“The least Columbia University can do is to invite leading scholars on the non-alarmist side to present the case for CO2/climate optimism. For the students … for civil debate … for good public policy.”
I like Lisa Sachs although I have never met her. The director of the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investing allows my challenging comments rather than cancel me like many other climate academics on the Progressive Left. And I can score some points to let the alarmists/activists know that they are short-changing the learning process if not reality itself.
This is a new era of debate about all things climate and energy. Columbia University might well be one of the last bastions of alarmism/activism, like the New York Times. But here comes the loyal opposition ….
I have debated Lisa Sachs before.…
Continue ReadingPerhaps it is a last stand and, in some respects, a wake. The “Policymakers Symposium” scheduled for September 17-18 in New York City is described as follows:
National Clean Energy Week is a celebration of the policies, industries, and innovations that power our daily lives while producing no or very little greenhouse gas emissions. Despite the very real technological and political challenges, a clean energy future is in our reach and America is ready to lead the way. Whether attending the flagship Policymakers Symposium or hosting your own celebration, please join us in recognition of all that clean energy can bring: energy independence and economic prosperity.
The pitch?
… Continue ReadingRegister now for the National Clean Energy Week Policymakers Symposium and secure your place among the policymakers, business leaders and innovators driving change.
This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Unreliables (General):
*** New York State Cancels Critical Transmission Project for “Clean Energy”
*** AI Could Vaporize Green Energy Hallucinations
Cross-Regional Analysis of Renewable and Dispatchable Energy Sources
Failures of the renewables transition era are insults to taxpayers
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** US DOI Plans to Revoke More Permits; White House Seeking to Engage DHHS?
Offshore wind has no future in the U.S., Interior Secretary says
Wind Energy — Other:
Belgian Wind Project Vetoed; Global Total Of Renewable Rejections Hits 1,104
Solar Energy:
China Tackles Price Wars as Bloated Solar Sector Amasses Huge Losses
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Virginia Staff Sees Need for More Gas Because Wind Will “Collapse”
Energy Experts Say Trump ‘Absolutely Deserves Credit’ For US Producing More Oil Than ‘Any Nation On Earth’
Manmade Global Warming:
*** Study: Sea Level Rise Not Caused by Climate Change
*** Where Are All The Hurricanes?…