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.

Anti-science totalitarians want to silence climate security commission

President Trump is preparing to establish a climate security commission. Warming campaigners want to shut it down. They want to upend and transform America, but demand No Debate on underlying “science.”

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|2019-03-18T13:39:07-04:00March 8th, 2019|Comments Off on Anti-science totalitarians want to silence climate security commission

Green land grabs on steroids

The Supreme Court dealt the Greens a blow. Will a bumblebee be their key to land grabs anew?

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|2019-03-05T14:14:43-05:00March 3rd, 2019|Comments Off on Green land grabs on steroids

Fighting for energy and human rights equality in Africa

The Congress of Racial Equality Uganda has lost another leader, but the fight continues.

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|2019-02-26T00:01:38-05:00February 26th, 2019|Comments Off on Fighting for energy and human rights equality in Africa

AOC wants America to lead the world — backward

Saturday Night Live could not have crafted a better parody of energy, economic and scientific reality than the Green New Deal.

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|2019-02-19T00:22:27-05:00February 19th, 2019|Comments Off on AOC wants America to lead the world — backward

Government (-driven) shutdowns have human consequences

Too many government regulators burden and shut down private sector businesses and jobs.

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|2019-02-11T15:06:00-05:00February 12th, 2019|Comments Off on Government (-driven) shutdowns have human consequences

The biggest land grab, ever

The rusty patched bumblebee: Environmentalists’ ticket to the greatest land grab ever.

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|2019-02-11T14:50:49-05:00February 11th, 2019|Comments Off on The biggest land grab, ever

Fraudulent science deserves no place in court

Courts should bar evidence that fails to meet basic standards of honesty, integrity and credibility.

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|2019-02-04T22:41:14-05:00February 5th, 2019|Comments Off on Fraudulent science deserves no place in court

Saved by pseudo-renewable energy?

Climate alarmists must prove expensive, weather-dependent energy is green and sustainable

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|2019-01-27T17:00:10-05:00January 28th, 2019|Comments Off on Saved by pseudo-renewable energy?

Climate hysterics skyrocket

Increasingly absurd disaster rhetoric is consistently contradicted by climate and weather reality.

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|2019-01-21T12:41:33-05:00January 22nd, 2019|Comments Off on Climate hysterics skyrocket

How anti-chemical lawsuits threaten legal chaos

Many people unduly fear chemical and other risks they don’t understand. When misfortune strikes, some look for a corporation to blame and sue.

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|2019-01-21T10:56:34-05:00January 21st, 2019|Comments Off on How anti-chemical lawsuits threaten legal chaos

Let’s do follow the climate money!

Climate Crisis Inc. gets billions to promote imaginary manmade cataclysm – but attacks realists.

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|2018-12-30T14:07:33-05:00December 30th, 2018|Comments Off on Let’s do follow the climate money!

COP 24: Climate lunacy takes center stage in Poland

People resent being scammed and get angry when they realize their taxes and energy payments often line the pockets of climate activists, scientists, bureaucrats, politicians, and wind, solar and biofuel cronies.

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|2018-12-27T22:22:45-05:00December 27th, 2018|Comments Off on COP 24: Climate lunacy takes center stage in Poland

COP 24: “We are still in” climate campaign flunks basic reality

Whether it’s global temperatures, changing weather patterns, Arctic, Antarctic or Greenland ice, hurricanes and tornados, wildfires, floods or droughts – or the need for and viability of renewable energy – deception, misrepresentation, disinformation and even fabrication are their stock in trade.

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|2018-12-16T05:27:33-05:00December 16th, 2018|Comments Off on COP 24: “We are still in” climate campaign flunks basic reality

COP 24: Climate lunacy takes center stage in Poland

IPCC Poland conference presents fictional climate chaos and fake renewable energy salvation.

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|2018-12-10T03:48:32-05:00December 10th, 2018|Comments Off on COP 24: Climate lunacy takes center stage in Poland

Starbucks thinks virtue signaling can “save the planet”

Will your Starbucks actually get electricity from wind turbines? Will transmission lines run directly from the turbines to each Starbucks store? If not, how will they separate wind-generated electrons from the renewable-fossil-hydro-nuclear mixture on the regional grid?

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|2018-12-02T22:36:08-05:00December 3rd, 2018|Comments Off on Starbucks thinks virtue signaling can “save the planet”
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