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The United States Retreat on Climate January 24, 2025

On its first day in office, the Trump administration has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement on climate change. ...

Big Oil Backtracks on Renewables Push as Climate Agenda Falters December 27, 2024

Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025....

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The Paris Accords As “Climate Insurance”—Unaffordable and Unnecessary December 13, 2024

[The following is based on remarks delivered by Koonin and Mills at an MIT Free Speech Alliance debate, which can be viewed here.]The climate change debate continues to rage. Though the science remains “unsettled,” what does seem settled is that Pres...

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A National Climate Action Plan June 21, 2024

While April and May are usually the hottest months in many countries in Southeast Asia, hundreds of millions of people are now suffering in South Asia from an exceptionally intense heat wave that has killed hundreds. One expert has already called it ...

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Demographic Winter and Global Warming June 21, 2024

What may finally get us is probably not what we expect....

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What People Don’t Get about Space June 12, 2024

When people think of space, people think of stars, the infinite universe, the elite club of astronauts that are lucky enough to see the blue marble for themselves. Yet here lies a key issue: the general population imagines space as something far off ...

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Taking on China the Right Way June 12, 2024

U.S.-China relations have become increasingly volatile over the past decade. President Biden’s industrial strategy—a mix of tax credits, tariffs, and other protectionist measures that significantly expands upon the legacy of Trump’s U.S. Trade Repres...

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The Growing Gulf Between the U.S. and Canada on Chinese EV Imports June 07, 2024

Different approaches to Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports threaten the otherwise cooperative framework between the U.S. and Canada in the auto-sector.On the surface the U.S. and Canada are heading in the same direction, with both countries citing...