Submitted by: Gregory Wrightstone, Executive Director Frits Byron Soepyan, Research and Science Associate CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia October 22, 2024 to the Wyoming Energy Authority We recommend against the expenditure of Wyoming tax revenues to study or implement the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or from the effluents of power plants and other… Continue Reading
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This expert opinion was filed September 10, 2024 Court of Appeals The Hague The Hague The Netherlands Richard Lindzen Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Happer Professor of Physics, Emeritus Princeton University Steven Koonin University Professor, New York University, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute Re: Shell v.… Continue Reading
8.15.2024
Open Letter to National Renewable Energy Laboratory RE: Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study
August 12, 2024 Jaquelin Cochran, PhD Director, Grid Planning and Analysis Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory Re: CO2 Coalition Challenges Climate Basis for LADWP LA100 Dear Dr. Cochran: Good news: There is NO climate crisis in California. This letter regards the Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study (LA100), which is a joint collaboration between the… Continue Reading
7.15.2024
Two Important Supreme Court Cases Strongly Support the CO2 Coalition’s Supreme Court Strategy
July 14, 2024 Two recent Supreme Court cases validate the CO2 Coalition’s Supreme Court Strategy to file comments that can be used in briefings by those challenging various Net Zero regulations in the Courts of Appeal and then the Supreme Court. Coalition comments were filed by Drs. William Happer (Princeton) and Richard Lindzen (MIT) in… Continue Reading
7.12.2024
Physics Proves Net Zero Carbon Dioxide Will Prevent Very Little Warming but Cause Great Harm
Richard Lindzen Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Happer Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Princeton University Physics Proves Net Zero Carbon Dioxide Will Prevent Very Little Warming but Cause Great Harm July 4, 2024 The United States and countries worldwide are vigorously pursuing regulations and subsidies to reduce carbon… Continue Reading
Paper prepared by Richard Lindzen, William Happer, Steven Koonin and submitted April 16, 2024. Summary provided below and the entire paper can be accessed here: Lindzen Happer Koonin climate science 4-24. THERE WILL BE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE POOR, PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE WEST IF FOSSIL FUELS, CO2 AND OTHER GHG EMISSIONS ARE… Continue Reading
Statement by Dr. James Enstrom concerning unethical practices of the UCLA Law School 11/6/23 UCLA Law School Unethically Promotes an Anti-Science Climate Emergency By Dr. James Enstrom – PhD in physics, Stanford University Please read my November 2, 2023 email letter to the UCLA Law School Dean Michael Waterstone. It is very important to… Continue Reading
7.21.2023
CO2 Coalition Submits Comment on EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Regulations as Dangerous and Unscientific
Release: Immediate July 21, 2023 Download entire comment here (pdf) ARLINGTON, Va. – A proposed federal rule to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants should not be adopted because it scientifically invalid and would endanger lives by denying people the benefits of fossil fuels and increasing levels of CO2, according to two eminent physicists.… Continue Reading
Dr. John F. Clauser, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia. “Dr. Clauser will add tremendously to the intellectual depth of our organization, which already benefits from a membership of more than 120 scientists and researchers representing a… Continue Reading
4.18.2023
Happer, Lindzen, CO2 Coalition Comment on the Department of Energy’s Proposed Gas Stove Standards
The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to revise their standards for natural gas stoves. This revision is just one of the 110 other “energy efficiency” actions on other household items including furnaces, water heaters, clothes washers and dryers and lightbulbs that would restrict your ability to freely choose which appliance to purchase and use.… Continue Reading
The CO2 Coalition has reviewed the National Science Teaching Association’s Position Statement on Climate Change and has found that it has serious problems, which we address in this assessment. Our detailed rebuttal, Challenging the NSTA’s Position Statement on Climate Change, was published March 23, 2023. Our objections to this document are many but can be… Continue Reading
