Suggesting that renewables will let us phase rapidly off fossil fuels in the United States, China, India, or the world as a whole is almost the equivalent of believing in…
Prince William is Wrong, the Independent, Sweeping Climate Action Will Only Harm People
Prince William is behind the curve when it comes to climate change, which seems to be collapsing as a popular cause even among true believers. He is also very misinformed,…
Acadia Center’s RGGI Fact Sheet Cannot Hide the Problems
“keep championing the program and keep tightening the cap” is not the reassuring conclusion Acadia presents it as.
Claim: African Rain Summoning Sorcerers are being Murdered because of Climate Change
In Africa, if someone claims to have magical abilities and takes your money, then the magic doesn’t work, things can get serious.
List of ‘Weak Links’ Accusers for the “Crooked Skeptic Climate Scientists” Accusation — Summary for Policymakers
These are the chain of people one increment back from the main promulgators who’ve pushed the false accusation about ‘shill skeptic scientist on Big Oil’s payroll who were directed to…
Trump Completely Rejects AI “Experts” Push to ‘Pace the Frontier’
“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI wins.”
Unlocking America’s Nuclear Gold Mine: The Promise of Spent Fuel
America’s spent nuclear fuel challenge will not be solved by rhetoric, grants, or endless study alone. It will be solved when states voluntarily participate, when private industry sees opportunity rather…
UN Tries to Insert itself into Calls for AI Regulation
I’m now even more convinced of my AI drawbridge theory – incumbents using red tape to raise the drawbridge and block entry for new competitors.
The South China Sea Has Not Been Cooperating With The Climate Change Narrative
A 2021 coral proxy study indicates from ~6000 to 2000 years ago nSCS annual SSTs were 3-4°C warmer than they were from 1994 to 2004, with the modern SSTs the…
Teachers Demand Legal Right to Down Tools When Classrooms Exceed 26°C
The National Education Union is pushing for a legally enforceable maximum indoor working temperature of 26°C, which would force schools to halt lessons during heatwaves. The Telegraph has the story:
Energy Reality Forces Tech to Ditch Climate Virtue Signaling
The lesson is the same for data centers and households: Prosperity requires electricity that is available when needed. Dependable systems of conventional energy sources will continue to power the tech…
Trillion tree initiative is so 2020
All the environmental regulations, conferences, summits, and studies have failed to convince people to stop using energy to enhance their lives. Imagine all that time and money spent planting trees.…
BREAKING: EPA eliminates rule that limits ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions from power plants
They’re not only repealing the Endangerment Finding, but also trying to make it so future presidents can’t reinstate it.
Wrong, USA Today, “Hottest Summer Ever” Claim Ignores the Most Important Temperature Record
Good climate journalism should do the opposite. It should explain uncertainty, distinguish between adjusted datasets and pristine observations, and recognize that a record based on a few tenths of a…
Climate Alarmists Are Making False Claims to Derail Approval of Jackdaw and Rosebank
Both the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields have had a chequered history. Both were discovered in the mid-2000s and were initially approved for development in 2023 and 2022,…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #706
“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” — Nicolaus Copernicus
Energy Crisis: Germany Enters Heating Season with Historically Low Gas Reserve Fill Levels
Experts are warning that Germany is heading into the heating season with dangerously low natural gas reserve fill levels. Currently, Germany’s gas reserve fill level stands at only 55%!
OpenAI Claims Breakthrough in Navier-Stokes Equation, but NYU Mathematician Alleges His Work Was Copied
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster asserts OpenAI cribbed the work he and a collaborator had done, which included significant progress toward solving the equation in August. OpenAI announced its team had solved…