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The United States led the world in tackling CO2 emissions last year while combining that singular success with solid economic growth, a new report reveals. It has also been confirmed while the U.S. was hitting its climate goals, at the same time “80 percent of the increase in CO2 emissions came from Asia and that China and India both contributed significantly” to global increases. “The United States saw the largest decline in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 on a country basis – a fall of 140 Mt, or 2.9%, to 4.8 Gt,” the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported Tuesday. “US...

California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi announced the creation of a House “climate crisis” committee. Already far-left Democrats are expressing their discontent with Pelosi’s plan. Pelosi announced the “climate crisis” committee after flying thousands of miles to Hawaii. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that Democrats would create a Select Committee on the Climate Crisis in 2019, which will be headed by Florida Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor. However, Pelosi’s announcement isn’t placating progressives in her party, such as New York Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who support “Green New Deal” legislation.

Sir David Attenborough kicked off the latest UN summit with a warning of “extinction” from global warming. Thousands flew in from all over the world to attend the UN’s climate summit. The UN spent months hyping the conference in order to convince world leaders to cut more emissions. This year’s United Nations climate summit kicked off Monday with a narrative it’s been building in the media and at political conferences for months: act now or face catastrophe. British broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough, purporting to speak on behalf of global peoples, warned “the collapse of our civilisations and...

Liberals have long honored the power of "satire" to bring the mighty down to size -- when they're conservatives. Liberals are honored and adored. Take The Daily Show on Comedy Central. At least since the days when Jon Stewart brought his "God, I admire you" routine to Democratic candidate John Kerry in 2004, they've been a pliant platform for Democrats. On Wednesday, Daily Show host Trevor Noah offered that to Al Gore, mocking Trump as a "famous scientist" (as if Gore is an astrophysicist?) and only interrrupting Gore's talking points with "right, right" and agreeing with everything. Gore insisted "the...

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) – the miracle technology which will supposedly allow us to burn more coal while saving the planet from global warming – is a complete waste of time and energy. It’s so expensive that it makes even renewables and nuclear look cheap. These findings – from a report by Professor Gordon Hughes, Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh and a former adviser to the World Bank – vindicate a recent call by President Trump to cut the 2018 budget for CCS research by 77 percent.