Written by Haye Kesteloo
A dramatic incident unfolded in the Pacific Ocean late Monday when the Morning Midas, a car carrier transporting electric vehicles (EVs), sank after a fire raged on its deck for weeks.
Written by Kenneth P. Green
Within the Western tradition, most people would likely agree that challenges such as those posed by man-made climate change are best addressed with pure reason. [emphasis, links added]
Written by Ronald Stein P.E. & Roger Caiazza
An oxymoron is a figure of speech where contradictory or opposite words are combined to create a striking or thought-provoking effect. Examples include ‘deafening silence,’ ‘organized chaos,’ ‘perpetual motion machines,’ and today’s favorite among zero-emissions policymakers, ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY!’
Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki
As an isotope geochemist, I’ve spent years studying the subtle signatures that reveal Earth’s hidden stories
Written by Jane Palmer
Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission
Written by Mauricio Alencar
Labour ministers are expected to double down on expanding the use of ‘green’ technologies as the Treasury and Department for Business and Trade are set to unveil the UK’s industrial strategy next week
Written by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.
The committee will also vote on RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, babies and young children at its meeting next week
Written by Ben Pile
According to various reports of an offshore wind industry conference this week, Ed Miliband has claimed confidence in “winning the fight on Net Zero” against his critics
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Are you concerned about pollution and toxic waste? This is certainly an issue in Making America Healthy Again.
Written by George Leef
After enjoying many decades of high public support, higher education in the U.S. is in serious decline.
Written by Cathleen O’Grady
Last year, Matt Spick began to notice oddly similar papers flooding in for peer review at Scientific Reports, where he is an associate editor. He smelled a rat.
Written by Jonathan Engler
This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph a week or so ago
Written by John Leake
Apologies for disappearing from Focal Points for the last two weeks. Final fact-checking and proofreading for our new book proved to be more painstaking than I’d anticipated
Written by Paul Homewood
Spending on ‘net zero’ is now so endemic in government that it would be impossible to track it all down
Written by Vijay Jayaraj
A Wood Mackenzie analysis notes that Japanese electricity demand is forecast to be between 1,100 and 1,200 terawatt-hours in 2040, up from less than 1,000 in 2023
Written by BBC
The BBC is threatening to take legal action against an artificial intelligence firm whose chatbot the corporation says is reproducing BBC content “verbatim” without its permission