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Net Zero? Never Mind!
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in Wall Street Journal
The Biden administration is committed to an all-of-government implementation of its climate agenda. Every executive- branch agency, including such unlikely ones as the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, have been drafted to help.
Cooking up another ban
by Greg Walcher, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Sentinel
Leaks are not always unplanned in Washington; often they are a strategy, floating a trial balloon to see the reaction. It is almost certainly what led to the current internet frenzy about federal plans to ban gas stoves.
Senators Cruz, Manchin Propose ‘The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act’
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow, as appearing in the California Globe
We know that California is pushing to become the first state to ban natural gas heaters, water heaters, and furnaces by 2030, a policy of the California Air Resources Board, entirely made up of appointees by the governor.
Coal is still king — elsewhere
by Greg Walcher, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Sentinel
A December report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) confirms that worldwide use of coal hit an all-time high in 2022, following a huge increase in 2021, and is on track to increase further in 2023…That may be because Americans have already moved beyond coal, culturally and politically. U.S. coal consumption continued to decline, bucking the global trend.
Silicon Valley Has 20-40″ of Rain, Flooding, But Clings to ‘Severe Drought’
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow, as appearing in the California Globe
The California Department of Water Resources announced that snowpack levels have reached nearly 250%, the Globe reported Tuesday…“Local water supply authorities warn that residents and property owners should continue to conserve water and behave as though drought conditions will persist through the winter,” Metro Silicon Valley reported.
ChatGPT confession: Global warming? Not much since 2016
by Joseph A. Wulfsohn, Fox News
Junk Science’s Steve Milloy published his combative exchange with the AI chatbot
The popular artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT was forced to admit that global warming has flattened in recent years after asserting there has been an increase in temperatures. Junk Science founder Steve Milloy published a lengthy exchange he had with ChatGPT beginning with the simple question, “Is CO2 warming a hoax?”
Editor’s Note: For the complete transcript of Milloy’s takedown of ChatGPT, see the article posted on Junkscience.com.
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