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Official White House Photo of President Trump by Eric Worrall | Sept. 16, 2020 h/t Mike Maguire – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a government body led by Republican appointee Heath Tarbert, has just recommended imposition of a carbon tax. Climate change is huge risk for the American financial system, a major new bipartisan report says Last Updated: Sept. 12, 2020 at 11:34 a.m. ETFirst Published: Sept. 9, 2020 at 2:34 p.m. ETBy Rachel Koning Beals A carbon tax features in CFTC report that aims to unite disparate federal efforts The U.S. financial system, including banks, agricultural and oil interests, …

By Charles Rotter | Sept. 12, 2020 Bloomberg News is reporting that the state of Delaware (like several other Democrat-controlled states) is filing climate suits against Exxon, Chevron and others. Willie Soon’s name has been repeatedly used and abused in nearly all the lawsuits by state Attorney Generals (the previous one was by the State of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, June 24, 2020). But this time, it is clear that the lawyers from San Francisco representing the state of Delaware did not bother to be more careful in doing their homework. The highlighted segment by the state of Delaware about Willie …

Senator Kamala Harris is interviewed after the U.S. Democratic presidential candidates debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 20, 2019. (Christopher Aluka Berry/Reuters) National Review By Kevin D. Williamson | August 11, 2020 Joe Biden has named his 2020 running mate: authoritarianism. American prosecutors wield awesome and terrible powers that lend themselves easily to abuse, and Senator Kamala Harris, formerly the attorney general of California, is an enthusiastic abuser of them. Harris was a leader in the junta of Democratic state attorneys general that attempted to criminalize dissent in the matter of global warming, using her …

Electroverse Aug. 3, 2020 July, 2020 was historically cold throughout Scandinavia–and across much of Europe for that matter. The Nordic nation of Norway’s average temperature came out at 0.6C below the norm, making for the country’s coldest July in 50 years. As reported by kommunikasjon.ntb.no, a staggering 23 weather stations measured their lowest-ever July temperature, mainly in Innlandet, Viken, and Vestland. To boot, 39 records were set for the lowest average July temperature. In addition, the bone-chilling low of -7.2C logged at Sognefjellhytta went down as Norway’s coldest July temperature ever recorded And one final impressive feat, the mercury didn’t …

New York Times By Katie Glueck and Lisa Friedman | July 14, 2020, Updated Feb. 1, 2021 Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. unveiled his $2 trillion climate plan for reducing fossil fuel use across the U.S. and creating jobs. Today, I’m here in Wilmington to talk about a second plan: How we could create millions of high-paying union jobs by building a modern infrastructure and a clean energy future. These are the most critical investments we can make for the long-term health and vitality of both the American economy, and the physical health and safety of the American …

Heartland Daily News H. Sterling Burnett | June 23, 2020 In another in a string of defeats of lawsuits in which youth plaintiffs are attempting to force governments to take action to fight climate change, Florida Circuit Court Judge Kevin Carroll dismissed a lawsuit brought by eight Florida youths against Gov. Ron DeSantis and Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. This defeat tracks the history of cases brought by climate activist law firms on behalf youths in Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Washington state, and in a federal case dismissed earlier this year. In those cases, as in the Florida decision, the courts found …

WUWT Anthony Watts | July 1, 2020 From the Institute for Energy Research and the department of political sheep herding comes this review of a misguided mess done by a few members of the house who have bought into the “crisis” narrative- Anthony The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has released its Climate Crisis Action Plan. Speaking in front of the Capitol on Tuesday, June 30, Representative Kathy Castor of Florida’s 14th congressional district declared the plan a “transformative roadmap” that would build a “100 percent clean energy economy.” The 547-page document includes a wide range of policy planks, …

WUWT Charles Rotter / May 5, 2020 Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the…emails of my critics”#MichaelMoore #Putin #Russiagate #AttackonRenewables #FossilFuelAgenda Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann  · 5h In case you were wondering what might be up with #MichaelMoore and his attacks on clean energy, and whether there might be a hidden agenda… https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann/status/1257703123075960834 … Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann Replying to @KetanJ0 “The Russia Connection” via #MadhouseEffect#Russiagate #ClimateGate #Wikileaks #Assange #Putin Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/film-maker-michael-moore-visits-julian-assange-at-embassy-34788794.html … 22 10:19 AM – May 5, 2020

Global Warming Policy Forum 29/04/20 António Guterres calls for coronavirus aid to be directed at firms with green credentials Governments should not use taxpayer cash to rescue fossil fuel companies and carbon-intensive industries, but should devote economic rescue packages for the coronavirus crisis to businesses that cut greenhouse gas emissions and create green jobs, the UN secretary general has urged. “Where taxpayers’ money is used to rescue businesses, it must be creating green jobs and sustainable and inclusive growth,” said António Guterres, speaking at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, a virtual meeting of more than 30 governments on the climate crisis, …

by Eric Worrall | April 28, 2020 The United Nations has moved on from conducting simple surveys which all too frequently reveal an embarrassing lack of concern about climate change. Now they ask activists to hold conversations with their followers, and claim the reported outcome of those conversations is evidence of public support for climate action. Global public tells the United Nations: Take action on climate change and the environment The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary at a time of great upheaval, as COVID-19 continues to spread, exacting a heavy toll on lives, societies and economies in all regions of …