Ever noticed that the biggest spruikers of “renewables”, like most “environmentalists”, are wealthy people who would never tolerate a wind or solar farm within a hundred miles of their wealthy, inner-city suburbs. You’ll never see a field of towering windmills blanketing the landscape in Double Bay, nor will
Peter Murphy Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy, both in the non-profit sector and in government in the administration of former New York Governor George Pataki. cfact.org O Canada, we
Mark Freeman A Wellington drama troupe took to the streets at the weekend to satirise and raise awareness of the World Health Organization’s pandemic treaty. The Freedom Improv Group wrote and performed the light-hearted eight-minute sketch, whose main message was to “Give the WHO the shoe”. In
John Klar libertynation.com A recent report produced by the World Bank leaves no doubt that what has unfolded against farmers in Holland, Belgium, and France is a precursor to globalist plans of food control and all food production (and diet choices) for humanity in the name of rescuing the
So far, Australians have mostly had a lucky break from the inherent consequences of “Net Zero”. Not from the power price rises indelibly correlated with increased reliance on wind and solar, of course. As even the Albanese government tacitly concedes, by way of its vote-buying cash rebate, household power
Many years ago, I was debating the so-called “climate crisis” with a left-wing mover and shaker. He was adamant that the global population had to be reduced to two billion people within the next 50 years. Running some quick calculations brought up some disturbing outcomes of his policy.
Steve Goreham Steve Goreham is a speaker, author, and independent columnist on energy, sustainability, climate change, and public policy. More than 100,000 copies of his books are now in print, including his latest, Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development. cfact.org January of this year brought near-zero
History is littered with the unintended consequences of disastrous environmental policy. However well-meaning. As Michael Crichton outlines, in his novel State of Fear, “management” of Yosemite has lurched from one disaster to another. To protect elk, park managers shot wolves. Elk populations exploded, stripping trees needed by beavers for
The road to the mythical climate utopia is littered with scams, boondoggles, and just plain lunatic ideas. Few are more lunatic than so-called “green hydrogen”. Yet, for all its obvious nutbaggery, this has become the latest idea to rule supreme in the empty, clanging heads of the Climate Cultists.
As we all know, environmentalists are absolutely dedicated to saving trees, and endangered species. Unless, of course, those trees and endangered species are standing in the way of environmentalists making a lot of money. Then, it’s get the chainsaws and D9s out, and let ‘er rip. Which is just
Viv Forbes BScApp, FAusImm, FSIA. Viv Forbes is the Executive Director of the Saltbush Club and Founder of the Carbon Sense Coalition. He has no investments in or contracts with coal or cement companies. But he is a geologist and has studied the rocks of the Bowen Basin and parts
Vijay Jayaraj Vijay Jayaraj is a Research Associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, U.K. realclearwire.com Vietnam and other Asian countries are on a coal spree! Given the dynamics of energy use in
Some of you may remember the apparent minor miracle that happened in Spain, over a decade ago. No, I’m not talking about the apparition of the Virgin at Garabandal, or the occurences at El Cebrero in the 14th century. No, this was a far more mundane miracle: Solar panels
A newsreel shot during the North Africa campaign of WWII showed the famous Rats of Tobruk frying an egg on the hood of their vehicle. Even today, police on patrol in the Simpson Desert in Western Queensland can do the same. But all that’s a bit too much to
Steve Goreham Steve Goreham is a speaker, author, and independent columnist on energy, sustainability, climate change, and public policy. More than 100,000 copies of his books are now in print, including his latest, Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development. cfact.org People in developed nations take abundant electricity
Craig Rucker Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, DC, Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared in
