Foreign desk: Stop Russia’s Ukraine Kidnappings “Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine includes the mass deportation of children to re-educate and raise them as Russians. This blatant act is considered a crime against humanity,” declares Katya Pavlevych at The Hill. According to Moscow, approximately 700,000 children have been moved since their invasion in 2014. The United …
On Saturday, my wife gently took my phone away from me, claiming I seemed a bit obsessed with it. I had been glued to the screen all day, working, refreshing Slack, browsing social media, and checking my email. I had just sent a friend a text recommending a vacuum cleaner accessory with a tone of …
In its early days, Facebook concentrated all its operations in a single building located in Prineville, Oregon. This data center was a massive consumer of electricity, surpassing the power usage of over 6,000 American households. However, a significant incident occurred in the summer of 2011, when a literal cloud formed inside the building due to …
The fierce devotion to zero carbon emissions can have dangerous consequences, even resulting in loss of life. The recent devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui serve as a tragic example. Instead of addressing the root causes, government officials and the liberal media were quick to blame climate change for the destruction. However, mounting …
Yet another victory for climate alarmism! A district court in Montana, presided over by Judge Kathy Seeley, has ruled in favor of a group of environmentally-conscious young people, supported by the fear-stoking legal organization Our Children’s Trust. They sued the state for not including carbon emissions as a standard when granting permits for new fossil …
Many of my friends have a strong interest in gardening, but they are often limited by time and space. However, I have found that you don’t need perfect conditions to start growing something. Through my own experience with Lazy-Girl Gardening, I have discovered that low-stakes experiments focused on the food I love yield the best …
In a recent development, banks involved in establishing global standards for accounting carbon emissions in bond or stock sale underwriting have made a decision that could potentially exclude a significant portion of these emissions from their own carbon footprint. The decision, supported by the majority of banks in the working group, would result in two-thirds …
Traveling by plane involves several important steps, such as packing essentials like compression socks and ensuring your passport is up to date for international flights. However, many travelers overlook a crucial action item – calculating their carbon emissions. Regardless of your efforts to reduce your environmental impact while traveling, flying still contributes to significant carbon …
Uh-oh: New York may soon experience blackouts due to the state’s overly ambitious green agenda. The New York Independent System Operator, responsible for overseeing the grid, has just announced that the city could face power shortages as early as 2025 if the planned phase-out of natural-gas-fired “peaker” power plants continues. These peaker plants are expected …
On November 10 of the previous year, an event took place in Paradise, western Kentucky that marked a significant shift for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federally owned utility created as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The cooling towers of a large coal-fired power plant were demolished, symbolizing TVA’s departure from …