Claim: The Cuban Economy is a Model for Successful Green Degrowth

Green British academic pushing a non GDP measure of social progress which gives a high score to Cuba.

“Wartime” Climate Policy vs. Natural Gas: Biden Gets Desperate

Yes, the President of the United States has pulled out a Korean War authority (Defense Production Act) to fight against American energy that Americans prefer.

Monday Mirthiness: Mind Blowing Failure of “Science” to Police Itself – Shame on Springer Link

How in the HELL does a “scientific” paper get published by Springer with “bullshit” in the title and used over 100 times in the paper?

Net Zero Electricity Fantasies to Cost British Consumers £100 Billion Over Next Six Years

Net Zero electricity taxes and levies are set to cost British consumers almost £100 billion over the next six years, according to the latest official figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility…

Billions of Dollars of Aussie Retirement Funds to be Gambled on Britain’s Failing Net Zero Push

Betting retirement funds on the honesty, consistency and fiduciary skill of Nut Zero obsessed politicians – what could possibly go wrong?

Climate Protestors Blockade a Port, Demand a 75% Coal Tax

“Rising Tide” are a small group of Aussie radicals who are trying to stand out in a crowded marketplace of climate extremist groups.

Removing Colour, for a Sick Story

They strip colour from pretty pictures because they want to make people feel sad, specifically about the corals at the Great Barrier Reef.

World’s Largest Iceberg, Three Times the Size Of NYC, Starts Moving for First Time in Over 30 Years

The world’s largest iceberg, which was an ice island for more than 30 years, has resumed drifting, several reports noted.

COP28:  Who Matters?

COP28, all the travel, the extravagance, the pontification, speeches, grandstanding, handshaking and general pretense that they are “doing something” will amount to nothing.

Open Thread

Unstable Models: NOAA Substantially Cools Its December Mean Temperature Forecast For Europe

Overall the NOAA had been forecasting a very mild winter for this year. But that forecast has been cooled down a bit, at least the early part of the winter.

The Green Energy Wall Gradually Coming Into Focus

The best thing to end the wind/solar craziness will be to have one or two jurisdictions fail spectacularly as a lesson to everyone else. I wouldn’t have wanted my own…

After 25 years, Mann’s Other Nature Trick Unraveled

Mann made it impossible for anyone to carry out routine statistical tests on his famous reconstruction.

Climate, CO2, and the Sun

By Andy May Christian Freuer has translated this post into German here. In my previous post on multiple regression of known solar cycles versus HadCRUT5, I simply threw the solar…

Blue State Residents Are Paying Way More For Energy Than Red States, New Report Shows

Residents of blue states with aggressive climate policies are paying significantly more for electricity and fuel than red states, according to a new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council…

Govt To Pay £350 For EV Chargers in Flats!!

I assume they expect you to stick your car in the lift and push it into your kitchen to charge up.

Low North American natural gas prices: a global oddity that brings a massive but impermanent competitive advantage

From the BOE REPORT Terry Etam s there any critical industrial material as bizarre as natural gas? The stuff holds almost zero interest for the general public, for the same…

Historical Dutch Election Results are a Victory for Climate Realism 

No more wasting of billions of euros for pointless climate hobbies, but more money for our people.

Upcoming UN Climate Confab Could Have Largest Carbon Footprint In Event’s History

More than 70,000 people are expected to show up to COP28, about 25,000 more people than last year’s summit, COP27.

How NPR Converted a Southern Christian to the Church of the Climate Crisis

What kind of religion would climate change be, without some good old fashioned conversion stories?