by Gordon Tomb – May 18,2022 The nuclear power industry should focus more on addressing people’s irrational fear of low-level radiation rather than adding to the hysteria around global warming. Constellation Energy, for example, supports Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to tax carbon dioxide emissions of electricity generators. The tax would force the closing of… Continue Reading
by Gregory Wrightstone To no one’s surprise, Facebook continues to reject any and all scientific data that does not support their “consensus” narrative of man-made catastrophic warming by rejecting an ad placed by the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia. The ad is based on well documented and widely used satellite data published by the University of… Continue Reading
by Gordon Tomb Implementing net zero will depress the global economy more than the atmospheric warming that the campaign against carbon dioxide emissions is supposed to prevent, according to a comparison of research by recognized experts. In other words, abandoning efforts to eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels likely would make virtually everybody… Continue Reading
by Dr. Patrick Moore Since 2016, when acoustic sonar surveys required for construction of 1,500 wind turbines began on the U.S. Atlantic coast, 174 Humpback whales have washed ashore dead. This represents a 400 percent increase in mortalities from previous years. And then there are the highly endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which less… Continue Reading
2.10.2023
We Must Demand A Demonstration Project Of A Mainly Renewables-Based Electrical Grid
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, February 8, 2023. Could anybody possibly be stupid enough to believe the line that wind and solar generators can provide reliable electricity to consumers that is cheaper than electricity generated by fossil fuels? It takes hardly any thought about the matter to… Continue Reading
By Gregory Wrightstone Wind energy is presented by climate alarmists as a planet saver – a friend of Earth’s flora and fauna. Nothing could be further from the truth, which is becoming more apparent with increasing deaths among whales along the United States’ East Coast. Though dismissed by official agencies charged with wildlife protection, evidence… Continue Reading
By Gregory Wrightstone Our members Dr. Lars Schernikau (energy economist and commodity trader) and Dr. William H. Smith (Professor for Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis) recently published their new book “The Unpopular Truth… about Electricity and the Future of Energy” (on Amazon). The book quickly reached Top 3 on Amazon in… Continue Reading
by Ron Barmby Most people have a firm opinion on whether human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing unnatural global warming, and hold that opinion without understanding how the molecule physically absorbs and then releases heat energy. Understanding that mechanism reveals why today’s significant global CO2 emissions are insignificant to future global warming. Analogies… Continue Reading
by Gordon Tomb With Democrat Josh Shapiro as a newly inaugurated governor and a new legislative body, Pennsylvania will either shine as an energy superstar or continue down the dim path of economic decline. The commonwealth is a national leader in energy production despite being stifled by onerous regulations, market-distorting subsidies and an irrational hostility… Continue Reading
by Daniel Nebert, MD As a physician-scientist (and pediatrician), I wish to interject some scientific facts into the ongoing politically-charged “global warming/climate change” topic. First, the United Nation (UN)’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently shocked the global warming community by very discreetly announcing a retraction (27 October 2022) that “their computer-modeling estimates were… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj An Arctic bomb cyclone dropped a sudden chill on the U.S., delivering the coldest Christmas in decades. The nationwide death toll was reported to be more than 60, with at least half of the fatalities in upstate New York. Some of the dead did not have heating. Power outages put millions of… Continue Reading
12.9.2022
“All-the-Above” Energy Policy Is a Compromise That Reverses Human and Environmental Progress
by Dr. Indur Goklany The Net Zero energy policy pursued by the current administration would essentially, sooner or later, phase out fossil fuels. That would roll back much of the progress America and the world has witnessed since the 19th century in economic and human well-being while increasing pressures on the rest of nature. An… Continue Reading
by Gregory Wrightstone First, there is no climate emergency. Claims to the contrary are based on exaggerations of carbon dioxide’s warming effect and computer models that have proven unreliable. As Republicans settle into the leadership of the new House of Representatives, we are hoping for clearer congressional thinking about the climate issue. However, there is… Continue Reading
by William Happer Before leaving for a week of virtue-signaling at the COP27 climate conference with other world elites, President Joe Biden would have done well to reread Hans Christian Anderson’s story “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” “In the great city where he [the Emperor] lived, life was always gay,” Anderson wrote. “Every day many strangers… Continue Reading
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, November 14, 2022. Two of my recent posts have looked at critiques from the left of the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA — the June 30 decision that held that the Clean Air Act did not clearly give EPA… Continue Reading
10.25.2022
Review and Analysis of Van Wijngaarden and Happer Concerning Radiative Transfer in Earth’s Atmosphere in the Presence of Clouds
Download 2n-Stream Radiative Transfer here Kees de Lange October 2, 2022 The understanding of Earth’s climate depends to a large extent on our knowledge of radiative transfer processes in the atmosphere. Short wavelength radiation in the visible range from the sun enters the atmosphere and finds its way to the surface to warm it. Long… Continue Reading
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, October 22, 2022. In a post last week, I gave notice that battle was about to be joined with the EPA over what it claims to be the “science” behind global warming alarm. The case is called the Concerned Household Electricity Consumers… Continue Reading
by Gordon Tomb Already struggling to cope with higher energy bills, Pennsylvanians are now experiencing double-digit rate hikes this fall. In September, some suppliers increased electricity prices another 19 percent, citing inflation and energy costs. Pennsylvanians need relief, but Gov. Tom Wolf’s unilateral action will drive energy bills even higher. Worse yet, a new lawsuit highlights how Wolf’s plan—while claiming… Continue Reading
The Earth just had its 600 millionth straight cooler-than-average month thanks to naturally-driven cooling. An historical reconstruction of the Earth’s temperature by Northwestern University Adjunct Professor Dr. Christopher Scotese provides an illuminating and surprising comparison of today’s temperatures to that of the past. And it’s not what you think. According to Dr. Scotese the Earth “has alternated… Continue Reading
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Latest Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, October 17, 2022. Not being a dope, you likely realized a long time ago that it was going to take a lot of energy to manufacture the components of the future green energy utopia. Wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars, and so… Continue Reading
10.3.2022
A Personal Odyssey from the Population Bomb to the Climate Crisis (The Climate Crisis Lie)
by Norman Rogers In the early 1970s I was a disaffected youth. I began working at the nonprofit Zero Population Growth. We promoted the idea that exploding human population would soon make the world uninhabitable. The president of our organization went on the Johnny Carson television show. Sacks of mail, often with checks, arrived. The… Continue Reading
by Bruce Everett The fear of catastrophic climate change is everywhere today, including on the Cape. Well-intentioned people are working tirelessly in our schools, local governments and non-profits to promote clean energy and save the planet. What could be wrong with that? Quite a lot, actually. Let’s start with the science. Carbon dioxide (CO2), erroneously… Continue Reading
by Gregory Wrightstone A 35-year veteran of the global warming debate says fossil fuels are the “greenest” of energy sources. In a recently published paper, Dr. Indur Goklany notes that carbon dioxide emissions from industrial activity and transportation have increased plant growth and that fertilizers and pesticides derived from fossil fuels have boosted crop yields… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj A climate-inspired war on nitrous oxide (N2O) is threatening the global food supply. At risk are the viability of modern agricultural businesses and the very lives of the people who consume their plant and animal products. Fanned by climate alarmists, fears that nitrous oxide — a greenhouse gas — is contributing to… Continue Reading
9.13.2022
California And New York: Do Not Back Off Your World-Beating Green Energy Schemes!
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Latest Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, September 10, 2022. Today the Manhattan Contrarian formally calls upon the states of California and New York: Whatever you do, do not back down from your crash program of green energy schemes! The full text of the Manhattan Contrarian official announcement… Continue Reading