People can change their minds. But voters are entitled to ask a harder question: What happened when these politicians actually had power?
Category: Climate Politics
The Climate Policy Trap: Why Failure So Often Leads to More of the Same
Group identity, social status, and a credential-dominated policy establishment make the climate narrative increasingly immune to disappointing results, argues Evert Doornhof of Clintel. The result is a climate policy trap…
Where Do Candidates Stand on Energy? There Is No Issue More Important to Us All.
Study a candidate’s energy policy closely, then choose wisely. The ripple effect will be enormous.
Claim: Young People’s Electoral Vote Should Count More because of the Climate Crisis
“… you could multiply the vote of under-30s by 1.3 … [because] younger voters will disproportionately bear the costs of climate change …”
Surprise! The Aussie Carbon Tax is Back
The review may consider carbon adjustment tariffs on imports from nations like the United States.
Claim: London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Tree Planting Campaign will Save the Global Climate from President Trump
A hilariously incoherent TDS laden communique from the Mayor of London.
Green Lament: That Trillion Dollar AI Investment Could have been Spent on Renewables
“… That $1 trillion could have been used for anything. It could have been invested in renewables. …”
“Climate Change Kills”: Spain’s Rebuke to Climate Deniers
“… opposition parties have rejected Sánchez’s plans for a “state pact” to prepare Spain for the climate emergency. …”
Queensland and Northern Territory Openly Rebel Against Aussie Green Data Center Mandates
A meeting last Tuesday failed to secure the consensus the federal Green mandate would require.
Climate Activists Turn on Democrats, Demand they Talk More about Climate Change
“… US activists are pushing back against this trend of “climate hushing” …”
Spain to Assemble a Panel of 10 Climate Emergency Experts to Guide Public Policy
As English speaking nations tire of the climate alarmist movement, other nations are picking up the torch.
New UK PM Andy Burnham Has Supported a 90% Cut in Hydrocarbon Use Within 10 Years
As Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham wanted to slash hydrocarbon use by 90% in 10 years. Now the new Energy Minister is making similar noises. Chris Morrison wonders if destroying modern…
Is “I don’t feel any emotion about climate change” a Symptom of Emotional Distress? Or do People Just Not Care?
The people surveyed might have had other problems on their minds.
Science For Sale (In Defense of Climate Change – Episode 6)
In the sixth episode of In Defense of Climate Change, Bryce Nickels and climate policy scholar Roger Pielke Jr. discuss Roger’s recent essay examining the legacy of the influential 2004…
Oops – Another Aussie State Just Forgot to Enforce Prime Minister Albanese’s Green Data Center Mandate
Its a tough call – supporting the Federal Government’s renewable energy programme vs having an economic future.
Is Britain’s New Energy Secretary Even Crazier than Mad Ed?
Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh wants full Net Zero by 2030.
Do Reusable Cups Make Eco-Zealots Less Likely to Attend Protests?
Does recycling make the climate concerned feel they’ve done their bit? Or does it make them angrier?
Renewables ‘Can’t Keep Up’ With Data Center Pace. As Usual, the Left Wants Government to Step In.
The political left is worried that the rapid expansion of data centers across the U.S. – a controversial but necessary development considering our competition with China – is increasingly accompanied…
New York’s Wind Permitting Scandal
… the lack of a comprehensive cumulative environmental impact assessment prevents us from knowing the full impacts of the projected build‑out of wind and solar projects necessary to meet Climate…
The dark green lobby that nobody talks about
There is a highly influential lobbying group in Europe, founded and based in The Hague, which you have never heard of: the European Climate Foundation. With an annual budget of…