The Green New Steal: The Business of Climate Change

They told us it was about saving the planet. But what if the climate movement was never about carbon at all? From Al Gore’s million-dollar mansions to trillion-dollar carbon markets,…

Is Climate Change Abe Lincoln’s Fault?

The discussion point of merit is not whether it has happened, but rather what caused it?

Greenland’s Icecap Grew This Year

…it is abundantly clear that Greenland’s icecap is doing just fine. It is still much larger than it has been for most of the last 10,000 years and, if it…

Nepal Wants a $5 Billion Climate Handout from UN for a Himalayan Bedrock Collapse

Nepal’s request should be rejected unless the U.N. would likewise fund U.S. recovery from a San Andreas earthquake or Cascadia tsunami.

Bernie Sanders Proposes a “Ban Artificial Super-intelligence Act”

More evidence fear of AI is displacing the failed climate scare.

Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds

Even the Tyndall Centre is scared to reveal this inevitable outcome of Net Zero.

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,…

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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.