, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, Art Laffer, BMW, Bob Inglis, Clean Power Plan, climate change, climate deniers, Dan Kahan, Earth Stewardship, Energy Poverty, free enterprise, GOP and climate change, Jim Presswood, Trey Gowdy, 0 I had the pleasure of recently sitting down with Bob Inglis to discuss his views of life, liberty and...
, , Climate Change, Bob Inglis, Carlos Curbelo, climate change, Climate Solutions Caucus, Michael Brune, Rob Sisson, Sierra Club, 0 Despite the gloomy and dire predictions by environmental naysayers, there is good news going into 2018. For starters, more...
, , Climate Change, Ben Grumbles, climate change, conservatives, Cosmo Servidio, GOP, Governor Larry Hogan, Maryland, Pruitt, RGGI, Trump, 0 Proud of my friend and former EPA boss for his leadership on array of environmental issues, including climate change. ...
, , Climate Change, climate change, scientific integrity, Scott Pruitt, Sierra Club, 0 In the midst of a scorched-earth campaign by environmental groups against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the Administrator has been...
, , Climate Change, Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Bill Nye the Science Guy, climate change, John Murdock, 0 In discussing the issue of climate change with one of my friends this week, he opined “Al Gore has...
, , The Environment and Politics, climate change, Earth Day, environmental protection, national parks, Op-ed, Rick Perry, Ryan Zinke, Scott Pruitt, 0 It’s not often three Presidential cabinet members pen a joint Op-ed piece, but that’s what EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt,...
, , Climate Change, Apple, Budget, climate change, Deregulation, Economic Growth, Energy and Environment, energy independence, EPA, Janet McCabe, Jim Connaughton, Jonathan Turley, Mother Jones, Myron Ebell, Trump, Walmart, Xavier Becerra, 0 Those were the defiant and recalcitrant words of California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, this past week in response to...
, , Climate Change, climate change, melting sea-ice, polar bear extinction, 0 I am not a denier of anthropogenic global warming, but have been deeply skeptical of and disappointed in the...
, , Climate Change, The Environment and Politics, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Keystone XL, natural gas, Nuclear, President-elect Trump, Trump, wind and solar energy, 0 Guest Contributor: Eli Lehrer President-elect Donald Trump obviously doesn’t have very many fans on the environmental left. And he...
, , Climate Change, anthropogenic climate change, Brenda Ekwurzel, climate change, Gavin Schmidt, Intelligence2, Michael Crichton, Philip Stott, Richard Lindzen, Richard Somerville, 0 I recently suggested the public deserves an open transparent debate – similar to the Presidential debates – on climate...
, , The Environment and Politics, climate change, environmental positions, regulatory reform, science, Trump, water, 0 I’m linking to a 20-question survey from a group called ScienceDebate.org with the Presidential candidates’ responses to questions involving...
, , The Environment and Politics, biodiversity, climate change, Donald Trump, Elephants, environmental protection, forest productivity, Hillary Clinton, ivory, public lands, species extinction, toxic substances, wild fires, Zika, 0 By Daniel B. Botkin Copyright © 2016 Daniel B. Botkin Reprinted by Permission While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, clean energy, ClearPath Foundation, climate change, conservatism, conservative principles, energy independence, environment, environmentalism, hydropower, Jay Faison, Nuclear, solar, wind, 0 I’ve long argued that the GOP’s ceding of environmental issues to the political left was not only bad for...
, , Climate Change, Agriculture, Central Valley Project, climate change, drought, infrastructure, Natural Resource Investment Center, private investment, Secretary Jewell, subsidies, water efficiency, water innovation, 0 Contributors: Reed Watson and Brent Fewell This week the White House announced a new water innovation initiative on the...
, , Climate Change, Big Green, climate change, ConservAmerica, COP21, James Hansen, Joshua Goldstein, Keystone XL, Kyoto Protocol, LNG, natural gas, Nuclear, Oren Cass, Paris, Politico, President Obama, Steven Pinker, 0 Just as reality set in after President Obama nixed the Keystone XL pipeline, one senses that the extreme environmental...
, , Climate Change, alarmism, climate change, climate sensitivity, coal, COP21, denialism, Energy Poverty, fossil fuels, IPCC, Judith Curry, Paris, policy solution, President Obama, 0 This coming week’s climate talks in Paris are surely to elicit some strong emotions from those who believe anthropogenic...
