As COP29 wrapped up in Baku, it left behind a trail of broken promises, hollow platitudes, and a $300 billion-per-year climate finance pledge that’s already being treated like Monopoly money. For the attendees, this summit was supposed to be a turning point—a global kumbaya to double down on the Paris Agreement and guilt developed nations into more climate cash giveaways. Instead, they woke up to a rude reality: President Donald J. Trump is back, and he’s armed with a cabinet determined to shred the green bureaucratic utopia faster than Greta Thunberg can say, “How dare you?”
The $300 billion package to “help” developing nations has been hailed as a win—if you define a win as forcing Western taxpayers to underwrite wind farms in nations where electricity is still considered a luxury. Naturally, the recipients aren’t satisfied. They’re already calling it “woefully insufficient,” which roughly translates to, “Nice start—now double it, and maybe we’ll stop complaining.”
But the real story isn’t the faux climate unity in Baku; it’s the cataclysmic shift coming out of Washington, D.C. With Trump’s return, the U.S. is poised to leave the Paris Agreement (again), freeze out the global climate aristocracy, and make American energy great again.
The Paris Agreement: RIP (Again)
The Paris Agreement has always been an expensive farce, a symbolic gesture masquerading as a global solution. Its main purpose? To transfer wealth from productive nations to the politically corrupt under the guise of “climate justice.” Of course, China—the world’s largest emitter—sits pretty with vague promises and no actual obligations. Trump’s exit from this scam is as much common sense as it is a necessity.
Trump and his new team understand what the COP29 crowd can’t admit: The Paris Agreement was designed to shackle the U.S. economy while letting the real polluters off the hook. It’s nothing more than a glorified wealth redistribution scheme, and the American taxpayer is the mark.
Meet Trump’s Cabinet of Climate Wreckers
If COP29 delegates are sipping antacids with their organic, fair-trade coffee this morning, it’s because Trump’s cabinet picks read like a climate alarmist’s worst nightmare.
Doug Burgum: Secretary of the Interior
Burgum’s move to Interior promises a full-throttle return to energy dominance. Forget Biden’s endless federal land drilling moratoriums—Burgum is unlocking American resources faster than climate activists can chain themselves to a bulldozer. The Department of the Interior will no longer be a playground for environmental lawyers; it will become what it was always meant to be—a steward of American land for energy, jobs, and growth.
His first move? Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, where billions of barrels of oil lie under pristine tundra that activists think is too good for human use. Burgum isn’t here to hug trees—he’s here to power the nation.
Lee Zeldin: EPA Administrator
Trump’s pick of Zeldin to head the EPA is genius. A staunch critic of the administrative state, Zeldin knows that the EPA has been hijacked by ideologues who care more about regulating cow flatulence than addressing real environmental issues. Expect Zeldin to gut the EPA’s endless red tape, dismantle Biden’s climate executive orders, and end the absurd “waters of the United States” rule that treats mud puddles like the Mississippi River.
Zeldin isn’t here to make friends with European technocrats; he’s here to dismantle their favorite tool of economic sabotage. If COP30 delegates want to weep into their carbon-neutral cocktails, so be it. Zeldin has one message for them: “Regulate your own economy.”
Chris Wright: Fossil Fuels’ Fierce Defender
Chris Wright’s appointment as Secretary of Energy is a seismic shift in U.S. energy policy. An unapologetic champion of oil, gas, and nuclear power, Wright knows that the foundation of modern civilization isn’t powered by wishful thinking. Forget solar panels that sputter at night or wind turbines that freeze in the cold—Wright’s focus is on what works: affordable, reliable energy that powers America’s industries and homes.
His first order of business will be dismantling the subsidy gravy train for inefficient renewables, forcing wind and solar to compete on merit rather than handouts. Wright has made it clear: energy policy shouldn’t bankrupt Americans to chase unproven green dreams. Instead, he’ll double down on expanding domestic fossil fuel production, slashing regulations, and reviving nuclear energy to ensure a stable grid and energy independence.
Globally, Wright’s leadership signals that the U.S. is back in the energy game. LNG exports will surge, allies will be strengthened, and adversaries reliant on oil and gas leverage will lose their power. As the climate elite lament his appointment, Wright will be too busy making energy affordable, accessible, and undeniably American.
Ramifications: A Climate Cold War
The global climate aristocracy is in full meltdown mode. Trump’s America First resurgence will embolden other nations to reassess their commitments to the Paris Agreement. Why should Europe foot the bill for global decarbonization if the U.S. isn’t playing along? China and India, of course, will continue building coal plants while pretending to care. The entire climate house of cards is about to collapse under its own contradictions.
