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Economist's View: 'The Climate Skeptics Have Already Won'

Humanity has decided to yawn and let the real and present dangers of climate change mount. ... Judged by the world’s inaction, climate skeptics have won..., however rational it may be to seek to lower the risk of catastrophic outcomes, this is not what is happening now or seems likely to happen in the foreseeable future. ...

Climate Change John Kerry's Climate Alarmism WSJ Opinion - YouTube

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Surprise! Another California Green Policy Flop | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

California’s “Hydrogen Highway” is a road to nowhere. About a decade ago, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for the state to invest more than $50 million in the program, which was to lead to the creation of 100 hydrogen fuel stations capable of serving 2,000 fuel-cell vehicles. Today, the state has a whopping total of nine hydrogen stations serving about 200 fuel cell cars.
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The usual green assumptions, projections, and policy-errors are on full display here. The companies involved in this program were poorly managed, too reliant on government subsidies, and thrown completely for a loop by the US shale boom and the rise of cheap green technology imports from China.

EU Commission Plans Fundamental Course Change In Energy Policy – More Focus On Economics, Less On Climate

Major German dailies today are reporting that Europe is beginning to give up on the big green dream it once so deeply cherished and envisioned a great society powered by clean sunshine and wind. After trying for years to force renewable energies onto consumers, the bill came and eyes popped.

Suddenly we are also seeing studies showing that warming won’t be so bad after all, and that CO2 climate sensitivity is much lower than first thought. The policy-making pressure coming from the threat of climate change is disappearing rapidly.