{"id":2582566,"date":"2026-03-22T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milloy-al-gore-got-climate-wars-all-wrong\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:37:36","slug":"milloy-al-gore-got-climate-wars-all-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milloy-al-gore-got-climate-wars-all-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Milloy: Al Gore Got Climate Wars All Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilloy-al-gore-got-climate-wars-all-wrong%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582566&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An opinion piece argues that climate alarmism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-energy-costs-the-christmas-gift-of-green-politicians\/\" title=\"High ... Costs The Christmas Gift Of \u2018Green\u2019 Politicians\">anti-fossil fuel policies<\/a> have helped create or worsen geopolitical and energy-security problems rather than solve them. It contends that Al Gore\u2019s climate advocacy and related international agreements pushed Europe and the U.S. away from fossil fuels,increasing dependence on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-flails-as-strait-of-hormuz-closure-threatens-energy-supply\/\" title=\"... flails as Strait of Hormuz closure threatens ... supply\">fossil-fuel imports<\/a> (notably Russian energy) and giving russia leverage over Europe. The author links this to the Ukraine war and warns of a second conflict involving Iran, attributing these wars to energy-policy decisions rather than climate refugees. The piece criticizes Obama and Biden-era policies for hindering oil and gas growth in the U.S., which it says heightened dependence on vulnerable global energy routes such as the strait of Hormuz and raised the risk of supply disruptions. It further argues that climate-driven policies have empowered China by expanding dependence on wind, solar, and battery supply chains from China, possibly leading to a third climate-related conflict with Taiwan.The article presents these views as a political commentary by Steve Milloy for the Daily Caller News Foundation (via The Western Journal) and includes standard Disclaimers about opinions and licensing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Al Gore said that climate change could lead to war. That has not happened. Instead, the climate alarm he helped foment has fueled war.<\/p>\n<p>In his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Gore stated: &ldquo;Climate refugees have migrated into areas already inhabited by people with different cultures, religions, and traditions,&nbsp;increasing the potential for conflict.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Less than 20 years later, we are amid two major wars and trying to prevent a third one. But none of these wars have anything to do with the imaginary phenomenon of &ldquo;climate refugees.&rdquo; Rather, they are all related to energy policy disasters caused by Gore&rsquo;s climate advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Europe&rsquo;s industrial nations, especially the United Kingdom and Germany, were the first major economies to fall for the climate hoax. They created the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the late 1980s, setting out to destroy fossil fuel-based energy systems.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, Europe signed on to the Kyoto protocol even though the world&rsquo;s largest energy user (the United States), the world&rsquo;s fastest growing energy user (China), and the world&rsquo;s other fossil fuel powerhouse (Russia) made no commitments to reduce fossil fuel use.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Europe&rsquo;s industrial economies began to drastically cut their production and use of coal and natural gas in order to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases per their Kyoto obligations. They doubled down on this fool&rsquo;s errand in the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, despite the U.S, China, and Russia not following suit.<\/p>\n<p>Though Europe dramatically cut its production of coal, oil, and natural gas, it continued to burn coal and gas to generate electricity, and for industrial purposes. Europe replaced its own fossil fuel production with fossil fuels imported from Russia. By 2022, Europe had made itself quite dependent on Russia for energy.<\/p>\n<p>This dependence not only enriched Russia, but gave Russia economic leverage over Europe. As soon as President Joe Biden signaled American weakness, Russia made its move on Ukraine. This is the first climate war that can be traced exactly to emissions cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The conditions for the second climate war &mdash; the current war with Iran &mdash; were helped along by anti-fossil fuel mania in the U.S. Although it has always been crystal clear that oil and gas are the irreplaceable life blood of the modern world, Presidents Barack Obama and Biden did their best to discourage expansion of U.S. oil and gas energy production, while simultaneously wrecking the vital U.S. coal industry.<\/p>\n<p>Obama was careful not to get too much in the way of revolutionary fracking technology as long as it was useful in his plan to destroy the U.S. coal industry. But he dragged his feet on developing the export of liquified natural gas even though the U.S. market was glutted with it.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was worse as he actively discouraged oil and gas investors with his re-embrace of Obama&rsquo;s climate agenda, setting back U.S. oil and gas industry development and production for years. That setback, along with ongoing European anti-fossil fuel sentiment, has left too much of global production of oil dependent on the Strait of Hormuz. Instead of just decapitating Iran&rsquo;s terrorist regime, now we also have to secure 20 percent of global oil needs.<\/p>\n<p>The potential third climate war involves China, which would like to capture Taiwan and become the lone global superpower by 2049.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to climate hysteria and the Green New Scam, much of the U.S. energy grid has been made dependent on wind, solar, and battery equipment from communist China. China has been trying for decades to make the U.S. and Europe even more dependent on it than Europe was on Russia in 2022. And we may just be, though President Donald Trump is trying to remedy the situation by his actions in Venezuela and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>More than just clownish science fraud, Al Gore&rsquo;s climate alarmism has been a geopolitical disaster. We already have two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >emission cuts-related wars raging<\/a>. Let&rsquo;s not let a third one occur.<\/p>\n<p><em>Steve Milloy is a biostatistician and lawyer. He posts on X at @JunkScience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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Gore warned in his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize speech that climate refugees mixing with people of different cultures and beliefs could heighten the risk of clashes. Two decades later, we face two major wars and a potential third, and the author contends these conflicts are not about climate refugees but about energy-policy failures linked to Gore\u2019s climate advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Europe, especially the UK and Germany, was among the first to embrace the climate narrative and to support efforts like the United Nations\u2019 IPCC and the Kyoto Protocol in the 1990s, even though major energy users like the United States, China, and Russia did not commit to reducing fossil-fuel use. As Europe sought to cut emissions, it reduced its own coal and natural gas production but continued to rely on those fuels for electricity and industry, replacing much of its own fossil fuel output with imports from Russia and becoming increasingly energy-dependent by 2022. This dependence enriched Russia and gave it leverage over Europe, and the author claims this set the stage for Russia\u2019s moves in Ukraine once the United States signaled weakness.<\/p>\n<p>The piece also links the more recent turn toward anti-fossil-fuel policies in the U.S.-under Obama and Biden, according to the author, both administrations discouraged domestic oil and gas development while protecting the coal industry less-to renewed reliance on oil and gas from regions like the Middle East. The author contends this reduced global oil-security diversification and increased dependence on the Strait of Hormuz. A potential third climate-related conflict, the author says, concerns China\u2019s aims regarding Taiwan and its pursuit of global dominance by 2049.<\/p>\n<p>According to the author, climate hysteria and policies associated with the Green New Deal have caused the U.S. energy grid to become more dependent on wind, solar, and battery technologies from China, which China has used to widen its influence. The piece implies that U.S. actions under President Trump to address this through moves in Venezuela and Iran represent an attempt to counterbalance that trend. Overall, the author argues that Al Gore\u2019s climate alarmism has produced geopolitical trouble and that, with two wars ongoing and a third possible, it\u2019s crucial to avoid repeating such mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>The article is attributed to Steve Milloy, a biostatistician and lawyer, writing as a commentator for the Daily Caller News Foundation. 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