“What is RFF hiding–and why? Yes, a carbon tax produces revenue and would reduce CO2 emissions. But what about the tax effect on consumer energy prices–on gasoline, diesel, home heating oil, natural gas, and electricity for starters? And what are the climate effects from the levy (the ostensible reason for the tax)?”
Resources for the Future (RFF), full of PhD economists–and claiming to be scholarly and nonpartisan–has lost its intellectual way on the all important global warming issue.
Previous posts at MasterResource have documented how the once scholarly organization got corrupted by Malthusian thought in the 1970s–and then climate alarmism in the 1990s forward. Former head Paul Portney (a great guy, to be sure) went for the big funding bucks (from private foundations and government) and decided to assume the climate problem, not debate it, and not seriously assess public policies toward climate from a critical perspective.…
Continue Reading“Climate change is a major focus of many large foundations. Just about any approach to climate change you can think of is getting funding, and organizations at all levels — local, regional, national, global — are receiving support.”
– “Climate Change – Funders.” Inside Philanthropy. (Website Visit: October 13, 2017)
Right after the election of Donald Trump last November, I posted a provocative piece, 1) Eliminate Obamacare 2) Challenge Private Foundations to Divert all Global Warming Spending to Health Insurance for the Vulnerable. With a climate reset coming, and the imperative to repeal or shrink Obamacare, I saw an opportunity to couple the issue for a win-win.
My short post read:
… Continue ReadingThe headline above is a public policy idea for the Trump Administration and for the Republican majorities in the House and the Senate.
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Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
Wind Energy: Local Economics 101
Some Local Legislators Perspective on Wind Energy
Local Maine wind ordinance: 2 mile setback, 25 dBA noise limit
Misleading Costs for Wind and Solar
Thirteen complaints filed against wind project for well water interference
Perry Orders FERC Rescue of Nukes, Coal
EPA Press Release about repeal of “Clean Power Plan”
Report: Five Myths About Nuclear Power
Aussie Revolution: Mounting High Level Attacks Against Renewable Energy
Study: Minnesota’s Energy Policy — The High Cost of Failure
Video: Puerto Rican Wind project destroyed by hurricane Maria
How Climate Scientists Got Their Global Warming Sums Wrong
Study: Why human CO2 does not change climate
Are Climate Models Overstating Warming?…
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