Domestically, Americans will see an energy renaissance. Expect gas prices to plummet as drilling returns to full force. The war on natural gas? Over. The assault on coal? Done. Nuclear power? Back in the game. The result: jobs, growth, and cheaper energy for everyday Americans. Meanwhile, climate elites will find themselves increasingly ignored.
COP29: A Comedy of Errors
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the absurdity of COP29 itself. Delegates from 196 nations spent two weeks lecturing the world on carbon footprints while chartering private jets, dining on caviar, and pushing “solutions” that enrich themselves at everyone else’s expense. They even celebrated a global carbon credit market that’s destined to become the Enron of environmentalism.
And then, just as they were finalizing their grandiose agreements, Trump announced his cabinet picks. It’s almost poetic. The timing couldn’t have been better if it were scripted by a Hollywood screenwriter. While COP29 patted itself on the back, Trump’s America signaled that it has no intention of playing along.
The Final Word
The COP29 agreements will go down as another entry in the annals of climate grift history—a collection of empty promises and unenforceable pledges. Trump’s return, coupled with his America First cabinet, ensures that the U.S. will focus on real priorities: energy independence, economic growth, and putting Americans first.
For the climate elite, COP29 wasn’t just a failure; it was a funeral. The Paris Agreement is dead. The global climate agenda is on life support. And America? It’s roaring back to life. Sorry, Greta. Sorry, Baku. The adults are back in charge.
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… faster than Greta Thunberg can say, “How dare you?”
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ! First chuckle of my day (-:
I wonder if Lurch et al will be in attendance at COP 30 or if Trump 47 will proclaim The US is no longer part of the Paris Agreement so we’ll send no official delegates to Brazil for COP 30
Spot the long chain polymers of carbon-
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Lefties don’t do irony with the lifejackets.
. It’s nothing more than a glorified wealth redistribution scheme,
and the American taxpayer is the mark.
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. It’s nothing more than a glorified wealth redistribution scam,
and the American taxpayer is the mark.
Trump said what he would do if elected. He was, by large EV and popular vote margins. So now he is simply doing what he said he would.
The 2020 election was stolen. Then the Dems hid Biden’s cognitive decline until the presidential debate left it indelibly exposed. The stolen election silver lining good news for 45-47 is what happened under 46–lawfare, inflation, war, illegal alien invasion—all becomes actionable. It isn’t just energy that will be back, taking inflation down. Pam Bondi will root out lawfare—promised to prosecute the prosecutors. Tom Homan will send illegal aliens packing—and slap 5 year 8USC1324 prison penalties on Dem mayors (like Denver) and governors (like MA and IL) who try to stop him. As he said, Game On.
2025 should be an interesting year, not only because of Trump’s agenda, but because the most ‘reliably’ blue states are gearing up to bring on a nullification crisis in the areas of immigration and environmental regulation.
As did Jefferson, I believe nullification is the ‘rightful remedy’ in cases where a rogue Federal government imposes unconstitutional laws upon the peoples of the states, but in the aforementioned areas, it’s pretty clear that the Feds have jurisdiction.
If we’re really lucky, perhaps the bluest states will reconvene the Hartford Convention of 1814/15 and vote to secede.
The cities of LA, SF, Portland, and Seattle would probably happily vote for secession; the surrounding red areas, not so much!
Why not give the cities to China as trade zones, ala Hong Kong, then charge them Chinese style tariffs for their water, food, and power? I wonder how long they would last without other people’s money to throw around!
‘The cities of LA, SF, Portland, and Seattle would probably happily vote for secession; the surrounding red areas, not so much!’
As I said below, there’s no incentive for ‘blue’ states to secede, since the good/bad people will migrate out/in. The Left needs to implement its agenda on a national level, from which there is no ‘escape’. If they were stupid enough to secede, the ‘surrounding red areas’ would in turn secede to get away from the blue cities and most likely rejoin the ‘union’ wherein they would then have a voice in their governance.
Check the county-by-county election map. What we need is a gerrymander. I propose trading Multnomah Co. (Portland) to Washington in exchange for the eastern half of that state. They get the libs, we get the land. Win win.
Doesn’t nullification mean the states can decide for themselves which federal laws they must follow? Makes more sense to have the supreme court do that to avoid chaos. Secession would be catastrophic.
Secession is unconstitutional. Already been there, done that.
