Outside the Black Box: Back to Basics

For the anthropogenic part it’s pretty clear: with a growth to a maximum CO2-level of 560 ppm, even under a realistic ‘business as usual’ scenario [11], there is certainly no…

UN: $2 Trillion Per Year Required for Climate Development

“… about 70% of that needs to come from the private sector…”

Tokyo Mean October Mean Temperature Has Been Falling for Decades

This October, according to the (untampered) data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the mean temperature in Tokyo came in at 17.2°C, making it it one of the coolest over…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #527

“[W]e compare the result of [a theory’s] computation to nature…[and] compare it directly with observations, to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong. In that…

“No More Drilling”: Climate Crusader Joe Biden Announces the End of Oil and Gas

“No more drilling. There is no more drilling! I haven’t formed any new drilling.” Is there any doubt remaining, about why Americans are experiencing gasoline pump price pain?

Would We Be Better Off Now, If We Had More Renewables?

For a change, a slightly more objective analysis of our energy policy from the BBC:

Australia Backs Climate “Loss and Damage” Compensation at COP27

Last September, the Australian government told voters Australia’s financial situation is too precarious to continue a six month gasoline tax holiday. Those same politicians now want to give our tax…

Democrat Energy Policy Civil War: Manchin Blasts Biden’s Coal Shutdown Comments

President Biden’s insensitive comments about the imminent shutdown of coal have triggered a fiery response from coal state Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV).

“Independent Commission” SEC Coordinated with White House on ‘Climate Risk Disclosure’ Rule

…shows that SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s team also coordinated with the White House on their mammoth overreach, the highly controversial (and concerning) “climate risk disclosure” rule.

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Open Thread

How IPCC’s 1990 Predictions Expensively Failed

…it is high time someone examined IPCC’s medium-term predictions to shed light on the plausibility of its long-term predictions.

Deadly E-Bikes: Four Explosions in New York Every Week

BREAKING NEWS – 38 people have been injured in a New York e-Bike fire. “These bikes when they fail, they fail like a blowtorch,” said Dan Flynn, the chief fire…

Julia Hartley-Brewer Rips into Policy Researcher over Climate Change

Julia Hartley-Brewer destroys IPPR Director over climate change:

Biden: Coal Plants “All Across America” will be Shut Down, Replaced by Solar and Wind

President Biden has announced the entire coal industry is shutting down because coal is too expensive and unreliable.

Climate Researchers Discover the Prisoners’ Dilemma

In such an environment, it is a fair question whether the focus on international agreements and multilateral cooperation more generally is time well spent.

Australia Bidding to Host the COP31 Climate Conference in 2026

Kiss goodbye to the Aussie coal industry? Are Australia’s climate fanatic politicians planning to sell out Australia’s fossil fuel industry, to secure support for hosting the COP31 climate conference in…

Massachusetts’ 1,200 MW Offshore Wind Project ‘no longer viable’ (rough waters ahead?)

It’s a perfect storm that might just overcome the taxpayer largesse of the federal subsidies (DOE and IRS) and rate averaging for captive ratepayers. With offshore wind experimental and extra-uneconomic,…

Washington Post: “Countries vowed to ramp up climate pledges in 2022. Very few have”

UN Secretary General António Guterres sad face – COP27 has become a zombie climate conference, photo opportunities but no genuine action.

Australian Government to Ban All Future Fossil Fuel Projects?

As ordinary Australians reel from skyrocketing energy prices, and our electricity network hovers on the brink of collapse, the Australian Government is moving to block future coal and gas projects.

Britain Missed a £260 Million Climate Finance Payment Deadline

No wonder he didn’t want to attend – the first thing Prime Minister Flip-Flop could face when he arrives in Sharm El-Sheikh will be a demand for overdue payment.

LIVE AT NOON CDT TODAY: COP27 and the “cop out” of nations

It’s no secret that people across the globe are dealing with an energy shortage. The convenient excuse has been to blame Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is a factor, but…

Gas Furnaces and Big Brother Revisited

The fantasy, the shared narrative, is that replacing natural gas with electricity addresses the ‘climate crisis’ …

Scotland In the Little Ice Age

Talking of glaciers, this BBC report from eight years ago was a bit more balanced.

New York Times prediction BUST: 1995 article cited climate ‘experts’ warning ‘most of the beaches on the East Coast of the U.S. could be gone in 25 years’

At the most likely rate of rise, some experts say, most of the beaches on the East Coast of the United States would be gone in 25 years.

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