Faced with the election of Donald Trump to a second term, soaring inequality, and a decline in support from the state’s non-white majority, California’s Democratic leaders have begun asking hard…
Year: 2025
And Then There Were NONE! JPMorgan becomes last of the Big-6 U.S. banks to quit Net-Zero Banking Alliance
JPMorgan gave no clear reason for leaving the initiative, yet it comes after months of pressure from some Republican politicians who said membership of such coalitions could breach anti-trust rules.
Why California Wildfires are NOT Climate Driven: A Historical and Meteorological Perspective
It’s essential to separate the headlines from the science to understand these wildfires in their proper context. The current fires, like many before them, are largely driven by well-documented weather…
Northern Hemisphere Hurricane Intensity Significantly Declines in 2024 Despite Climate Alarmists Egregiously Wrong Hype Otherwise
The year 2024 Climatology data compiled by Colorado State University for the North Atlantic Region, as shown above, establishes that there were no record high measured outcomes for ACE, Major…
A Country With No Wind Turbines?
“What Mr Trump sneeringly calls “windmills” are pretty important right now for keeping the UK’s lights on.” BBC Environment Correspondent Paul Murphy
Grid battery cost issue storm looms in Massachusetts
Assuming it is just the investor-owned utilities that most of us use, the big question is then how will the cost be divided among them? The new law is silent…
UN Climate Rapporteur: “Climate change has created impossible conditions for one of the most resilient people in the world”
According to UN Special Rapporteur on climate change Elisa Morgera, “Some states are not acting in good faith” on climate change.
California’s Exxon Lawsuit Is Guided More By Symbols Than Actions
The lawsuit also seems to neglect the enormous benefits that plastics have brought to ordinary people, including Californians. Despite ongoing challenges with recycling, plastics are attractive because they are extremely versatile, cheap…
Volcanic Rumblings
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I noticed that WUWT has a recent post about an interesting study that has identified the mystery huge volcanic eruption in 1831. Turns out that…
The BBC is Wrong, Individuals’ Sacrifices Will Not Save a Planet That Doesn’t Need Saving Anyway
Looking at how many of the most prominent and elite climate scolds actually live their lives as opposed to what they preach for others, one suspects that they will keep…
Is Wind Power Cheaper Than Gas?
Even then wind power costs are understated, because we should add on the cost of grid upgrades, projected at over £100 billion, or at least the appropriate share for the…
Unshackling Nuclear Energy: The Case Against the NRC’s Overreach
Federal courts should simply require the NRC to follow federal law. Reactors that could affect the nation’s public health and safety should be subject to rigorous federal oversight. But state…
Michael E. Mann Calls on Rap Artists to Fight Climate Change (Parody)
I can’t help but tie it back to the greatest injustice of our time: THE CLIMATE CRISIS. Because whether we’re talking about systemic oppression or environmental destruction, the underlying threads…
The Climate Agenda’s March Through the Institutions: Can It Be Stopped?
The corruption of global institutions has, in turn, led to significant opposition that is becoming apparent. There is the prospect of an incoming Trump administration that is avowedly sceptical of…
The Little Fish That Could
The Snail Darter, then Percina tanasi was claimed by the EPA to be an Endangered Species. It was listed on October 9, 1975 for the specific purpose of preventing the…
Claim: Global Warming will Cause a Surge in Crime
“… people spend more time outside … they are more likely to go to the beach or to the park … this means that their home will be unattended …”
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #625
Quote of the Week: “… as far as the propositions of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer…
The CIA and Global Cooling
Back in the 1970s, scientists and politicians were not worried about global temperatures per se, they were worried about the very real impacts of global cooling on weather and agriculture.…
‘Mystery Volcano’ that Lowered Global Temperatures Nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit in 1831 Identified
To find the volcano, researchers compared the chemistry of microscopic shards of ash extracted from ice cores drilled in Greenland with samples from the Zavaritskii caldera. They determined it was a…
Horse Manure, Climate Change, and Nuclear Energy
The “Great Manure Crisis” of the late 19th century offers some serious lessons for those worried about the “existential threat” of global warming from CO2 emissions.