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Rupert Darwall is a Senior Fellow at the RealClear Foundation.

The hockey stick trial

BY RUPERT DARWALL: Science dies in a D.C. court room.

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|2024-02-22T10:43:27-05:00February 22nd, 2024|0 Comments

Book review: Climate Uncertainty and Risk, By Judith Curry

A climate scientist has produced a single-author counter to the IPCC that offers a radical alternative to the UN paradigm of climate change.

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|2023-10-12T09:42:02-04:00October 12th, 2023|Comments Off on Book review: Climate Uncertainty and Risk, By Judith Curry

Rishi Sunak speaks sense on Net Zero

Why the vehemence of the climate lobby’s attacks on Sunak's turn to realism?

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|2023-09-25T09:38:44-04:00September 24th, 2023|Comments Off on Rishi Sunak speaks sense on Net Zero

EPRINC report reveals IEA Net Zero Roadmap as a Green mirage

In seeking to become a cheerleader for net zero, the IEA has allowed itself to be used as a tool for climate policy extremism,

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|2023-06-27T03:33:12-04:00June 29th, 2023|Comments Off on EPRINC report reveals IEA Net Zero Roadmap as a Green mirage

King Charles III has a climate record to live down

Here’s hoping that the reign of King Charles will be a happier affair than his failed forecasts of climate doom.

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|2023-05-05T10:12:30-04:00May 6th, 2023|Comments Off on King Charles III has a climate record to live down

BlackRock’s Larry Fink and the new post-ESG realism

Swept along by climate-change fervor, an investment manager “can’t make such commitments without reneging on its fiduciary duties."

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|2023-03-30T09:58:45-04:00March 30th, 2023|Comments Off on BlackRock’s Larry Fink and the new post-ESG realism

SVB, ESG, and Biden’s ERISA Rule

One lesson of Silicone Valley Bank’s collapse is the critical importance for business to focus on the essential.

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|2023-03-16T10:55:28-04:00March 16th, 2023|Comments Off on SVB, ESG, and Biden’s ERISA Rule

The World Bank takes an energy wrong turn

Biden’s firing of bank president puts a question mark over its future.

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|2023-02-28T09:19:48-05:00March 1st, 2023|Comments Off on The World Bank takes an energy wrong turn

The Fed’s Jay Powell is trying to have it both ways on climate

Powell’s notion of an apolitical Fed tightly hewing to its congressional mandate is belied by the central bank’s decision to join the NGFS.

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|2023-01-16T12:23:01-05:00January 18th, 2023|Comments Off on The Fed’s Jay Powell is trying to have it both ways on climate

2022: The Year ESG Fell to Earth

Although the disintegration of ESG as an investment strategy became unmistakable in 2022, its existence as a political doctrine will continue until it is challenged and defeated.

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|2022-12-28T13:20:16-05:00December 31st, 2022|Comments Off on 2022: The Year ESG Fell to Earth

Woke investors threaten the West’s security

Since Russia attacked Ukraine two months ago, Western governments have been learning the hard way about the critical importance of energy to their national security.

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|2022-04-19T10:32:10-04:00April 19th, 2022|Comments Off on Woke investors threaten the West’s security

Net-Zero and ESG are worsening the energy crisis – and weakening the west

Climate campaigners and wind and solar companies won't give up the fight against domestic energy production.

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|2023-02-23T10:49:40-05:00March 19th, 2022|Comments Off on Net-Zero and ESG are worsening the energy crisis – and weakening the west

John Kerry: Putin’s useful climate idiot

Kerry hopes Putin “will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate.”

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|2022-03-04T16:00:06-05:00March 5th, 2022|Comments Off on John Kerry: Putin’s useful climate idiot

Standing up to Putin means ditching Net-Zero

You can’t win a geopolitical conflict lasting years or decades with an economy powered intermittently by wind turbines and solar panels.

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|2022-02-24T10:10:02-05:00February 24th, 2022|Comments Off on Standing up to Putin means ditching Net-Zero

Report: Climate risk disclosure: A flimsy pretext for a Green power grab

Must businesses rely on climate computer models to assess risk and report the results?

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|2021-11-18T13:29:20-05:00November 18th, 2021|Comments Off on Report: Climate risk disclosure: A flimsy pretext for a Green power grab
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