By Ellen Wald Yesterday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report warning that global carbon dioxide emissions are on track to increase by 5% this year.  The organization predicts that emissions will increase by 1.5 billion tonnes and this will be the “largest single increase in more than a decade.” This sounds dreadfully scary, but a look at the actual numbers reveals that this is just hyperbole. In fact, the IEA predicts that global carbon dioxide emissions in 2021 will...

Today, we have a two-fer #hottakeoftheday. The first was on President Biden’s executive order yesterday. It’s long, and if you aren’t a subscriber to the newsletter, you can find it on our website. This one is about China. I remember giving speeches last year at this exact time saying “45 deaths a day?? From a country of 1.3 billion.” Please. This isn’t even a thing. Well, it turns out China lies about their numbers. My good friend Mark Rossano and I now do a...