Real Threats to Biodiversity and Humanity

By: Paul Driessen References to climate change almost guarantee funding, even for research topics of little interest beyond academia and eco-activists. Polls reveal that most people worry most about energy and food prices, crime, living standards, Putin’s war on Ukraine, and increasing efforts to control their lives. A recent Rutgers University scientists sought to determine…

Don’t Look Up

By: Paul Driessen A real rock from outer space (not manmade climate change) is causing perceived rising seas. In the Netflix movie, Washington politicians “Don’t Look Up” because they prefer to remain oblivious to a special effects meteor that’s about to obliterate Planet Earth. Not surprisingly, the film is really about our refusal to recognize…

Candy Bomber Lessons For Ukraine – And Daily Life

By: Paul Driessen The Covid pandemic severely disrupted schools, commerce, and public and private services of every description. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s focus on the “manmade climate crisis” continue to drive energy and food prices ever higher. Western energy, healthcare and national security policies are increasingly exposed as weak and feckless. In…

Saving America from Planet-Threatening Fossil Fuels

By: Paul Driessen Presidential candidate Joe Biden repeatedly promised to end fossil fuels in America. There’ll be “no more drilling, including offshore,” he said. “Noabilityfor the oil industry to drill. No more pipelines.”  Shortly after reaching the White House, President Biden ended Keystone XL pipeline construction and began working with congressional Democrats, environmentalists and bureaucrats…

Lethal Carbon-Imperialism in Glasgow and DC

By: Paul Driessen Days before the twenty-sixth Conference of Parties in Glasgow, Scotland.Pope Francis and President Biden met in Rome to discuss “efforts grounded in respect for fundamental human dignity,” including “tackling the climate crisis and caring for the poor.” They should have read Climate Change: The Facts 2017 before they met, especially my chapter…

Don’t Waste Time Or Money On ‘Silent Earth’

By:                   Paul Driessen Book reviews usually tell people, buy this new hardback. This article advises, don’t bother reading “Silent Earth,” much less purchasing a copy; it’s mostly a junk-science, anti-technology screed. Dave Goulson’s book expands on “Silent Spring,” Rachel Carson’s polemic against pesticides that helped rid Europe and the…

Woke Companies Must Wake Up on ESG

By:                       Paul Driessen Growing numbers of companies, banks, universities and investment houses are adopting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards and disclosure rules. They’re pressured to do so by activists, legislators and regulators. Many expect to get rich via taxpayer-subsidized “renewable” energy projects. Nearly all…

Real Threats to Planet and People

By:             Paul Driessen Environmental activism was already nasty and lethal when I wrote Eco-Imperialism: Green Power – Black Death18 years ago. It’s gotten steadily worse since then, especially with hysteria about the “looming manmade climate apocalypse” driving ever more extreme demands that we rid the world of fossil fuels and…

The left has some comparative advantages in its war against liberty and tolerance. Chief among these is their boundless imagination for making things up. Last weekend’s target was the American Conservative Union (ACU), which hosts CPAC, the largest gathering of conservatives in the world. Thousands of conservative activists, hundreds of conservative entities, as well as conservative politicians, thought leaders and millions of viewers in the United States and around the world were together in person or virtually. If that wasn’t enough to trigger the haters, that President Trump delivered his first speech since leaving office was the final straw. CPAC was the perfect target for a smear campaign. The first and predictable line of attack was against Hyatt Corporation for daring to contract with the ACU. The mob took to social media to bully, censor and cancel. Then they ramped up the attack. So desperately hell-bent are these people on hurting those with whom they disagree and similarly censoring every facet of society that a few “woke” gems cracked open a history book and unearthed an obscure shape, the Odal Rune, part of the runic alphabet predating the modern Roman alphabet. Later becoming a symbol of hatred and tied to antisemitism, the mob made the tenuous and absurd connection the CPAC stage resembled the shape. Voila, Twitter, et. al. went wild with accusations of antisemitism. Never mind that the stage was designed by subcontractor Design Foundry, and the contract between ACU and Design Foundry clearly stated that Design Foundry owned all designs and specs related to the stage. Never mind, as well, that Design Foundry (stage designer for MSNBC and Google, among others) told Forward that it “had no idea that the design resembled any symbol, nor was there any intention to create something that did.” Instead, the design was “intended to provide the best use of space, given the constraints of the ballroom and social distancing requirements.” CARTOONS | MICHAEL RAMIREZ VIEW CARTOON Where was Twitter with its infamous warning on the mob’s tweets that their content “is disputed and may be misleading?” Doubtful Twitter missed the strongly-worded statement from ACU denouncing the lies or Design Foundry’s taking responsibility for the stage design. These social media propagandists and their mob don’t let truth get in the way of their own mission to cancel others and spread malicious falsehoods. Recommended Obama’s Reasons For Why Mayor Pete Couldn’t Win Might Offend Some, But Did You Catch What He Said About Biden? Matt Vespa And then there’s the Hyatt cowardice. Quick to throw ACU under the proverbial bus, Hyatt issued an outrageously dishonest statement expressing concern about the stage shape. Yet, Hyatt hid that its own staff worked closely with ACU on the entire event space layout and knew the stage design well before it was built. Hyatt bent to the lies of the left, rather than have the decency and moral compass to stand with ACU and denounce the wicked accusations. How ironic that Hyatt hosted CPAC’S America UnCancelled and then did its own cancelling. Enough is enough. It’s long past time that the millions who stand for liberty and freedom of expression do some of our own “cancelling.” No more Hyatt until Hyatt has the will to withstand the baseless onslaught by the mob. We’ll find another place to stay that welcomes true tolerance.

By:                               Paul Driessen Tesla may be synonymous with electric vehicles right now. But within a few years, GM, Volvo and many other manufacturers will be making mostly or only EVs, because they’re emission-free, climate-friendly, socially and ecologically responsible, and more affordable…