King County, Washington (home of Seattle) filed suit last week in state court against several major oil companies: BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch, and ConocoPhillips. Joining other coastal municipalities like New York City and San Francisco, the suit claims that petroleum products sold by the companies contribute to climate change leading to all sorts […]
Confronting Righteous Political Passions with Stubborn Facts
Climate change, or more specifically the many laws, regulations, fees and taxes demanded in the name of catastrophic man-made climate change, is among the most dominant and fiercely debated policy matters of our time. It is inherently politicized, given that its very invocation is in the name of obtaining/imposing a political agenda. As with any […]