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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins present episode 454 of the In The Tank Podcast. The climate alarmist narrative is one underpinned by varying groups with specific special interests. There are the politicians who use climate alarm to justify enhanced powers, there are the businesses and firms that use climate alarm to pad their bottom lines, there are the activists that use climate alarm to gain clout, and there are the those that use climate alarm to justify an anti-humanist agenda. While all these groups help prop up the same climate narrative, they all are doing so for different reasons. On this week's episode, we are going to take a look at that last group on the list - the anti-humanists. 


PRIMARY TOPIC - CLIMATE ALARMISM & ANTI-HUMANISM

Anti-progress

Mackinac - The roots of environmental anti-humanism
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-roots-of-environmental-anti-humanism

Mackinac - The growth of environmental anti-humanism
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-growth-of-environmental-anti-humanism

DailyKos - The right wants us to sacrifice the planet for AI
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/17/2247069/-The-right-wants-us-to-sacrifice-the-planet-for-AI

Free Opp - Why Nuclear Power is the Path to Low-Carbon Energy: Part 1https://freopp.org/why-nuclear-power-not-renewables-is-the-path-to-low-carbon-energy-part-1-c0b66d4b9570

Alex Epstein (Twitter) - Paul Ehrlich quote
https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/481861470930481152


Population control

(Report) Population Engineering and the Fight against Climate Change
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24870306

(letter) World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/1/8/5610806

AEI - Culling for Climate
https://www.aei.org/articles/culling-for-climate/


Limitations on Freedom

Slate - Fifteen Minutes of Blame
https://slate.com/business/2023/02/15-minute-city-oxford-conspiracy-theory-cars-lockdown-explained.html

C40 Cities – The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5C World
https://expose-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Arup-C40-The-Future-of-Urban-Consumption-in-a-1-5C-World.pdf

In Episode 147 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Nigel Biggar, author ofColonialism: A Moral Reckoning.
Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nigel Biggar, Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, to discuss his new book, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. They discuss whether the British Empire was driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate, whether we should speak of “colonialism and slavery” in the same breath, and whether the Empire was essentially racist. They also chat about whether the Empire was driven by economic exploitation, whether it was essentially violent, and whether colonial government was or was not illegitimate. 
Get the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-World-That-Wasnt/Benn-Steil/9781982127824
Show Notes:
The Critic: Robert Lyman – “The British empire, for good and ill”
https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/march-2023/the-british-empire-for-good-and-ill/
First Things: Nigel Biggar – “A Christian Defense of American Empire”
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2022/10/a-christian-defense-of-american-empire
The Guardian: Kenan Malik – “Colonialism by Nigel Biggar review – a flawed defence of empire”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/20/colonialism-a-moral-reckoning-by-nigel-biggar-review-a-flawed-defence-of-empire
Law & Liberty: Sumantra Maitra – “Was the British Empire Really a Force for Good?”
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/was-the-british-empire-really-a-force-for-good/
Literary Review: Jonathan Sumption – “Cruel Britannia?”
https://literaryreview.co.uk/cruel-britannia
National Post: Peter Shawn Taylor – “Peter Shawn Taylor: Colonialism contained 'good things as well as bad.' Why can’t we just accept that?”
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colonialism-contained-good-things-as-well-as-bad-why-cant-we-just-accept-that
National Review: Andrew Roberts – “The Upside of Empire”
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/07/31/the-upside-of-empire/
The New Statesman: Tomiwa Owolade – “Nigel Biggar’s whitewashing of empire”
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2023/03/nigel-biggar-whitewashing-empire
Public Discourse­: Samuel Gregg – “Reckoning with Colonialism”
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2023/05/88467/
Quadrant: Matthew White – “A Moral Reckoning of the British Empire”
https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2023/05/a-moral-reckoning-of-the-british-empire/
Quillette: John Lloyd – “Colonialism and Its Discontents”
https://quillette.com/2023/02/06/colonialism-and-its-discontents/
The Spectator: David Crane – “Failing to denigrate Britain’s entire colonial record has become a heinous crime”
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/failing-to-denigrate-britains-entire-colonial-record-has-become-a-heinous-crime/
The Telegraph: Tim Stanley – “Colonialism by Nigel Biggar review: defending the British empire, this book is spoiling for a fight”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/colonialism-nigel-biggar-review-defending-british-empire-book/
Times Literary Supplement: David Arnold – “In defence of empire”
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/colonialism-nigel-biggar-book-book-review-david-arnold/
Wall Street Journal: Tunku Varadarajan – “‘Colonialism’ Review: Empire Without Apology”
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/colonialism-review-empire-without-apology-80ecc195
Washington Free Beacon: Douglas Murray – “The Upsides of Empire”
https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-upsides-of-empire/

In Episode 146 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Scott Walter, author ofArabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America. 
Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Scott Walter, president of the capital Research Center, to discuss his new book, Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America. They chat about what is the Arabella Advisors network, who its chief backers are, how it functions, and what exactly is “dark money.” They also discuss why Arabella is different than right-wing “dark money” networks, and what impact it has on American politics and policy. 
Get the book here: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/arabella/
Show Notes: 
Wall Street Journal: Scott Walter – “Inside the Left’s Web of ‘Dark Money’”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-lefts-web-of-dark-money-11603408114

Yes, it’s that time again kids, panic the American people over heat waves by blaming them on climate change.This past week several news outlets talked about the “Western Heat Wave” and tried to link it to “climate change.” Climate Central was the source of most of these stories with a press release that said:
“Between June 5-7, much of the Western United States, Mexico, and Eastern Canada are poised to experience a period of unusually hot conditions made much more likely because of human-caused climate change. During this period, over 229 million people across North America will experience extreme heat made at least three times more likely because of human-caused climate change.”
We see this every year, and we’ll see it again this year as the feckless media regurgitates the heatwave hype. We will tackle this subject, as well as go over the Crazy Climate News of the Week. Tune in LIVE for the stream at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT) EVERY FRIDAY to watch the show and leave your own questions in the chat with host Anthony Watts, along with panelists H. Sterling Burnett and Linnea Lueken.
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haksins, and Chris Talgo present episode 453 of the In The Tank Podcast. The European Union recently passed a law that would essentially mandate many of the guidelines and metrics of the ESG scheme we have talked much about on this show. You might ask, "Who cares about Europe?" Unfortunately, the way this Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is written, it has the potential to fundamentally transform the way businesses around the world operate. It is imperative we get this message out to the public and to lawmakers to protect America from this dangerous law.
PRIMARY TOPIC - RADICAL NEW EU LAW WILL FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA
 
Fox News - Europe is hell bent on forcing US companies to go woke and it has a new law to do just that
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/europe-hell-bent-forcing-us-companies-woke-has-new-law-just
 
Western Journal - Europe Just Approved the Worst Communist Law Ever - How It Affects You
https://www.westernjournal.com/europe-just-approved-worst-communist-law-ever-affects/
 
 
SECONDARY TOPIC - EU ELECTIONS SHIFT TO RIGHT
 
WSJ - Europe’s Ascendant Right-Wing Parties Want to Remake the EU. They Can’t Agree on How.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europes-ascendant-right-wing-parties-want-to-remake-the-eu-they-cant-agree-how-96986a44
 
Nature - Far-right gains in European elections: what they mean for climate goals
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01742-w
 
Politico - Inside von der Leyen’s secret climate crusade
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyens-secret-climate-crusade/

Phoenix is hiring a "Chief Heat Officer," in response to rising heat related deaths, which the city blames on climate change. The truth is most of those dying are homeless or drug addicts with underlying health conditions, people already in poor health. As far as Phoenix's heat, that is due, not to climate change but the city's massive growth and related increased Urban Heat Island effect. Responding to homelessness and drug use will do far more to prevent premature deaths in Phoenix than efforts to fight climate change or control the weather.