“The sharp emissions rise was fueled primarily by a booming economy.” CO2 is life — for plants and our economy.
Source: Washington Post
US CO2 emissions increased in 2018
President Trump WRONGLY blamed for coal’s struggles
You can’t blame President Trump. He’s doing everything he can. But that is only so much. Like the article says:
Deregulating stuff will help this much,” [the coal consultant] said, making a gesture with his fingers to indicate a small quantity. “It’s not going to help a lot.”
Unlike President Trump, however, not everyone else is doing everything they can — especially the coal industry itself. The problem is the utilities who are exploiting their guaranteed rates of return, government subsidies, political correctness and Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card to lie about coal. We’re trying to fix the problem. How about you?
Climate alarmist World Bank chief resigns
Jim Yong Kim hated coal. Now President Trump has a chance to influence who the next World Bank chief will be…. please… maybe someone coal-friendly?
Source: Reuters
ExxonMobil’s failed appeasement of fossil fuel-haters
ExxonMobil began trying to appease fossil fuel-haters when Rex Tillerson became CEO in the mid-2000s. Current CEO Darren Woods continued the appeasement policy when he took over in 2017. Now Exxon is lobbying for a CO2 tax. But none of this has slowed the fossil fuel haters one bit. Now this. Looks like fossil fuel-haters will get to tip-toe through Exxon documents looking for something embarrassing or worse. BURN MORE COAL founder Steve Milloy warned these Exxon CEOs against weakness at its 2008 and 2017 annual shareholder meetings. Milloy has filed a shareholder proposal for the 2019 meeting. Stay tuned.
Source: Reuters
China builds dedicated railway for coal mines holding 6.5 billion tons
That’s about 10 years worth of current US coal production, which will come out of the Xinjiang region at a rate of 150 millions per year for 43 years. US utilities are doing what?
Continue reading China builds dedicated railway for coal mines holding 6.5 billion tons
Ocasio-Cortez: 70% tax rate to pay for Green New Deal
Ocasio-Cortez releases legislative plan to advance coal-killing Green (Red?) New Deal
“Simply put, we don’t need to just stop doing some things we are doing (like using fossil fuels for energy needs); we also need to start doing new things…”
Even computer models can’t make California’s 100% emission-free goal work
“Simulations show up to 90% of California’s power can come from a combination of wind, solar, batteries and geothermal… Beyond 90%, it gets difficult and expensive.” Not that any of this matters as the rest of the world is building 1,200 new coal plants. If California is the future, it doesn’t work.
