Let’s face it, this was always ill-conceived central planning, and it was never going to work. I went back to the links that I had included to the Ford and…
Year: 2025
Shell Oil Sued Over “Causing Typhoon” in Philippines in Major Test Case
The Shell litigation is an important test case. Activists have spent years seeking financial support and recognition for their pseudoscientific claims that they can measure a chaotic and non-linear atmosphere.…
A Spherical Cow Climate Model That Actually Works
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (@weschenbach on X, personal blog at Skating Under The Ice) Here’s a science joke about the dangers of oversimplified models. A dairy farmer with low…
Trump Admin Looking to Restore Coal Plants as America’s Grid Buckles
The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking to restore coal plants across America “for up to $100 million in federal funding.”
Polysilicon: An Opportunity to Demonstrate ‘America First’
The United States does not need half-measures. It needs clear, uncompromising enforcement that restores domestic market confidence. A full prohibition on imports of Chinese-origin and -linked polysilicon and derivatives ensures…
Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Ban Data Centers
Environmental and democrat groups are lining up to oppose the artificial intelligence revolution, a technological advancement on the scale of the internet. The end result will be a victory for…
Europe’s ‘Green’ Emperor Is Naked and Cold
The European Union serves as a warning of what happens when ideology trumps physics. Climate mandates cannot make the wind blow. The “green” emperor has no clothes, and, baby, it’s…
NOAA deploys new generation of AI-driven global weather models
A new AI-based system that uses a variety of data sources to generate weather forecasts comparable to those produced by traditional weather prediction systems, such as GFS.
Don’t Throw Out the Supercomputer with the Climate Models
But before anyone pulls the plug entirely, it might be wise to remember that weather is real, models are fallible, and supercomputers don’t vote.
Climate Study: “Storms reduce the summer ocean heat gain by limiting solar radiation reaching the surface”
According to a recent study, climate models overestimate southern ocean surface heating, because they underestimate the impact of storms.
Ford takes $20bn hit to reverse course on electric cars
Ford will take a $19.5bn (£14.5bn) hit as it tore up plans to invest significant sums into electric cars.
Time to build reactors fueled by nuclear waste
Had the NRC, the media, and the fear mongers realized in 1986 that recycling was not only possible but profitable, the U.S. might today have multitudes of fast reactors burning…
Why Waste Money on a Climate Health Forecasting Tool, Yale, When Climate Related Health Issues Are Declining?
YCC should be embarrassed for shilling for this questionable, expensive, program. Just because it has the word “climate” in the title doesn’t mean it is useful to anyone. I suspect…
Trump’s AI “Manhattan Project”? (U.S. Department of Energy mission creep)
“The AI policy is the latest manifestation of the White House’s approach to many economic issues: centralized government actions in an attempt to sidestep normal economic policies. It starts with…
Wrong Again PBS, UN Is Pushing Another False Climate Crisis Report
By omitting the long trail of failed UN climate pronouncements, ignoring the dramatic decline in climate-related deaths, and treating speculative model outputs as inevitable futures, PBS and the Associated Press…
Scammers Are Gonna Scam, Regardless
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (@weschenbach on X, my own blog at Skating Under The Ice) Folks ask why I describe climate alarmism as a “grift”, a lovely English word…
America’s New Security Doctrine and the Reordering of Global Energy Geopolitics
Washington has issued what may be its final warning: energy and geopolitical realism or decline. The United States has made its choice. Europe must now decide whether it still has…
The Death of the Hybrid
But PHEVs are about to become the nation’s least-wanted car. From 2028, those who bought plug-in hybrids for their green credentials will become the most heavily taxed motorists.
Asia Is Going Nuclear and the United States Should Help
Asia is the fastest growing region for nuclear energy production, and the most consequential for major-power competition.
Norway Avoids ‘Green’ Energy Quicksand
Europe built its “green” cathedral on the shifting sands of a cult. Norway built its future on rocks that happen to float in black gold.
Time Magazine: Climate Change will Bring More AND Less Christmas Snow?
Time placing an each way bet?
Wrong, Phys.org, Faulty Thermometers Aren’t Evidence of a ‘Climate Roller Coaster’
Phys.org does its readers a disservice by not fact checking the Nature study and examining other possible causes for its conclusions. Instead of a thoughtful scientific examination of the novel…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #670
Quote of the Week: “I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.”— Johannes Kepler
Miliband Isolated as EU Prepares to Reverse Petrol Car Ban
Ed Miliband has been left isolated over his Net Zero policies after the European Union dropped “indefinitely” a flagship pledge to ban sales of new petrol cars.
