Hey buddy, consumers don’t need protection from natural gas stoves
The degrowther cacophony of environmentalists, bureaucrats, and supposed consumer advocates has found a new enemy to protect you from: the gas stove in your kitchen. As spelled out by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. in a recent Bloomberg interview, a federal “ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern […]
Attacks on forestry industry strain credulity
Canadian forest management is an envy of the world, routinely atop the global standings for stewardship and sustainability, writes Yaël Ossowski and David Clement With an immense land mass filled to the brim with natural resources, Canada is bountiful with energy and industry that provide dividends for its citizens. Whether that means reserves of oil, […]
In the fight between rodents and humans, environmentalists choose the rats
Imagine the scene in 14th-century Europe, as the continent was suffering under the bubonic plague, if a group of aristocrats had taken the side of the rats. What seems like a blueprint for a Monty Python sketch, or a skit on SNL during the days it dared to take risks, is not far from the world we […]
Is Russia Funding European Environmental Activists?
Russia might be funding European environmental organizations to support its position in the energy market and undermine competitors. Why is Europe’s political class questioning the effectiveness of modern agricultural practices and the legitimacy of nuclear power when the rest of the developed world is upgrading its fission capacity and allowing for gene-editing technology to revolutionize […]
NIMBY Bitcoin mining ban threatens to lock New Yorkers out of the crypto revolution
By Yaël Ossowski In 2015, when New York unveiled the BitLicense, a regulatory framework for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, there was great fanfare among lawmakers. For innovators and entrepreneurs, however, that began what many labeled the “Great Bitcoin Exodus”. And though it has been reformed since, much of the cryptocurrency space has walled off the Empire […]
New Yorkers need prudence, not bans, on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining
On May 24, 2022, the Consumer Choice Center sent a letter to New York state lawmakers, warning of the potential consequences to consumers if bill S6486D was adopted, a moratorium on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining. The full letter is available below, or in PDF version here. Dear Senators, We write to you to urge you […]
Democrats Can’t Have Both PFAS Ban and EV Transition: Choose One
As part of the climate agenda, Democrats have advocated the phasing out of motor vehicles. The goal is to ensure that electric vehicles make up half of all new vehicles sold by 2030. To accomplish this task, tax credits of up to $12,500 could be offered. Democrats have put electric vehicles at the heart of […]
Why is Germany hiring a former Greenpeace activist who reflexively opposed nuclear energy and genetic engineering as a climate advisor?
February 9, a headline caused a stir: Annalena Baerbock now employs Jennifer Morgan, the former head of Greenpeace, as special representative for international climate policy. An open lobbyist in the federal government? “How can that be?” wondered many commentators on social networks. The Federal Foreign Minister also encouragement received. LobbyControl, a German NGO, defended the federal minister with […]
EU Green Policies Back On The Table
Europe’s Green Deal is supposed to revolutionize energy and agriculture. Now, the continent can’t afford it. Russia’s war in Ukraine has shaken every political consensus in Europe. Within weeks, Germany’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline deal with Moscow was cancelled, and the principle of not sending weapons to war zones went out the window. Just three […]
Another Voice: Albany lawmakers fall for fake Beepocalypse narrative
Why is New York denying the science and doubling down on the fake Beepocalypse narrative? We all remember the adage “Save the Bees!” that scientists and beekeepers have promoted. It animated environmental activists for a decade. There was even an Obama White House national “Honey Bee” strategy to get to the bottom of “Colony Collapse […]
COP26: Lots of costly promise but no feasible solutions
This week, leaders from across the world are gathering in Glasgow to attend the Conference of the Parties, 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy. This is the biggest meeting on climate after Paris back in 2015, which resulted in participating countries signing an agreement aiming to keep […]
La Prohibición de la Carne Es lo que Ocurre cuando el Alarmismo Climático se Impone
En febrero del 2020, 243 personas de la London School of Economics aprobaron una moción del sindicato de estudiantes para introducir la prohibición de la carne de vaca para todos sus 11.000 estudiantes, convirtiéndose en la tercera universidad del país en hacerlo. Y fue el ejemplo perfecto de cómo el alarmismo descarado sobre el cambio climático causa […]
