Bjørn Lomborg – California Globe

The Lights Go Out in NewsomCity in NewsomState

December 22, 2025 2:02 pmDecember 22, 2025 2:07 pm

San Francisco is the center of the world AI revolution. AI needs electricity. Yet over the weekend NewsomCity, the jewel of NewsomState, couldn’t keep the lights on, or the self-driving Waymo cars of Google running on the potholed roads. The...

Teacher Pension Fund Betrays Its Mission

May 1, 2023 12:30 pmMay 1, 2023 12:37 pm

If you think that CalSTRS, the behemoth pension system that supports California’s retired teachers, is focused on pensions, you are wrong. The largest teacher-focused pension system in the country is abandoning its core fiduciary role to chase left-wing political goals....

From Sri Lanka to Salinas: Will California Learn Anything from Sri Lanka’s Green Apocalypse?

August 31, 2022 11:12 pmSeptember 2, 2022 1:56 pm

Ah, Sri Lanka. In 2020: a beautiful, agriculturally self-sufficient island nation full of tea and tourists and holder of the highest “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) investor rating in the world. And then, as part of the larger “green”...

Enviro Expert: California’s ‘Clean Energy’ Policies Should Not Be Adopted by Federal Govt.

June 22, 2021 8:10 amJune 24, 2021 6:37 am

Coal. Oil and Gas. Solar. Wind. Nuclear. Biomass. Hydroelectric. These are all effective energy sources, but some are called “natural” and “clean,” while the others are called “dirty energy,” or “dangerous,” or just ignored. Hybrid cars. Battery-Electric cars. Hydrogen Fuel...