Besides, only blue states would secede, and they’ve already disarmed the populace. Not a good situation to have, seceding with weakness.
According to my reading, secession was so well understood as a state’s right that there was no need to put it into the VOLUNTARY contract that formed the Union. Many people in the north were in favor of letting the southern states go their own way until the propaganda of slavery was brought into the politics. Ending slavery was already a popular movement in the northern states.
‘Secession is unconstitutional.’
Really? Did you know that VA, NY and RI included this provision as a condition of ratifying the Constitution? Maybe you can also point to where in the Constitution it says the States are not sovereign. By the way, where did WV come from?
‘Already been there, done that.’
Oh, might makes right, eh? Just keep that thought in mind should a criminal gang invade your home and have their way with you and/or your family. Must have had it coming, right?
‘Besides, only blue states would secede…’
Good for them and us, but it won’t happen.
First of all, most of them have rubber-stamp legislatures – they could enact the entire ‘progressive’ truck load tomorrow if the wanted to, but they know they would collapse in short order once all of the productive folks left and all of the deadbeats moved in. They’ll stay in the Union because they need to enact their agenda over all the States simultaneously.
Second, if you look at a detailed electoral map of the 2024 elections, you’ll note there are vast ‘red’ areas in ‘blue’ states like CA, NY, WA, OR, etc., meaning that each of these States have substantial minority populations who are completely disenfranchised. Clearly, if it’s ok for, say, NY to secede, then it’s only fair if these disenfranchised folks secede, as well, perhaps even joining the original ‘Union’ (like WV) wherein they will now have representation.
All good. Add in the Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation which was agreed to by the several independent and sovereign States and noted the sovereign rights of the States.
That would be the ‘perpetual’ Articles of Confederation. I only add that in because most statists interpret that word to mean that an agreement can’t be terminated, as opposed to its real meaning that an agreement will remain effective without reaffirmation until it is actively terminated.
Of course. Perpetual means, in context, the Articles remain in effect until actively terminated, which occurred with the ratification of the Constitution.
All of which support the position that secession was not unconstitutional.
Technical detail, just a nit. Secession is not unconstitutional.
Secession is not unconstitutional. Part of the reason for the civil war was to prevent the South from suing in court. They would have succeeded.
Joseph,
No, State nullification of Federal law is only justified when the Federal government in its entirety oversteps its Constitutional limits. This remedy, referred to as the Principles of 1789, was proposed by Jefferson and Madison to the legislatures of KY and VA, respectively, at their request in response to the Federalists, who controlled all three branches of government, having passed laws (the Alien and Sedition Acts), making it illegal for anyone to criticize the President (Federalist John Adams). As an aside, the Acts did allow for criticism of then Vice President (Republican Thomas Jefferson), so go figure. What’s interesting, is that the Acts were obviously a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution, which had only been ratified a few years before hand by people (the Federalists) that should have know better.
I know we’re all taught in grade school about how the ‘separation of powers’ within the Federal government protects us against tyranny, but the sad truth is it’s not always sufficient, which is why we need to remember that under our system 1) the people of the States are sovereign and 2) the States created the Federal government, not the other way around. Yes, the Constitution refers to the supremacy of the Federal government, but that only applies to its delineated powers.
Delineated and specific powers.
Any power not granted specifically by the Constitution is held by the States.
I do hope you are right. PJDT is very “soft-hearted”, even though he knows how upset his supporters are, and THEY want a LOT of Hard Justice.
Did this recitation succeed at distracting yourself from the obvious?
Trump’s first term consisted mostly of incidents when he repeatedly provoked the actual powers-that-be to publicly demonstrate how little power a POTUS actually has unless the real government deigns to lend him some. Since they could not withstand temptations to show off some power, and not controlled by someone sensible enough (well, not moronic enough to take all the bait on Twitter) to make them shut up, the resulting “#Reeesist #OrangeManBad” campaign exposed most of the power structure of USA as a crooked puppet show it is.2020 election not just involved some cheating, it was blatantly, clumsily, carelessly and cheekily fake. Quite obviously, this was done by the people in actual power, not some enigmatic ninjas crawling in shadows.It was held legitimate, all challenges to its results were dismissed outright or dismissed with a feeble sleepy gesture to “investigate” at best.Nothing have changed in the mechanisms to make those elections more secure.No one was punished to deter repeat blatant cheating.2024 election, despite unchanged conditions, somehow did not have the same result.
Do you disagree with the above points? If not, can you present a coherent hypothesis of what happened fitting all the points you agree with? Because “and then fairy magic prevented the fraud, so Trump won” is kinda stupid.
