REPORT: Biden’s EPA hid comments from Dept. of Energy that undermined key part of EPA power plant rule

The EPA sought and got comments from the DOE, which disputed that “demonstration.” Somehow those comments never made it into the administrative record.

Defund The National Academy of Sciences!

“It is galling that the leadership of the institution makes that kind of money,” says one senior program officer with a decade of experience at the institution. I can’t think…

Seattle Times Climate Lab Misinforms about Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Seattle Flooding

The Seattle Times makes the unfounded claim that human-caused global warming is a major driver of the flooding….suggesting that the major flood of December 17, 2022, demonstrates that this neighborhood…

DOUBLE GROAN: Another “new normal” nonsense paper

Another “garbage in, garbage out” modeled doomsday prediction. But it’s PEER REVIEWED, so it must be true. /sarc

Who would have guessed it? “Tech sector emissions, energy use grow with rise of AI”

According to the latest edition of the report, electricity consumption by data centers — which power AI development and deployment, among other uses — increased by 12 per cent each…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #645

Quote of the Week: “Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels…If it is consensus, it isn’t science.  If it’s science, it isn’t consensus.”