Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #704

“The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.” — Albert Einstein

Climate Extremists Target, Attack Large-Scale Power Grid Infrastructure In Germany!

The media initially reacted by pointing the finger at Russian involvement, but the evidence is pointing to another source.

Global Shipping Carbon Tax Negotiations Stall thanks to President Trump

Apparently there will be another attempt to negotiate an agreement in November, but why bother?

Sabine Hossenfelder: “I Was Offered Money to Tell You AI Will Kill Us”

A tangled web of murky motives, politics, underhand tactics and unexpected twists. But what else would you expect when it comes to AI?

Tropical Storms Invade Hawaiian Waters: The Role of El Nino

A great time to visit Kauai if you are meteorologically inclined. 😊

Manual for judges saying “How Science Works” is very wrong on climate science

This chapter on “How science works” is basically a misleading attempt to advance the false claim that there is a consensus supporting climate alarmism. As such, it is political advocacy,…

Open Thread

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Labour tax raids make US gas cheaper than North Sea supplies

The analysts added that if the tax burden were eased and political uncertainty reduced, the cost of North Sea production could be cut in half.

Nuclear waste storage ….. no big deal

Nuclear power will be the future. There is no doubt about it. Nuclear is the cleanest, greenest, cheapest, safest, energy source ever. There is no doubt about that, no matter…

Sorry, Fortune, Climate Change Is Hardly the Prime Influence on Sardine Fisheries

There is no justification for Fortune to attribute the up and down cycles and recent declines in sardine stocks to climate change, downplaying natural cycles, and more importantly, giving China’s illicit and…

Secretary General António Gutteres is on Track to be the UN’s Biggest Climate Loser

Boutros Boutros got the UNFCCC, Kofi Annan the Kyoto Protocol, Ban Ki-Moon the Paris Agreement, but António Gutteres gets – nothing.

Taxpayer Subsidies for Chinese Batteries? Just Say No!

“American taxpayers should not finance the expansion of Chinese-controlled battery companies inside the United States.”

Met Office Admit Kew Is A Class 5 Junk Site

As WMO rules make clear that Class 5 sites should not be used for climatological purposes, I look forward to the Met Office removing the spurious “record temperature” from their…

New CFACT Report: ESA Implementation Is Severely Flawed

The report argues that protecting endangered species remains a worthy objective, but that the ESA’s implementation needs significant reform to better respect property rights, sound science and responsible government.

Reality Check for PA’s Failed Green-Energy Mandates

Each month, Pennsylvania’s 6 million electricity customers—all facing rising bills—are charged for services of questionable value without knowing how much they are paying and, for most, that the charge even exists.

RGGI Update and the Auction Clearing Price Question

the mechanism they cite as evidence that consumer costs will be manageable — can no longer do the job they were designed to do.

Climate Regulations Crushed Western Oil Refineries. Now Goldman Sachs Predicts a Diesel Crisis

“… EU climate regulations forced energy companies to shut down refining capacity in anticipation of demand destruction that has yet to materialize. …”

Live at 1 PM ET: Four Climate Scientists Break the Alarmist Narrative— The Climate Realism Show#215

On this episode of The Climate Realism Show, we’re stitching together four powerful presentations from past International Conferences on Climate Change (ICCC), Heartland Institute’s flagship climate events where scientists, engineers,…

The Ghoulish Race to Turn Nepal’s Flood Victims Into a ‘Climate Crisis’ Talking Point

The political talking point ignores tens of millions of years of plate tectonics and its consequences, and completely dismisses well-established mountain-weather dynamics.

New Study: Antarctic Ice Melt Has Contributed Less Than 1 Centimeter To Sea Level Rise In The Last 30 Years

A new study reports Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) glacier melt has added a grand total of just 0.74 cm to sea levels from 1992-2020. The authors apparently consider this amount − +0.26…