February 23, 2023 Net Zero Plans Are Dangerous and Unsupported by Science and the Scientific Method Net Zero initiatives of governments and private organizations are scientifically invalid and will lead to worldwide impoverishment and starvation if implemented, according to a paper published by the CO2 Coalition. The 55-page paper details how the objectives of Net… Continue Reading
In 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, under the auspices of the Clean Air Act, falsely determined that carbon dioxide was a pollutant. This is known as the Endangerment Finding and has been used since then to enable EPA to regulate and control CO2 emissions. It is this authority that is being used… Continue Reading
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10.28.2022
Gregory Wrightstone’s Testimony Before the PA House Environmental Resources and Energy Committe–Complete including Q&A
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10.24.2022
Video Summary: Greg Wrightstone’s Testimony Before PA House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
CO2 Coalition Executive Director Greg Wrightstone based his testimony before the PA House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on a recent paper published by our coalition that states that coal, oil, and natural gas are the “greenest” of energy sources. The paper was published by one of the CO2 Coalition’s members, Dr. Indur Goklany. Dr.… Continue Reading
10.24.2022
Testimony of CO2 Coalition Executive Director Gregory Wrightstone Before the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
Testimony of Gregory Wrightstone Executive Director, CO2 Coalition Before the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee October 24, 2022 Fossil Fuels: The Greenest Energy Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I am Gregory Wrightstone, executive director of the CO2 Coalition, based in Arlington, Virginia. I am also a native of Cumberland… Continue Reading
Gordon Tomb, Senior Advisor CO2 Coalition Sept. 12, 2022 Thank you for the opportunity to speak in favor of allowing drilling for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico. I have worked in or written about energy for more than 40 years. My father worked 42 years at a coal-fired power plant, and… Continue Reading
August 29, 2022 US EPA CASAC Ozone Review Panel Regarding Ozone NAAQS Reconsideration https://casac.epa.gov/ords/sab/fp=113:19:17031850757072:::RP,19:P19_ID:976 https://youtu.be/UkmVujyGsq0 (minutes 18-24) http://scientificintegrityinstitute.org/OzonePanel082922.pdf Dr. James Enstrom’s Verbal Comment to EPA CASAC Ozone Review Panel I am Dr. James Enstrom. I have had a long career as an epidemiologist at UCLA and I have made significant contributions to air pollution epidemiology,… Continue Reading
8.7.2022
Lindzen, Happer & CO2 Coalition Comment on the CFTC Climate-Related Financial Risk
On August 8, 2022, Richard Lindzen, William Happer and the CO2 Coalition submitted comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on climate-related financial risk. Read the entire comment here: Happer Lindzen CO2C CFTC 8-7-22d Our conclusion states: In our scientific opinion as career scientists, there is no scientific basis for the CFTC inquiry. Real science… Continue Reading
7.25.2022
William Happer, Richard Lindzen and CO2 Coalition comment on the 4th National Climate Assessment
Publication: Scientific paper in response to USGCRP Decadal Strategic Plan 2022-2031 | Authors: William Happer, Richard Lindzen & Gregory Wrightstone | Date: 22 July 2022 Happer-Lindzen-CO2C-USGCRP-NCA-7-22-22(1) I. SUMMARY On May 26, 2022, the United States Global Change Research Program (“USGCRP”) explained it is developing a Decadal Strategic Plan 2022-31 and indicated they are focusing on three scientific… Continue Reading
Comment and Declaration on the SEC’s Proposed Rule “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors,” William Happer, Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Princeton University Richard Lindzen, Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 17, 2022 Comment and Declaration Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed… Continue Reading
CO2 Coalition Comment: Securities and Exchange Commission Proposal on Climate Change Disclosures The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposal to require that businesses take extraordinary measures to account for climate risks is based on a false premise that there is a climate emergency because emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity threaten Earth with catastrophic… Continue Reading
Release: Immediate RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s attempts to influence the climate have no scientific basis and would have no measurable effect, according to testimony presented Thursday by representatives of the CO2 Coalition, an Arlington-based organization of scientists and researchers. Appearing before the House Commerce and Energy Subcommittee were Gregory Wrightstone, executive director and an expert… Continue Reading