Open Thread
Month: November 2024
Climate Change Weekly # 526: Some Suggestions on Climate and Environmental Policy for the New Sheriff in Town
In anticipation of Trump’s victory, a coalition of groups—among them the Heartland Institute, E&E Legal Institute, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), Truth in Energy and Climate, and The American…
COP29 On Verge Of Collapse
The whole thing is, of course, hilarious. All we need now is for Ed Miliband to try eating a bacon buttie again!
The Home-Based Battery Storage Fantasy
Ignoring physical and economic realities may be fashionable, but reality always wins in the long run. The electric grid and its components form a complex system which most of us…
Washington State Goes One for Three on the Pragmatic Climate Scale…Maybe
It’s much more enlightening to watch what states like Idaho and Tennessee are doing to find out where the future of rational, pragmatic energy systems are going.
Automakers’ Costly Gamble on EVs: A Lesson in Ignoring Consumer Demand
Ultimately, the market will decide the winners and losers. Automakers that prioritize consumer satisfaction over government market manipulation will thrive, while those that gambled on an uncertain future may find…
Wind Speeds Dropping, Rainfall Similar to a Century Ago – the Climate News You Won’t Hear in the Mainstream
No doubt computer models are behind this crystal ball gazing but the actual evidence of recent trends suggests something more modest. Homewood notes that annual rainfall in England and Wales…
A Look At President-Elect Trump’s Picks For The Key Energy Policy Positions
Over the past two weeks, President-elect Trump has engaged in rapid-fire announcements of his picks for the cabinet and other top positions. Among the announced selections are Trump’s nominees for…
COP 29: The big UN money grab
They are pushing for something they call the “new collective quantified goal” at COP 29 in Baku. This mainly means a fortune in climate redistribution from the developed to the…
They’re Trying to Silence Us: The G20’s War on Climate Skepticism
Make no mistake: this is a battle for the soul of free inquiry. If the climate alarmists succeed in silencing dissent, the consequences will extend far beyond climate policy. The…
No, Atlanta News First, Climate Change is Not Threatening the “Way of Life” of Georgia Farmers
A thorough analysis of regional climate data and agricultural outcomes in Georgia reveals that there is no evidence climate change is altering weather patterns in Georgia for the worse or…
Live at 1pm Eastern, 10 am Pacific, COP 29: Inside the Disaster in Baku – The Climate Realism Show #136
The latest annual United Nations climate conference, COP29, is about to wrap up in Baku, Azerbaijan – the second year in a row it has been held in a “petro…
Confessing to the Error of Biden’s Ways
The bureaucracy loses this control on inauguration day. This time there should be a commitment to follow up, immediately, recognizing this best chance for timely reversal of unlawful rules.
Ford to cut 800 UK jobs as electric car sales flag
As was obvious from the beginning, there never was enough demand for EVs for the mandated targets to be achieved. Manufacturers have been forced into offering unaffordable discounts for EVs,…
Al Gore: Climate Barking at COP29
To the Church of Climate, Al Gore will always be their champion. But back in reality, citizen voters as consumers and taxpayers have had enough.
We’re all Doomed. Yawn
Almost as surprising as the downpour’s intensity was the rush by agencies in this space to conclude it was caused by the bogeyman apparently driving all natural disasters today: “climate…
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is Back, Prepare to Pay
Grapevines sequester carbon dioxide so Virginia’s climate alarmism activists are pulling corks without guilt today, after learning that a Virginia circuit court judge will order Virginia to rejoin the Regional…
New York DEFR Concerns Update
I am convinced that implementation of the New York Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) net-zero mandates will do more harm than good if the electric system transition…
Climate Justice for Thee But Not for Me
In this recent election, the wealthy elite in Berkeley said to environmental activists, “We’ll keep our natural gas. Here’s some money. Go tell the poor people to get rid of…
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