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The Trudeau government cabinet wants to rename “inflation” to “hot inflation” to “persuade Canadians to link the rising cost of living to climate change.” [emphasis, links added] According to Blacklocks Reporter, the Privy Council Office convened a focus group (apparently funded by taxpayers) in April to test the labels “climate inflation” and “heat inflation.” No one in the focus group had heard of these terms; “Participants were told that ‘heat inflation’ refers to the extreme heat caused by climate change that makes food and other items more expensive, while ‘climate inflation’ is a broader term that encompasses all the ways…
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene arrived in Florida, the state must prepare for Hurricane Milton, which is set to hit this week.Milton has weakened slightly but is still a fierce storm that could deliver a once-in-a-century direct hit to Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing densely populated areas with towering storm surges and turning Helen's fragments into Projectiles.This is something Marylanders should know.When did Milton land?Milton is expected to arrive on Florida's west coast later Wednesday. At that time, it is expected to become a Category 3 storm with winds of 111 to 129 mph.The hurricane was still offshore…
A recent CNN article stated, “People move to Asheville to escape extreme weather. They forget their tragic history,” claiming that Asheville, North Carolina, recently suffered damage in the wake of Hurricane Helene It has suffered catastrophic floods and was once considered a “climate paradise” but is now suffering the effects of extreme weather due to climate change. [emphasis, links added] This is wrong. It’s a confusing article, flashing back and forth between accurate depictions of historical floods and false climate claims. in the end, The CNN article shows that the harm caused by Helen is nothing new to Asheville. It…
Guest post by Kip Hansen – October 7, 2024 – 1300 words/7 minutes If you haven't read Roger Pielke Jr.'s substack The Honest Broker, you should. I do, and I'm a paying subscriber – not because I always agree with him on climate change (that's my opinion) sometimes do), but because he is an honest and hard-working scientist on policy and one of the most effective public voices of climate skepticism and climate realism (although I doubt he would see it that way.) Here's a quote from his latest effort”Weaponizing peer review”: “Imagining peer review as the arbiter of good…
Climate change is exacerbating heat waves, hurricanes and wildfires. Which danger affects you the most depends on luck and geography. One of the increasingly worrying impacts in western North America and beyond is wildfire smoke. This smoke isn't just a nuisance. It also poses a major threat to many aspects of health – not just humans, but the atmosphere, animals and plants. These articles can help you understand what the risks are, why they are risks, and what you can do to reduce them for yourself and your family. They may also surprise you with smoke effects you may not…
For decades, an old municipal landfill in Fort Edward, New York, sat vacant. It is now covered with solar panels. Colston: “It… now powers 300 homes and 100 small businesses.” Annika Colston is the founder and CEO of AC Power, a company that converts former landfills into solar farms. Abandoned landfills need to be capped and then monitored for decades to ensure waste does not contaminate the air or groundwater. Colston: “So…there's a lot of ongoing care that goes into them.” …It’s an expense to the landowner. And it's difficult to redevelop a website for most commercial uses. Colston: “Decades…
from NoTricksZone Author: P. Gosselin The Committee on Food Security predicts that the weather in Western Europe will be somewhat cool and humid in October this year. Surface frost is already widespread. hat tip snow fan Chart: NOAA As shown in the figure above, the deviation of 2m air temperature from 1991-2020 from the globally valid WMO climate mean is expected to be around 0°C. Above average rainfall is expected. For Germany's higher altitudes, October can be snowy at times… Germany's natural gas storage facilities are nearly full at 96% ahead of Russia's third consecutive winter attack, which is a…
From Dr. Roy Spencer's Global Warming Blog Author: Dr. Roy W. Spencer Florida residents must feel like they've been hit by major hurricanes in recent years, but what does the data show? The problem with human perception of such things is that the time scales at which hurricane activity fluctuates tend to be longer than human experience. For example, people born in the 1950s will not remember that Florida was hit by major hurricanes (five in total) in the 1940s. But they have many memories of the hurricane lull of the 1970s and 1980s, when Florida experienced just one major…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned residents Monday to prepare to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton, even as crews continued to work to clean up the debris left by Hurricane Helene.As of Monday afternoon, Hurricane Milton was a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 175 mph. As the storm moves eastward, it is expected to strengthen and make landfall on Florida's west coast as a major hurricane on Wednesday. Forecasters warned that Tampa Bay could see a storm surge of 8 to 12 feet and said 5 to 10 inches of rain across mainland Florida and the Keys…
From the Daily Caller Irving KlinskyContributor European energy company BP has abandoned its pledge to cut oil and gas production by 2030, Reuters reported on Monday, as it aimed to boost investor confidence amid falling share prices. According to Reuters, BP unveiled plans in August 2020 to reduce oil and gas production by 40% by 2030, before lowering the target to 25% in February 2023. Now, in a bid to regain the trust of investors, Chief Executive Murray Auchincloss is backing away from that goal entirely, sources told Reuters as part of a broader shift in corporate strategy to focus…