They likened a courtroom ‘tutorial’ to the Scopes Monkey Trial. But their side got schooled.Five American oil companies find themselves in a San Francisco courtroom. California v. Chevron is a civil action brought by the city attorneys of San Francisco and Oakland, who accuse the defendants of creating a “public nuisance” by contributing to climate…
E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D.
#SanFranciscoKnew—What Did San Francisco Know about Climate Change, and When Did It Know It?
David Johnson, who follows us on Facebook, brought our attention to this article, which demonstrates that some California cities, including San Francisco, which with Oakland is suing five major oil companies including ExxonMobil, alleging that the companies suppressed from their stockholders what they knew about the risks of climate change to their stocks’ future value,…
Paul Driessen
Politicians must consider unintended consequences
Mileage standards and tariffs help some – while penalizing countless others, often severely It’s become a recurring, frustrating pattern, as legislators and regulators ignore the immutable laws of unintended consequences, to drive political agendas or aid favored constituencies, while harming others. A good example is corporate average fuel economy (CAFÉ) standards on vehicles. Originally enacted…
Gary Wickert
Trump Tax Cuts Making America Great Again
President Donald Trump made history recently when he signed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” into law. The Senate passed the bill on Dec. 20 by a party-line vote of 51 to 48; Sen. John McCain (RAriz.) was absent for medical treatment. The House passed the bill later in the day by a vote of…
General
The Week That Was April 14th, 2018
Which Trends? Last week’s TWTW may have given a wrong impression to some readers. In discussing the estimate by Christy, et al., of the rate of warming of the bulk atmosphere over the past 38 years of 0.10 ± 0.03°C per decade, the rate of warming was used to project the warming from a doubling…
Patrick C. Miller
West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania extend shale coalition
West Virginia has agreed to extend the Tri-State Shale Coalition Agreement with Ohio and Pennsylvania to encourage regional cooperation and job growth by developing shale gas in the Appalachian Basin. Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, last week announced the extension of the agreement with Gov. John Kasich, ROhio, and Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania. During annual…