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Transcript: Hurricane Helen caused devastating flooding in North Carolina last year. After the storm, rumors about recovery work spread online, including false information about how much relief funds the government provides. Samantha Montano, an emergency management expert at Massachusetts Maritime College, said there are several reasons why misleading after a disaster will spread. Montano: “Some people lose power and so they can’t get on the phone, so they miss a lot of shared information. … Then you also have a problem with everyone sharing information, and it may not be clear who actually has the accurate information and who is…

Daily Skeptics Chris Morrison The 8 billion people living on Earth breathe two pounds of carbon dioxide a day, but net zero fanatics have long believed that this gas in all planetary life is a pollutant. While all observable evidence dates back at least 600 million years, activists have raised gas levels to out-of-control high temperatures and cemented a politically inspired story that shows that humans control a chaotic and nonlinear climate. Their computer model tells them, especially when providing all the correct data. A crucial cornerstone of all this nonsense is the “hazard discovery” of the U.S. Environmental Protection…

Stephen D. Haner The new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission uses the Trump administration’s order to allow agency employees to report their activities so they can have a chance to show off. Later last week, he posted a four-page achievement letter on behalf of his staff, and in other agencies it could be a good month rather than a good week’s list. Of course, FERC's chairman is Virginia's own Mark Christie, who was a member of our state corporate committee and sometimes chairman. The letter should also reassure Americans who want to see the new administration take a…

From Notrickszone By P Gosselin Forgotten aerial photos of 1937 provide researchers at the University of Copenhagen with the most detailed picture of the evolution of ice in eastern Antarctica to date. Results from a comprehensive analysis: ice has been stable and has even grown slightly over the past century. Hat Tips: Climate News Photo: Norwegian Polar Research Institute in Tromso The area covers about 2,000 km of coastline and contains as much ice as the entire Greenland ice sheet. Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences and Natural Resources Management at the University of Copenhagen used hundreds of old…

Donald Trump's presidential campaign ends what he calls a “green new scam.” To this end, he issued an executive order on his first day of office titled “Release American Energy,” partially read “All institutions should immediately suspend funds through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). [emphasis, links added] While the suspension of payments to IRA with the Green New Deal is a good start, It's just a pause. This is how to make the pause permanent. The fastest and cleanest way to end the “green new deal” spending is to repeal the Republican-controlled Congress in the upcoming budget settlement legislation.…

rigzone and this telegraphMany major energy companies are reportedly returning to their net commitments made in recent years, among other media, to shift from renewable energy to oil and gas. [emphasis, links added] This move makes sense, as subsidies for wind and solar dependence can dry up, with traditional sources trumping them. Rigzone post “a leading energy company holding a renewable energy commitment”, BMI said Fitch Group, a financial information company, [found] Companies like BP, Shell and others “block renewable energy commitments to ensure higher short-term gains.” [emphasis, links added] Most notably, Fitch BP “abandons its oil production reduction target…

The end is nearby. That's what we were told from the beginning. Doomers cite various catastrophes that will drive us from asteroids to the exhausted resources to the dying sun. [emphasis, links added] But they all have one thing in common: so far, they are all wrong. Like climate alarms. The public is catching up. A study published by Stanford University’s School of Sustainability found “Resistance to climate action has become an intensified global campaign after governments implement climate-related policies.” “We found that anti-environmental policy tends to emerge after government institutionalization, anti-climate change organizations tend to emerge,” said the study's…

Dr. Roy Spencer’s Global Warming Blog Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D. Version 6.1 The global average troposphere temperature (LT) anomaly in February 2025 was +0.50 degrees. cFrom the average of 1991-2020, it is a little worse than the abnormality in January 2025 +0.45 degrees. C The global area average linear temperature trend for version 6.1 (January 1979 to February 2025) remains +0.15 degrees/c/ten years (+0.22 c/ten years on land, +0.13 c/ten years on ocean). The following table lists the 30-year (1991-2020) averages (record highs in red) for the past 14 months 6.1 lt. YearMoEarthNHEM.Shem.tropicalUSA48Arcticoersted2024Yang+0.80+1.02+0.58+1.20-0.19+0.40+1.122024February+0.88+0.95+0.81+1.17+1.31+0.86+1.162024March+0.88+0.96+0.80+1.26+0.22+1.05+1.342024April+0.94+1.12+0.77+1.15+0.86+0.88+0.542024possible+0.78+0.77+0.78+1.20+0.05+0.20+0.532024June+0.69+0.78+0.60+0.85+1.37+0.64+0.912024July+0.74+0.86+0.61+0.97+0.44+0.56-0.072024August+0.76+0.82+0.70+0.75+0.41+0.88+1.752024September+0.81+1.04+0.58+0.82+1.31+1.48+0.982024October+0.75+0.89+0.61+0.64+1.90+0.81+1.092024November+0.64+0.88+0.41+0.53+1.12+0.79+1.002024December+0.62+0.76+0.48+0.52+1.42+1.12+1.542025Yang+0.45+0.70+0.21+0.24-1.06+0.74+0.482025February+0.50+0.55+0.45+0.26+1.04+2.10+0.87 The complete UAH Global Temperature Report, along…

The sharp increase in energy costs has led consumers in Democratic-led states to question renewable energy policies that fail to provide more reliable and cheaper heat and electricity. [emphasis, links added] Prices in New Jersey, Maryland and Massachusetts, as well as other states, are driving consumers crazy. Government leaders scramble to provide relief as voters threaten to polls. “It feels like suddenly people wake up,” Paul Craney, executive director of the Massachusetts Finance Alliance, said. “I think over time, yes, blame will be entirely the elected leader.” Massachusetts Democrats aim to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A program…

Consumers in Delaware face soaring electricity prices this winter – as the state implements aggressive green energy policies, experts and lawmakers warn that it is a harbinger of a more dramatic price increase. [emphasis, links added] Reviewed by telegram Washington Free Beacon And local news reports that electricity bills have soared hundreds of dollars, and in some cases, up to 350% in recent months. Leigh Rieley, of Washington, DC, and her husband, who owns a Fixer-upper home in her hometown in southeast Delaware, recently shared her recent electricity bills with the company Free beacon. In January, Rieley and her husband's…