A Climate of CatastropheThe Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2021 The facts in the new U.N. report aren’t as dire as its advertising. The world awoke Monday after a logy August weekend to some alarming news: The climate Apocalypse is nigh, humanity is to blame, and unless the world remakes the global economy, havoc and death are … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: BLM senior staff shuffling begins; Alaska director outScott Streater, E & E News, August 6, 2021  Chad Padgett, a Trump-era appointee as director of the Bureau of Land Management’s Alaska office, is out as state director after a two-year tenure marked by increased oil and gas development in some of the state’s most sensitive landscapes. Padgett, … read more

Biden’s EV plan: Details, drama and doubtsDavid Iaconangelo, CLIMATEWIRE, August 6, 2021 President Biden presented his vision yesterday for putting electric vehicles at the heart of the U.S. car industry, but some policy experts said that the plan would do little to transform the industry and that automaker support could fall apart in coming years. In an executive order, Biden … read more