Gwyn Morgan: Talk about ‘collusion’: How foreign-backed anti-oil activists infiltrated Canada’s government

From The Financial Post Special to Financial Post  Gwyn Morgan Canadians watching Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election might be tempted to find comfort in…

Tesla Factory Store Uses Diesel Generators to Recharge Slow-moving Model 3 Inventory

From the truth about cars By Ronnie Schreiber on March 8, 2019 Let’s say you manage one of the soon-to-be-closed Tesla factory-owned stores and, for whatever reason, you have dozens…

Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes in the early universe

Subaru Telescope spots 13-billion-year-old quasars powered by black holes Princeton University Astronomers from Japan, Taiwan and Princeton University have discovered 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes in the distant…

Ocasio-Cortez Blames Pipeline That Hasn’t Been Built Yet For An Oil Spill

From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blamed the Keystone XL pipeline for leaking about 5,000 barrels of oil in rural South…

Autonomous vehicles could be an environmental boon or disaster, depending on public policy

Princeton University, Engineering School Widespread use of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could either massively increase or drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions depending, in large part, on public policy, according to new…

Unions split with Democrats over ‘Green New Deal’

From The Washington Examiner by John Siciliano | March 12, 2019 03:45 PM Trade unions are firing back against the progressive “Green New Deal” agenda and, in doing so, are…

It Sounds Crazy, But Fukushima, Chernobyl, And Three Mile Island Show Why Nuclear Is Inherently Safe

From Forbes Michael Shellenberger Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Energy I write about energy and the environment After a tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in…

Trump Budget Guts Renewable Energy Spending To Pay For Border Wall

From The Daily Caller 4:57 PM 03/11/2019 | Energy Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget calls for huge reductions in Environmental Protection Agency and…

Maine Becomes The Most Recent Blue State To Reject A Carbon Tax

From Forbes Patrick Gleason  AUGUSTA, Maine — The beginning of March brings bad news for carbon tax supporters, who have been successful in getting legislation to impose the regressive tax…

Massive twin star discovered snuggling close to its stellar sibling

University of Leeds Astronomers have discovered a binary star system with the closest high-mass young stellar objects ever measured, providing a valuable “laboratory” to test theories on high mass binary…

America is set to surpass Saudi Arabia in a ‘remarkable’ oil milestone

From CNN Business New York (CNN Business)Move over, Saudi Arabia. America is about to steal the kingdom’s energy exporting crown. The United States will surpass Saudi Arabia later this year…

Benny Peiser: Energy Revolts & The Crisis of Europe’s Green Energy Agenda

From The GWPF Date: 03/1019 Benny Peiser, GWPF Presentation at the De-Greening Day, Amsterdam 7 March 2019 The EU’s green energy policies have * increased energy prices significantly * reduced…

Hubble’s dazzling display of 2 colliding galaxies

Located in the constellation of Hercules, about 230 million light-years away, NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies. They were first discovered in 1784 by William Herschel and were…

Significant interview with Patrick Moore on Breitbart. Merits a listen and more exposure.

And here is the Breitbart article. Greenpeace Founder: Global Warming Hoax Pushed by Corrupt Scientists ‘Hooked on Government Grants’ Fear has been used all through history to gain control of…

Climate Crusaders Are Wrong About Norway’s Oil Divestment Proposal

From The Daily Caller 11:47 AM 03/08/2019 | Energy Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor Climate crusaders celebrating Norway’s proposal to divest its sovereign wealth fund from oil and gas stocks…

Climate Scientist Nic Lewis: ‘European CO2 Emissions Don’t Matter’

From The GWPF Date: 09/03/19 Edwin Timmer, De Telegraaf To tackle global climate change it is far more important that fast-growing developing countries do more than any well-intentioned steps in…

Does Government R&D Policy Mainly Benefit Scientists and Engineers?

Does this apply to Climate Science?~Larry K By Austan Goolsbee NBER Working Paper No. 6532 Issued in April 1998 Conventional wisdom holds that the social rate of return to R&D…

Solar energy may have caused California’s wildfires

From The Washington Examiner by Kevin Mooney | March 04, 2019 12:59 PM Taxpayer-subsidized, ratepayer-funded utilities that may be on the hook for billions of dollars in liabilities point to…

Life-Saving Golden Rice Finally Gets to Poor Farmers Despite Environmentalist Opposition

From Reason Bangladesh announces that it will allow its farmers to plant this genetically improved crop Ronald Bailey|Mar. 7, 2019 5:55 pm Golden Rice which has been genetically engineered to…

Arnold Schwarzenegger Planning To Sue Oil Companies To Force Climate Policies

From The Daily Caller Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator A spokesman for Arnold Schwarzenegger said the former governor and famous movie actor is still pursuing his options to sue oil…

Is Satellite Altimeter-based Sea Level Rise Acceleration from a Biased Water Vapor Correction?

From Dr. Roy W. Spencer’s Blog March 7th, 2019 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. SUMMARY: Evidence is presented that an over-correction of satellite altimeter data for increasing water vapor…

Migrating snowline plays outsized role in setting pace of Greenland ice melt

Patches of snow and bare ice near the edge of the snowline provide an illustration of the difference in reflectivity between the two surfaces. Credit Clément Miège PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown…

Women Go On BirthStrike Because Of Climate Change

5:46 PM 03/05/2019 | Politics Caitlin McFall | Contributor BirthStrike is the newest movement in the push to advance climate change regulations. At least 60 women have joined the BirthStrike…

Peter Ridd case has been set for 26-28 March with Judge Vasta but yet to have a courtroom assigned.

Information may be found here. For Background https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/12/02/update-on-peter-ridd-legal-action/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/11/05/no-judge-available-to-hear-peter-ridd-in-federal-court/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/19/an-update-from-peter-ridd-on-his-legal-case-against-jcu/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/11/give-it-up-james-cook-university-even-the-guardian-sympathises-with-climate-skeptic-peter-ridd/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/04/update-on-dr-peter-ridd-and-the-firestorm-engulfing-the-bureautwits-jcu/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/05/22/former-aussie-prime-minister-sacking-peter-ridd-was-an-attack-on-science/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/05/18/climate-skeptic-professor-peter-ridd-fired-for-his-views-by-james-cook-university-jcu/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/02/08/peter-ridd-hits-back-at-jcu-james-cook-university-hard/ HT/LdB