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After abandoning objective reports, mainstream media rejected a neutral stance on climate change, turning a complex scientific debate into a holistic narrative of the imminent disaster. [emphasis, links added] Far from impartial arbitrators, media media are enthusiastic propagandists who recycle the apocalyptic predictions that never come true, ignoring a large amount of scientific research, challenging the narrative of catastrophic warming. This is not journalism; it is activism disguised as truth. result? A global population is misled, policy makers are influenced by novels, and developing countries are bound by energy policies, prioritizing the “green” ideology over the well-being of humanity. Lies,…

Once considered a key technology in the green energy transition, companies are waking up to find that hydrogen is not the answer to the challenges facing renewable energy sources such as wind and the sun. [emphasis, links added] “Disappointment is not progress, especially the EU, especially Germany – increasingly criticized for its expensive projects,” the German online blackout news report said. “Companies are exiting.” Hydrogen is expensive, dangerous and genuine technical challenges, which is economically feasible. The gas is metallurgically aggressive, highly flammable and explosive. Its chemical properties make it difficult to manage a comprehensive infrastructure. Furthermore, producing green hydrogen…

House Republican lawmakers joined 35 Democrats and voted Thursday to decide on the Biden-era rule that effectively allowed California to impose a national electric vehicle (EV) mandate. [emphasis, links added] In a 246-164 vote, House members voted for California's plan to transition from gasoline-powered vehicles. Under the Advanced Clean Car II rule signed by Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the rule was signed under the Clean Air Act in December 2024 to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in the state and 11 units were sold in 2035. “Today's vote is a huge win for American consumers. We are…

Microplastics have been found on Earth and in every part of the human body that scientists have seen. Even organs with additional protective barriers (think the blood-brain barrier or the blood-tail barrier) prove to be mismatched by these tiny particles, which form because larger plastic objects break down or fall off into our air, water, and food. Even newborns have been soaked in many chemicals related to plastics. Many of these chemicals are endocrine disruptors, meaning they can mimic or interfere with the body's hormone signals. It becomes impossible to ignore: tiny pieces of plastic and chemicals used to make…

Transcript: Children like to teach adults all kinds of things. Spiro: “We all know the kid who can name all the dinosaurs or list all the presidents, or will talk endlessly with you about football, dance or gymnastics or their passion.” Ruth Spiro is a children's writer. Her new book, “How to Explain Climate Science to Adults,” encourages children to add climate change to this list. In this book, a child teaches a man how to burn fossil fuels to generate carbon pollution to energy and make the climate warm. Children also point out the effects of warming – for…

The Trump administration is suing state plans to Michigan and Hawaii for oil companies to raise their alleged role in causing global warming and environmental damage. [emphasis, links added] Federal prosecutors said in a complaint filed late Wednesday that the two states’ planned actions against the oil and gas industry will directly resist the Trump administration’s efforts to promote domestic energy production, enforce federal emissions laws and conduct diplomatic affairs. The state’s lawsuit refers to blaming oil companies for weather-related damages that could weaken and bankrupt the companies, posing an existential threat to the industry. The unexpected complaints clearly show…

A massive power outage has caused Western Europe to have a multi-million dollar range in the dark, raising concerns among energy experts that the incident originated or worsened by excessive dependence on renewable energy sources. [emphasis, links added] The power outage on Monday ruined communications, causing some water services to fail, shut down trains, stopping electronic payments and ATM transactions, interfering traffic, and stranded passengers around Spain, Portugal and France. According to energy policy experts spoke to by the Daily News Foundation, Europe’s dependence on renewable energy makes grids more vulnerable to such disturbances. The grid failure that began in…

Its prime minister said renewable energy had nothing to do with the catastrophic blackout in Spain, but insisted that the real culprit was a rare technological failure that had nothing to do with the country's green energy transition. [emphasis, links added] Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez went further, reiterating the government's opposition to nuclear energy, which he said was not a solution. But, as I pointed out on Monday The root cause of the power outage is the lack of “inertia,” a physical buffer provided by traditional power plants that use heavy rotating machinery to stabilize the grid during sudden fluctuations.…

Transcript: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has a wide variety of coral arrays that create homes for animals like fish and sea turtles. As a popular tourist destination, the reef also provides billions of dollars to the Australian economy. But last year, a month-long ocean heat wave destroyed many corals in the Great Barrier Reef. Maria Byrne is a marine biologist at the University of Sydney. Bourne: “It's been warming all the time. … The heating is very intense.” Corals contain special algae that provide them with color and food. But when the ocean is too hot, corals lose those algae…

The Trump administration has withdrawn from a group of scientists and researchers to engage in federal assessments of the impact of climate change, citing the need to reassess its approach to the project. [emphasis, links added] Climate scientists and environmental groups said Tuesday that the move to dismiss participants in the report called the National Climate Assessment has raised doubts about the review of the future, which Congress has called for for the past three decades. Researchers involved in the sixth national climate assessment received an email on Monday stating: “Currently, the scope of NCA6 is currently being re-evaluated under…