US ‘Greens’ Double Down With Yet Another Useless Law

Written by Steven Greenhut

California’s ‘environmental-friendly’ lawmakers were quite proud of themselves when, in 2014, they passed a first-in-the-nation ban on stores from handing out so-called single-use plastic bags as a means to turn back the tide, so to speak, on an ocean-pollution “crisis” that was threatening marine wildlife and supposedly turning our beaches into waste dumps

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A Modern Call for Project Independence

Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki

The oil embargo of 1973-1974, led by Arab oil-producing countries, resulted in a sharp increase in oil prices and a shortage of oil supplies. This event had a profound impact on the U.S. economy and highlighted the vulnerability of the nation’s energy security. In response, President Nixon announced Project Independence on November 7, 1973.

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Can We Engineer the Weather?

Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki

Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification in which chemicals, usually silver iodide, are dispersed into clouds to induce or enhance precipitation which I have discussed here.

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