The Cost of Eco-Piety

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Scotland, site of the recent United Nations 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) climate summit, has cut down 14 million trees to make room for new wind power installations.

As reported in The Herald, the tree removal was for 21 wind turbine projects.

“The Scottish Government has moved to reassure that more trees have been planted, but it is unknown what proportion of these are mature plants that play a bigger role in turning carbon into oxygen.

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“Wait, these ‘green’ wind turbines use oil???” an astonished Swedish journalist asked, reporting that a wind turbine collapsed Saturday and people were being told to stay away -  because it was leaking oil.

On Sunday, puzzled Swedish journalist and political commentator Peter Imanuelsen tweeted the news:

“A wind power turbine just collapsed in Sweden.

“People are being warned to keep their distance because...it is now leaking oil everywhere!

“Wait, these "green" wind turbines use oil???”

 

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The international dispute over Line 5 belongs in federal court, a Michigan judge declared Thursday, dealing a critical blow to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bid to shut down the controversial cross-border oil and gas pipeline.

It's the second time in nine months that District Court Judge Janet Neff has sided with pipeline owner Enbridge Inc., which wanted the dispute elevated to the federal level.

The first decision last November prompted Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel — believing her only path to victory to be in state court — to abandon the original case, turning instead to a separate, dormant, nearly identical circuit court case to try again.

Neff's disdain for that tactic was palpable throughout Thursday's ruling.

"The court concludes that (the) plaintiff's motion must fail, based on ...(the) plaintiff's attempt to gain an unfair advantage through the improper use of judicial machinery," Neff wrote.

"The court's decision ... is undergirded by (the) plaintiff's desire to engage in procedural fencing and forum manipulation."