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February 18, 2015
The Kyoto Protocol: 10 Years of Triumph
Amid the tolling of church bells and the joyous shouts of aspiring bureaucrats, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in December 1997 under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and officially was implemented 10 years ago this week. Under its terms, the parties committed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) 5 percent below…
February 10, 2015
The Climate Comintern Speaks
“This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history. This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change…
February 5, 2015
The EPA on Keystone XL: Ideology Trumps Analysis
The State Department Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline, published a year ago, concluded, reasonably, that the pipeline would have virtually no impact on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or climate effects even under the most extreme assumptions. After all, the pipeline would transport 830,000 barrels per day of heavy oil-sands crude from…