About Those Blue Zones

“Imagine living to be over 100 with literally no health problems. You’re still able to walk around your neighborhood or work in your garden, your memory is in-tact enough to…

MPs to Consider Bill Likely to Cause Mass Starvation, Death, Disease and Societal Collapse in Near Future

A little science and realism might go a long way for supporters of a bill that seeks to ensure the end of the “exploration, extraction, export and import of fossil…

Election Realities, Progress Ahead

The politics of condescension…. The politics of name-calling…. The politics of gaslighting…. The politics of highhandedness.… The politics of Pollyanna…. The politics of selective fidelity to traditional norms.… The politics of identity over class.

Trump Signs Executive Order Pulling U.S. From Paris Climate Accord

(a) The United States Ambassador to the United Nations shall immediately submit formal written notification of the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention…

‘Historic’ Snowstorm Impacting Southern States

Winter Storm Warnings have been posted and stretch from the U.S.-Mexico border all the way to Duval County, Florida. Get this: 3-5 Inches of snow is in the forecast for…

Trump Targets the 2009 Endangerment Finding: A Bold Move Toward Restoring Regulatory Sanity

If the endangerment finding is ultimately overturned, it could mark the beginning of a new chapter in American energy policy—one grounded in realism, economic prosperity, and scientific integrity. Industries battered…

Alarmist Scientist Daniel Swain Demonizes “Natural Climate Variability” calling it “Hydroclimate Whiplash”!

Swain sadly ignores these major drivers of natural wetness-dryness variability, preferring to blame global warming. Thus, Swain and his fellow climate alarmists fail to educate the public about the known…

BVRLA warns of coming EV residual value storm

But soon they will be dealing with much greater volumes of EVs, along with lower volumes of profitable ICE cars.

Trump’s “Drill, Baby, Drill” Energy Policy Will Enjoy the Enthusiastic Support of the Global South

There’s seven billion people in the world that don’t live lives anything like we do…They want what we have. And of course, they should get what we have. And through…

The Origin of The Los Angeles Wildfires

Bottom Line:   A very skillfully predicted Santa Ana event with record-breaking winds hit LA earlier this month. Two wet winters resulted in unusually high levels of dried fuels. Human ignitions…

Report: How Did The Biden Administration Do On Solving “Climate Change”?

The attempt to transition our energy system via command from central planners has been one of the greatest wastes of taxpayer funds ever perpetrated by the government. It cannot be…

Scapegoating Climate to Hide Callous Government Malfeasance

Golden Staters need to revamp their political, bureaucratic, policy and woke systems. They need to rely less on government – and more on themselves, the way the Getty Villa and…

‘Our Long National Nightmare is Over’ – (open thread)

USA! USA! USA!

Will 47 revive the U.S. mining industry?

“While the Biden Administration’s mineral policy ‘heavily features international cooperation’,” Wischer says Trump will likely “significantly prioritize” building more mines, processing facilities, and refineries in the U.S.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #627

Quote of the Week: “It is not unscientific to take a guess, although many people who are not in science believe that it is.”  — Richard Feynman

The Energy Storage Fiasco — How Soon Will It Be Abandoned?

It seems that the frequency of these spontaneous fires increases with the size of the battery. Can this problem be solved? I have no idea. But it certainly has not…

Open Letter to Los Angeles Times Owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

Good public policy must be based on solid, reliable information. The public has not received full information on climate, what impacts it, subjects involving climatology, energy efficiency, or any other…

Surprise! The North Atlantic Current is Stable

Another nail in the coffin of climate models? A study published in Nature suggests there is no evidence for a decline in AMOC over the last 60 years.

Federal Reserve Withdraws from Global Climate Coalition

In a move that has sent shockwaves through climate advocacy circles, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced its withdrawal from the NGFS—a coalition of central banks established in 2017 to address…

Climate Change Giving Meaning to Life

It becomes an explanation for everything, and so cannot be falsified