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By P Gosselin on 10. March 2024
After vote in Brussels last Monday evening, a majority of the European Parliament favored a Commission proposal that would no longer automatically classify electric cars as climate-neutral vehicles. Image cropped here. In the proposal, the CO2 emissions of electric cars would depend on the electricity mix used to charge the car, meaning electric cars would […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 28. February 2024
Blackout News: “EON chief warns of a cost explosion due to transition to green energies.” Blackout News here reports that there’s no end in sight for Germany’s self-inflicted energy crisis. Energy prices are expected to continue rising, thus posing a huge risk to industry. This is of course no surprise as Germany, driven by radical […]
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By P Gosselin on 24. February 2024
Green capitalism on the retreat? Blackrock and other heavyweights withdraw from Climate Action 100+ By AR Göhring According to its own statement, “Klima-Aktion 100+“ (Climate Action 100+) is an “investor-led initiative to ensure that the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters take the necessary measures to protect the climate”. Over 170 world-renowned companies and corporations are members […]
Posted in Alarmism, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 20. February 2024
Like an abusive husband, who beats his wife to make her love him Image: Freepik Today, especially in Germany, the socialist-green movement is failing miserably and plummeting in the polls – to record low levels. Desperate, socialist-green governments in Europe are now resorting to heavy-handed tactics to force citizens to “like” them again. Growing censorship, […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 16. February 2024
Germany’s online NIUS.de here reports on the totalitarianism spreading across Germany This week, high ranking ministers of Germany’s socialist/green government, with its proposed “Democracy Security Act”, announced plans to crack down on dissent and free speech in Germany. Image: Phoenix, cropped here. “The German federal government is moving to ban what we want to say, […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 13. February 2024
Under the bottom line, the green movement is all about taxing people and restricting their choices. The rich, of course, will go unaffected. According to online Bild here, Germany’s Federal Agriculture Minister, Cem Özdemir, (Green Party) has recently proposed a consumption tax on meat. He calls this tax “animal welfare cents”. Özdemir sent a framework […]
Posted in Agriculture, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 10. February 2024
Press release: Denunciation of alleged “climate deniers” encourages disinterest in environmental protection Advisory center: “Arrogant instruction and education destroys the motivation to participate!” Hat-tip: Klimanachrichten The tone against alleged “climate change deniers” is becoming harsher. Some television programs are now trying to change viewers’ mindsets by using language to educate them – and to convince […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 7. February 2024
-1.6%! That’s how much Germany’s industrial production fell in December, 2023. It’s the seventh-straight month of decline as the country’s energy woes mount. One reason is reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports today :”Germany’s Industrial Production Falls For Seventh-Straight Month” in December 2023, far worse than expected. To underscore the seriousness, 2023’s industrial […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 23. January 2024
Energy poverty is spreading in Germany. Citizens, especially seniors, can no longer afford to heat their residences Blackout News reports on how German senior citizens, who, due to high energy prices, are being increasingly forced into a life of poverty and struggling to keep warm at home. “Many pensioners can no longer pay heating costs […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 16. January 2024
Germany’s greening economy is falling ever deeper into crisis Blackout News here reports: “Germany is currently in recession and the economic outlook is anything but positive. The economic upturn through the green transformation promised by Chancellor Olaf Scholz is unlikely to materialize in 2024.”Moreover, the Financial Times here reports: “Germany was the worst-performing major economy […]
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By P Gosselin on 23. December 2023
The only thing Berlin’s fueling is discontent… The German government’s CO2 price increase beginning from January 2024 will make petrol, heating and electricity more expensive. Already Germany’s industry is shrinking rapidly and farmers are now protesting nationally due to high fuels costs: These protests are rapidly expanding and a national day of protest in planned […]
Posted in Agriculture, Climate Politics |
By Kenneth Richard on 14. December 2023
The benefits of not meeting Paris Accord emissions-reduction targets outweigh the costs associated even with worst-case-scenario global warming throughout the 21st century. A new comprehensive analysis (Tol, 2023) weighs the cost-benefit of meeting Paris Accord emission policy targets to keep global warming in check, or under 2°C. The analysis reveals that even in the best […]
Posted in Climate Politics, Green Follies |
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