Ronald Stein cfact.org Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book “Clean Energy Exploitations.” The reality is that all the mineral products and metals needed to make wind turbines, solar panels, and EV batteries are
Adam Houser cfact.org Adam Houser coordinates student leaders as National Director of CFACT’s collegians’ program and writes on issues of climate and energy. For conservationists in Africa, poaching is problem number one. And while improvements have been made over the years in monitoring poaching activities on protected land,
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. For origins see stemed.info/engineer_tackles_confusion. For over 100 prior articles for CFACT see cfact.org Available for confidential research and consulting. I have a new study
Saman Ilankoon Senior lecturer, School of Engineering, Malaysia lens.monash.edu Dr Ilankoon teaches both fluid mechanics and separation processes. He has extensive mining, minerals processing, chemical process engineering and industrial rock blasting teaching and research experiences at Imperial College London, Monash University Malaysia campus (Department of Chemical Engineering) and
Hey, remember the Ocean Cleanup guy? A decade ago, a Dutch teenager promised to “rid the world’s oceans of plastic”. Naturally, in a culture besotted with the idea that children are the saviours of the planet, Boyan Slat swept the world of social media. TEDx talks, millions of Facebook
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, PhD is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. For origins see http://www.stemed.info/engineer_tackles_confusion.html For over 100 prior articles for CFACT see http://www.cfact.org/author/david-wojick-ph-d/ Available for
Alicia Grealy Research Projects Officer CSIRO Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds – the largest birds ever to have lived – have captured public interest for hundreds of years. Little is known about them due to large gaps in the skeletal fossil record. A new study published today in Nature Communications used ancient
Anita Wreford Professor Applied Economics Lincoln University, New Zealand Hawke’s Bay, one of New Zealand’s most productive regions and the hub of the fruit-growing sector, is among the areas worst hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and ongoing rain. Horticulture underpins the local economy, with apple earnings alone contributing
To the dumb hammers of the Climate Cult, everything is a nail. It’s hot? Climate change! It’s cold? Climate change! A two-headed goat is born on a farm in Waiarapa? You better believe that’s climate change! Like mediaeval flagellants beating themselves into a frenzy over their
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In December a news report from Auckland claimed the city was experiencing a massive increase in insects, this attributed to the record 2022 rainfall. That may be so but it’s certainly not the case in Wellington. As elsewhere the capital also notched up a
John Maunder Groundhog Day, February 2, is a popular tradition in the United States. It is also a legend that traverses many centuries, its origins clouded in the mists of time with ethnic cultures and animals awakening on specific dates. (parts of the following story are from my book “Fifteen
You logically shouldn’t judge an argument by who made it… but there are some people who are so consistently wrong that, whatever they say, the opposite is almost certain to be true. So there’s no surer proof that hysteria over the so-called “Sixth Mass Extinction” is as
Antonio Cambria cfact.org The Biden administration signed a deal with countries rife with child labor nearly a week before blocking a major Minnesota mining project as part of its “green” push. On Thursday, the Biden administration announced it would prohibit mining in more than 200,000 acres of land
The Daily Mail reports on the hypocrisy of EV makers and those that drive them. For years, big tech companies like Apple and Tesla have assured the customers of their glossy stores and showrooms that all their goods are ethically sourced and sold. But a new series of images taken
Collister Johnson cfact.org Johnson has spent the last four decades working in the public and private sectors in Virginia, primarily in the fields of project finance and maritime transportation. He began his career in public service as Chairman of the Board of the Virginia Port Authority. He was appointed
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. The few wealthy countries pursuing the generation of electricity from wind turbines and solar panels while simultaneously moving to rid the
