Three in Five Brits Reject Higher Taxes to Reach Net Zero

Reposted from NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT DECEMBER 23, 2021 By Paul Homewood 70% of Brits worried about energy costs this Christmas, new ComRes poll reveals. Over 60% of…

Aussie Energy Minister: China Escaping Responsibility for Climate Change

Australia’s energy minister Angus Taylor asks why is Australia the climate villain, when we only produce 1.2% of global emissions? But US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says pressure will…

Government inaction on climate change linked to psychological distress in young people

Nearly half of global youth surveyed (45%) say climate anxiety and distress is affecting their daily lives and functioning – according to results from the largest scientific study into climate…

Germany Burning More Coal, Renewable Energy Share Falling

Greenpeace blames the German Merkel government for not being green enough.

Claim: Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet could cause multi-meter rise in sea levels by the end of the millennium

“This study demonstrates clearly that the impact of 21st-century climate change on the Antarctic ice sheet extends well beyond the 21st century itself, and the most severe consequences — multi-meter…

Behold a Winter Solstice

The Earth’s solstices come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, the summer (June) solstice occurs around June 20-21, and the winter (December) solstice happens around Dec. 21-22.

Biden EPA Mandates New Regulations To Force Electric Vehicle Transition

The action Monday is the latest move in the Biden administration’s crusade against climate change which aims to lean heavily on pushing Americans to buy electric vehicles.

Discover Magazine Declares Victory Over Climate Deniers

Despite the complete failure of COP26, Russia’s veto of the UN Security Council Climate Resolution, and Senator Manchin killing President Biden’s Green New Deal, Climate Activists at Discover Magazine claim…

Total Energy Used and petrochemicals

By Andy May It came up in conversation: How much oil and gas goes into plastics and fertilizer production? It turns out the IEA has a 2018 report on this…

Mid-December polar bear habitat update

Compared to last year, polar bear habitat at 15 December 2021 is way up in the Barents and Bering Seas but way down in Hudson Bay but nothing any polar…

EU Facing New Energy Crisis Next Year

Europeans will pay an additional 350 billion euros ($395 billion) in energy bills next year as global demand for fuel and power threatens to keep prices elevated, according to Greece’s…

Professor: UK Companies Hiding CO2 Emissions with “Carbon Colonialism”

Human Geography Lecturer Dr. Laurie Parsons admitting UK companies are outsourcing emissions overseas to evade strict UK carbon targets.

From giant elephants to nimble gazelles: Early humans hunted the largest available animals to extinction for 1.5 million years

The study shows that humans always hunted the largest available animals until they became exceedingly rare or extinct, and then went on to target the next-largest.

Fishing for Citations

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Charles The Moderator, who is the man whose endless work keeps this site ticking over, pointed me to an interesting happenstance involving the world of…

Russia Is Right, There Is No Connection Between Climate, National Security, and the United Nations’ Mission

Russia recently vetoed the U.N. Security Council Resolution aimed at labeling climate change a threat to international peace and security. They were right to block the United Nations’ efforts to…

How Pressure Systems Control The Climate Part 1 – Decline In Extreme Weather

The most destructive storms are convective storms like hurricanes , tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. This video examines where the greatest convective energy is located and why scientists are finding…

Power When You Need It? Not With Wind

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood If this is the standard of research into the reliability of wind power, then heaven help us all: Nobody…

Energy and Environmental Review: December 20, 2021

This fortnightly Master Resource post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, published every other week by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy…

Air bubbles in Antarctic ice point to cause of oxygen decline

Glacial erosion likely caused atmospheric oxygen levels to dip over past 800,000 years

Claim: Senator Joe Manchin Fundamentally Misunderstands Climate Economics

Did Manchin’s concern about the Texas Blackouts just save the USA from Build Back Better? Washington based reporter Tim McDonnell wants you to understand why a deluge of government cash…

Salon: Climate Change and Capitalism Causing Supply Chain Disruptions

According to History graduate Matthew Rosa, climate change and capitalism are behind the supply chain disruption the USA is currently experiencing.

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Humans Have Figured Out How to Make a Warp Bubble

Warp bubbles were long the domain of science fiction, until theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre came along and theorized his Alcubierre warp drive in 1994, which maintained general relativity while allowing…

TORNADO

“attribution of certain classes of extreme weather (eg, tornadoes) is beyond current modelling & theoretical capabilities”