Was Global Warming Behind the Recent Smoky Period in Western Washington?

There is no observed upward trend in wildfire acreage west of the Cascade crest.  Global warming should weaken strong easterly flow, the key meteorological factor associated with autumn westside wildfires. 

“It was an Ambush”: The Long Fight against Climate Deniers

MET Climate scientist Peter Stott lamenting Climategate, and that time he was ambushed by the Russian Academy of Sciences, tricked into entering a room which contained people who don’t agree…

New research supports the Winter Gatekeeper Hypothesis

Guest Post By Javier Vinós 1. Introduction The Winter Gatekeeper Hypothesis, proposed by this author in his book “Climate of the Past, Present and Future” (Vinós 2022), is based on…

LA Times reveals 2020 CA Wildfire CO2 Wiped Out 18 Years of the State’s Emissions Reductions

The Times article confirms the fact that California wildfire emissions in year 2020 wiped out the states 18 years of hugely costly efforts to reduce its emissions.

IEP Ecological Threat Report: Global Climate Concern Dropped 1.5% since 2019

Much ado and handwringing – According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, global climate concern dropped 1.5% to 48%, between 2019 and 2021.

Scatterplot Sensitivity

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach This is the third post looking at the use of 1° latitude by 1° longitude gridcell-based scatterplots. The first post, Global Scatterplots, looked at a…

Battery Airplanes? Nope! (MIT Technology Review)

In order for electric planes to play a more significant role in decarbonizing air travel, energy density may need to quadruple,

Scientists Warn of a Rare Third Year La Nina

“Nonetheless, we should be aware of the risk of intense cold surges in Eurasia, which could also produce more cold extremes either in eastern or northeastern China,” Fang warns.

50-Year U.S. Summer Temperature Trends: ALL 36 Climate Models Are Too Warm

Given that U.S. energy policy depends upon the predictions from these models, their tendency to produce too much warming (and likely also warming-associated climate change) should be factored into energy…

Is Private Renewable Energy Investment Faltering in Australia?

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has resurrected the state electricity commission, to develop renewable opportunities and facilitate a phaseout of coal by 2035.

Vietnam’s U-Turn on Coal Reflects Inevitable Energy Reality

Being a top-performing ASEAN economy is, in fact, an impossible feat unless fossil fuels are employed.

Did Henry Ford’s Success Come About Because He Demanded the Execution of Horses?

The transition will happen when, as with automobiles, the public no longer cares about the old at all because the new is so much superior.

Biden to drain more oil from SPR… Expects oil industry refill it for $68-72/bbl

Guest “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to [frack] things up” by David Middleton Despite Biden’s best efforts to destroy the US oil & gas industry, his dysfunctional Department of Energy expects…

British PM Wins Pyrrhic Victory on Fracking

Prime Minister Truss defeated an attempt to ban fracking – barely. But the long winded consultation process tacked on by her rebellious MPs will likely prevent any genuine progress for…

Willie Soon on the Tom Nelson Podcast

This CO2 stuff is…pure delusion. You cannot find any signature of that.

Late Night Schadenfreude

Welcome to reaping and sowing.

Green Energy Fail: New England Facing Rolling Blackouts this Winter

SURPRISE – Cold place which repeatedly rejects new gas pipeline proposals is running short of gas.

Update: Climate Debate in London! – Effort to halt Morano & Monckton from debating FAILS at London ‘Green Davos’ conference

Morano & Monkton engaged in a vigorous two-on-two debate with a moderator at the ‘Green Davos’ summit in London.

Typhoon Frequency Has Fallen Since 1950, Contradicting Alarmist Global Warming Claims

The typhoon trend is just more “Inconvenient Truth” that the climate scamming alarmists don’t want the public to know.

Bjorn Lomborg: Electric Car Subsidies Are a Bad Investment

Electric vehicles will only take over when innovation has made them better and cheaper than gas-powered cars.