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Climate change is a real challenge, but it is not an existential threat. Over the past century, deaths from climate-related disasters have declined by a remarkable 98 percent. Human innovation and adaptation have made us more resilient. dcjournal.com/more-investmen…

Awful misappropriation of public funds: The EU Commission secretly paid green NGOs vast amounts to turn public opinion against coal, pesticides and free trade. Instead of fostering democratic debate, Brussels funds activism to push its green agenda. archive.ph/XU6Wv

China's air pollution down since 2013 Estimated to increase the average Chinese citizen's life expectancy by 2.2 years, provided the reductions are sustained. epic.uchicago.edu/insights/china…

“There’s no way around it: The left strategy on climate needs to be rethought, We’ve lost the culture war on climate, and we have to figure out a way for it to not be a niche leftist movement” politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

Green weakens Europe's defense: Live exercises stopped by CO₂ concerns Live munitions stopped by waste disposal requrements New arms factories stopped by green regulation Crazy — Putin isn't playing by these rules archive.ph/my9Ox telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

More trade is one of the world's 12 best investments. For the world's poor it can generate benefits worth 95x the costs, or $166 billion per year. Peer-reviewed #SDGs research published by Cambridge University Press: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

373 million kids are in school, but not learning We know what doesn't work (just more $) But we also know what works amazingly, like tablets w/educational software Read how in my book: amazon.com/gp/product/194… The Economist "Best books of 2023"

Contrary to popular skepticism, a big part the benefits of freer #trade flow to those who need them most — both in rich and poor countries. The way forward isn’t #protectionism, but reform—to ensure trade’s gains are greater and more widely shared. barrons.com/articles/globa…

Free trade did move some factories overseas—but it also made goods cheaper & boosted purchasing power. Middle-class Americans gain 29% more from trade; for the poorest, it’s 62%. More trade = more buying power. My latest for Barron's: barrons.com/articles/globa…

Cutting CO₂ is one of the least effective ways to cut flooding, if at all Flooding is mostly a problem because we tend to allow most floodplains to be built up, putting more people and property in harm's way (Bull's eye effect) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Spain blackout: Government desperately trying to shift blame away from renewables Government is faulting conventional plants because they weren’t sufficiently able to control voltage and frequency disturbances —conveniently ignoring that renewables likely caused these grid

False Alarm: When people claim only 10 years left to fix climate, they are misinformed by alarmist exaggeration⚠️ It ignores trade-offs, a bit like saying the right speed limit is 3MPH! Find more sense in the climate conversation in"False Alarm": amazon.com/dp/1541647475

This is a very cool, impressive nature paper that is worth reading. But the accompanying CNN headline is very misleading and almost certainly wrong, for the following reasons (links in next post): 1) The paper projects crop impacts forward assuming SSP3 economics and

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Increasing tobacco taxes has direct costs and indirect losses for smokers at $123m/yr, but saves 194,000 lives each year in poorer countries. Delivers $101 of social benefits per $1 Peer-reviewed #SDGs research published by Cambridge University Press: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

We can save 1 million lives each year tackling tuberculosis It is one of the world's 12 best investments For $6bn/yr we can deliver $48 back on the dollar Read how in my book: amazon.com/gp/product/194… The Economist "Best books of 2023"

Spain blackout: Government desperately trying to shift blame away from renewables Government is faulting conventional plants because they weren’t sufficiently able to control voltage and frequency disturbances —conveniently ignoring that renewables likely caused these grid

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Because we adapt here is what our future will look like: ever-less flooded. (Withholding effect of adaptation makes for scary stories but it's deceptive) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…