California's mistaken new energy law spells trouble for everyone. As business flees, the politicians in Sacramento are going to want to inflict the same burdens on the rest of us to "make things fair." This energy-wound is self inflicted. California should adopt a wiser course and others should avoid repeating their mistake.
Businesses get saddled with burdensome mandates, consumers pay higher prices, and economies flounder. Even worse, such measures often take their toll on those who can afford it least – namely the poor.
"We have to make the decarbonization of the global economy the central organizing principle of human civilization," said former Vice President Al Gore at a San Francisco forum organized in conjunction with Governor Brown's "Global Climate Action Summit."
The point CFACT's zombies' were making was triple underscored when we arrived at San Francisco's Moscone center and found it besieged by the the real-life hard global warming Left, who were equally mindless.
They're using California's giant economy and Bloomberg's vast billions to put on a massive global warming circus called the "Global Climate Action Summit." It kicks off this Wednesday in San Francisco. CFACT will be there!
According to AEI’s panel, it does not matter if the climate science is off. The green agenda needs to be implemented, no matter what.
Obama's "Clean Power Plan" was a wrong-headed mistake, guaranteed to make American power more expensive while not meaningfully cleaning anything. EPA is now working to rectify Obama’s CPP and has unveiled a replacement called the "Affordable Clean Energy" rule.
While the Greens have been effective at convincing certain local and provincial leaders to oppose pipelines, they have only had mixed results with indigenous peoples. The reason: Because many of these tribes are poor and in desperate need of economic development.
CFACT unveils a new billboard that lays out more hard facts that expose the foolishness of banning plastic straws.
New CFACT billboard exposes the uselessness of banning straws.
Social media and online publishing are today's public square. They must remain open and fair.
CFACT President Craig Rucker lays out the staggering numbers on Big Green financing at the America First Energy Conference in Louisiana. WATCH NOW.
The Left fears level playing fields. They don't fear false information. They fear genuine facts that deflate their narratives. The big data players need to be neutral platforms respecting all points of view.
There are many factors people employ when choosing a vehicle. Fuel efficiency is important. So are safety, range, passenger capacity, cargo capacity, weather handling, towing, style, comfort and the rest.
Crafting smarter fuel efficiency standards is a needed reform. Standing up to California's heavy-handed eco-bullying is courageous. CFACT applauds both wise moves.