Whether you like it or hate it, the war in Iran has definitely had the effect of exposing some of the ridiculous fantasies in the world to a serious dose…
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No more ‘Great Reset.’ It’s now the ‘Great Retreat’
For the better part of a decade, the public has been told by a compliant news media that a sweeping economic transformation to adapt for “climate change” —marketed under various…
Brother Love the Earth’s Traveling Salvation Show
These pleas are offensive, intellectually degrading and founded on exaggerations, fables and lies. But as 2024 Sierra Club Changemaker of the Year Bruce Hamilton has admitted, “It’s what works. It’s…
Where Do We Go From Here? Climate Science at a Crossroads – or perhaps Going Down the Drain?
Climate science will not disappear. But, it may go underground and become a privately funded political tool.
Germany’s “Energy Transition” Hits the Ice: LNG Crisis Exposes the Costs of Shunning Nuclear and Baseload Power
Baseload power sources — whether nuclear or coal — were dismissed prematurely with pie-in-the-sky magical-thinking that a renewables-centric system could replace them quickly. But the reality of an industrialized society…
Don’t Throw Out the Supercomputer with the Climate Models
But before anyone pulls the plug entirely, it might be wise to remember that weather is real, models are fallible, and supercomputers don’t vote.
Michael Mann: “I’m Not Owned! I’m Not Owned!!” – As He Shrinks into a Corn Cob
“im not owned! im not owned!!”, i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob.”
California’s Latest Climate Theater: Newsom Signs Another Expensive Illusion
The spectacle promised an all-in-one fix: cheaper electricity, more reliable gas supplies, cleaner air, and a green job boom.
The Paris Delusion Collapses: Even the New York Times Admits It
It has taken a full decade, but the mainstream press is finally catching up to what we at Watts Up With That (WUWT) have been saying since the day the…
Texas Deserves Better Than Bloomberg’s Climate Fearmongering
Texans deserve honest debate, not moral panic. We deserve respect for our ingenuity and self-reliance, not condescension from a billionaire who has spent years demonizing the fuels that keep this…
Science or Politics? Why We Can’t Tell Anymore
I wrote some time ago about how figures like Anthony Fauci, Michael Mann, Susan Michie, also Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty etc. etc., from 2020 onwards played cups-and-ball with science and…
Trial of Mann v. Steyn: Post-Trial Motions Edition
The most fitting end to this case will be when whoever in the federal government pays for the University of Pennsylvania “climate science” centers pulls the plug on all the…
What’s Coming For Academia
The depth of the corruption in academia today is truly profound. Perhaps, some amount of it can be reversed. Maybe even a lot of it.
MasterResource Turns 17
We are just getting started here, but some of us veterans of the energy debate from a private property, free-market perspective have teamed together to offer our thoughts on late breaking…
To President-Elect Trump: Recommendations for NOAA and the National Weather Service
There’s a real opportunity here to improve weather forecasts and storm warnings. Not only do storm warnings save lives, studies have conclusively demonstrated that better forecasts have tremendous economic value.…
Trump’s Victory and Climate Policy
This election, though not explicitly about climate, may go down as a turning point for climate policy itself. Voters signaled that they won’t accept environmental goals at any cost, especially…
Put Policy Pragmatism Over Climate Obsession
Energy demand is on the rise; practical solutions are vital to meeting those needs. Rather than a one-size-fits-all mentality, we must implement energy sources that best serve circumstances and do not restrict…
Risking Alaska’s Energy Exceptionalism (RPS looming)
Alaska has no shortage of recommendations from local environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) whose purpose is to implement global Malthusian degrowth. These plans come at great cost to our future and way…
Heartland right over the target with triumphant climate change conference
The Heartland Institute, and co-hosts CFACT, the CO2 Coalition, and WUWT, and their allies are today’s bomber pilots.