Britain will need up to £240bn of net zero upgrades

All of these issues have long been known by those in charge of our energy systems and those imposing their Net Zero dogma. But the costs have quite deliberately been…

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Yet Another Climate Activist Masquerading as an Economist

She dismisses the counterarguments — that Net Zero is unaffordable, that the UK cannot act alone, that transition costs will raise the cost of living — as “bad arguments” and…

Climate Change Weekly # 582—Media’s Interest in Climate Change Is Flagging

Any way you measure it, there is a sharp decline in reporting on climate change. That’s good news for the public, whom the media have misled for decades about the…

Golden eagles need new law to protect them from wind turbines

Congress must amend the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act so it actually protects golden eagles from wind turbines. Every proposed wind farm presently must be approved by the Federal…

UK Met Warns 90F Heatwave Will Cause Power Outages

Temperatures in the low 90s will cause “An increased chance that some heat-sensitive systems and equipment may fail, leading to power cuts and the loss of other services to some…

Hot town, summer in the city

My point here is that many factors are at play in what one sees during any given weather event, let alone across the entire climate. If you believe that CO2…

Kew Gardens Is Just Another Worthless, Junk Site

The photo, taken this month by a contact of Ray’s, clearly shows Kew is most definitely NOT Class 2.

New Study: Chile’s Relative Sea Level Was 3.2 Meters Higher Than Today During The Mid-Holocene

Higher sea levels were due to a warmer climate, or the consequence of more water in ocean basins rather than locked up on land as ice.

Department of Energy Celebrates Second Advanced Reactor Achieving Criticality

“Today marks another historic moment for America’s nuclear renaissance,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “From the first-ever airlift of a small reactor aboard a U.S. military C-17 to successful zero-power…

Get a Clue, Yahoo Sports, The World Cup Is About Soccer and Celebration, Not Climate Guilt

The fact that reporters increasingly feel compelled to frame every major human activity as part of a climate crisis says far more about modern media priorities than it does about…

War in Iran and Hot Air at Home

Modern civilization needs ever greater quantities of affordable and reliable electricity, delivered in as environmentally benign way as possible. Wind power offers none of those things. Subsidies will never change…

NASEM and “Independent Science”

The whole arrangement runs on the reputation. The reputation was earned over a century and a half of real work, and it is now being spent down, a chapter at…

Climate Media’s Problem? Guess Again

Climate alarmism and forced energy transformation is a losing argument now that the dust has settled. Exaggeration backfires, and here-and-now issues matter, not wasteful climate policies that do not and…

America Needs a More Thoughtful Energy Conversation

What we need is a clear strategy for meeting rising energy demand while staying competitive in industries that will shape the future economy. That not only requires serious policy discussions…

Bias in Scientific Journals

It is good that the perception of bias is now at least a bit out in the open, but what comes next?

19% of Low Income Australians are Eating from Trash Cans – the True Cost of Net Zero

According to the Salvation Army, just under one in five Australians who sought emergency relief admitted to scavenging discarded food from trash cans.

Guardian: Climate Action is a Priority for Trump Supporters

“… The 2024 election was not a referendum on climate change – Americans believe in climate change, worry about climate change and support action on climate change …”

Can You See The Climate Scare Slowly Fading Away?

If the Democratic candidates are getting this message, it could be that the climate scare suddenly mostly disappears from the upcoming midterm elections. Wouldn’t that be an incredible change!

Meet Tessa Khan, the Climate Activist-Litigator Waging War on North Sea Oil and Gas

The UK’s energy policy is too important – and the costs of getting it wrong too severe for ordinary working people – to be delegated to the climate litigation class.…