Has the Melbourne Extinction Rebellion Protest Driven Up CO2 Emissions?

An extinction Rebellion road block on a major Melbourne access road forced commuters to wait in a queue, or use roads with lots of start / stop traffic lights.

The Anthropocene?   Not or Maybe Not

“A committee of roughly two dozen scholars has, by a large majority, voted down a proposal to declare the start of the Anthropocene, a newly created epoch of geologic time,…

The Continuing Albedo Change Warms the Earth More Than Twice as Much as CO2

All life on Earth (somehow) originates from the Sun’s heat. But how much of the solar irradiation reaches us Earthlings?

How to Falsify Weather Station Data

Two guys in Colorado took advantage of certain type of crop insurance, as explained by U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan:  ”One way the United States Department of Agriculture supports farmers and…

February 1779–Exceptionally Warm

As noted previously, February 1779 was actually warmer than last month in Central England. It is also worth noting that there is no identifiable trend or pattern in the distribution…

Exxon CEO: “The people who are generating those [CO2] emissions need to … pay the price”

Exxon CEO Darren Woods has incensed greens by suggesting end users are responsible for generating emissions.

Met Office Must Account for the ‘Junk’ Temperature Data Propping up Net Zero Insanity

Pressure is likely to grow in the coming days for the U.K. Met Office to make a full public statement about the state of its nationwide temperature measuring stations.

Another Deceptive Front-Page Climate Story in the Seattle Times

Another highly deceptive and error-filled climate story in the ST.  One predicting more than a doubling of wildfires over western Washington and Oregon by mid-century.

Six Warning Signs Climate Scientists Are Lying About Wildfires

Although a 20-year period of a drier climate associated with La Nina-like conditions will dry out the biggest dead logs, so they more easily burn, changes in wildfire frequency and…

Britain’s e-bus ticking timebomb: How nearly TWO THOUSAND electric buses worth £800m face urgent recall over fears they could see burst into flames

At present, there is no permanent solution to prevent future fires. Instead, operators using the high-tech buses are warned to ‘switch off the Hipsacold HVAC system when the vehicle is…

Monday Mirthiness, A Tale of Fail

For more failed predictions, visit our Failed Prediction Timeline.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #590

If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions.”

X Users Didn’t Like a Paper’s Tone and Findings, So They Got It Rejected

At Frontiers in Psychology, it seems that users on X are now part of the peer review process.

Warming Earth Has Changed U.S. Hardiness Zones

“Plant hardiness zone designations represent what’s known as the ‘average annual extreme minimum temperature’ at a given location during a particular time period (30 years, in this instance). Put another…

Climate Model Bias 3: Solar Input

By Andy May In part 2 we discussed the IPCC hypothesis of climate change that assumes humans and our greenhouse gas emissions and land use choices are the climate change…

Does the Alleged Climate Crisis Justify Ignoring Accusations of Chinese Slave Labor?

LONGi Green Energy Technology has appealed for the West not to abandon Chinese manufacturers. But in 2021 LONGi was accused of using slave labor sourced components.

SCIENCE!!!!! Uncovers the Mystery that People May Have Mixed Feelings About their Dietary Choices

Clearly revealing the authors’ clear view that positive beliefs about meat eating are inherently false.

Open Thread

Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”

At the end of the article, Haferburg comes to the conclusion that we will continue to see coal-fired power plants in operation for a very long time.

IPCC’s New “Hockey Stick” Temperature Graph

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their latest assessment report (AR6) in 2021. In 2023, the Clintel Foundation published a report which criticizes AR6.