“The Paris Agreement was designed to shackle the U.S. economy while letting the real polluters off the hook.”
I understand the sentiment here, but let’s stop implying that emissions of CO2 are “pollution” at all. As China and India and others are building new coal-fired plants with very low emissions of actual pollutants, we should celebrate this rather than calling them “the real polluters.”
Good point, W. Happer agrees:
“We should have the courage to do nothing about CO2 emissions” is a good way to state the most sensible path forward.
My motto: When in doubt don’t just do something – sit there.
It takes real courage to do nothing. Politicians everywhere just don’t have that courage.
“China [is] building new coal-fired plants with very low emissions of actual pollutants…”
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They’ve changed since 2011? On some days, you could taste the air in Chinese cities back then and you couldn’t see more than 100 yards.
Yes, at least as reported here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_policy_in_China
Carbon, the second most common element in humans, makes up 18% of the human body. If at 0.0425% CO2 Carbon is an atmospheric pollutant then Humans at 18% are just skin bags of Carbon Pollution waiting to disintegrate… OUTLAW HUMANS NOW!!!
Actually, they’ve been wanting to outlaw humans, at least down to the 500 million target as seen on the Georgia Guidestones.
We actually only need to control human exhalation! As I have proposed in other comments, an adjustable corset-like contraption to progressively limit movement of the diaphragm should do the job!
We could test it out on willing alarmists, but it should be mandatory for the chief crooks like ManBearPig and Mickey Mann!
Sounds like something Dr Phibes would have used on his victims
When they burn carbon based waste stuff in eco green subsidised incinerators, and wood waste in power stations its called enrgy from waste and clean because the stacks are scrubbed. How is far more energy efficient coal burning for power with scrubbed stacks not clean & green, and subsidised?
Exactly. What a mess of contradictions!
But most of them are producing major amounts of “real” pollution.
I have a question. When China builds a coal plant, are they installing SOx scrubbers as standard practice? One would assume that technology is pretty mature now but there is very little detail I can find on their designs. TIA.
Short answer yes. Just looked it up. Scrubbers on all new coal plants, and a massive retrofit on old ones starting 2006-2007.
It was still nasty everywhere you went in 2011.
The problem isn’t the generating plants. It is medium-small industry and residential, both of which burn unabated coal for heat.
It took years to clean up the air in the US. While coal burning power plants in China are being addressed, I expect there are plenty of other sources still operating at full output.
So … Scrubbers on new plants … and … retrofit on existing plants … and … China is STILL the single largest emitter world wide at 33% despite all that effort?
It’s a BIG country, with what, a Billion people?
I seem to recall though, that the scrubbers are for show, and put into operation only when they are getting an “inspection”, or perhaps visitors, as the scrubbers do decrease efficiency.
Here’s info on worldwide coal
Kinda says it all really!
We are the Paris Accords, You will be Assimilated, Resistance is Futile
Resistance is futile.
Great overview and example of the lunacy that passes for energy policy in not just Australia but here in the UK.
We actually closed our last coal fired plant on Oct 1st this year.
The Labour and Green political class held a party to celebrate how wonderful that senseless act of national self harm was.
Number of US coal power plants in 2024 – 204, and declining. Or perhaps staying constant or increasing now.
It will continue to decline. Average age at retirement for US coal generation is 42 years. When last checked a few years ago, 25% of remaining coal capacity would hype 42 by next year. And at current natgas prices, CCGT is cheaper to build AND cheaper to operate.
Can you provide a source, please? I really want to use this to bludgeon the stupidity of climate change morons.
I think the big problem in China has been the non-power planet burning of coal. That is where the scrubbers were MIA. I suspect many of those have been retrofitted as well, but like your say, it is hard to find any detailed information.
Thank you for the updates, very interesting!
Why would anyone worried about global warming want to remove SO2 from the atmosphere? It’s a cooling gas after all.
It is much worse than a wealth-redistribution scheme. If you wanted to destroy economies worldwide, especially fossil- fuel-based ones, then attacking “carbon” would be the way to do it.
Whether the adults are back in charge remanins to be seen! There is still the possibility that the teenagers will barricade themselves in the house and continue partying like it’s 1999, or the house burns down; whichever comes first!!
In order to wrest control of the federal government and bureaucracy back from the elites and return it to we, the people, PDJT must provide at least three things: transparency, accountability and election integrity!
