The German employer association Gesamtmetall warns of a drastic crisis in the country’s metal and electrical industries, forecasting the loss of up to 150,000 jobs in 2026, reports Blackout News here.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Defining Moment
We stand at a defining moment for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and for the future of nuclear energy in the U.S. American’s electricity demand is rising sharply due to…
House hearing on bird killing ignores wind
So while I learned a lot about black vultures and double-crested cormorants, I heard nothing about much-needed legislation to protect birds from being slaughtered by wind turbines. That should be…
University of East Anglia: Climate Science is like the Invention of Steam Power, Electricity and Vaccines
But “… The recognition of the value of science for society can no longer be taken for granted …”
California’s Looming Fuel Crisis: Refiners Are Trying to Warn the State
California is steadily dismantling the fuel infrastructure that keeps its economy running. At the same time, demand for that fuel remains enormous. That mismatch is now reaching a point where…
Ursula von der Leyen Calls Abandoning Nuclear Power “A Strategic Mistake” – 15 Years After Supporting the Nuclear Phase-Out
While in 1990 one-third of Europe’s energy came from nuclear, today it’s only close to 15%. This reduction in the share of nuclear was a choice. And in hindsight, it…
U.S. Gas and Renewables Help Buffer Power Consumers From War Costs
The huge growth of U.S. natural gas production and renewable energy together helps insulate consumers from global volatility and price increases today. But it also offers the opportunity through permitting…
New Temperature Study in Reno Finds Strong Urban Heat Island Bias at Official Climate Station
Study finds that the official temperature station at Reno-Tahoe International Airport consistently records warmer temperatures than a nearby properly sited reference station.
Clean Tech’s “Huge Blow”: Catalyst Fund (Gates’s Breakthrough Energy) Terminated
Just another milestone in the retreat and demise of the “energy transition” that many on the free-market side predicted decades ago. [1] Vindication, however, is small consolation for the massive waste and…
Climate Change and CO2 Derangement Syndrome
Skeptics who want to challenge these ideas face a very tough battle.. And being right is not enough. Throwing a bomb, as the DOE, the US Department of Energy, did…
Another £150 Billion For Net Zero–OBR
These costs are only the tip of the iceberg, as far as Net Zero is concerned. They are only the items that appear on the government’s balance sheet.
DOE green lights project for Puerto Rico’s electric grid
The effort to bring Puerto Rico’s grid into the 21st century has a long way to go, but a federal approach that focuses on reliable, rather than intermittent, energy has a…
Big cuts to CSIRO Aussie Science Jobs, but Climate Research is Protected?
Scientists are claiming CSIRO job cuts will impede climate research. But the CSIRO has testified to the Senate there will be no impact on “the scale of research” into Climate…
U.S. Withdrawal from UN Framework on Climate Change Underway
“The global climate elite are scrambling for relevancy and power. The poll-conscious wind and solar lobbies are disingenuously pitching affordability. And the climate zealots are getting nutty. Energy reality bats…
Even Canada is Walking Back Environmental Funding
Arctic scientists could have acted to save their own jobs, but it’s too late now.
Wrong, TIME Magazine, Air Conditioners Are Saving People from Heat, Not Causing Climate Change
Accordingly, any effort to limit the expansion of air conditioning use is logically going to lead to more sickness and probably death, especially in vulnerable populations like the elderly.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #682
Quote of the Week: “…science as a method of finding things out. This method is based on the principle that observation is the judge of whether something is so or…
Wake-up Call: Survey Shows Majority Of Germans Now Favor Postponing Climate Targets!
According to the survey, 53 percent of Germans are in favor of pushing back the target for climate neutrality from 2045 to 2050. This shift would align Germany with the…
ABC’s Unscientific Attack on Trump and CO2
ABC News repeatedly botched the science of a major regulation “to fight climate change” while falsely accusing President Trump of “rejecting” and “wiping out” “science.”