, , Water Issues, agricultural runoff, Carbon, climate change, Great Lakes Commission, Greenhouse gases, infrastructure, nonpoint source, nutrients, Saginaw Bay, Toledo, water cycle, water quality, 0 I share the following remarks by friend and great thinker, Tracy Mehan, with the Great Lakes Commission delivered on September...
, , Religion and Nature, anthropogenic climate change, Balance of Nature, biological diversity, Charles Krauthammer, climate change, Earth's tipping point, ecosystem stability, Encyclical, George Woodwell, homeostasis, James Gustave Speth, Judeo-Christian ethic on nature, Laudato si, Pope Francis, 0 Guest Contributor: Dan Botkin Throughout my career as an ecological scientist, I have been fascinated by the connections between...
, , Climate Change, climate change, Encyclical on climate change, environmental stewardship, Laudato si, Pope Francis, 0 Guest Contributor: Rob Sisson Over the past few weeks, we’ve read or heard many conservative voices offering advice to...
, , Climate Change, Aldo Leolpold, ClearPath Foundation, climate change, Dragon Slayers, GOP, Jay Faison, Steve Hayward, Teddy Roosevelt, 0 Provocateur and friend, Steve Hayward, penned a piece in this week’s Forbes titled, Why the Left Needs Climate Change. (included...
, , The Environment and Politics, biodiversity, Center for Sustainable Shale Development, Charlie Walker, climate change, Conservation Foundation, EDF, environmental markets, fracking, Fred Krupp, Gallop, GOP, hypoxia, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, Roger Scruton, Shale Development, sustainable energy, William K. Reilly, 0 Thank you, Fred, for taking the time for this interview. I was a young intern at the National...
, , Climate Change, climate change, environmental apathy, environmental pollution, Gallup poll, global warming, Lindsay Graham, public apathy, public percpetion, 2 Linking to a new Gallup poll that shows Americans in 2015 are generally less concerned about environmental issues. Some issues...
, , Climate Change, climate change, Ken Cuccinelli, NRO, Raul Grijalva, Rich Lowery, Roger Pielke, Steve Hayward, Wei-Hock Soon, 0 Rich Lowry of NRO took on this week Congressman Raúl Grijalva of Arizona, Ranking Democratic on the House Natural...
, , EPA, Affordable Care Act, CASAC, Chairman Chris Stewart, climate change, Congressman Chris Gibson, Democracy and Political Ignorance, HR 1422, Ilya Somin, Jonathan Turley, Lawrence Kogan, Rise of the Fourth Branch of Government, SAB, science integrity, Scientific Advisory Board, 0 The “lack of transparency is a huge political advantage . . . Look, I wish Mark was right that...
, , The Environment and Politics, climate change, Cultural Cognition Blog, Dan Kahan, deliberative discourse, Democrat, Environment and politics, environmentalists, Grist, John, Larry Hogan, Maryland, Mid-term Elections, NextGen, political playbook, Republican, Tom Steyer, 1 Tuesday’s drubbing of Democrats in the mid-term elections is proof positive of why environmentalists must ditch their playbook and find...
, , Conservative Conservationism, climate change, Cod Fisheries, collapse of ecosystem, ecosystem management, fisheries management, Grand Bruit, John Waldman, Jud Crawford, Maine, Newfoundland, Peter Behr, Pew Environment, precautionary principle, 0 I’ve reported previously on the precipitous decline of the cod fishery along the coast of Maine, here Tragedy of the...
, , The Environment and Politics, Bill McKibben, Chris Mooney, climate change, Climate Hawk Votes, conservative principles, Democrats, environmentalism, Jonathan Adler, politicization of environmentalism, polluter pays, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Teddy Roosevelt, Van Jones, Wedge Issue, 1 Lest we forget, the GOP is the Party of Teddy Roosevelt, founding father of our National Wildlife Refuge system,...
, , Climate Change, Asian Development Bank, clean air, clean energy finance, clean water, climate change, environmental finance, private equity, public transportation, state revolving funds, urban mass transport, 0 By Guest Contributor, Michael Curley Power plants are our single largest source of greenhouse gases. Reducing emissions from power...
, , Climate Change, AGW, climate change, Daniel Botkin, EPA, House Science Committee, IPCC, Steve Hayward, 0 EPA’s major news this week to regulate CO2 has evoked a lot of emotion. Depending upon your understanding of the...
, , Climate Change, climate change, solar activity, Sun Magnetic Field, Sun's Polarity, 0 This video is really cool and reinforces how complex and grand the universe is. And we are but a...
