The peasants are rising up again. In Belgium, farmers flooded the streets of Brussels last week with over 2,000 tractors to protest their government’s plan to limit nitrogen emissions. For these farmers, almost everything is at stake — not only…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to dramatically cut his country’s fertilizer emissions by 30 percent by 2030 in an effort to cool the planet has generated outrage this summer among farmers, who are warning that the policy will force…
The Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of finalizing a rule requiring public companies to provide investors with information on the risks climate change poses to their prospective financial performance beginning next year. The proposed rule also would…
Taylor Swift has been put on blast after a study by British digital marketing firm Yard found that she has emitted more carbon dioxide via her private jet than any other celebrity in 2022. According to the study, Swift’s private…
The eco-extremist Tyre Extinguishers activist group struck in three cities across the country on July 3 and July 8, and announced on Wednesday that it is looking to expand its reach to “wherever you are.” The group from the United…
The United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in West Virginia v. EPA on Thursday, which significantly curtails the regulatory power of government agencies. The court, in a majority opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, found that the…
Despite the advice given Dustin Hoffman’s character in The Graduate, plastics have always been a favorite environmentalist whipping boy. Way back in 2010, the New Yorker ran an article by physician and scientist Jerome Groopman titled “The Plastic Panic.” Before that,…
President Joe Biden’s war on fossil fuels has emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin to wage war on Ukraine. Recent sanctions imposed by Biden on Russia, while onerous, have stopped short of crippling Russia’s cash crop: oil and gas. In fact,…
Washington — Remember the days when — pre-presidency! — Joe Biden used to be given to uttering gaffes? He would utter a lot of them. I remember him in debate with the pulchritudinous Sarah Palin. In fact, he made so…