NYC Turns Back to Gas Buses After Finding Out the Hard Way That the Electric Versions Have Big Problems

The MTA committed nearly a decade ago to having its entire fleet of close to 6,000 buses be emissions-free by 2040, but officials on Thursday said the transportation authority is…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #707

“Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.” — Richard Feynman

NYT: Al Gore Is Still Sounding the Climate Alarm & the ‘Moral Case’ of Fighting It – Warns of ‘the Immorality of Inaction’ & Concedes Trump has Ushered in ‘Dark Times’ for activists

“There have been dark times when the advocates felt despair,” Gore said after mentioning “previous moral challenges” like the fight to abolish slavery in the 19th century and the civil…

The Vatican’s Green Gospel

The Catholic Church rightly encourages Christians to be good stewards of creation, but has that stewardship begun to eclipse salvation? Reducing carbon emissions seems to be a greater priority than…

Electricity demand surges as grid rules cut power

America cannot afford unaffordable electricity, and the price of a megawatt should not rise simply because old rules reject new power.

2025 Nature Paper Claiming Worsening Global Drought Gets RETRACTED …Heavily Flawed

ScienceFiles criticizes the journal Nature and peer reviewers for allowing low-quality science to be published in the first place.

Taking Us For Fools–Roger Pielke

One of the most brazen — and successful — propaganda campaigns sits out in plain sight. I am referring to the concerted effort by climate advocates to create a belief…

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As a Former Head of MI6 it’s Clear That Britain’s Climate Policy is Leaving Us Dangerously Exposed to Our Enemies

The UK’s climate policy is undermining national security, says former MI6 head Sir Richard Dearlove. “As a country we have been drifting and we are dangerously exposed.”

Win the AI Race. Then Face What Comes Next.

In the long term, we should not let the fear of human obsolescence deter our pursuit of technological supremacy. By winning the AI race at full throttle, we secure our…

Nuclear Radiation and Falling out of Bed

Small doses of nuclear radiation are harmless and there’s no need for any concern. As much as you can safely sleep on a normal bed, you can safely sleep next…

Britain Teaching Kids They have to Save the World from Climate Change

Britain stands on the brink of a self inflicted green economic catastrophe. But British kids are being indoctrinated to go harder on climate action.

Fantasy Climate Models Effectively Denied Energy to the Poor: The White House Just Set the Stage for Change

Leaders in victimized countries can either cling to a debunked climate agenda or rewrite energy laws to prioritize their own citizens. Choosing the former would disregard the millions suffering in…

Aberdeen hydrogen bus fleet sold for just 6% of original public investment

Last year, I reported how all of these buses had been mothballed because of a lack of hydrogen supply in Aberdeen. Presumably the eco-nutters thought it came out of thin…

Another Big Step In The Removal Of Destructive “Climate” Regulations

I can’t even think of what the environmental groups are going to say to the arguments about infeasibility of CCS. There really is no functional economic demonstration of this technology…

New Study: ‘Global Drought Shows No Detectable Recent Acceleration Under Climate Warming’

Scientists who prefer to advance the narrative that human activity is driving warming, and climate warming accelerates global drought, have historically used negligent statistical methods to “artificially inflate” drying trends…

What is the Best Human-Centric Climatic Baseline?

No sane person would want to return to the “pre-industrial” period or the Little Ice Age.

PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Applaud EPA’s Repeal of Strict Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule for Power Plants

‘This represents a massive victory for energy and climate realists who have fought this unscientific overreach for decades.’

Live At 1PM ET: Massive Victory: EPA Power Grab Ends — The Climate Realism Show #217

This is huge news, but what does the repeal of the rule really mean for the environment and your wallet.

U.S. Military Confirms Deployment of Weapons in Space

The U.S. Space Force Comes of Age as America Deploys Orbital Deterrence