-
Under President Trump, the United States became the largest producer of oil in the world.
In 2019, the U.S. produced 12,248,000 barrels per day (BPD), topping Saudi Arabia, which produced 12,000,000 BPD, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Russia produced 10,800,000 BPD, while other nations in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) were far behind: Iraq at 4,451,516, Iran...
-
Everything old is new again: The Biden administration is revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, opposed during the Obama years, favored during the Trump term, and now disfavored yet again.
But one reality is eternal: The arguments against Keystone XL are as weak today as ever.
The all-purpose climate argument is the central focus: Keystone XL supposedly would worsen anthropogenic...
-
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband placed a bet of up to $1 million on the future of Tesla Inc. under the Biden administration, which is expected to provide incentives to purchase more environmentally-friendly electric vehicles.
Pelosi, as speaker of the House, likely has insights into Biden’s plans for the industry, which are expected to include tax credits and other incentives to promote...
-
During an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that “it might be a good idea for President Biden to call a climate emergency.”
Because this would allow him to “do many, many things” without legislation. Schumer also argued that “if there ever was an emergency, climate is one.”
Schumer said, “I...
-
If Al Gore had been an activist in the 1940s, he would have certainly predicted an ice-free Arctic by 1960, or at least by 1980. And of course, as usual, he would have been wrong.
Al “Serial Exaggerator” Gore gets exposed again
Back in the 1930s and 40s, the globe had been warming at a rate that we’ve seen over the most...
-
An Al Jazeera article titled, “In Pictures: Global warming forces Bangladeshi tribals to migrate,” claims global warming is causing Bangladeshi drought, which in turn is causing crop failures that are forcing Bangladeshi farmers to become climate refugees.
Today, Google News is promoting the Al Jazeera article among its top search results under “climate change.”
A review of objective crop data, however, shows...
