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EU Energy Summit: Climate Protection Is Not That Important Anymore | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Europe’s heads of State and government want to promote shale gas and to reduce energy prices. They would rather promote competition than stop global warming.

Europe Rolls Back Green Energy Policies | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Europe’s stratospheric energy prices and economic doldrums are forcing a basic rethink of energy policies. We hear so much about how green energy is good for the economy. It’s interesting that Europe, the citadel of global greenery, is thinking of throwing in the towel.

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski: Wishful Thinking Will Not Make European Energy Affordable | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

As long as the European Union is unilaterally pursuing climate goals while other global actors are not following suit, it will suffer consequences in terms of competitiveness, writes Jacek Saryusz-Wolski.

The Odds of Disaster: An Economist's Warning on Global Warming | The Business Desk with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS

Once it is in the atmosphere, CO2 remains there for a very long time. Even if CO2 emissions were cut to zero at some point in the future (a very drastic assumption), about 70 percent of CO2 concentrations over the pre-industrial level of 280 ppm would remain in the atmosphere for the following one hundred years, while about 40 percent would remain in the atmosphere for the following one thousand years.