Climate Change

Shipping Nations Agree on World’s First Global Carbon Tax

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) held a meeting in London on Friday at which member nations agreed to impose the world’s first global carbon tax, a fee of $380 per metric ton on “greenhouse gases” emitted by ships up to a certain limit and $100 per ton beyond that.

Shipping containers are stacked on a cargo ship docked at Jakarta International Container

‘Dresden in L.A.’: Victor Davis Hanson Slams California Leadership for Failures as Wildfires Rage

California’s leaders are “charlatans and empty suits” for neglecting infrastructure and embracing performative politics, according to world-renowned historian and political commentator Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, who exposed policy failures he says have turned Los Angeles into a burning wasteland, comparing the city’s devastation to the World War II firebombing of Dresden. 

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference at Harbor