BBC: “India’s solar boom faces a hidden waste problem”

“… trace toxic metals like lead and cadmium can pollute soil and water if mishandled …”

Aussie Greens Demand Wind Farm Cancellation to Protect Endangered Birds

The Green on Green civil war is heating up in Australia.

True, Rigzone, 2025 Was Quiet in the USA For Hurricanes

This science based reporting is refreshing, though suspicious, because one wonders if the news was bad, if the season was worse than usual, whether they would then attribute it to…

Open Thread

A place for the discussion.

The Year of the Octopus

A wildlife charity has declared 2025 “the Year of the Blooming Octopus” after record numbers were spotted off the south-west coast of England.

Contrails and their claimed climatic effect

After also analyzing nearly half a million flights across the North Atlantic, the research team has generated new insights.

Study: Earth’s growing heat imbalance – it’s the clouds and natural climate variability

Understanding this hemispheric “balancing act” helps society focus on the true forces behind global warming—changes in cloud behavior linked to surface warming and natural climate variability

Eco Loons Object to AI Centres in Scotland

Scottish greens getting apoplexy!

Energy Transition Meltdown Could Mean Global Bifurcation

For years, the global energy strategy has been surreal. Companies that built the modern world on the back of energy-dense hydrocarbons indulged those celebrating the arrival of wind turbines and…

WUWT Now Updated – New Features Enabled

A list of the improvements made today, a list of coming updates, and also thanks to the readers of Watts Up With That.

Drought Deception

Northwest drought is being exaggerated by a group including publicly funded agencies, the media, local government, and climate activists.   

What is Technology

Put another way, technology is the economically viable and socially acceptable application of science to the benefit of the economic process.

‘A New Energy Blog’ (birth of MasterResource)

“… our blog name is inspired by the late Julian Simon (1932–1998). He labeled energy the master resource because it is the resource needed to bring other resources from a state of…

Why Molecular Biology Labs Are Almost Always Stocked With Salmon Sperm DNA

fun fact – DNA was originally isolated from salmon sperm. Swiss physician and biologist Friedrich Miescher accomplished the feat in 1869, dubbing his discovery “nuclein.” Salmon sperm was at the…

No, NPR, CBS, and NBC, Climate Change Isn’t a Proven Cause of Arctic Warming

This is not careful climate reporting; it is narrative-driven alarmism. Readers and viewers deserve to know that “since 2006” is not established as a climate change trend, that Arctic records…

Claim: Some Men Downplay Climate Concerns Because of Gender Insecurity

According to the study, some men are frightened of appearing weak and feminine if they admit they are worried about climate change.

Why America Might Find Coal in Its Stocking This Christmas — And Be Jolly

The United States is projected to generate more power from coal in 2025 than in 2024, though the resource has endured an assault from the executive branch, green groups and…

Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue Warns “Germany Won’t Make It” If Winter Turns Severe

Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue warns at X that if the winter of 1962-1963 happened again with today’s Europeean energy system, then “Germany won’t make it”. The country has “exceptional energy shortfalls.”

E&E News: “The Paris Agreement at 10: What the World has Achieved”

Not much, really. Just a whole lot of waste and false hopes with massive government intervention to create a wind/solar/battery bubble. The subtitle of the CLIMATEWire piece said much: “The…

How a PNAS Study Confuses Institutional Authority with Truth

What the paper actually demonstrates—despite its intentions—is that institutional authority no longer guarantees attention. Users are selective. They are skeptical. They are increasingly uninterested in being told what is true…