Insectageddon? Maybe not . . .

  Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   Reading widely across the literature of many scientific fields broadens one’s view of the rate of scientific progress — both our increased knowledge…

Excess costs of UK Weather Dependent Renewable Energy: 2018

Reposted from edmhdotme Summary:  2018 using Renewable Energy Foundation data In 2018 UK Weather dependent renewables generated some 7.7 Gigawatts of power from an installed fleet of ~34 Gigawatts achieving…

Geothermal Energy: The Great COP25 Climate Surprise?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall For a long time Geothermal energy has been an expensive joke, even for people who claim solar and wind power is viable. History is littered…

Climate change is making horses fat

From The Telegraph Climate change is making horses fat as it’s causing an abundance of grass to grow, top vet warns Brendan McFadden 29 November 2019 • 4:39pm Gillies Moffat,…

Three Graphs

News Brief by Kip Hansen — 30 November 2019   A recent study in Oceanography, the Official Magazine of The Oceanography Society, titled  “Atlantic warming since the Little Ice Age”…

E. coli bacteria engineered to eat carbon dioxide

What could go wrong? ~cr From Nature Feat could turn bacteria into biological factories for energy and even food. The bacterium Escherichia coli has been engineered to grow by consuming…

Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light-Years Away

From NASA Nov. 29, 2019 Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light-Years Away Back to Gallery Black holes are famous for ripping objects apart, including stars. But now, astronomers…

Alarmists Propose Rebranding ‘Climate Change’ for Greater Shock Value

Climate Change, Climate Weirding, Climate Destruction, CLIMATE EMERGENCY! And now, our new and improved…. From Breitbart Climate change alarmists are pushing for a change in vocabulary to scare people into…

COP25 Press Release: The UN Push for an All Powerful Global Carbon Market

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Chilling mission almost complete press release from the United Nations. UN CLIMATE PRESS RELEASE / 29 NOV, 2019 COP25 to Be the Launchpad for Significantly more…

The five corrupt pillars of climate change denial

From The Conversation Don’t let the green naysayers drown you out. Component/Shutterstock Mark Maslin, UCL The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls and individuals have spent the past 30…

Department of Energy Announces $43 Million to Develop Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

From Energy.gov November 14, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $43 million in funding to develop carbon…

Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky

From NASA Nov. 26, 2019 Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky Full image and caption Dust storms are common on Mars. But every decade or so,…

Global Warming Claim: More Blockbuster Snowstorms, Less Snow

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Climate scientists struggling to reconcile model predictions of the end of snow with the observed abundance of white stuff have come up with a way…

Carbon intensity of power sector down in 2019

Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation have compiled carbon emissions for the U.S. electric power sector for the second quarter (Q2) of 2019 as part of…

Claim: China says it’s already met 2020 climate goals

From AP Via The New York Post By Associated Press November 27, 2019 BEIJING — China has realized its 2020 target for reducing carbon emissions ahead of schedule, the ecology…

Thanks – and a note for the future of WUWT

On this traditional day of reflection and thanks, it is only fitting that I give thanks to the many many people who have made WUWT what it is today, and…

Michael Shellenberger: Apocalypse Cancelled?

Guest “attaboy” by David Middleton Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and Green Book Award Winner Michael Shellenberger slaps down the apocalyptic climate change propagandists… Nov 25, 2019Why Apocalyptic Claims…

Farmers bring central Dublin to a halt with tractor protest

Farmers feeling pain and frustration head to Dublin to protest.~cr From Reuters Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Farmers shut down busy parts of central Dublin for a second successive day…

The Spokane MegaCar Crash Up, Snow, and a Warning for Southwest Washington

From the Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog Wednesday, November 27, 2019 The Spokane MegaCar Crash Up, Snow, and a Warning for Southwest Washington Yesterday around 2 PM, a band…

Guardian Climate emergency: world ‘may have crossed tipping points’

Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to The Guardian, tipping points leading to irreversible climate harm and an existential threat to our civilisation may have already been crossed, though there…

Doug Ford ‘proud’ of decision to tear up hundreds of green energy contracts

From Global News By Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press Posted November 21, 2019 12:49 pm Updated November 21, 2019 5:02 pm TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he is…

Climate Activists Aren’t Joking

Reposted from nofrakkingconsensus.com Saving the planet: the all-purpose, never-ending justification for more taxes, control, and deprivation. (click) Belgian philosopher Drieu Godefridi has a new book, short enough to be read…

Apocalypse Deferred

This discussion with Mark Steyn is the only time Steve McIntyre, Ross McKitrick, and Anthony Watts have appeared together on stage.  It occurred while on the Alaskan Mark Steyn Club…

‘Climate change is a disability rights issue’

University of Konstanz “Global environmental change should be considered a disability rights issue”, first author Dr Aleksandra Kosanic and her colleagues Dr Mialy Razanajatovo (also University of Konstanz), Dr Jan…