The Ideological Capture of Academia: Scientific Censorship Motivated by Prosocial Concerns

This ideological capture is evident in various fields, in particular climate science, where dissenting views on issues like climate change and policy responses are almost always marginalized.

Calling all Brits: Vote Early, Vote often

The bureaucrats – without any justification in law – are using the forthcoming General Election as a pretext to cut off the petition at midnight on 29 May, so you…

The Solar Cycles: A New Physical Model

By Andy May Dr. Frank Stefani and colleagues from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf and the Institute for Numerical Modelling, University of Latvia, have proposed a new physically consistent model of…

Night Time Wind Power Fails Across the Entire Continent of Australia

Remember all those assurances that the wind always blows somewhere? Not so much on the night of the 27th.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #599

“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” ― Richard P. Feynman

It Gets Rainier

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, since I was on a roll with my last post Rainergy, I thought I’d look further at the Copernicus global rainfall dataset. I started…

Concerns Mount as Met Office Fiddles With Historic Temperature Record in Exact Way Planned in Leaked ‘Climategate’ Emails

Specifically, almost one in three (29.2%) in ‘junk’ Class 5 had ‘uncertainties’ up to 5°C as defined by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Nearly half (48.7%) were sited at ‘near…

Electric car drivers face astronomical costs to replace tyres

Tyre manufacturer Michelin has previously said that conventional tyres wear out around 20pc faster in an electric vehicle, while Goodyear said they can degrade as much as 50pc faster.

German Green Movement “A Run Amok At The Expense Of People And Nature”

Wind energy is an environmental destruction machine, warns veteran center-left columnist.

Biden Goes All-In With War on Coal

Rather than using our vast resources of coal, oil, and gas, the Biden Administration seems intent on committing economic suicide.

“The Energy Transition Won’t Happen”: Big Tech Embraces Energy Guzzling AI

The driving ambition to stay on top appears to have completely overwhelmed former tech company commitments to green virtue signalling.

New Paper from Henrik Svensmark on Supersaturation and Cloud Condensation Nuclei

By revealing higher-than-expected supersaturation levels and the activation of smaller CCN, this research challenges what we thought we knew and opens new doors for understanding Earth’s atmosphere.

Of Heat Engines and Refrigerators

The atmosphere is less a heat engine than a collection of many self-running refrigerators/dehumidifiers operating in different ways to carry heat largely from surface to tropopause locally and the balance…

Open Thread

Climate Change Weekly #507: How the Mainstream Media Uses Misdirection to Mislead About Climate Change

Yet recent research suggests that under some climatic conditions or ecosystems, at least, cattle raising may actually result in lower emissions.

Climate the Movie, A Debate

By Andy May This discussion took place in the comments to Mallen Baker’s post of the discussion between Tom Nelson and Baker on Climate the Movie: The Cold Truth. The…

Claim: “Most people fear climate change will end the world during their lifetime”

“… Overstating the dangers can overshadow the significant progress being made and can undermine public trust in scientific discourse. …”

Earlier Springs?  Don’t Panic!

Concerns that the season, Spring, has been coming days or even, in some cases. weeks earlier than “it did before”.   Worries have been expressed that the timing of natural events,…

Environmentalism In America Is Dead

America needs a new generation of activists who want to spare nature, wildlife, and marine mammals by utilizing high-density, low-emission energy sources like natural gas and nuclear energy.

Bill payers to fund £60bn Net Zero overhaul of National Grid

As the National Grid now admit this expenditure is only needed to connect wind farms in Scotland and offshore to the market, surely they should be made to pay for…

Biden Games Gasoline Prices (election ahead?)

We now have the amazing scenario where days before the start of the hurricane season, Democrats in Congress and Biden are willing to empty the gasoline reserve

Red States Ask Supreme Court to Stop Blue States from Forcing Climate Agenda on Rest of Country

Nineteen Republican state attorneys general hit five Democrat-controlled states with a legal challenge alleging that the blue states are illegally attempting to impose aggressive climate policies on the rest of…

The Overlooked Sub-Grid Air-Sea Flux in Climate Models

…we might move closer to developing climate models that can truly reflect the intricacies of the Earth’s climate system.

Claim: Trump’s Anti-Science Climate Denial Threatens the Foundations of Prosperity

According to a review of a book by Kings College Professor Daniel Susskind, President Trump is the harbinger of a new age of superstition and prejudice, which threatens to derail…

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