By Vijay Jayaraj Carbon dioxide (CO₂) has been predominantly portrayed as the chief culprit driving global warming. For decades, this misconception has guided international policies, prompted ambitious targets for reducing CO2 emissions and driven a shift from reliable and affordable energy resources like coal, oil, and natural gas toward problematic wind and solar sources. However,… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj Climate policy being given to financial imprudence, Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement is not only a geopolitical shift likely to have positive effects abroad but also a monetary relief for American taxpayers. The pecuniary implications of Trump’s withdrawal are substantial: The United States has shouldered an… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj Methane emissions have become a focal point of the climate debate, triggering absurd agricultural regulations negatively affecting farming communities worldwide. Targets for abuse are ruminant animals, including cattle and sheep, that produce methane (CH4) through enteric fermentation — a natural digestive process that converts grass into protein-rich meat and milk for human… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj For years, climate activists like Al Gore and John Kerry have made bold, headline-grabbing predictions that have failed to materialize. Gore’s 2007 assertion that the Arctic would be ice-free by 2013 stands in stark contrast to reality: Arctic ice has not disappeared despite seasonal fluctuations, and Antarctica sea ice has rebounded from record low… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj On a frigid January morning, the fruit of the U.K.’s overreliance on wind energy was reaped when its contribution to the national grid plummeted to a pitiful zero. Solar output, meanwhile, was a paltry 1% of power generation. This wasn’t just a fluke but rather a stark illustration of the dangers of… Continue Reading
By Gregory Wrightstone Scientists at the CO2 Coalition say a fuss over the greenhouse-warming effect of anesthetic gases is much ado about something so close to nothing as to be undetectable — tiny fractions of degrees in temperature. In fact, we would add, compared to the stakes at risk in many surgical procedures, fretting over… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj Today, African leaders and policymakers will gather at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – East Africa’s most populous city – for the highly anticipated “Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit.” Mission 300 is an initiative to provide electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030. Success would have profound implications for a continent that has… Continue Reading
By William Happer The best way to think about the frenzy over climate is to consider it a modern version of the medieval Crusades. You may remember that the motto of the crusaders was “Deus vult!”, “God wills it!” It is hard to pick a better virtue-signaling slogan than that. Most climate enthusiasts have not… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj A few hundred years ago, coffee was almost an unknown commodity with hardly a handful of countries consuming it at a commercial scale. But today, it is a sought-after drink that drives multiple companies to compete for the world’s best beans. An estimated 21 billion pounds of green coffee are produced annually across more… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj The winter of 2025 has been brutal for Europe, exposing the severe flaws of its over-reliance on wind and solar energy. As temperatures plummeted, countries grappled with electricity shortages, soaring energy prices, and the grim specter of blackouts. In the United Kingdom and Germany, two countries that have positioned themselves as global… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj Fanciful dreams of green hydrogen powering the future have met reality. The cost of producing this much-hyped fuel will remain prohibitively high for decades to come, crushing hopes of its rapid adoption across industries. Green hydrogen start-ups are shuttering operations, major projects are being shelved, and investors are retreating from what was… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration is only the second in modern American history that dangerous Arctic temperatures have forced indoors. The last was Ronald Reagan’s second one in 1985, when wind chills plunged to below zero. However, this winter’s unstoppable, ferocious cold isn’t confined to the U.S. In the Eastern Hemisphere, temperatures… Continue Reading
By Jim Steele First understand Southern California is naturally dry. Its Mediterranean climate means it rarely rains in the summer and has a limited winter rainy season. Three deserts in the region attest to its dry climate. As a result, the vegetation around Los Angeles primarily consists of one-hour fuels that can dry in as… Continue Reading
Facebook “Fact Checks” Prof. Will Happer By Angela Wheeler The only way to combat censorship is to shine a light on it whenever we see it. In censoring material that contradicts the popular – though increasingly feeble – fiction of a climate crisis, Facebook is quick to discount the credentials of one of the world’s… Continue Reading
By Wallace Manheimer Major scientific organizations’ statements on “climate change” and the conclusions therein form the basis of much of the scientific foundation for governmental, scientific, media, and public concerns on the use of fossil fuels. Trillions of public and private dollars are currently being spent on alternative fuels to “save the planet” from the… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj and Ananya Bhatia South Korea has long been a radiant mosaic of industrial might, technological innovation, and global ambition. Yet, beneath the gleaming skyline of Seoul and the industrious hum of Ulsan’s refineries lies a delicate but indispensable thread: Energy. As South Korea faces mounting pressure to bridge its energy supply-demand gap,… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj When it comes to global energy policy, few narratives are as instructive — and as cautionary — as Europe’s. Why? Their ill-fated experiment with wind and solar energy. The continent’s self-inflicted woes contain lessons that should be taken to heart by those formulating U.S. energy strategy for the incoming administration. Europe’s Misplaced… Continue Reading
By Brian C. Joondeph What’s the difference between weather and climate? Let’s ask the expert class, the governmental National Weather Service. Weather is defined as the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind speed and direction, and barometric pressure. Climate is defined as the expected frequency of… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj With mist-shrouded peaks of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and a sun-drenched Caribbean coastline, Colombia’s landscape is as diverse as its people. However, decades of internal conflict and economic uncertainty demonstrated that incredible natural beauty alone are not sufficient for a civilized society. A transformation from more than 50 years of… Continue Reading
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By Vijay Jayaraj Scientific advancement and agricultural technology have revolutionized food production, enabling humanity to feed more readily a ballooning population. And working behind these celebrated innovations is an unacknowledged but indispensable contributor to the world’s growing food security: rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The very molecule that has been wrongly branded as a doomsday… Continue Reading
(Photo: Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, England) (The visible emissions from modern coal-fired power plants are water vapor) By Gordon Tomb Has the time come to make coal great again? Maybe. “Coal is cheap and far less profitable to export than to burn domestically. so, let’s burn it here,” says Steve Milloy, a veteran observer… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj The climate movement’s annual showpiece, the United Nation’s Conference of Parties (COP), held this year in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been exposed to an unprecedented level of disinterest – even dissent – from developing nations. Leaders of some of the world’s most resource-rich, economically aspiring countries have opted to sit this one out,… Continue Reading
By Gordon J. Fulks At a time when campaigning politicians defy reality with extravagant promises, recent developments suggest reason may be returning to the electric power sector – even as the Biden administration frantically tries to spend billions on so-called ‘renewable energy.’ Much of this drama plays out in my Pacific Northwest, where policymakers favor… Continue Reading
By Ananya Bhatia and Vijay Jayaraj From my residential perch overlooking Ho Chi Minh City, I embrace the tranquillity of daybreak. Quickly, the idyllic morning transforms into a pulsing canvas of vitality as middle-class ambitions surge through the arteries of this burgeoning metropolis – Vietnam’s largest city known to some as Saigon. It is an… Continue Reading