Climate Anxiety–or Climate Realism?
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 1, 2025“Climate hypochondriacs deserve to be treated with compassion, much like anyone who suffers from mental illness. They shouldn’t, however, expect everyone else to enable their neuroses.” – Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
The futile, wasteful climate crusade has created collateral damage for the cause of the Progressive Left. Their political weapon against ordinary living in a free society has run afoul of ordinary folk, consumer and taxpayer all. And with the government lucre running low or out, and the political forces aligned against them, there is fear, even panic, that their cause is hopeless and unconvincing. “Open for work,” hundreds of climate activists have circled around their names on the business site, LinkedIn.
When the climate movement was at its peak in mid-2022, the faithful knew they were winning political battles but losing the war against carbon dioxide (CO2).…
Continue ReadingDeepwater Horizon at 15: Remember “Beyond Petroleum” BP
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 30, 2025“On the 15th anniversary of the BP blowout, the real takeaway is that oil companies that think they are ‘beyond petroleum’ are value destroyers for shareholders and for the environment.”
Every April commemorates BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010). To the anti-energy Left, Deepwater Horizon is the epitome of oil-gone-bad, coming some 21 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It was not supposed to happen again, but ….
The sad facts of Deepwater Horizon will forever remain; the multiple failures behind the seafloor accident meticulously documented. But a paradox remains. Mighty BP, captained by John Browne, the leading “environmentalist” of the petroleum industry, created a corporate culture that resulted in lax safety and environmental protocols. By saving about $5 million out of $100+ million in drilling costs, the company ended up paying out in excess of $60 billion.…
Continue ReadingTime to Defund Climate Models?
By Steve Goreham -- April 29, 2025“The Trump administration is cutting funding for climate research across all federal departments…. Maybe it’s time for NASA to stick to space exploration, NOAA to stick to weather forecasting, and for the climate models to be shut down.”
Climate models have been the basis for concern about climate change for more than 35 years. The US government, the United Nations, and organizations across the world have used model projections to warn about global warming and to demand a shift to renewable energy. But Trump administration budget cuts at NASA, NOAA, and other federal agencies threaten to shut down the models, the heart of climate change alarmism.
In June of 1988, Senator Tim Wirth, then chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, held the first-ever hearing on the science of climate change.…
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