To summarize — McKibben’s continuous use of “What If?” future-focused “Geoengineering-might-happen-someday” framing throughout his New Yorker article is historically inaccurate, as weather and climate modification programs have been conducted in earnest for close to a century.
The members of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee are tying themselves in intellectual knots over why they don’t need to investigate how much the Clean Heat Standard they’re prepared to put into law will cost Vermonters or how it will work.
The reason I’m ranting about the difference between “normal” and “average” is that I think the distinction is intentionally blurred when talking about weather in order to promote climate hysteria.
The Senate resolution is a public policy directive, and a warning shot over the bow that the state doesn’t have the infrastructure for EVs and doesn’t intend to at any time soon. The text says that by 2035, no more sales of these vehicles would be allowed in the Cowboy State.
We need a real conversation and thorough assessment and analysis of this bill which is currently under review in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
The New York City Buildings Department released the first set of final rules for a landmark climate law passed in 2019 that aims to significantly slash carbon dioxide emissions from buildings that are larger than 25,000 square feet — the city’s biggest source of emissions.
A speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF) called for one “billion” people to “stop eating meat” Wednesday, saying it would have a “big impact” on the “current food system” and help reduce carbon emissions.
Last week, Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore met with the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee to discuss the investments needed in heating and transportation technologies to meet Vermont’s ambitious emissions reduction goals.
Make no mistake: environmental activists have put gas stoves in their sights for elimination as part of their climate agenda. They will use their various megaphones to call this misinformation and a fear tactic right up until the point where the ban goes into effect.
Green Mountain Power (GMP) announced it is launching two programs to connect income-qualified customers with solar energy that has too often been out of reach for them.
Although there may be good intentions and hopes behind S.5, it is actually harmful to Vermonters and small businesses who have been heating homes for decades, even generations.
I don’t know why the taxpayers should be hit up for the $9 million, but overall this is a very responsible program. With the help of the utility, it uses savings from lower energy bills to finance the efficiency improvements that produced the savings.