As I am writing this, India has just completed counting 450,000,000 votes in ONE DAY!! ONE DAY! Two and a half weeks after Election Day Commiefornia is still counting! I guess the Capitol of High Tech hasn’t been able to find enough votes yet to overturn the 2024 election results! As Scott Adams so frequently asks; if it is not easier and cheaper and auditable, what else besides vote rigging explains the current state of the US election system!?
Transparency is relatively simple; apply the laws (like insider trading) equally, and make destruction of federally financed records or data a criminal offense subject to jail, fines and loss of pension! If the Blob members had to face jail time for destroying e-mails and other communications; far, far fewer of them would ever disappear! A complete audit of government employees by some independent accounting entity might actually serve to pay back a large part of our national debt!
Accountability is easy enough. Just apply the RICO statutes to any and everyone who has harmed or defrauded the American people; the food corps and their FDA pet, the pharmaceutical corps and their pets AMA and NIH! If the American people were told the truth about health and nutrition, our medical costs would fall dramatically within a few years!
The biggest problem might be where to put all the criminals that are thrown off the federal corruption bandwagon. I recommend building a wall around LA County and making it a low security federal prison. You could even make it a drug law free zone to please the libtards and encourage radicals to self-incarcerate!
«Back»? Like… exactly when?
Also, what suggests the possibility that who is in charge may have changed (or is about to change) at all? I see no evidence whatsoever pointing to that.
How is this different from “we only have to open the door and then find the key inside”?
The Globalist Climate Grift Collides with Trump’s America First Renaissance
A Guardian reader writes…
dr8765
Short of a World Government comprised of scientists and environmentalists taking control of the planet I cannot see that there will be any change in the direction of travel that leads to inevitable extinction.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/24/cop29-climate-progress-trump-presidency-politics-science#comments
They aren’t taking it very well.
Those people are nuts.
It’s kinda weird that they express concern about extinction in light of the fact that their entire worldview is depopulation and anti-human.
It’s doublethink, or as they prefer to call it, cognitive dissonance.
One of the most common injuries suffered by libtard climate alarmists is shoulder dislocation due to excessive selfcongradulatory back patting!
The one’s that aren’t quite agile enough get concussion from slapping themselves on the back of the head! I think I’ve just discovered why so many of them are dunder-heads.
It gets even weirder once you realize that, barring human intervention, ALL Life on Earth will die due to CO2 STARVATION within the next few million years!! Morons all!!
Why? Let’s review the basics:
They always lie.They always double down.They always project.The never-ending Opposite Day happens as a result of #1 and #3 applying at the same time.
EPA has been hijacked by ideologues who care more about regulating cow flatulence than addressing real environmental issues.
The fact that there was an estimated 60 million Bison and other ruminates roaming North America in 1800 belching and farting methane is always ignored. Also the large wetlands that were filled in.
Can we agree the EPA fixed the problems it was created to address and is now just making up “stuff” to justify its continued existence?
Destroying or severely limiting the meat and dairy industries is especially important, as diets low in essential fatty and amino acids are mandatory if you wish to keep the populace stupid and more easily brain-washed! The low carb/high fat keto diet is proving quite effective at reducing and/or reversing Type 2 and Type 3 diabetes; the latter known more commonly as Parkinson’s disease!
Only our noble lords and masters are worthy of treats like lobster and Wagyu beef; the serfs should reconcile themselves to eating bugs and beans for protein!
Information: I have read that All the essential amino acids are provided in the use of Buckwheat and Quinoa and Millet in the diet.
January 20th can’t come soon enough. I would not put it past the democrats and Biden to actually say yes to the green grifters demands.
YES! YES! Great article, we are getting back on the right track!
O/T That petition
…calling for another general election has hit over 1 million signatures in a ‘clear message’ to the Labour government of widespread discontent. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1980068/general-election-petition-hits-one-million-Labour
They will inevitably double down.
Just watched some Canadian lady- a former enviro honcho in the government (?) whining about how this COP was so cheap to the developing nations- while whining about how horrible the climate is- that any minute now we’re gonna have tipping points, blah, blah.
Very nice Charles. The CAGW crowd has been making demands of us for decades. It is time for us to start making demands of them.
They were applauding the clown show like noisy seals.
However good that might be, it will not be. The benefactors are too powerful and most current subsidies and special tax credits, even the “buy first from us, regardless” benefits, and the “we don have to pay for most of the technical costs ourselves” benefits, are enshrined in long term contracts.
“The COP29 agreements will go down as another entry in the
annalsanus of climate grift history … “