President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela denounced capitalism and the extraction of natural resources as the causes of climate change during a scorching critique at COP27 on Tuesday that made no mention of his own country’s history as an oil producer.
Market failure certainly delays aggressive climate action, but even had the whole world in the 20th century been socialist, the planet would still be heating up.
A bill that would allow school districts to teach Florida students alternatives to concepts deemed “controversial theories” — such as human-caused climate change and evolution — has been filed in the state Legislature.
