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MACDONALD: CO2 is Not a Pollutant

October 24, 2025 Steve MacDonald

We can’t say this enough. Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant. It is chemically incapable of achieving a tipping point. Accumulation leads to saturation, resulting in a decline in radiative forcing. There’s even evidence that the majority of the (irrelevant) rise has very little to do with human activity. CO2 is not just good for … Read more

Roper: Those Polluting EVs….

August 8, 2025 Rob Roper

In my recent “Cage Match Conversation” with fellow WDEV radio host Kevin Ellis (Great debate, check out the podcast!), the subject of electric vehicles and the recent decision by Congress to end the EPA’s ability to regulate tailpipe CO2 emissions as pollutants came up. I pointed out the reason for this policy change is that … Read more

Contrails, Chemtrails, and Climate Engineering: We ARE Being Poisoned

July 20, 2025April 29, 2025 Betsy Harrington

The truth is, we ARE being poisoned…in several different ways. We can all see the man-made clouds line up in the sky, even at night now. Airplanes are leaving an increased number of cloud formations. They linger and eventually turn the blue sky, a milky white or gray color. WHY? There are many reasons our … Read more

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A Legal Anaylsis of Climate ‘Science’

January 18, 2025 John Klar

That Renewables Manufacturing Pollutes is Beyond any Reasonable Doubt With few exceptions, the common law upon which US jurisprudence is based employs one of two “burdens of proof” in litigation: the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard used in criminal prosecutions, a very high bar requiring compelling evidence, or the “preponderance of the evidence” standard employed … Read more

Are EVs Good or Bad for the Environment?

October 18, 2024 John Klar

The government offers large amounts of money for Americans to buy electric vehicles (EVs) to help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Many claims about EVs and their effects on the environment often seem conflicting. As with most manmade products, it can be difficult to fully measure all the environmental impacts: the … Read more

Environmental Justice and Pollution Equity

October 6, 2024 John Klar

Do EPA regulations prohibit racism or implement it? A recent federal court decision prohibited the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating pollution based on skin color. Viewed as a blow to “environmental justice” initiatives, the Louisiana decision hinged on an important distinction between government policies created with racist intent versus those that result in racially disparate impacts. The … Read more

How ’bout Declaring an “Economic Climate” Emergency?

August 2, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The watermelon Marxists have another “day” to celebrate their desire for poverty through central planning. It’s called Earth Overshoot Day. Not to be confused with Green Agenda Debt Overshoot Day. Or, How are we going to Charge all Those EVs Day?

As Predicted Face Masks Are the New Scourge of Our Oceans

January 3, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Disposable facemasks are the new planet-destroying, ocean wildlife wrecking, human influence peddling, world-ending scourge. OceansAsia estimates that 1.5 billion of the 52 billion made in 2020 to fool people into feeling safe ended up in the ocean.

The Secret Pollution of Lake Winnipesaukee

June 5, 2020 Norm Silber

The major gem of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire is our famous Lake Winnipesaukee. Its 72 square miles of water are dotted with 274 islands, some larger than others, and many with “camps” or homes on them. To call some of these edifices “camps” might be a major understatement.

The PA Dept. of Env. Protection: Fracking is Not Spoiling Our Streams and Rivers

February 19, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Arabs and Russian’s have spent millions in the US trying to make Fracking into some sort of evil. The UAE even backstopped an anti-fracking movie. But a study funded in part by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) just undid much of that.

If Saint Greta Wants This (lowering CO2 Emissions) Done Now, She Needs to go to India and China

January 23, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Grumpy Greta has been peddling her apocalyptic Muppet act in the halls of the western world. But as one historian notes, 60% of all emissions since her birth came out of China. It is by far the world’s biggest polluter, followed by India. If the planet is at a tipping point, she needs to talk to them.

New Research Suggests that Cleaner Air Causes Global Warming

April 30, 2019August 21, 2013 Steve MacDonald

Powerline has a post up titled, ‘Is Clean Air The Cause of Global Warming?“

You’d have to have had some sustained warming for that to even be true. But let’s play along because this is actually devastating to the infinite number of Donkeys with the infinite number of “typewriters” (or their modern digital equivalent). Charged with repeatedly re-branding the moving-target-Liberal-Democrat narratives as they collapse under the weight of inconvenient things like facts.

Green Choice

September 26, 2018April 20, 2011 Steve MacDonald

…this is a tax that can increase without ever seeing a public hearing. No one will testify. No one you vote for will be held to account for the tax increase. You will just pay more.