Big Fight Coming over UN Global Shipping Tax

Clearly the potential for disruption from the ill-conceived UN IMO NZF is enormous, and the fight is just beginning. Stay tuned to CFACT as this drama unfolds.

Ted Nordhaus: Why I Stopped Being a Climate Catastrophist

Nordhaus is one of the giants of the climate alarmist movement – but in his own words, “I no longer believe this hyperbole”.

Carbon Credits Failure: Sachs, Romm, Rockström

Shame that Big Green does not see itself as the problem rather than “wrong” public policies. And here we are: the Progressive Left complaining about bad climate policy decades after…

Indonesian Rainforests Turned Into Open-Cast Mining Pits to Improve Range of High-End Electric Vehicles

There may be a genuine effort on the part of publicity-conscious companies like JLR to avoid being primarily responsible for digging up the rainforest. But an overall increase in demand…

Reality 101: What Students Must Learn About Energy

Energy is complicated precisely because it underpins everything. The linkage between energy, and the technologies that supply it, are intimately linked to prosperity. Different areas of the system require different…

Minecraft Creates a Green Peer Pressure Version of Popular Children’s Game

“… After each round, you are sent back to a roundtable of NPCs (non-playing characters) who scrutinise your decisions before revealing a sustainability score …”

Aussie Professor: Trump is Forcing Allies to Reject Renewables and Buy Expensive US Gas

“… The goal: prop up energy sources facing cost pressures from clean technology, strengthen US control …, and shut out China …”

Oh, the HORROR! Climate Change to Make More Rain in the Sahara Desert

The Sahara is projected to almost double its historical precipitation levels, which is surprising for such a climatologically dry region.

Europe’s Terminal Decline: The Philosopher Queens and Their Ruinous Rule

The geopolitical humiliation of Europe is already manifest. The continent once balanced the world’s powers; it is now a mere appendage of American strategy. Its energy policy is dictated by…

Rising Temperatures Threaten UK trees

Has anybody seen our forests “under stress”? I take my dog for walk round the local woods most days, and all the trees look as healthy as they ever have.

Let’s Face The Nuclear Elephant in the Room

The answer to safe, continuous, uninterruptible, emissions-free electricity is laying right in front of us. 

U.S. Out of UN ‘Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management’

“The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the withdrawal of interagency Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions.” (- Federal Reserve Board, October 16, 2025) [1]

U.S. Energy Shift Offers Economic Hope to Global South

The recent shift in U.S. energy policy offers a glimmer of hope. For the first time in years, a major Western power has acknowledged that imposing “green” energy preferences on…

STEVE MILLOY: The Hurricane Season That Still Isn’t

The superstorms that weren’t, serve as a stark reminder: the climate agenda thrives on fear. Rain or shine, the alarmists’ forecast of planetary doom remained the same. In doing so,…

Obama Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Court Case

“… while this court is certainly troubled … this concern does not automatically confer … the power to act. …”

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #662

Quote of the Week: “For my many mentors, who taught me the importance of scientific integrity.”— Steven E. Koonin, dedication in Unsettled?

Green Flagship “Beyond Meat” Shares Plunge After Debt Restructure

Bill Gates’ Beyond meat, promoted as a climate friendly alternative to real meat, is struggling with consumer backlash against processed foods.

Giant Transport Airplane to be Developed for Wind Turbine Components

Humans might face future air travel restrictions, but wind turbines could get a free pass if inventor Mark Lundstrom has his way.

New Study Contradicts The Alarmist Narrative That Says the AMOC Is Catastrophically Collapsing

Alarmists claim that, due to anthropogenic climate change (AGW), the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is weakening to the point that it’s on the verge of collapsing. It’s claimed this will…

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