, , EPA, Air Office, climate change, Confirmation Hearing, DOJ, ENRD, Environmental Enforcement, Janet McCabe, John Cruden, Nomination, President Obama, 0 This week, President Obama nominated two veteran environmental professionals, Janet McCabe and John Cruden, to head key positions at...
, , The Environment and Politics, Chris Mooney, climate change, Cultural Cognition, Dan Kahan, democracy, Democrat, Political Left, Political Right, politics and environment, Republican, Saving Democracy from Itself, Science Communication Problem, Sheara Wall Fewell, Tea Party, 0 My wife, Sheara, who is the Ph.D. scientist in the family, and I often debate science and its practical...
, , Climate Change, AEI, Bjorn Lomborg, climate change, climate denier, climate skeptic, David Appell, Eli Lehrer, Geoengineering, Heartland Institute, 0 By Guest Contributor: Eli Lehrer, R Street Institute A new article in The Yale Forum by freelance writer, David Appell,...
, , Climate Change, Energy and Resource Extraction, alternative energies, climate change, coal, environmental, fracking, Kate Sinding, Michael Shellenberger, natural gas, NRDC, 0 Thought it worth posting this thoughtful and civil discussion between Kate Sinding of NRDC and Michael Shellenberger of The...
, , Climate Change, carbon emissions, climate change, Climatism, hurricanes, oceans, Steve Goreham, The Heartland Institute, warming temperature, water cycle, Watts Up, 5 I’m not one to give credence or air time to climate change “deniers” or “alarmists.” My goal in trying to...
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, climate change, ConserAmerica, Rob Sisson, The Climate Conservative, 0 Wanted to bring attention to a new blog, The Climate Conservative, the brainchild of David Jenkins and Rob Sisson,...
, , Climate Change, The Environment and Politics, climate change, climate skeptics, IPCC, Koch Brothers, Nordhaus, Robert Bryce, Shellenberger, Steve Hayward, The Breakthrough Institute, 2 By Brent Fewell I bring your attention to a great article by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus as the IPCC releases...
, , Climate Change, EPA, Water Issues, air quality, climate change, ECOS, Gina McCarthy, jurisdiction, Lek Kadeli, Nancy Stoner, proposed rule, Rapanos, SAB, significant nexus, Supreme Court, wetlands, 0 By Brent Fewell Toward the waning hours of every administration the pace of regulating at EPA picks up –...
, , Climate Change, alarmism, climate change, equilibrium climate sensitivity, IPCC, Matt Ridley, 0 By Brent Fewell I link to an interesting article in the WSJ titled “Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, Boston Globe, climate change, conservation, decline of environmentalism, Decline of Republican Environmentalism, Democrat, Eli Lehrer, environmentalism, George Bush, Good Samaritan, GOP, Nordhaus, Paul Sabin, politicization of environmentalism, politics, R Street Institute, Republican, Shellenberger, The Breakthrough Institute, 7 By Brent Fewell Paul Sabin has an article in this weekend’s Boston Globe titled “The Decline of Republican Environmentalism.” Sabin,...
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Art Laffer, Bob Inglis, carbon tax, climate change, GOP, 0 By Brent Fewell Art Laffer, former Reagan economic advisor, and Bob Inglis, former GOP Congressman from South Carolina, discuss...
, , Climate Change, Al Gore, climate change, climate deniers, Dan Kahan, Rush Limbaugh, Tamsin Edwards, trust, 0 By Brent Fewell I’ve heard from some who have grown weary of my covering climate change here – and I...
, , Climate Change, Christian Views on Climate Change, climate change, Cornwall Alliance, Environmental Envangelism, environmentalism, Evangelical Environmental Network, Green Dragon, Patrick Micheals, Richard Lindzen, Roger Pielke, Roy Spencer, Rush Limbaugh, 0 During my commute into DC yesterday for a lunch meeting, I had my radio tuned to Rush Limbaugh when...
, , Climate Change, The Environment and Politics, Chris Mooney, climate change, conservatives, Deniers, Fox News, Mother Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Skeptics, 0 By Brent Fewell A little tongue-in-cheek there in case you missed it. But everything these days seems to get blamed...
, , Climate Change, Al Gore, climate change, Dan Kahan, Mike Hulme, Rush Limbaugh, scientific consensus, 0 By Brent Fewell There’s been a fair amount of controversy – some might even call it an old fashion dust...
, , Climate Change, climate change, Regional Conflict, Violence, 0 By Brent Fewell Another study this week links climate change with increased violence and global conflict. Abstract for the...
, , Climate Change, The Environment and Politics, climate change, David Roberts, Grist, 0 By Brent Fewell This is where I think so many environmentalists go so terribly wrong. David Roberts over at...
