Arkansas & Climate Change: No Warming. No Crisis. No Problem.

The CO₂ Coalition's latest publication in its series of state and regional reports was just published for the state of Arkansas. Look for upcoming reports on Texas, Montana, New England and others. Also in the works are international reports, with India next up.

Like other areas around the world, claims have been made that Arkansas is experiencing negative impacts from unusual and unprecedented warming driven by increasing human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂). A “solution” to this supposed problem is to establish a “net zero” economy that adds no CO₂ to the atmosphere.

The primary and quite surprising takeaway of our research is that the state of Arkansas has experienced virtually no warming over the past 100-plus years. In fact, the hottest temperatures have declined while the minimum temperatures have increased substantially, leading to a lengthened growing season.

Annual Average Maximum Temperatures in Arkansas,

Plotted With the Atmospheric CO₂ Concentration.

Agricultural production, both globally and in Arkansas, has been breaking records year after year. Food production is greatly outpacing population growth. This boost in production is attributable to modest warming, increasing carbon-dioxide-fertilization effect and use of fossil-fuel-derived nitrogen fertilizer. Because of a naturally warmer climate and the CO₂ produced by the burning of fossil fuels, the world today sustains tenfold the number of people (8.04 billion) than at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution (791 million).

If more CO₂ and warmer weather were going to cause a decline in food production, should there not have been some recognizable negative effects by now? Contrary to predictions, all signs point to robust food production globally and in Arkansas, which will continue to increase far into the foreseeable future. Below are the top four crops in Arkansas showing steadily increasing yield, marching upwards in lock-step with increasing CO₂.

Our conclusion? There is no evidence of a climate crisis in Arkansas. Rather, its citizens are benefiting from ecosystems that are thriving and flourishing.

View and Download the complete Arkansas & Climate Change publication here:

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CO₂ Coalition's Comment on the EPA Clean Power Plant Rule

On July 25, 2024, the CO₂ Coalition submitted its comment on the Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil-Fired Electric Generating Units.

The authors of the comment, Drs. Richard Lindzen and CO₂Coalition Chair William Happer, concluded that repealing the so-called Clean Power Plant rule “requires urgent action because we are confronted with policies that destroy western economies, impoverish the working middle class, condemn billions of the world's poorest to continued poverty and increased starvation, leave our children despairing over the alleged absence of a future, and will enrich the enemies of the West who are enjoying the spectacle of our suicide march."

Read the entire Comment here.