The Twelfth First Climate Refugees

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach. Near as I can tell, we’re up to the twelfth first climate refugees. Here are the first through sixth first climate refugees, and the seventh,…

The Earth’s Green Future is Forked

Countries that will likely rely on coal and diverge from the western approach have very large populations.

The contradictory Green policies to limit CO2 emissions

…the scale of CO2 emissions from Biomass cancels out any potential CO2 emissions savings made from using Weather-Dependent “Renewables”. 

The New Pause lengthens to 8 years 9 months

The end date is the present; the start date is the farthest back one can reach and still find a zero trend. It is what it is.

SMH: Radio Silence Replaces Greenwashing Claims

Stronger laws against false climate claims appear to have silenced former corporate green enthusiasts.

Latest Global Temp. Anomaly (March ’23: +0.20°C)UAH Global Temperature Update for March, 2023: +0.20 deg. C

The linear warming trend since January, 1979 remains at +0.13 C/decade (+0.11 C/decade over the global-averaged oceans, and +0.18 C/decade over global-averaged land).

Is Biden’s IRA Money Being Spent in Other Countries?

The Australian Government is under pressure to subsidise local miners as well as battery industries, after a US miner backed by IRA cash launched an Aussie Lithium Mine takeover bid.

Claim: Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study finds

“We are talking about the possible long-term extinction of an iconic water mass,” says Prof England.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #546

The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda

Restoring trust in government by using the IQA

Dr. Fauci, would have been required to inform the public that his daily statements were mere opinions.

Claim: Companies are Cashing in on Climate Anxiety with False Marketing

Who didn’t see this coming?

Open Thread

Open Thread

DANIEL MCCARTHY: Climate Science Makes A Bad Religion

The fact that the politics of climate science so closely mirrors religious apocalypticism ought to prompt some reflection. 

EPA brief filed in Young v. EPA

1) You can’t sue us; and 2) Even if you could, we can do whatever we want.

Climate Obsessed British Politicians are Embracing Fantasy Energy Solutions

The British Government is seriously telling people in working class areas they will have jobs at an operational, power producing nuclear fusion plant by 2040.

UK Climate Change Commission Urges the Government Spend More Money

The UK Climate Change Commission, a government body meant to oversee climate policy, has slammed the government for insufficient effort on climate adaption.

More Climate Fiction From the BBC

Not to put too fine a point on it, the whole affair was a one-sided, misinformed muddle.

$60 Billion Investor Slams Green Australia for “Quietly Quitting” on Gas

Economic ruin approaching? $60 billion of Japanese investment in Australia is in peril, along with 10s of billions of dollars exports, because of Australia’s energy policies.

Did an AI Convince Someone to Sacrifice Himself for Climate Change?

A grieving widow has accused EleutherAI’s GPT-J of convincing his husband that committing suicide would help save the planet from climate change.

Yes, BBC, Global Warming Extends Plant Growing Seasons

…evidence of dangerous stress has not materialized, but the benefits certainly have.