South Australia: Where did the Wind Power Go?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – South Australia, the world’s renewable energy crash test dummy, has just encountered a new problem; “climate” has caused their wind power to…

China Met Office Confirms Global Warming Hiatus

From The GWPF Dr David Whitehouse, GWPF Science Editor The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) has recently developed a new global monthly land-surface air temperature data set called CMA GLSAT. Using…

Book Review: Climate Pragmatism

Book Review by Kip Hansen   The Rightful Place of Science:  CLIMATE PRAGMATISM Edited by: Jason Lloyd, Daniel Sarewitz, Ted Nordhaus, Alex Trembath 129 pp.  Paperback. CSPO  $10. “[T]he idea…

The Solar Harbinger

Guest essay by David Archibald The people of Canberra are the richest in Australia so they voted in a provincial government that proved how virtuous they were by increasing the…

Monumental, Unsustainable Environmental Impacts

Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy would inflict major land, wildlife, resource damage Paul Driessen Demands that the world replace fossil fuels with wind, solar and biofuel energy – to…

US Court Rejects EPA Attempt to Delay Obama Era Methane Regulations

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has rejected a motion to delay implementation of Obama era methane emission laws…

New Study Claims To Expose The ‘Science Charade’ Behind Some EPA Regulations

From the Daily Caller Michael Bastasch 07/04/2017 A new study highlights how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is able to game the rule-making system to cloak contentious policy decisions as…

The first rule of advocating for climate change-related legislation is: You do not talk about "climate change."

From Physorg and the “if we can just figure out how to conceal the taste with sugar” movement. Context is king when advocating for renewable energy policies, according to political…

Independence Day for Anthony

Although he’s been running this blog as a labor of love for more than ten years, Anthony has never had more than a week or so off to relax and…

EIA data shows wind & solar provide only 3.2% of U.S. 2016 energy

Submitted by Larry Hamlin A recent EIA report  on energy production shows that wind and solar despite receiving tens of billions in government subsidies provided only 3.2% of U.S. energy…

Record breaking cold weather hits Australia’s south east

NO WONDER it was difficult getting out of bed this morning. If you’re desperate for days to get warmer, we have some good news. Benedict Brook@BenedictBrook From: news.com.au July 3,…

Cooling: UAH reports the Lowest global temperature anomaly in last 2 years

UAH Global Temperature Update for June, 2017: +0.21 deg. C by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Lowest global temperature anomaly in last 2 years (since July, 2015) The Version 6.0…

Hottest 4th of July Records

From: WeatherNation It’s that wonderful time of year, where we all look forward to celebrating our country’s birthday while sweating over a barbeque while the sun beats on our shoulders.…

Stephen Hawking: President Trump's Paris Agreement Decision Might Destroy the World

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Stephen Hawking thinks President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement and the British Brexit decision might trigger a chain of events which…

Angela Merkel Reflects Fear and Loathing Amid EU Elites…

Interesting Analysis at The Conservative Treehouse.  I’m posting only a small portion. German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered some rather strongly worded remarks in advance of the upcoming G20 summit in…

It’s All Over For UK Science: University Professors Afraid To Teach Controversial Subjects For Fear Of Being Sacked

Date: 01/07/17 Harry Yorke, The Daily Telegraph Students are now so powerful that university professors are afraid to teach controversial subjects for fear of being sacked, an academic conference was…

Closely Coupled: Solar Activity and Sea Level

Guest essay by David Archibald From a post a couple of days ago: “an F10.7 flux above 100 causes warming and below that level causes cooling.” Greg asked “Can you…

Climate change impacts Antarctic biodiversity habitat

From the University of Queensland IMAGE: Climate change impacts Antarctic biodiversity habitat. view more Credit: Peter Ryan Ice-free areas of Antarctica – home to more than 99 per cent of…

Forget Paris: 1600 New Coal Power Plants Built Around The World

From the NYT 1,600 new coal-fired power plants are planned or under construction in 62 countries. When China halted plans for more than 100 new coal-fired power plants this year,…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #275

The Week That Was: 2017-07-01 (July 1, 2017) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President Climategate 2017? Last week TWTW…