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How Al Gore Politicized Climate Science
Twenty years ago, the former vice president’s documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ reshaped public debate on climate change. It also helped blur the line…
Roger Pielke Jr.
I Was a Climate Activist. Here’s Why Net-Zero Leads to Disaster.
Blackouts, stagnation, and even hunger—all of that could await if we shift to 100 percent renewable energy before the technology is ready.
Lucy Biggers
Paul Ehrlich Was Wrong—but He Still Changed the World
The ‘Population Bomb’ author advocated forced sterilization to curb global growth. And he died believing he was right.
Matt Ridley
How Reality Destroyed Europe’s Green Energy Dreams
Just a few years ago, European economies were united in pushing for green energy at any cost—what changed?
Bjorn Lomborg
Buried by Snow—and by Shaky Science
It feels like snowstorms are becoming more intense, but science tells us that we don’t really know.
Roger Pielke Jr.
Confessions of a Former Climate Activist
A former climate influencer explains why she left the movement she once helped amplify, and why she now believes it’s harming young people.
Maya Sulkin
36M
Revenge of the Climate Realists
For years, those who questioned the calamity of climate change were treated like pariahs. Now, their day of vindication has come.
Peter Savodnik
This Week in Canada: We Changed Our Minds About Climate Change
Energy independence tops existential doom; Trump’s tariffs topple a steel town; land acknowledgments run even more amok; and much more.
Rupa Subramanya
The Cost of Confused Climate Science
A retracted blockbuster study shows the motivated reasoning that fuels climate hysteria.
The Editors
Bill Gates Has Finally Admitted That Climate Doomerism Is a Mistake
The billionaire who helped normalize climate panic now concedes what ‘deniers’ said all along: We can adapt, and the obsession with carbon has come at a…
Lucy Biggers
2M
I Thought Climate Change Would End the World. I Was Wrong.
My worldview was built on apocalyptic models sprung from faulty assumptions.
Ted Nordhaus
Greta Thunberg and Sweden’s Lost Children
My home country is the purest product of Europe’s postwar ideals: rich, safe, secular—and spiritually bankrupt.
Annika Hernroth-Rothstein
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