Heeding Pope Francis – and his environmental supporters – would drag the global economy backward A few weeks ago, Pope Francis released his climate change encyclical, in which he inveighed against the evils of the “technocratic paradigm,” and suddenly everyone’s a Luddite. History buffs will recall the Luddites as early 19th century English textile workers who […]
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Obama fighting GOP-dominated Congress over his environmental legacy The Obama administration says a new federal rule regulating small streams and wetlands will protect the drinking water of more than 117 million people in the country. Not so, insist Republicans. They say the rule is a massive government overreach that could even subject puddles and ditches
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Fewer than 50 Bryde’s whales in the Gulf U.S. regulators say a unique species of baleen whales in the Gulf of Mexico may be threatened with extinction and could get special protection. In April, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced it was looking at granting endangered or threatened status to the small population of Bryde’s
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Climate finance money meant to go to poor countries to help limit carbon emissions Despite mounting protests, Japan continues to finance the building of coal-fired power plants with money earmarked for fighting climate change, with two new projects underway in India and Bangladesh, The Associated Press has found. The AP reported in December that Japan
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