The Art of the Steal: Green Graft
Some environmental groups have also expressed concern that offshore wind farms and construction of windfarms are disrupting marine life and may be responsible for the unusual number of whales dying…
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The Art of the Steal: Obama’s Trial Run
The Obama administration’s $80 billion green energy program was a small-scale trial run compared to the monies already enacted under the Biden administration, but it provided a window into the…
The Art of the Steal: How the Green Graft Works
The state of Maryland had a unique opportunity to fix Chesapeake Bay pollution in 2011—supposedly the big concern among Maryland’s elite—but instead, it squandered the chance by focusing on pet…
The Art of the Steal: Net Zero Is Unattainable
By imposing this new, expensive, inefficient energy regime, the Left is forcing consumers to pay much higher utility bills while opening the spigots of government spending once again to finance…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #279: Environmentalist Potpourri
We’re trying something new for this week: A round-up of stories and discussions not long enough by themselves to carry a podcast, all put together. Joining me to discuss solar…
Facebook’s ESG Agenda Went Down to Georgia (and Trashed a Trophy Fishing Lake)
Meta, the parent firm of Facebook, was in the media promoting its environmental, social and governance virtues in December 2021. That preening didn’t end well for the company this month after…
Al Gore’s 30 Years of Climate Errors: Glacial Recount
It has been 30 years since Al Gore was transformed from forgettable U.S. senator and presidential also-ran into an influential and enduring climate alarmist cultural icon. He has won an…
Al Gore’s 30 Years of Climate Errors: Snow Job
Gore’s prophecy regarding Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania was more precise, and just as wrong his prophecy about Glacier National Park. Going on seven years past the day when Gore…
Al Gore’s 30 Years of Climate Errors: The Scary Seas
NASA has an online tracker of ocean levels that shows monthly changes back to January 1993. (Perhaps not coincidentally, this was Gore’s first month as vice president). NASA shows the…
Al Gore’s 30 Years of Climate Errors: Bridge Fuel to Nowhere
The end of An Inconvenient Truth features the former vice president in solutions mode, previewing the policy recommendations that have become his agenda ever since. “Are we going to be…