Climate lockdown: Paper published in prestigious journal laments ‘democracy’ & calls for ‘authoritarian environmentalism’ modeled after COVID lockdowns to fight climate ’emergency’

From Climate Depot Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change – Published online by Cambridge University Press – American Political Science Review – December 6, 2021 ROSS MITTIGA – Assistant Professor, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Pontificia Universidad…

The Conversation: Climate Change Turned Polar Bears into Opportunists

According to PHD student Henry Anderson-Elliott, the uptick in photos of polar bears scavenging trash dumps or hunting land animals is likely because of climate change.

New York Climate Act Scoping Plan

The large number of wind turbines and solar panels will also create massive amounts of waste when they are retired.  Furthermore, the cumulative environmental impacts of thousands of wind turbines…

Time Magazine: Did We Just Blow Our Last Chance to Tackle Climate Change?

According to Time Magazine, the struggle to keep global warming below 1.5C is all but lost – but governments have to keep spending money.

Germany To Shut Down All Remaining Nuclear Plants, Forcing Reliance On Fossil Fuels

Germany announced that it would shutter its remaining six nuclear power plants by the end of 2022, completely ending its reliance on the renewable source.

Update: NASA Plans Coverage of Webb Space Telescope Deployments

The Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history – from within the solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe, and everything in between.…

Matt McGrath Trumpets The Latest Hurricane Junk Science

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness More from the clueless Matt McGrath: Climate change will expand the range of tropical cyclones, making…

High Energy Costs the Christmas Gift of ‘Green’ Politicians

By Vijay Jayaraj – December 29, 2021 The coming cold of winter is being paired with “green-inspired” energy policies that have created higher energy prices and fuel shortages. Historically, winters…

Finally, New York State Tells The World How To Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions

New York may be a late-comer to Net Zero plans, but by God, our politicians and bureaucrats are so much smarter than those clowns across the country or the pond.…

Climate Scientist: Movie “Don’t Look Up” Captures How Nobody Listens

According to JPL’s Peter Kalmus, Netflix’s “Don’t Look Up”, about an incoming planet killer asteroid, is a moving metaphor for the struggle to be heard faced by climate scientists.

Three Years Till The Guardian’s Global Climate Catastrophe

No wonder the Guardian is in such dire straits. Apparently, I am one of their top readers globally, having read 64 articles this year!

The new historical flood of 2021 in the Amazon River compared to major floods of the 21st century: Atmospheric features in the context of the intensification of floods

As documented in the previous major floods of the 21st century (2009 and 2012), the 2021 flood also occurs under La Niña conditions in the central equatorial Pacific; however, in 2012 flood…

Focus on Fossils: Paleobiologists to Unearth Ancient Megafauna in East Africa, Forecast How Humans and Climate Affect Wildlife

“We’re really trying to understand how animals respond to changing climate and changing environments, so that we can get a better sense of how they’ll respond to increased warming and…

Arctic Ocean Warming Began Already In Early 20th Century, Meaning Natural Factors Strongly At Play, Not CO2

But all of a sudden at the start of the 20th century, you get this marked change in temperature and salinity—it really sticks out

Safer Carbon Capture and Storage

The UK government recently selected four sites to develop multi-billion-pound CCS projects as part of its scheme to cut 20-30m tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030 from heavy industry. Other countries…

Native Americans Rejecting Biden’s Green Energy Revolution Infrastructure

Native Americans recoiling in horror at plans to desecrate their lands, by extracting the minerals and building the transmission lines President Biden needs to fulfil his promise of a green…

Increasingly Powerful Tornadoes???

. As a result of this finding, the conclusion from the authors that tornadoes are becoming increasingly more powerful should be rejected outright.

What We Learned from the Space Station this Past Year

As the International Space Station enters its third decade of continuous human presence, the impact of microgravity research conducted there keeps growing. The months between Nov. 2020 and Nov. 2021 saw publication…

Lithium Turmoil: Chilean President Gabriel Boric Squeezing Miners

Interesting times for green leaders like President Biden and UK PM Boris Johnson; As the green revolution drives up prices, freshly elected far left Chilean President Gabriel Boric has shaken…

Shift to Nuclear Brightens Asian Energy Future

This huge difference in the nuclear priorities of the East and the West may increase in the coming years as nuclear proponents face opposition from the climate collective — unless…

Stop Whining about Wine, 60 Minutes, Data Show Grape Production Doing Well

While the weather outside may have been frightful for wine producers in France in 2021, contrary to 60 Minutes’ story, data clearly show long-term climate change is not devastating wine production…

Unsung Zeroes: The Top 10 Under-Reported Climate Flops of 2021

The year 2021 may go down in history as the year that foretold the end of the climate idiocy movement — although the movement is unlikely to take the hint.…

Manchin’s Not The Climate Problem

It’s patently obvious that Manchin’s blocking of the BBB is climatically inconsequential compared to what will happen in the rest of the world. Blaming him for nothing is simply a…

More Evidence: Glaciers Existing Today Were Absent For Nearly All Of The Last 10,000 Years

So, once again, there is no evidence to support the alarmist claims that modern glacier extents are unprecedented or even unusual relative to the last 10,000 years – including the…