obstacle to President Joe Biden’s efforts to promote a global approach to fighting climate change. As I pointed out then, China’s carbon dioxide emissions are already approximately double those of the United States, and China has made clear any cooperation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions will depend on the Biden administration’s willingness to ignore China’s theft of U.S. residents’ intellectual property, Beijing�...

Climate Change Weekly #389 Contrary to the claims of green energy profiteers and apologists in the mainstream media, wind and solar power, particularly their absence during a critical, surprising period of peak demand, were largely to blame for the widespread power outages in Texas during the polar freeze that hit the state last week. Although the depth and length of time of the frigid temperatures for much of Texas were highly unusual, they were not unprecedented. Temperatures have remained be...

-- H. Sterling Burnett The progressive crowd has been saying the quiet part out loud quite a bit lately. Time magazine released an article on Thursday extolling the praises of a shadowy cabal of industry higher-ups who conspired to manipulate the election and oust Donald Trump.   The article shocked a lot of people for its brazenness. Mere days earlier, conservative outlets—including our own—were subject to page removals, suspensions, and outright bans for even suggesting such a thing. In...

Climate Change Weekly #384 In the waning days of President Donald Trump’s term of office, the administration has finalized a series of actions and rules that will complicate if not prevent incoming President Joe Biden from easily imposing radical climate proposals on the country. The Trump administration offered oil and gas leases on public lands in Alaska (January) and California (December), and despite today’s relatively low oil and gas prices, companies bid on the leases and won. In the ...