The Ford, Tides, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation have granted tens of millions of dollars to left-wing political agitation groups in Canada in recent years. The beneficiary groups vary in their focuses of public policy prescriptions. The ostensible objectives of these groups, as indicated by their self-descriptions, include advocacy for “clean energy transition,” “ecological and equitable choices,” “restor(ing) and preservin(ing) the environment,” “social, economic, and environmental justice” and “indigenous sovereignty.”
by Robert Kraychik31 Aug 2015, 6:22 AM PST0
In a new study, the liberal protestant Public Religion Research Institute claims erroneously that Catholics are left-wing when it comes to gay marriage, climate change, and even abortion.
by Austin Ruse30 Aug 2015, 6:21 PM PST0
Obama leaves Monday for a three-day visit to the 49th state in which he will speak at a State Department climate change conference and become the first president to visit the Alaska Arctic.
by Breitbart News30 Aug 2015, 8:12 AM PST0
The U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said that during Pope Francis’ visit to the United States next month, he expects the Pope will urge the U.S. to embrace its history of welcoming immigrants.
by Dr. Susan Berry29 Aug 2015, 7:30 AM PST0
As President Obama headed for Las Vegas on Monday to kick off an energy summit hosted by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), media reports are surfacing of a recent FactCheck.org report that challenges Reid’s record of
by Alex Swoyer25 Aug 2015, 9:46 AM PST0
More bad news for climate alarmists: methane released by the thawing permafrost just isn’t looking like the deadly threat it was supposed to be. For years it has been an article of faith among climate doommongers that methane is the
by James Delingpole22 Aug 2015, 12:16 AM PST0
President Obama is not alone in wielding governmental power to clamp down on carbon-emitting energy. While he weaponizes the Environmental Protection Agency to take on coal-powered energy, potentially shutting down hundreds of coal-fired power plants, Alberta’s new socialist NDP government is pushing ostensibly environmentally-minded policies against oil on shared premises of combating “climate change.”
by Robert Kraychik20 Aug 2015, 6:53 AM PST0
ISTANBUL (AP) — Muslim scholars and environmental advocates from about 20 countries on Tuesday called for a global phase-out of greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, joining a chorus of religious leaders urging the world to take strong action against global
by AP19 Aug 2015, 1:52 AM PST0
Recently, President Barack Obama declared that “climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security.” So, when does the war begin?
by Joel B. Pollak18 Aug 2015, 4:15 AM PST0
What would you say are the biggest threats to the tourist future of the Mediterranean? If I had to make a list, my top three would be something like: 1. Terrorists on a fast boat from Libya (or similar) wreaking
by James Delingpole15 Aug 2015, 12:29 AM PST0
Scientists in Silicon Valley have designed a controversial device that could help manipulate the climate by “brightening” clouds in order to counter the effects of global warming in a process known as geoengineering. According to the local CBS News affiliate in San Francisco, the Marine Cloud Brightening
by Adelle Nazarian7 Aug 2015, 7:01 AM PST0
Republicans largely ignored California Governor Jerry Brown’s call on the presidential candidates to tackle climate change in the presidential debate on Thursday.
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2015, 1:43 AM PST0
California Gov. Jerry Brown welcomed President Barack Obama’s “Clean Power Plan,” a new set of environmental regulations to cut down what the administration calls “carbon pollution.” The goal is to cut national carbon dioxide emissions 32% from 2005 levels by 2030.
by Joel B. Pollak4 Aug 2015, 6:08 AM PST0
Nearly six in ten climate scientists don’t adhere to the so-called “consensus” on man-made climate change, a new study by the Dutch government has found. The results contradict the oft-cited claim that there is a 97 percent consensus amongst climate
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Jul 2015, 8:15 AM PST0
According to a poll released this week by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), almost two-thirds of Californians believe, contrary to scientific evidence, that the state’s historic drought has been caused by global warming (not “climate change,” but “global warming”).
by William Bigelow30 Jul 2015, 10:43 AM PST0
The Montana and Wyoming Rockies have been hit with what forecasters have called an “exceptional” and rare July cold front that has blanketed the region in a heavy snowfall.
by Warner Todd Huston28 Jul 2015, 7:19 PM PST0
A new paper on climate change has urged advocates and activists to “develop tailored climate communication strategies for individual nations” – reflecting on the fact that is mainly the world’s wealthier nations who are ‘aware’ of their propaganda, even though they see
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Jul 2015, 8:14 AM PST0
Global warming nuts already think Big Oil can control the weather, and they seem to be moving toward accusing fossil fuel companies of somehow faking the climate itself, in such a way that satellites are fooled into reporting all those beautiful billion-dollar “climate change” doomsday theories are a pile of rubbish.
by John Hayward27 Jul 2015, 11:00 AM PST0
An Arctic expedition to study climate change has ground to a halt thanks to the worst ice conditions seen in the Hudson Bay for two decades. An icebreaker which doubles as a scientific vessel during the summer months was scheduled to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds23 Jul 2015, 6:25 AM PST0
A two-day Vatican workshop on climate change and human trafficking came to a close Wednesday after a like-minded group of some 60 mayors from around the world met with Church officials and United Nations representatives to discuss a coordinated response to environmental challenges.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Jul 2015, 3:54 AM PST0
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent at least £105 million on green projects in the four years since 2011, a period of significant military cutbacks in personnel and equipment. The figures have come to light as the Ministry released
by Oliver Lane23 Jul 2015, 1:13 AM PST0
California Governor Jerry Brown mounted his bully pulpit at the Vatican Tuesday, citing the Bible and excoriating climate change skeptics as greedy swindlers more interested in profits from oil than the well-being of humanity.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Jul 2015, 6:17 PM PST0
The American news network CBS has been accused of “lying” in a report on climate change in Greenland. The network ran an article claiming that Greenland has seen a whopping 62°F increase in summer temperatures over the last eight years;
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Jul 2015, 6:22 AM PST0
A man from the tiny Central Pacific nation of Kiribati has failed in his attempt to be classed as the world’s first “climate refugee”. Ioane Teitiota, 38, tried to persuade New Zealand’ Supreme Court that his homeland had become unsafe
by Nick Hallett21 Jul 2015, 3:37 AM PST0
With just four months to go until the next major UN climate summit descends on Paris, international delegates are doing what they do best; flying around the world and talking about how they can stop other people doing the same thing. Foreign
by Simon Kent20 Jul 2015, 4:09 AM PST0
