Environment - Page 59

Domestic energy production is being held back by taxes, ESG investing, Green New Deal policy threats, and bank regulations.

At a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday in London, the oil cartel voted on a modest production increase and announced that the organization is not to blame for the disruptions and price increases since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.

Officials within the European Union are now being drafted into so-called environment-focused “mindfulness” courses to help alleviate their climate crazy anxieties.

A new advertising campaign in California is targeting the state’s dependence on foreign oil, including Russian oil, in protest against the policies of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has tried to restrict local oil and gas production due to climate change.

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Pennsylvania Republican candidate Jim Bognet, who’s running for the House of Representatives to unseat Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA).

Pope Francis renewed his appeal for an “integral ecology” Monday, calling on Christians to live “in harmony with the environment” and “in harmony with the universe.”

Environmentalists outraged by Biden’s decision to resume federal oil and gas leasing have not read the fine print. Biden actually eliminated 80 percent of the land available for leasing and increased the cost of operating those leases by 50 percent. 

The past two years have been a comprehensive disaster for the environmental movement, from the pandemic shattering Green New Deal illusions of what a “sustainable lifestyle” might look like, to polluting powerhouses like China and India burning literal mountains of coal without the slightest concern for the climate change movement.

A spate of articles in recent weeks chronicle a startling rise in “eco-anxiety” among children, defined by the American Psychological Association as “a chronic fear of environmental doom” from climate change.

California state regulators approved the construction of a 90-mile stretch of high-speed rail from San Jose to the rural town of Merced in the Central Valley.

DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm would not answer a lawmaker’s question about the economic impact the Line 5 pipeline has on Michigan.

Wild video caught the moment an Arizona mountain lion was startled after walking past automatic sliding doors at a luxury resort on Monday.

China, the world’s worst polluter, has been dramatically increasing its coal consumption without much criticism from the climate change movement. Now the Indian government is urging its states to increase coal imports for the next three years to meet rising energy demands and create an emergency stockpile.

Pope Francis discussed how the Catholic Church can be most effective in combatting climate change in his 41st meeting with his Council of Cardinals.

An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria last week killed 110 people, Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reported on Wednesday.

A three-legged hero dog battling cancer rescued a struggling week-old otter adrift in a frigid Minnesota river without its mother.

Disney-Marvels’ “The Avengers” star Mark Ruffalo is threatening City National Bank with a Hollywood boycott if its parent company doesn’t cave to pressure from environmental activists over the Coastal GasLink pipeline in Canada.

Vulnerable New Jersey Democrat Rep. Tom Malinowski said during a recent town hall that he favors legislation to put a “responsible market price on carbon in the United States,” which researchers claim would cost Americans 36 cents per gallon of gasoline.

People should eat less meat and travel less in order to save the planet from the alleged climate crisis, the UK’s chief science advisor said.

Severe water restrictions have begun in Southern California, as the Metropolitan Water District has announced that residents of certain areas will be limited to watering outdoor plants just once a week, as the state suffers a third year of severe drought.

A study from the University of Helsinki in Finland suggest that what people eat has to morph in order to save the planet from climate change.

Ukraine marked the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Tuesday with a visit to the site by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect potential damage caused by the brief Russian takeover of the former plant in February and March.

Staff of the California Coastal Commission have recommended that a proposed desalination project in Orange County be rejected ahead of a deciding vote on May 12, despite urgent water needs highlighted by an ongoing drought in the region.

One climate crazy minister has seen his approval rating drop to rock bottom after pushing for a ban on a popular type of fossil fuel.

Lockdowns in China are expected to decrease demand for commodities such as oil.

California’s drought continues, with the state’s snowpack only at 35% of the historical average, despite heavy snows in the Sierra Nevada that doubled the entire snowfall for the first quarter of the year.

Climate activists have hailed Wynn Bruce as a martyr for burning himself alive before the U.S. Supreme Court steps in protest of climate change.

A Colorado man who set himself on fire outside of the Supreme Court on Earth Day has died from his injuries, police said. 

The world is on track to warm by more than three degrees Celsius, which “would painfully remake societies and life on the planet,” an article in Bloomberg warned on Friday.

Radical eco-activists held a masked dance outside the D.C. mayor’s office on Friday as part of an Earth Day protest.

A radical eco-activist protester was arrested outside the Washington, DC, mayor’s office on Friday after unfurling a giant banner that read “No New Fossil Fuels.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lashed out against “prejudice” against his leftist green agenda among members of his own Conservative Party, and shot down proposals to lift of taxes on energy bills.

Some Hollywood stars celebrated Earth Day by promoting Greenpeace and slamming the fossil fuel industry, urging their fans to embrace green, or “sustainable,” energy.

New York City residents have been reluctant to embrace electric vehicles as the city pursues a transition to “sustainable transportation.”

AGs from 16 states are asking Joe Biden to restart the Keystone XL Pipeline as oil supplies are threatened by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Michigan’s effort to end coal production and replace it with solar energy is being aided by a woke public utility that will halt it by 2025.