The curtain is falling on the world’s most expensive soap opera. For decades, a cast of unelected bureaucrats and subsidized academics fought to keep the production alive, but the audience…
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“Storm” Chandra
While the US struggles with some really stormy weather, the increasingly pathetic Met Office try to whip up hysteria with so-called “Strom Chandra”.
Storm Ferm: Remember Uri (centrally planned electricity ‘transition’ in Texas)
Central planning for a forced energy transformation produced the debacle of debacles two years ago in Texas. It is time for a new era for U.S. electricity policy premised on…
Mann v. Steyn: Finally Ready for Appeal?
As far as I can tell, this Order resolves the last remaining issues in this case at the trial court level. At Steyn’s website, the comment is “Next stop in…
Changing Sunlight, Weather & Climate
Accumulation of ice at altitude in high latitudes is an early indicator for the eventual ice accumulation down slope and at lower latitudes. Greenland’s largest and most productive glacier, Jacobshavn,…
Money to ‘Decarbonize’ as Useless as Gym Memberships and Extended Warranties
The $20 trillion investment in “decarbonization” in the U.S. and Europe has been an abject failure. It would be a wiser expenditure of tax dollars for governments to subsidize lifetime…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #676
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” — Mark Twain
Germany’s Natural Gas Crisis Escalates … One Storage Site Near Empty …Government Silent
Germany desperately needs to pray for a warm February miracle if the country is to avoid an energy disaster and a state of emergency.
Ross McKitrick on Climate Models, Economic Impacts, and the DOE Report
In this in-depth interview, economist and statistician Ross McKitrick discusses climate models, uncertainty, and whether the public climate debate is as scientifically balanced as often claimed. He also reflects on…
Polar Colding…Antarctica Saw Its Coldest October In 44 Years!
On October 15, 2025, the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station reported a record low temperature of -61.3 degrees Celsius, marking the coldest October temperature measured in the Southern Hemisphere since 1981.
Announcing A Live Event in New York: Net Zero and Freedom
This promises to be an entertaining evening. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. I hope there will be a good turnout of MC readers. Since space is limited, don’t…
Another Exit: Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance
“Having achieved our goals, the Alliance believes it is appropriate to sunset the organization and promote Ultra Low Carbon Solar through other channels as we proudly cheer the continued expansion…
Red States Have Reliable Power Because They Embrace an All-of-the-Above Strategy
If we truly care about keeping the lights on, let’s stop fighting over the “right” kind of energy and embrace the idea of building a grid that uses it all.
Trump withdraws from UN Framework Convention; ends illusion we’ll always have Paris
President Trump is withdrawing the United States from 66 intergovernmental organizations he has determined are “contrary to the interests of the United States.” This is a big deal, especially the…
Constraint Payments Soar to New Record
As the Telegraph states, this is essentially a Scottish problem, as there is not enough transmission capacity to carry all the wind power south when it is windy. But naively,…
South Korea’s Developing Net Zero Debacle
Neglectful of the economic wreckage that net zero policies have wrought in the U.K. and Germany, economic powerhouse South Korea has declared war on coal and liquified natural gas (LNG)…
For The Future of EVs, What Policy Is “Stupid”?
Remarkably, despite the extremely harsh language directed at Trump, Saporito doesn’t mention anything that the supposed “war” consists of beyond the withdrawal of previous subsidies and tax credits. Since when…
DeSmog Backfires Again (fundraising help for ‘skeptic’ organizations?)
An activist website called Desmog published an article attempting to attack The Heartland Institute. Instead, it exposed just how far our influence now reaches. The article maps Heartland’s growing network across the UK and…
As German Gas Storage Dips Dangerously Low…Shortage Hardly Avoidable
If Germany’s cold January continues as forecasts suggest, natural gas rationing will be likely.
British Climate Crusade Creates Economic Disaster
A crusade to avoid an imaginary climate catastrophe of the future has created a very real economic disaster in the present.