At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai this December, the climate change world was waiting with bated breath for a final document that would declare war on fossil fuels. The 70,000 delegates at the United Nations-sponsored event in the oil-rich nation of the United Arab Emirates hoped for a radical turning point … Read more
Many people wonder why Pope Francis focuses so much on climate change. Indeed, two papal documents concentrate exclusively on the matter. The latest apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, bitterly complains about how the People of God have not heeded earlier warnings. The pope’s trip to Dubai’s COP28 eco-conference only highlights this dire gospel … Read more
As the debate rages over stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, most conservative opposition has focused on the damage to the economy, excessive government surveillance, or the massive increase in government debt. These are very valid and important concerns. But the coronavirus’s most enduring damage will not be a lower GDP, higher … Read more
Those who sincerely believe in “anthropogenic” (formerly manmade) climate change are a hard bunch to understand. This excludes those who cynically use environmentalism to promote an overall leftist agenda or to sell books and turn a profit. Millions of people really await an apocalypse that they see as imminent. They have a … Read more
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 tells a fascinating story with a questionable conclusion. It is challenging to place its author, Professor Brian Fagan, in any single academic discipline. He was a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1967 to 2003. His biography also … Read more
No group gives itself more awards than Hollywood actors. Although they may be very talented and hardworking as actors, that does not make them authorities on climate change. As with most things, Hollywood’s eco-message is out of touch with mainstream America. Every year at the Oscar award’s ceremony, for example, winners spout … Read more
Abortion presents a problem for the Catholic left since it does not fit into its social justice agenda. It certainly involves social justice in the highest degree since it is a great injustice to deprive an innocent person of life. However, the left, by its nature, always seeks to change “oppressive” social … Read more
An article of faith of the modern environmental movement is the scientific “consensus” behind man-made global warming. Global warming activists and even some serious scientific organizations claim that 97% of the world’s scientists unreservedly accept this theory. It is often the first and most common argument used by climate activists, from Al … Read more
What is the green movement all about? Where did it come from? What is its ideology? Does it have a solid scientific backing for its theories? Is there a hidden agenda behind it? Does the green movement have communist roots? The environmental or “green” movement is defined and spurred by the issues … Read more
The ecologist delirium in the Catholic camp is reaching unimaginable heights. An impressive example of this is the daily newspaper of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. Whole sectors of the Catholic world these days are obsessed with the idea of a coming eco-catastrophe. Convinced they are faithfully following Pope Francis’ guidelines, bishops, parish … Read more