Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #642

“As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy [now called science], the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis…

Dutch Wind Woes: Offshore Auction Scrapped as Bidders Bail Without Subsidies

The government said it was still looking into ways to reintroduce subsidies in its tenders for offshore wind farms, as prospective bidders are backing out of the current “zero subsidy”…

Bernie’s Private Jet Hypocrisy: Preaching Climate Crisis While Soaring in Style

Give the devil his due: Senator Bernie Sanders never misses an opportunity to remind Americans about our planet’s supposed peril. In a 2023 MSNBC op-ed, he whined: “The climate crisis…

Nigeria’s Water Crisis: Why Poor Management, Not Climate Change, Is Drying Up Farms

Nigeria’s weather conditions are unlikely to be unprecedented, but mismanagement of the land amid a booming population can quickly destabilize what resources the nation has. Climate change does not have…

Claim: Proving Climate Change is Damaging the Economy is a Challenge

Perhaps because there is no damage?

A New IEA Report and the Iberian Blackout End Dreams of an ‘Energy Transition’

What it does mean is that whatever one believes about the science of the climate, the fact is that mandates and subsidies can’t change the physics of energy systems. Systems…

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Science or Politics? Why We Can’t Tell Anymore

I wrote some time ago about how figures like Anthony Fauci, Michael Mann, Susan Michie, also Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty etc. etc., from 2020 onwards played cups-and-ball with science and…

Atmosphere Hits Neutral: Wild Winter Weather Ahead?

What are the implications of neutral conditions for next winter? Increased chances of a major wind event from an approaching midlatitude low-pressure system. Increased chance of a strong atmospheric river…

Trump’s Energy Shake-Up: Green Dream Fades Fast

Green energy is not affordable or green, so less government kills it. Shame that the futile climate crusade has misdirected so many people and talent that now needs a major…

UN’s New Global Carbon Tax: Will the USA Get Stuck with the Bill?

The UN has just announced an agreement to impose a global carbon tax on shipping.

The New Scientist Is Flat Wrong – We Live in a Golden Age Thanks to a Warmer Climate

The NS article is yet another example of cherry-picked data and misleading narratives masquerading as climate journalism. Rather than presenting a balanced perspective that acknowledges both potential risks and documented…

Carbon Capture Scam Does Not Even Offset Its Own Emissions

In short, the whole thing is a crooked scam. And those who have fallen for it through their wish to virtue signal deserve no sympathy.

Energy Department Could Ax Costly Renewable Energy Offices

The potential cuts, worth millions of dollars, would impact offices within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, including Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, Solar Energy Technologies, Wind Energy…

Will Nuclear Fusion Soon Be the “Norm?”

If Norm is as advertised, it will accelerate the pathway to commercial hydrogen-boron fusion – a safe, clean, and virtually limitless energy source.

Trump Administration Targets State Climate Laws

The Constitution explicitly states that neither the Congress nor any state may pass an “ex post facto Law,” which imposes criminal liability for past actions that weren’t restricted at the…

Friday Funny: Where Have All the Protests Gone?

For the past decade, the Left treated climate change not merely as an environmental concern, but as the looming catastrophe around which all politics, morality, and policy had to revolve.…

Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: SHOCK CLIMATE REPORT! Urban Heat Islands Responsible for 65% of Global Warming

A new study from the University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the question of how much the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is responsible for the higher temperatures at weather…

Climate Dogma and the ‘Ignorance of Experts’

Only by embracing skepticism and open discussion can we craft resilient policies – ones that allow the world to flourish without mortgaging the future to a dogmatic march toward energy…

Save LBI and Allies Sue Federal Agencies Over Unlawful Authorization of Empire Wind Project

On May 13, 2025, Save Long Beach Island, Inc., joined by Save the East Coast, Protect Our Coast Long Island-New York, and the Miss Belmar whale watching company, filed a federal…