About Paul Driessen

Paul Driessen is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (www.CFACT.org) and author of books and articles on energy, environment, climate and human rights issues. PAUL DRIESSEN is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and other public policy institutes that promote environmental stewardship, enhanced human health and welfare, and personal liberties and civil rights. He covers climate change, energy and environmental, human rights, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, and renewable energy issues in articles and research papers, on radio programs and college campuses, and at professional and other conferences. His articles are posted regularly on Townhall.com, WattsUpWithThat.com and many other news and opinion websites and have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Investor's Business Daily, Risk Management, World Commerce Review, American Coal, other periodicals, and Greenhaven Press “Opposing Viewpoints” books used in high schools and colleges His book Eco-Imperialism: Green Power - Black Death documents the harm that environmental policies often have on poor families, by restricting access to life-enhancing modern technologies. It has been published in the United States, Argentina (Spanish), Germany (German), Italy (Italy) and India (English). He also wrote Cracking Big Green: Saving the world from the Save-the-Earth money machine (with Ron Arnold), Miracle Molecule: Carbon dioxide, gas of life, and Climate Hype Exposed.

Financiers of misery – Part 2

Private ‘philanthropic’ foundations keep African families destitute, malnourished, dying early

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Financiers of misery – Part 1

Private ‘philanthropic’ foundations join government agencies in funding anti-technology, anti-people NGOs.

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|2020-04-21T21:53:08-04:00April 21st, 2020|Comments Off on Financiers of misery – Part 1

Let’s quarantine some fake corona and energy news

Junk science and scare stories stampede countries into taking drastic, counterproductive action

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|2020-04-05T17:36:23-04:00April 6th, 2020|Comments Off on Let’s quarantine some fake corona and energy news

The Guardian’s biases produced bogus COVID-19 claims

It attempted to blame the coronavirus crisis on human activities that The Guardian and its writers tend to detest, even though they are essential for modern civilization and didn't cause the virus.

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|2020-03-26T11:35:38-04:00March 26th, 2020|Comments Off on The Guardian’s biases produced bogus COVID-19 claims

The real reasons Africa has another locust plague

The UN, environmentalist pressure groups and their financial backers have a lot to answer for.

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|2020-03-23T19:39:25-04:00March 25th, 2020|Comments Off on The real reasons Africa has another locust plague

How exactly do they plan to replace fossil fuels?

They want to ban coal, oil and gas. Exactly how will they replace them? Who wins? Who loses?

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|2020-03-18T20:28:51-04:00March 18th, 2020|Comments Off on How exactly do they plan to replace fossil fuels?

Virginia’s ‘Clean Economy Act’ will have dirty results

Virginia’s “carbon-free” bills would shut down some 6,200 megawatts of coal-based electricity and ban construction of new gas-fired units.

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|2020-03-07T14:04:10-05:00March 8th, 2020|Comments Off on Virginia’s ‘Clean Economy Act’ will have dirty results

Keeping Africa on the brink of starvation

UN and EU government agencies – and tax-exempt NGOs – have brought a plague of locusts

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|2020-02-29T14:06:03-05:00February 26th, 2020|Comments Off on Keeping Africa on the brink of starvation

Deceptive rhetoric at Davos could bring disaster

There is nothing ‘cohesive’ or ‘sustainable’ about ‘solutions’ demanded by WEF ‘stakeholders’

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|2020-02-11T13:50:04-05:00February 12th, 2020|Comments Off on Deceptive rhetoric at Davos could bring disaster

Fighting fires with facts, not fear

Fire, while devastating, is occurring at historically normal rates. That won't stop team warming from cashing in on other people's misery. Does it ever?

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|2020-01-20T08:42:14-05:00January 19th, 2020|Comments Off on Fighting fires with facts, not fear

Reform USAID energy aid policies now!

President Trump should help poor nations by directing USAID to support coal and gas, not just wind and solar

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|2020-01-07T21:27:50-05:00January 7th, 2020|Comments Off on Reform USAID energy aid policies now!

Climate alarmist banks go carbon-colonialist

Africa must move forward without them, using fossil and nuclear energy to build prosperity.

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|2019-12-29T02:00:04-05:00December 30th, 2019|Comments Off on Climate alarmist banks go carbon-colonialist

No end in sight for the biofuel wars

Biofuels are unsustainable in every way, but still demand – and get – preferential treatment.

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|2019-12-19T00:53:16-05:00December 18th, 2019|Comments Off on No end in sight for the biofuel wars

Banning neonic pesticides in wildlife refuges would hurt birds, bees, and people

Activist junk science breeds bad policy

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|2019-12-09T21:41:51-05:00December 9th, 2019|Comments Off on Banning neonic pesticides in wildlife refuges would hurt birds, bees, and people

No plan B for planet A

Replacing fossil fuels with “renewable” energy would devastate the only planet we’ve got.

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|2019-11-29T13:24:52-05:00November 26th, 2019|Comments Off on No plan B for planet A
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