, , Climate Change, Uncategorized, calamity, climate change, ecology, ecosystems, environment, environmental stresses, nature, tipping point, 0 Central to concerns of climate change science is the somewhat ill-defined concept of “tipping point,” a point at which a...
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, climate change, Eric Bradenson, GOP, revenue-neutral carbon tax, 0 By Brent Fewell Am posting a thoughtful article by an anonymous House GOP staffer, writing under the pseudonym, Eric...
, , Climate Change, climate change, credibility matters, Economist, Nate Cohn, New Republic, scientific integrity, Will Wilkinson, 0 By Brent Fewell Historically, the scientific community has jealously guarded its reputation for credibililty, accuracy and objectivity. Just like...
, , Climate Change, carbon mitigation, climate change, climate denier, climate science, climate skeptic, credibility, Dan Kahan, environment, global warming, James Hansen, Keystone Pipeline, Michael Shellenberg, NRO, Roger Pielke, Rush Limbaugh, Ted Nordhaus, The Breakthrough Institute, Wicked Problems, 1 By Brent Fewell Roger Pielke Jr. has a thoughtful piece over at The Breakthrough Institute titled The Irrelevance of...
, , Climate Change, Energy and Resource Extraction, Water Issues, children, climate change, fear of global warming, glacial melting, global warming, modeling, nature, Petermann Glacier, 0 By Brent Fewell A new survey reveals that nearly 60 percent of children fear global warming and the dire consequences,...
, , Climate Change, Energy and Resource Extraction, EPA, Water Issues, climate change, conservation, environmentalism, Gina McCarthy, Haida Salmon Project, ocean fertilizing, Russ George, Tracy Mehan, 0 A couple of months back I posted about a promising geoengineering development here, Save the Planet – plant a...
, , Conservative Conservationism, Energy and Resource Extraction, Water Issues, Cass Sunstein, climate change, conservatism, Dan Kahan, democracy, environmental, environmental hysteria, fear, Fear of Democracy, Laws of Fear, Patrick Moynihan, Penn & Teller Bullshit, rule making, 5 The material well-being of a democratic society depends on its ability to rationally manage a nearly limitless variety of...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, climate change, Dena Gromet, energy efficiency, Energy Star, environmental, Fuqua, green labeling, Grist, Howard Kenreuther, National Academy of Sciences, Richard Larrick, Tim McDonnell, Wharton, 0 By Brent Fewell Apparently so, if you’re a political moderate or conservative. A new study from the National Academy of...
, , Climate Change, Alister Doyle, climate change, Dan Kahan, global warming, IPCC, science, 0 Linking to an article by Alister Doyle over at Reuters titled Climate Scientists Struggle to Explain Warming Slowdown. “The...
, , Climate Change, climate change, conservative, environment, Kurt Eichenwald, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, 6 By Brent Fewell This week Rush Limbaugh had a young listener – a 13-year old boy named, Alex – call...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, climate change, conservatives, EDF, Forest Trends, free-market environmentalism, Jonathan Adler, market-based conservation, nutrient trading, Washington Post, water, water quality, WRI, 3 By Brent Fewell Great article today by Brad Plumer of WaPo regarding my friend, Jonathan Adler, arguing why conservatives can...
, , Climate Change, climate change, David Roberts, drinking water, Grist, groundwater, Joe Nocera, Keystone XL, little platoons, natural gas, sequestration, water quality, 3 By Brent Fewell I experienced one of those out-of-body moments this week, finding myself in agreement with WaPo’s editorial...
, , Climate Change, EPA, climate change, Gina McCarthy, Roger Martella, 0 By Brent Fewell POTUS’ nominee for EPA, Gina McCarthy, is a rare breed in DC – no doubt she’s a...
, , Climate Change, Alec Rawls, Cato, climate change, IPCC, Patrick Michaels, solar influence, 5 By Brent Fewell Or so suggests the actions of apocalyptic-leaning scientists and environmentalists who continue to seek to shape public...
, , Climate Change, climate change, conservation, conservatism, Craig McLain, iron fertilization, ocean, Planktos, Russ George, water quality, 3 Two years ago, I reported on an experiment by a fascinating environmentalist and eco-entrepreneur, Russ George, and his pioneering...
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, climate change, conservatism, environment, James Hansen, Larry Schweiger, Michael Mann, NRO, NWF, science, 5 By Brent Fewell My friend, Larry Schwieger of National Wildlife Federation, tweeted out his new year’s wish, “for a...
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