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While the $300 billion per year climate finance commitment set at COP29 is a first step in helping to close the climate finance gap, the upcoming update of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in 2025 provides opportunities for participants to further collaborate and enable expansion Scale comes from financing from all public and private sources. Achieving this will require significant progress in improving the quality, transparency and coverage of national-level climate targets and related estimates of climate finance needs. How big is the climate finance gap? Although climate finance has grown at an unprecedented rate in recent years, reaching US$1.46…
When Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and her team of clowns bumbled through a four-day ramble in 2023 to demonstrate the wonders of electric vehicles, it was her advance that left the most lasting impression The team blocked reports of an open charger so she wouldn't have to wait for one. [emphasis, links added] However, details revealed in a federal report make the entire puzzle even worse. Granholm's trip will take her from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, Designed to justify the billions of taxpayer dollars the Biden administration is pouring into green energy initiatives. Two months after the incident,…
from CFACT David Wojik The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration insists there is no evidence offshore wind development causes whale deaths. This is a false claim that the media keeps repeating. There is a lot of evidence, some of which I have documented over the past two years. It is actually illegal for a federal agency to make such false claims. There is a 25-year-old law called the Information Quality Act (IQA), enforced by OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. IQA requires agencies to provide accurate and unbiased information. Here are two key definitions from NOAA’s IQA guidance: 1.…
Asheville, North Carolina was once widely considered a climate paradise due to its higher inland location and cooler temperatures than much of the Southeast. Then, in September 2024, Hurricane Helen caused catastrophic flooding. It's a stark reminder that no place is safe from the extreme weather risks of worsening climate: hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts. Hail in the Midwest. Flooding occurred in the east. Coastal sea level rise. Wildfires across the West, most recently the devastating and costly fires around Los Angeles. Worsening extreme weather results in more expensive property damage, increasing insurance claims and rising…
Transcript: Installing solar panels is just one of many career options in the solar industry. Solar jobs can include entry-level and senior-level positions in a variety of fields, including engineering, marketing, and construction. Cynthia Finley is a member of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council. The organization has created free online courses and a career map to help people learn how to develop a career in solar energy. Finlay: “We really want to provide an opportunity for job seekers and students to explore the industry.” This online course helps people match their skills to solar jobs and find training opportunities and…
not many people know Paul Homewood https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8dg3ke40o You'll remember this BBC article from last month, which claimed in its opening paragraph: Climate change has brought record heat this year and brought extreme weather from hurricanes to month-long droughts. The report goes on to list a series of severe weather events without providing any evidence that they are not natural occurrences that occur regularly. There is also no evidence that such events have become more frequent or extreme over time. I submitted a complaint and just received this response: In the text of the article, BBC climate and science reporter Esme…
Wallace Manheimer Statements on “climate change” and their conclusions from major scientific organizations form the basis for much of the scientific basis for government, scientific community, media and public concern about fossil fuel use. Trillions of public and private money are currently being spent on alternative fuels to “save the planet” from increased emissions of carbon dioxide, which is critical to life on Earth. If these societies' assessments are wrong, these measures could impoverish much of the world, not to mention waste trillions of dollars. Economic damage and social unrest are already evident in some countries, including the United States.…
Article by Eric Worrell “…Australia has abundant coal and gas resources and renewable energy, so why are energy costs so high…” Rich in resources, but Australia’s energy costs triple and manufacturers suffer … “[The US is] Good for manufacturing, they have cheap energy and have good natural gas supplies and reserves. This is one of the most attractive investment markets today,” he said. mr gandhi said One way Australia can solve this problem is to increase the supply of natural gas. but For many Australian manufacturers it's too late. “If you start investing today, it will take three to ten…
this Nature Reviews Earth & Environment The paper on hydroclimate volatility is another example of speculative science masquerading as crisis-level evidence. Its central claim is that as the planet warms, so-called “hydroclimate whiplash” – sharp transitions between wet and dry conditions – will become more frequent and intense. The authors predict an increase in subseasonal sprain events (one every three months) 113% reduction when temperature rises 3°Cwhile interannual whiplash events (shifts in one year) will increase 52%. These numbers sound dramatic, but they are drawn from models filled with uncertainty and based on ill-defined baselines, which makes their real-world impact…
Some new ingredients for today’s wind recipe: 1. An upper-level cutoff low 1,000 miles west of La Ventana is building a surface low that will help push morning winds directly toward our beaches. 2. High pressure near the 4-corner area fanned the south Note how the sensors on top of the Cerralvo Club picked up strong winds aloft while our surface sensor readings were still building. The Santa Ana Fire Winds in California also push northerly winds into the Sea of Cortez. 3. Low pressure south of Cabo makes these winds active. 4. At the same time, blue skies will…