Billions have been wasted on UN’s climate change lies
The article critiques the United Nations' International Panel on Climate Change for promoting extreme climate scenarios that have led to costly energy policies. It argues that billions have been wasted on these policies, which are based on implausible projections. The author highlights the negative economic and environmental impacts of these initiatives in New York and beyond.
- ▪The IPCC's RCP 8.5 scenario, which predicted a catastrophic future, has been deemed implausible.
- ▪Billions of dollars have been spent on policies based on these extreme climate claims, leading to economic damage.
- ▪New York's energy policies, including bans on fracking and fossil fuels, have resulted in higher costs and unreliable energy sources.
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Opinion Billions have been wasted on UN’s climate change lies By Jonathan Lesser Published May 18, 2026, 6:09 p.m. ET New York Gov. Kathy Hochul backed off the state's 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act ahead of her re-election campaign. Lone Pine Press for NY Post See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The United Nations-backed International Panel on Climate Change is responsible for the “climate catastrophe” and “the world is burning” scenarios that environmentalists, academics and many politicians have promoted to force high-cost, coercive energy policies on Americans. Yet last month, the IPCC quietly determined that those extreme scenarios are “implausible” — by which they mean impossible.
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