Steve Milloy,
The year 2021 could go down in history as the year that heralded the end of the climate geek movement – although the movement is unlikely to offer any hint. This year saw the stupidity, failure and lies of climate idiots exposed for all to see – that is, if the media really covered them.
So here are the 10 biggest climate movement failures in 2021. The only reason the climate movement has survived through these failed periods is because the mainstream media keeps it afloat. by not reporting truthfully.
1. The failure of wind in Europe caused a catastrophic global energy crisis. As Europe has closed coal plants in a rush to use wind turbines over the past 20 years, 2021 sees a reduce wind and the subsequent failure of wind turbines in Europe. With few coal plants back in operation, Europe is forced to rely on natural gas plants, making natural gas price to a spike and a global energy crisis. Some results: failure of the energy company, make and fertilizer Factory shutdown, expected to rise from 50 million to 80 million Europeans live in energy poverty and more dependence on Vladimir Putin’s Goodwill to supply natural gas. Plus, emissions have increased. The media has been mostly silent on the ongoing energy crisis and the harmful effects of emissions, especially on its origins in green policies.
2. Windmills in Texas froze, causing power outages that killed dozens of people. As cold weather approaches Texas ahead of Valentine’s Day weekend, Texas regulators have opted to rely on wind turbines to provide 30 percent of the state’s electricity. But when it comes to weather, the wind turbines freeze. Due to the belief that wind turbines would function in the approaching cold weather, backup natural gas facilities were unwilling to step in to fill the void. Much of Texas is in the dark and the state is within a Few minute about a possible entire grid failure last week. More than 200 people died due to power failure. The media response is to try to shift responsibility from wind turbines to fossil fuel plants. But the bottom line is: The first and worst wind blow failure in Texas.
3. COP26 cannot ‘put coal in history.’ The President of this year’s United Nations annual climate meeting (COP-26) set the conference’s goal as “deposit coal in history. But before the conference, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin exercised his own veto to effectively block President Biden from eliminating America’s coal industry by 2030. Both presidents China and Russia are neither a fan of coal (both offering “net zero” until 2060) even bothering to attend the conference. The leader of coal-dependent India has emerged but has delayed the country’s elusive net zero goal until the unthinkable 2070. High natural gas prices (See section 1 above) will cause US utilities to burn about 20% more coal this year. The cheering media have tried to turn the climate movement away from this debacle with headlines like ““World leaders reach climate agreement at UN summit after two weeks of negotiations. ”
4. Biden’s war on fire – raising energy prices and emissions – and making the US dependent on OPEC again. President Biden campaigned in 2020 on banning jailbreaking, and his first year in office did not disappoint. Biden has taken several actions to reduce US oil production as oil demand picks up from lows during the COVID pandemic. Throw in the global energy crisis (See part 1) and Americans are paying the highest gas prices in over a decade. Biden “tried” to ease this crisis by asking the OPEC cartel to increase oil production, signaling a shift of energy dominance from the US (under President Trump) back to the cartel. . OPEC later dismissed Biden. High natural gas prices also cause U.S. power companies to burn 20% more coal, resulting in increased U.S. emissions.
5. Trifecta fraud: Nature Conservancy for sale fake carbon offset for publicly traded companies. Nature Conservancy, the largest green group in the US, was caught selling fake carbon offsets, fake from the start. The carbon offset has been sold for trees that have never been in danger of being cut down. Buyers of the offsets include major corporations such as Blackrock, Disney and JPMorgan Chase, the latter of which have introduced their green certificates to the public. The scam selling fake offsets which are then used to mislead investors (which violates securities laws) makes this a story of a trio of green scams.
6. Sen Manchin vetoes President Biden’s Clean Electric Efficiency Program. The initial version of President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar Build Back Better campaign included a provision that would effectively link the U.S. electricity grid to the goal of essentially phasing out power plants that use power plants. off the grid by 2030. But in the US 50-50 Senate, it was West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin who had the ironic opportunity to exercise his veto to remove the provision from the BBB bill. . Although the bill is still rife with bad climate provisions, The most dangerous clause has been removed by Senator Manchin.
7. Wildfires in the West burn off Microsoft’s carbon footprint. In 2013, software giant Microsoft commit to become partially carbon neutral through carbon offsetting purchases. In 2021, most of this offset Fuming in the Oregon wildfire. Ironically, Microsoft touted carbon offsets as a way to forest management. Guess no. In fact, the best way to manage forests is to cut down trees. The US media has yet to cover this story.
8. EX-Blackrock’s Sustainable Investment Manager says investing in ESG is pointless. Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investing is all the rage these days with both publicly traded companies and investment firms touting their ESG credentials. The Biden Securities and Exchange Commission is even considering expanding its existing ESG rules to produce more (versus more accurate) ESG reports. But only the Telegraph’s Simon Foy thinks it’s worthwhile reporting these remarks by former Blackrock top ESG executives: “The vast majority of the products they’re selling have little or no significant impact. to the environmental and social issues they relate to marketing.”
9. Federal Reserve staff pull the rug away from the Fed’s transition to climate. Climate activists have long pressed for the Federal Reserve to become an instrument of the climate agenda. They want the Fed to pressure American banks to stop lending to the fossil fuel industry under the guise that climate change is a particular threat to the financial system. President Biden has reappointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to the Fed on the condition that he advance the climate agenda and appoint climate activist Lael Brainard as Fed Vice Chairman as a Not-so-subtle reminder to Powell of his deal with Biden. However, shortly before these announcements were made, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff pulled the rug out from the entire business with his report, “How bad is the weather disaster for banks?“Unusually bold for a government report, the first two words in the summary answer the question: “Not very much.” But you’ll never know this if you don’t read the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
10. Americans don’t care about paying extra for climate. The Associated Press spectacularly reported in October the results of its own poll, “The majority in the United States are concerned about the climate. But that measure of “interest” didn’t make any headlines; Only 50% of these are willing to pay an extra $1 per month for electricity. This is consistent with other polls under different groups such as Washington Post and Competitive Enterprise Institute, also reported that people don’t care so much about the climate that they’re willing to open their wallets for it.
BONUS. NOAA says a sizable portion of the power bid. In an effort to be the federal government’s one-stop-shop for authoritative climate information, Richard Spinrad, executive director of Biden NOAA, inadvertently let the cat out of his pocket: NOAA ambitions run climate control.
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