UAH Global Temperature Update for June, 2023: +0.38 deg. C

This is statistically unchanged from the May 2023 anomaly of +0.37 deg. C.

China Seeks Military Dominance Through Fossil Fuels.

To support that military domination, China is also aggressively building its fossil fuels refining capabilities to power those ships and aircraft.

Solar Activity: Cycle 25 Surpasses Cycle 24

By Javier Vinós Over the past two decades, solar activity has been characterized by an extended solar minimum spanning two solar cycles, known as the Clilverd Minimum. This phenomenon is…

The New Pause Remains At 8 Years 10 Months

The New Pause thus remains at 8 years 10 months:

Does Wind Intermittance Over Short Hourly Periods Gives a Clearer Picture?

A truer picture is attained by looking at daily wind penetration and comparing that with the variation within each day.

“Islands of expertise surrounded by oceans of incoherence” – today’s energy policies in a nutshell

…defiance of reality, of decision-making in the ocean of incoherence instead of on the islands of expertise, of the belief in the superiority of policy over anything else.

University of Warwick Pushes Climate Coercion to Kill Gas Heaters

According to The Guardian, 2 million adults in the UK can’t afford to eat every day. But greens have no problem advocating financial coercion to force people to install a…

Open Thread

Open Thread

Joe Biden Wants to Ban ALL Your Home Appliances

New rules from the Biden administration’s Department of Energy will make most of the ordinary appliances in your home contraband

A Twitter Debate on Clintel’s IPCC AR6 Critique

By Andy May In May 2023, Clintel published a book (see figure 1) criticizing AR6 (IPCC, 2021), a publication that was supposed to summarize climate science research to date. We…

Correct, CBS News Texas, Wind Energy Struggles in Heat (And Other Conditions)

they are highly weather dependent and often fail under unideal conditions.

Every month seems to be the hottest, the driest, the wettest, or whichever record-breaking event it is.

In short, we have had just two monthly records for temperature and rainfall in the last eight years; that is hardly “every month”, Ms Morse!

Freedom, Climate, and the Illusion of Urgency

This Independence Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate the progress we’ve made, the beautiful planet we live on, and the power we have to shape our future.

Don’t Get The Idea That Internet Censorship Is Diminishing

The stupids are truly in control of much of the world right now. We’ll see how long it continues.

Will “Climate Denial” Become an International War Crime?

Greta Thunberg recently dropped into Kyiv to Help Ukraine Push the UN Ecocide Narrative – the push to treat environmental crimes on a par with war crimes. But “Ecocide” goes…

‘Could we do with less ice?’: Scientific American touts climate-inspired ICE CUBE restrictions! Mag pushes end to ‘unsustainable’ ice cube practices & urges ‘Climate-friendly Cocktails’

First, they came for your energy, then your meat, car, dishwasher, 2 1/2 hour plane flights, then your pizza & now… YOUR ICE!

Claim: Australia is Opposing an International Shipping Carbon Tax Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald has accused Australia of siding with Russia, China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia to sink a a Pacific Islands proposal for a $100 / ton of carbon…

The Myth Of Replacing Fossil Fuels

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (see update below) A hat tip to the commenter on one of my posts who was kind enough to give me a heads-up as follows:…

What’s causing the extremely warm temperatures in the North Atlantic?

The extreme North Atlantic conditions that developed in recent months are likely due to a combination of dynamical factors, including stochastic weather anomalies, regional positive feedbacks and global-scale changes

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #558

On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. So do not take the lecture too seriously, feeling that you really have to understand…