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Shakedown! Climate Governance Initiative (UK)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 7, 2023

“Our mission is to mobilise boards around the world to accelerate the net zero transition, guided by the World Economic Forum’s Principles for Effective Climate Governance.”

Politicized ESG alert for corporations. The Climate Governance Initiative (CGI), housed at the University of Cambridge (UK), wants to hose you down in the name of “saving the Planet.” Rather than debate climate alarm and forced energy transformation, CGI wants to assume it and race down Hayek’s Road to Serfdom, the Utopia being Climate Stability (or some such thing).

The UK Climate Governance Initiative is based on the following premise:

Climate change is a global emergency. Business has a crucial role to play in the necessary transition. Boards must take the lead on this.

Our Mission, Vision & Values (here):

Our mission is to mobilise boards around the world to accelerate the net zero transition, guided by the World Economic Forum’s Principles for Effective Climate Governance.

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Social Injustice: Climate Activists vs. Nitrogen Fertilizers

By Steve Overholt -- June 6, 2023

“Now, climate warriors have arrayed their forces against manmade ‘chemical’ nitrogen fertilizers. The convenient collateral damage in this campaign is the natural gas required to produce this essential plant nutrient.”

Throughout modern history science-based increases in food production and the wealth it generates have brought astonishing reductions in population growth rates. Then came climate alarmism and forced energy transformation.

The farmers toil as many Americans relax and take summer vacations. The agricultural sector today represents only 1.3 percent of our population compared to 30 percent a century ago, producing record harvests through brains, sweat, and science (and CO2 enrichment and longer growing seasons). Yet many of them feel uneasy about the climate-change exaggerators who have them in the government’s crosshairs.

A New Front

It is not only beef from cattle, a methane issue.…

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Energy and Environmental Review: June 5, 2023

By -- June 5, 2023

Ed. note: 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Renewables (General):
*** In Texas, a Clean-Energy Pioneer, the Tide Turns Against Renewables
*** Alternative Energy Projects Are Bankrupting The Energy Grid
*** Fallacies About Nuclear, Wind, and Solar
Big Wind’s US Renewable Rejection Database tally hits 523
Proposed NY legislative action to stop the “transition” until a fossil fuel replacement is identified

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Offshore wind may not reduce CO2 emissions
Cape Cod to Rhode Island Tourists Expect A Summer Of Whales Washing Up
Cape May County Fights Back Against Offshore Wind Project

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** The True Cost of Energy Generated From Wind Turbines

Solar Energy:
Hidden Impact of Solar Projects: Residents and Wildlife Affected, Aquifers Threatened
How solar projects took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’

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Nuclear Energy:
*** Why Small Modular Reactors Herald a Nuclear Energy Renaissance
*** Electricity Prices Plunge By 75% As Finland Opens New Nuclear Power Plant
Virginia’s not the only place exploring small modular nuclear reactors
WTF Happened to Nuclear Energy?

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Nixon’s June 1971 ‘Clean Energy’ Speech

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 2, 2023
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Chris Tomlinson (Houston Chronicle) Confesses Conflict of Interest

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U.S. Exit of the Paris Climate Accord: Reasons Reverberate Today

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 1, 2023
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Surging New England Energy Prices: No Surprise

By Steve Goreham -- May 30, 2023
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Memorial Day 2023: Let’s Go!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 26, 2023
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Tomlinson on Texas Electricity: Houston Chronicle Editorialist in the Wrong Paradigm

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 25, 2023
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EVs: Political Pushback (151 Republicans vs. Big Brother)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 24, 2023
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