Some 500 scientists from around the world issued a declaration to the UN on Sept 23, 2019, that there is NO CLIMATE EMERGENCY. However, global media remain silent - perhaps waiting to hear from "ClimateFeedback" - a self-appointed group of scientists who obviously defend the climate catastrophe mantra. "ClimateFeedback" is 'certified' by POYNTER Institute as being accurate - but this means we have now descended into the netherworld foretold by Prof. Christopher Essex in his clever essay "Cavemen, Climate and Computer Science" Cavemen, Climate, and Computers - https://blog.friendsofscience.org/2018/09/23/cavemen-climate-and-computers/ where journalists (who are NOT scientists) are deciding who IS a credible 'climate' scientist....when most journos can't even name the complex differential equations that are fundamental to climate science - let alone describe the variables involved. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndpWfCUgh0
A journalist once asked mathematician and author Benoit Rittaud, President of L'Association de Climato-Realistes (Association of Climate Realists), if there were any historical cases of a large scientific movement based on an erroneous premise like Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming. Climat Environnement & Énergie: https://www.climato-realistes.fr/ At the Porto Basic Climate Science Conference of 2018, Rittaud explains that scientists generally do not study history, or they do so, the simply study the forward stepping stones of discovery - not the failings in between. In this talk, recorded at the Porto Basic Climate Conference in September of 2018, Rittaud discusses the Lysenko Affair as a similar mix of scientific error driven by politics, ideology, and fear of reprisal for any who dared to question, into its catastrophic implementation.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lysenko-affair
Benoit Rittaud's blog: https://mythesmanciesetmathematiques.wordpress.com/le-collectif-des-climato-realistes/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhJotnmIaDQ
The NEB approved the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. Ecojustice says the NEB should not have approved the pipeline because it did not consider 'climate change'. The World Resources Institute contributed to setting three quarters of the national intended targets of greenhouse gas emissions for the Paris conference. This is undue influence from one NGO. Why is Ecojustice, an offshore funded charity, trying to block pipelines and put people out of work in Canada?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgsxyyS9uaw
Politicians keep claiming that people get more money back (in Canada) on their carbon tax rebate than they pay out. A peer-reviewed paper by Mildenberger et al (2022) seemed to confirm that. There are only two places in the world with a carbon tax rebate (also known as a 'dividend), and those are Switzerland and Canada. In Switzerland, every person gets a rebate monthly on their health care premiums. In Canada, a quarterly payment is rebated to those who qualify. Despite much media coverage that the rebate provides more money than you pay in carbon taxes, a subsequent study by Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) showed that many Canadians are being hit with more than $500 in losses, due to paying carbon taxes. The Atlantic had favorably reviewed the Mildenberger paper, even suggesting that carbon tax rebates are 'free money'. The media are slow to report on the news that the rebate is NOT 'free money' as the PBO showed. In this presentation, Michelle Stirling, Communications Manager for Friends of Science Society, walks you through 'carbon-tax-aphilia' - the unnatural love of carbon taxes, without reason.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRLU0EpLQrg
Greta Thunberg of the school #ClimateStrike fame made a compelling, if somewhat dystopian, presentation at COP24. Michelle Stirling, Communications Manager of Friends of Science Society challenges Greta's perspective in this video response.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZbSaL7JP0
Ezra Levant talks with Michelle Stirling in this short interview. This video summarizes some of the disturbing aspects of the eco-movement, exploring their hypocrisy, some of the more extremist views and the problematic offshore funding that is behind so many alleged ENGOs and eco-charities in Canada that claim to be fighting to save the planet. They are blocking resource development here but nowhere else in the world where environmental standards are virtually absent. Canada has high environmental standards.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMs2xCFyScw
COP28, the global climate conference is on in Dubai, UAE. Imagine 70,000 people have flown there to be in this beautiful, air conditioned, desert metropolis, to talk about accountability on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions! The parody writes itself. The framework for accountability is a bit vague, but one thing we know that is coming down the pipe is a mandate for companies to count carbon molecules in Scope 1 (their own energy use like at an office or factory), Scope 2 (their suppliers' energy use making/delivering parts/materials), Scope 3 (the emissions of end users - like you). To this end, the accounting world have become the "Warrior Accountants." COP28 - It's all about the party, the grand theatre, the media headlines - and that's about all. Subscribe to our channel to keep up with the next video in the series! Become a member of Friends of Science and help us inform the public about these obscure aspects of climate politics. Providing Insight into Climate Change | Friends of Science https://friendsofscience.org/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krVA-lwWxZU
A short take on what Dr. Benny Peiser and the Global Warming Policy Foundation of the UK and NetZero Watch have been doing to inform the public and policy makers on climate and energy policy implications. To see Dr. Peiser's full presentation on "Europe's NetZero Rebellion and the implications for Canada, go to our "Past Events" page:
https://friendsofscience.org/library/events/benny-peiser-europe-net-zero-rebellion.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoCQGoYXOE
"Net Zero Health Care: MAiD for You" is a version of a FreedomTalk given by Michelle Stirling at a recent public event. The pivotal point is related to the politicization of science, as outlined in a commentary by Michael Crichton. Michelle reviews two aspects in this video. The first part addresses how she came to understand that the mental health system is unwilling to consider dissenting views on climate change or the impact of the Tar Sands Campaign on Albertan and Canadian workers - and on our economy. She sought counselling to help with her grief related to her brother's death by Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Based on her experience in counselling, she subsequently tried to enlighten the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) "Working Stronger" conference about rational dissenting views on climate change and to demonstrate the devastation of the Tar Sands Campaign on workers, but was cancelled. https://youtu.be/5cmk5EcuYEk (Both climate change dissenting views and the Tar Sands Campaign have been misrepresented as conspiracy theories by mainstream media.) This leads to the second part of the presentation wherein the impacts of climate-addled thinking conflated with patient medical care in a declining economy means that governments are resorting to measures that will leave patients with little choice. One of those choices, in good economic times, might be Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) - IF appropriate safeguards and supportive living options are available. Unfortunately, "Net Zero health care" is now a reality in public policy circles, to the detriment and risk of the public, in Michelle's opinion. In Canada, the government has recently relaxed the legislation on MAiD and this talk contrasts Michelle's personal experience with MAiD, with what seems to be the direction today. In 2017, her brother Dr. Glenn Stirling chose MAiD, but he was offered many supports and it was not easy to be approved at that time. Today, with lockdowns, isolation, depression, and people being diverted or denied from timely medical care, it seems, in Michelle's opinion, that for many, they are being sentenced to MAiD. This is confirmed by a recent Deloitte study, "A Struggling System" commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association. With Canada's economy in distress, medical choices will be fewer; with Net Zero mandates and medical people conflating climate and saving the planet over patient care, there will be repercussions on the level of care. Yet, if the Canadian resources were developed they would generate approximately US$21 trillion of gross revenues as estimated by Robert Lyman (at current market prices) and if the Tar Sands Campaign was stopped, and rational public policy on climate change ensued, there would be money for proper medical ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaOqKBacnhU