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From the Daily Skeptic by Sallust this mail Published an article by a businesswoman in her 30s who vowed never to start a family again. She even convinced her husband to have a vasectomy after doctors refused to sterilize her. These decisions are anyone's free choice and for any reason they wish, but in this case the claimed cause turned out to be climate change: How can I bring a warm package of innocence into this world when none of us can say this world is a good place for them to live? Over the past few weeks, two new…
Every fall, cranberry farmers in Massachusetts flood their bogs to harvest the sweet-sour red fruit—a staple on the Thanksgiving table. But as the climate warms, they face new challenges. In order to bloom and bear fruit, cranberry vines need cold weather every winter. Without it, the vine may produce less fruit. Warmer temperatures can also cause buds to bloom earlier, so farmers need to prepare early in spring to protect buds from sudden frosts. Climate change can also cause problems in the fall, said Peter Jeranyama of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Cranberry Station. Cold temperatures in the fall help…
not many people know Paul Homewood https://www.irena.org The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) makes no secret that its sole goal is to promote renewable energy. It is an intergovernmental organization with 169 member states as well as the European Union. One of its main tools is to convince governments and the public that renewable energy is much cheaper than fossil fuels. They created a dashboard on onshore wind costs: The UK cost is said to be US$0.0314/kWh, equivalent to £25.12/MWh. However, the clearing price for onshore wind in this year’s CfD auction was £50.90/MWh (at 2012 prices), rising to £69.91…
So extreme that it cannot be explained by global warming models! The new study, from the Columbia Climate School and Have You Checked Your Thermometer's Accuracy and Position and Weather Not Climate, is hilariously lame. It's like these people have never heard of weather before, they only exist in a climate headspace. ——Anthony The hottest year on Earth's record will be 2023, with temperatures 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the 20th century average. This surpassed the record set in 2016. And, with the hottest summer and hottest day yet, 2024 is on track to set another record. All of this…
Guest post by Chris Targo Originally published in City Hall For most of my adult life, climate alarmists have ruled the day as they methodically and successfully inject relentless intimidation into academia, mainstream media, Hollywood, and virtually every other major, powerful cultural institution and false science. While this has paid huge dividends in recent years, it's also sparked a backlash and we're finally starting to see the bubble come to the surface. Let’s start with a brief review of how climate alarmists are able to hypnotize so many people into believing that climate change is an existential crisis—but it’s not.…
from main source Author: Robert Bradley Jr. “I gave up on Judith Curry a while ago. I don't know what she thought she was doing, but it didn't help the cause or her professional credibility. (- Michael Mann, below) The futile, wasteful anti-CO2 campaign is entering its 37th year, dating back to the hot, dry summer of 1988, when NASA scientist James Hansen sounded the alarm to U.S. lawmakers led by Al Gore . Last week, the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) ended with an unenforceable agreement pledging to transfer wealth to developing countries (totalism) to develop “clean” energy.…
BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc. and State Street Corp. were sued by states, led by Texas, over alleged violations of antitrust laws Increase electricity prices through investmentthe most high-profile lawsuit to date against the embattled ESG industry. [emphasis, links added] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 10 other states claim that money managers have combined their market influence and climate group memberships to pressure coal producers to cut production. Electricity shortages are causing Texans and residents in other states to pay higher electricity bills, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Texas. Republican-led states, including West Virginia…
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee will invite top Biden administration energy officials to a hearing on December 4 to discuss the administration's decision to suspend approval of certain new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities. [emphasis, links added] Pat Fallon, a Texas Republican and chairman of the Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee, will lead the hearing, along with top Energy Department official Brad Crabtree and Biden senior climate adviser John Podesta You will be invited to the hearing. The hearing will be continued scrutiny of one of the Biden administration's most aggressive policy initiatives targeting conventional…
Article by Eric Worrell The United States is scheduled to file a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice on December 4. ICJ meets scientists ahead of climate change opinion Jon McGowan ContributorNovember 26, 2024 at 04:07 pm EST On November 29, the judges of the International Court of Justice met with climate change scientists and looked forward to their advisory opinion on the obligations of states in relation to climate change. … On March 29, 2023, at the request of Vanuatu, the UN General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on the legal…
The South China Morning Post recently published an article titled “Climate change may have played a role in the region's record number of super typhoons, Hong Kong meteorologist says,” claiming that climate change “may” have caused the record number of typhoons. A super typhoon in the northwest Pacific Ocean of the year. [emphasis, links added] The title is misleading, with the word “maybe” carrying a heavy weight. The claims made in the article itself are neither more cautious nor less alarmist. Although the conditions for the formation of typhoons this year are good, There is no evidence that tropical cyclones…