“Resolution 12, noted DeSmog, ‘harkens back to the 1990s fossil fuel industry playbook.’ Yes it does and should. Long Live the Greening Earth Society, which refuted (via CO2 science) the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant.”

“Alberta Conservatives Pass Climate Denial Resolution 12 to Celebrate CO2 Pollution,” DeSmog reported. “UCP pledges to abandon the province’s net zero targets, and remove the designation of CO2 as a pollutant.”

Denial? Pollution? Not so fast! The resolution from Alberta’s United Conservative Party recognizes the positive, settled-science side of CO2 and calls for a new debate predicated on

i. Abandoning “Net-Zero” targets,

ii. Removing the designation of CO2 as a pollutant, and

iii. Recognize that CO2 is a foundational nutrient for all life on Earth.”

Fantastic! And consonant with Trump energy policy, as well as the about-face by Argentina on alarmist climate policy.…

“Whether it is the unprecedented subsidies for renewable energy or the unprecedented war on American energy, the Biden administration’s policies are behind the increase in America’s electricity prices.”

During the first three years under Biden vs. last three under Trump, average wholesale electric prices in the seven U.S. independent or regional service areas have increased by 72%. Retail prices are also higher. The average 2024 U.S. residential rate to date is 24% higher than in 2020. For all end users—residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation sectors—prices are up 23%.

This rate surge reflects the massive renewable energy subsidies authorized in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, signed by President Biden, that tripled the outlay of such federal largesse. Another factor is the administration’s natural gas policies, which banned imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal; joined with the European Commission to reduce Europe’s dependance on Russian oil; and put a pause on LNG permits.…

“I haven’t seen a convincing argument yet about why the climate crisis must be named as such….”

“The climate movement has been led by people who look and think and talk the same for a very long time. If time is short, isn’t this precisely the time to try everything? To broaden out, seek fresh ideas, build a larger, stronger and more connected movement?” (- Amy Westervelt, DRILLED)

Drilled founder and editor Amy Westervelt, like other climate extremists attuned to the real world, is confused and perplexed. She wants to legalize vandalism and whatever else is necessary to wake up the world to what she sees. But reality is reality, from public opinion to CO2 science to climate-model exaggeration to the eco-sins of wind, solar, and batteries.

“Over the past two years, there’s been a sudden and severe backlash to climate protest, both legally and socially,” she recently lamented.…

“To tackle the climate crisis, lower energy costs, and secure energy independence….” (General Preamble)

Kamala “climate light” Harris, as a campaigner, will not say that climate change is an “existential crisis” (much less yell it as the alarmists want). Harris rebuffs the notion that she would ban hydraulic fractionation with natural gas, reversing her previous pronouncements. She also states that electric cars (EVs) will not be mandated for drivers, backing away from a Biden Administration goal. Finally, Harris speaks little about the Green New Deal in general.

She is trying to get elected in the face of energy exceptionalism, which is the opposite of the Green New Deal. But her vagueness allows the major themes of ’24 Democratic Party Platform to be controlling.

The energy/climate narrative in the 91-page document does not include energy in Chapter Three: Lowering Costs.…