10:10 exploding skeptical children video "disappears"

Well, well, somebody came to their senses. About two hours ago, around 6:30AM PST, 10:10 took down their disgusting video showing school children were skeptical of carbon reduction suggestions from…

O…M…G – Video explodes skeptical kids in bloodbath

My Inbox exploded with tips today, this one in particular. This unbelievably vile video from the 10:10 campaign takes the award for the most disgusting climate and carbon reduction video…

Global Work Party Day on 10/10/2010: come up with your own event

Canadian actress Ellen Page (Juno, Inception) has produced a great YouTube video urging everyone to participate in 350.org’s “Global Work Party Day” on October 10, 2010. From the Huffington Post:…

Exxon CEO: “The people who are generating those [CO2] emissions need to … pay the price”

Exxon CEO Darren Woods has incensed greens by suggesting end users are responsible for generating emissions.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #572

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #525

And it is of paramount importance, in order to make progress, that we recognize this ignorance and this doubt. Because we have doubt, we then propose looking in new ideas.…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #524

Quote of the Week: The important thing is to never stop questioning.” ‒ Albert Einstein

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #523

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression

“Climate Change is not a financial risk”: HSBC Responsible Banking Head Resigns

“A cancel culture destroys wealth and progress” – Stuart Kirk’s warning to people who want to silence debate about green investments.

Supreme Court Issues Pro-Science & Democracy Ruling on CO2: Morano: ‘One Small Step for Climate Sanity, One Giant Leap for Democracy’

The decision is a very welcome reaffirmation of the Constitutional rights of citizens of the United State

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Guardian: Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation

Sky News Australia has allowed “junk science, climate delayism and attacks on high-profile individuals working on the climate crisis to become mainstreamed”, according to The Institute for Strategic Dialog.

Paid press releases now officially the news: AP announces ‘largest single expansion’ of climate reporting ‘paid for through philanthropic grants’ of $8 million

Journalistic standards are now officially out the window. There will be no attempt to present a patina of objectivity, balance or unbiased news by the AP when it comes to…

The Day the Earth Fell Over

Guest “Klaatu barada nikto” by David Middleton My apologies to Robert Wise, Edmund H. North, Harry Bates, Michael Rennie and the guy who played Gort in the 1951 classic, The…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #476

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. …” – Richard Feynman

Analysis: Hurricanes Have Not Gotten More Intense, Frequent Over Past 170 Years

Despite the 1°C global warming seen since the mid 18th century, hurricane intensity and frequency remained well with the range of natural variability and have not trended upwards. “If anything,…

Texas to divest from oil & gas divestors… And trolling North Face

Guest “God blessed Texas” by David Middleton Boycott Texas oil, and Texas will boycott you, says Gov. Abbott with new lawBy RACHEL ADAMS-HEARD on 6/15/2021 (Bloomberg) –Texas is drawing battle…

A 2021 Index to Willis’s Posts

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach It’s February 3rd, 2021. I hadn’t updated my index since 2018, so I decided to do so. Not an easy task, but I beat it…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #430

Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #429

“Quantum theory yields much, but it hardly brings us close to the Old One’s secrets. I, in any case, am convinced He does not play dice with the universe.” Albert…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Round Up #427

“It is well known that [scientific] reputation is hard to build and easy to lose; however, it is even harder to rebuild.”– Professor Leonid Tsybeskov, New Jersey Institute of Technology…

Do Your Own Research?

Both of these essays are valuable – and contain truths we need to be aware of and accept. But they also represent the problem we see all across human endeavors…

Weekly Energy and Climate News Roundup #426

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”— Richard Feynman, Theoretical physicist, co-recipient Nobel Prize in Physics.

Beyond Petroleum Part Deux: “BP sees ‘peak oil’ in 2020s”

Guest “Looney Toons” by David Middleton OPEC cuts oil demand forecasts, BP sees ‘peak oil’ in 2020sSeptember 14, 2020 LONDON (AP) — Developing countries’ difficulty in containing the spread of…