Diana Furchtgott-Roth
@DFR_Economics
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@Heritage Foundation Director, Energy and Climate Center. @GWU economics professor. Former roles @USDOT, @USTreasury, @USDOL, and @WhiteHouseCEA. Views my own.
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Joined July 2021
Air and water are getting steadily cleaner. There are many reasons not to have children, but the changing climate is not one of them.
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A growing economy with clean air and water needs sustainable demographics. Fear-driven narratives about parenthood undermine both family and environmental progress.
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The climate is gradually warming, but turning it into a reason not to have children is a dangerous trend we need to reverse.
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Young people are told the planet is doomed. The result? Fewer kids, more despair. Children must inspire hope, not fear.
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Net-zero shouldn’t mean zero children. Climate anxiety is fueling a fertility crisis — and it’s needless. https://t.co/huMXsG6sGb
thehill.com
Rather than constraining economic growth to preserve pre-industrial temperatures, sound policy would accelerate the development that has made the world more livable.
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💡Kevin Dayaratna @Kdd0211 speaking at Parliamentary Security Intelligence Forum at US Senate: ✅Develop natural energy resources 🚫No carbon-based regulation ⛔️Avoid dependence on rogue nations
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😲My @Spotify listening age = 31 😀Top song = Elgar's Cello Concerto, 😀Top album = Verdi's La Traviata. 😲Boom in classics and opera among Millennials? https://t.co/US9dcFqcGv
wsj.com
Millennials’ love of Fleetwood Mac puts them in retirement age, according to the latest Spotify Wrapped.
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⛔️EPA wants to raise gas and corn prices by forcing corn ethanol into gasoline ⛔️Bad for cars + wallets ☺️Repealing corn ethanol mandate would be win-win for drivers and shoppers https://t.co/fMS1qcJStn
@Mario_A_Loyola
wsj.com
Pressure from corn states means higher gasoline prices.
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🦃At Thanksgiving 70 million people use navigation from GPS satellites open to error + Chinese/Russian attack 📛GPS failure = costly chaos 👮GPS needs backup 🧰 New @TERN_AI tech gives easy protection https://t.co/My72uxW3BQ
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🙏 Energy access lifts people from poverty. 📉 Unrealistic climate targets impoverishes. 💡 Affordable energy = opportunity. 🌍 Opportunity = economic growth. https://t.co/qRswVUf6mC
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✈️Air traffic controllers depend on Congress for funding 👩🍳If cooks depended on Congress then restaurants would often close 💰Need to separate air traffic control from Congressional funding 💸So when government shuts down we can still fly https://t.co/CwpiskI5oZ
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📛COP30 misleading views of climate change are discouraging people from having children. 🧑🍼Big problem for modern economy is too few children, not too many 👨👩👧👦Climate's improving: now best time for children. https://t.co/4H3Pmv7N4l
telegraph.co.uk
It’s wrong to tell younger people they shouldn’t have children for environmental reasons
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Heritage scholar and marathon runner @RachelGreszler speaking @AEI. Americans need more apprenticeships, no Social Security retirement test.
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🙏Bill Gates’ best gift to COP30: people matter more than emissions. 🥂Energy raises living standards. 😢Real inequity: young South Sudanese children 39 times more likely to die than Swedish children. https://t.co/bTPQHgw2fg
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No society that behaves like Hamas will ever be a viable democracy says Prof Amy Wax honored at @EncounterBooks gala
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❗️@realDonaldTrump to UN: wind and solar can't power growth needed to lift nations out of poverty. ⛔️But UN+World Bank discourage lending for fossil-fuel projects in poor countries. 😢😢Restricting fossil/nuclear energy keeps nations poor, drives up immigration.
foxnews.com
President Donald Trump criticized UN energy policies that restrict fossil fuel access in poor countries, arguing this drives migration to wealthy nations.
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Hate high electricity bills? @Mario_A_Loyola says 💡End renewable subsidies 💡Reform electricity regulation 💡Slash permitting red tape 💡Allow a nuclear revolution https://t.co/mSvidPCVpr
wsj.com
Don’t blame AI or Trump. The real problem is rules that make it difficult to keep up with demand.
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✅Natural gas vital for energy security & growth. 👋Congrats to Gov. @Jenniffer González-Colón for embracing President Trump’s LNG agenda. 💡Puerto Rico deserves affordable, reliable, & clean LNG energy. https://t.co/QLvsVoknJJ
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🇪🇺EU regulations force US companies to adopt NetZero plans. 🇺🇸US declared independence nearly 250 years ago. 🇺🇸Must not surrender energy sovereignty now. https://t.co/Pu1JHW8wr0
@dailytelegraph
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