Here in the U.S., the second Trump administration has largely pulled the plug on the suite of crazy energy policies marching under the banner of “fighting climate change.” But the…
Tag: UK
Public Support Net Zer0–But Don’t Want To Pay For It!
There are large majorities against banning gas boilers, banning petrol cars, new taxes on meat and taxing gas bills. All these are either already government policy or are being actively…
A Bright New Energy Dawn In The UK
It was just a couple of weeks ago — October 3 to be precise — that I reported that the long-running “net zero” political consensus in the UK was finally…
Britain’s Quixotic Carbon Capture Crusade
Britain’s CCS crusade championed by the climate zealot Ed Miliband, far from being a mark of leadership, may ultimately stand as a cautionary tale of how “climate leadership” ambitions and…
Heatwaves and Excess Deaths–The Facts
People may have died a few days earlier than they would otherwise. But the heat did not kill them at all – they were dying anyway, and the heat was…
India Rejects Carbon Tax, Backs Fossil Fuels and Trade in Defiance of Green Policies
India won’t bow to carbon taxes and it won’t join an unscientific climate war that sacrifices its future. The U.K. and EU would do well to listen, lest they find…
Claim: Climate Change Could Bring Mosquito Diseases to Britain
Malaria was the scourge of early 1600s Britain, during the Little Ice Age, but today’s scientists think insect borne diseases need a warm climate.
The Folly of Starmer’s Surrender Summit – Not so Much ‘Ruthlessly Pragmatic’ as Cravenly Sycophantic
Far from securing economic advantage, tethering the UK to the EU ETS would shackle it to a declining economic bloc, undermine its newfound trade agility and commit it to an…
Project To Suck Money Out Of Taxpayers Begins In UK
Why are UK taxpayers forced to pay for this pointless nonsense, when the rest of the world does not give a toss?
Green Hydrogen to Increase Gas Bills
We already have the highest electricity prices in the developed world and UK and European gas prices are many times higher than those in the US and Canada. We simply cannot afford…
UK Losing Wind Gamble a Warning for World
Citizens of the U.K. have missed serious power blackouts by a whisker. But recent events highlight the dangers of prioritizing ideology over practicality and serve as a warning to those…
Heat Pump Installations Less Than 60,000 Last Year
At the current rate, 26.4 million will still not have heat pumps by 2035.
Gas Storage Plunges to “Concerningly Low Levels”
But of much greater concern is what will happen when North Sea gas production drops away. Demand for natural gas will still remain high in winter for many years to…
Ford to cut 800 UK jobs as electric car sales flag
As was obvious from the beginning, there never was enough demand for EVs for the mandated targets to be achieved. Manufacturers have been forced into offering unaffordable discounts for EVs,…
The Dunkelflaute Disaster: What Happens When Wind Power Goes Silent
The truth here is painfully simple. Europe’s renewable dream relies on natural gas, coal, and nuclear. Without these, the entire system is a non-starter. Dunkelflaute is just the latest chapter…
Swingeing tariffs on Chinese EV makers threaten to wipe out Europe’s legacy companies
Few industries are as susceptible to the shifting sands of international policy on trade and protectionism as the automotive sector. And never more so than now with the transition to…
The battle over net zero has only just begun
Governments in the UK and across Europe face a mighty industrial battle over the coming years to push through net zero policies, in the teeth of trade union and popular…
Britain spending record £250m a month on electricity imports
Some 20pc of the grid’s power needs were met through interconnectors with neighbouring countries during the second quarter of this year, according to energy company Drax.
Britain is Leading the World on Net Zero, But No One is Following
…leaving Britain alone in committing green suicide, says Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph.