There was never any democratic mandate for any of this. At no stage were the public consulted, never mind given the opportunity to vote on renewable energy policy, Ed Miliband’s…
New Paleo Research: Modern ‘Climate Change’ Has Had No Apparent Impact On Precipitation Patterns
Three new tree ring reconstructions (spanning 1320-2021, 1720-2014, and 1657-2020 CE) document the dominance of natural variability in the paleoclimate record.
Trump Administration Gets Strategic With Offshore Wind
…if these deals are structured as settlements of claims, they are likely to be much more insulated from judicial interference than mere administrative orders…
Three Months In: EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal Has Quietly Become a Legal Fight, not a Scientific One
Charles Rotter On February 12, the Trump EPA the rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding, the administrative determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare under the Clean Air…
Right, Washington Post, Banning Hamburger Ads Won’t Stop Climate Change
They want to push what farmers remain to go all-organic, which ironically means they will need more land to produce anywhere near the same output because yields will fall, resulting…
Volkswagen Face $1.7 Billion Fine For Missing Emissions Targets
In Europe, electric vehicles made up about 20% of new car sales in early 2026. That’s significant, but still not enough for companies like VW to comfortably hit their targets.…
Select Select Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #690
Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.” — Albert Einstein
90% Subsidized… Bielefeld Germany’s €7 Million Hydrogen Garbage Truck Fleet Sits Idle
The case of Bielefeld’s idle garbage truck fleet is an example of bureaucracy’s rank inability to operate a society, serving as a reminder that “green” technology is a costly folly.
RGGI Status Update
…it is past time for the states to ask whether this experiment is worth the cost. If politicians really want to lower electricity costs, the easiest step is to drop…
Keystone XL Rebranded as “Keystone Light” in Trump’s Push for North American Energy Security
This project is a leaner, faster, and more litigation-resistant project that reuses idle pipe, threads existing corridors, avoids reservation land, and is racing the clock to lock in steel-in-the-ground before…
Net Zero Parties Annihilated By Trump Aligned Candidates in British and Australian Elections
Turns out the public has higher priorities than ensuring their great grandkids enjoy 0.01ºC lower temperatures in 100 years.
Antarctic “Triple Whammy” Paper Lands Just As the Ice Rebounds
…by the time the “triple whammy” paper went to press, Antarctic sea ice had already done the thing the paper now says is unlikely. It bounced — sharply, in a…
The Case Against Industrial-Scale Solar in the UK
Britain needs an honest national conversation about what its energy future actually requires — one grounded not in what is fashionable or financially convenient, but in the austere realities of…
Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Warns Drastic Measures Required As Data Centers Come Online
“Constrained supply” is at the heart of PJM’s complaints. This shortage largely stems from the many regulatory reviews required to break ground on energy developments, according to the Consumer Energy Alliance.
Green Machine Targets Plastics at Consumer Expense
The war on plastics amounts to nothing more than a war on modern conveniences made possible by the innovations inherent in the free market.
Endangered Species Act regulatory overkill
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered Species Act regulations seriously distort Congressional intent. They make it almost impossible for anyone except the rich to develop land within the extensive habitat…
A Generation of Kids Thinks They Have No Future. Science Just Admitted Why.
The “most significant development in climate research in decades,” has an ugly side.
Ding Dong, RCP8.5 Is Dead!
For years, we have been fed a never-ending diet of apocalyptic climate scares – killer heatwaves, biblical floods, deadly droughts, devastating hurricanes, to name just a few.
Catfish Farmers, Undertakers, Miners Helped Bring About Major EPA Deregulation
EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi issued a memo on April 27 ending the 1985 Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) method of classifying hazardous chemicals. Numerous stakeholders have criticized IRIS for dramatically overestimating…