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Swedish Energy Minister Ebba Busch said on Monday (December 16) that Germany should divide its electricity price bands and allow EU funds for nuclear power plants, adding fuel to a long-standing policy conflict with Berlin . [emphasis, links added] “In meeting after meeting, Germany has blocked the possibility of funding new fossil fuel-free baseload power in the EU,” Bush (EPP) said ahead of a meeting of energy ministers in Brussels. “It's one thing that the Germans don't want nuclear power for themselves; But preventing other countries from accessing these funds is another matter”, she explained, adding that opposition amounted to…

Transcript: There is a growing need for workers trained in energy efficiency and weatherization, which can reduce climate-warming pollution from buildings. The American Legion program in north Minneapolis is helping train this workforce. Roegge: “We’re not working with people who have a lot of experience in this. These people come in with an interest…usually interested in climate, sometimes more interested in building systems and trade. Matt Roegge is with the Minnesota Energy Climate Corps, an 11-month paid program run by the Minnesota and Iowa Conservation Corps. Energy Climate Corps cadets learn energy efficiency and weatherization and conduct energy audits of…

Substack from Robert Bryce Another wind drought has sent electricity prices soaring across Europe. Norway, which exports electricity to its European neighbors, has had enough. Robert Bryce For the second time in a month, Germany's power grid has been hit by a wind drought, known as “wind drought” in German. Dark and calm. The lack of wind power has sent European electricity prices soaring to their highest levels since late 2022, when Europe was plunged into an energy crisis amid concerns about Russian gas supplies. It's telling that Europe – and Germany in particular – now appears to be in…

from masterresource Author: Robert Bradley Jr. This week, a Hall of Shame business memo turns a quarter of a century old. The document was written by Enron lobbyist John Palmisano in Kyoto, Japan, on December 12, 1997, following the signing of the Kyoto Protocol agreement. Global green planners are ecstatic; Somehow, anywaythe world has begun an irreversible process of climate control (and industrial and land use control). But the Kyoto Protocol predictably failed, the 2015 Paris climate agreement is in jeopardy, and the recent failure at COP27 makes prospects for COP28 look bleak. Palmisano's memo cited the benefits of pioneering…

In the wave of climate alarmism, few narratives are as iconic or misleading as those involving the giant Antarctic iceberg. A recently published study Geophysical Research Letters McGee et al. Challenging this narrative, use nearly half a century of data to dissect the relationship between iceberg calving and climate change. The study's findings not only counterintuitive to the alarmist narrative, but also completely debunk some of its core claims. Key findings: There is no upward trend in iceberg calving MacKie and colleagues used extreme value theory (EVT) to analyze 47 years of satellite data to assess trends in Antarctic iceberg…

The Baltimore area is expected to see rain and cloudy weather for much of the week, according to the National Weather Service.A 60% chance of rain is forecast after 4pm on Sunday, with cloudy conditions expected to persist throughout the day. The maximum temperature on Sunday is expected to reach around 40 degrees.[Get the latest weathercast from FOX45 News]There is a chance of rain and mist on Sunday night, with a low of about 38 degrees.Heading into the work week, rain is expected before 1pm on Monday, with light fog expected before 11am.Showers are still possible Monday night. Cloudy conditions…

from legal riots President Nayib Bukele: “God has placed great treasures at our feet.” Posted by Leslie Eastman Back in 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to commit economic suicide by banning potential development and utilization of its national resources. Now, under President Nayib Bukele, the country is looking to turn things around. The move by Bukele's predecessor, former left-wing rebel Salvador Sánchez Cerén, reflects the growing rejection by rural communities in Central America of a mining industry that has been devastated by the industry's adverse effects on health and the environment. Costa Rica and Honduras…

Militant anti-fossil fuel activist group Climate Challenge protested Thursday at the Department of Energy's Washington, D.C., headquarters, claiming it had “closed” access. “Breaking news: We closed the entrance to the DOE. 100 police swarmed. Revolution in the air. Update coming soon,” the group said in a post on X. Club for Growth senior analyst Andrew Follett, a former U.S. Department of Energy contractor, said the group effectively blocked an unused entrance to a parking lot. “That's the entrance to a gated parking lot, you idiot! The entrance is on the other side!” Follett said in a comment on Climate Rebel's…

From Dr. Roy Spencer's Global Warming Blog Author: Dr. Roy W. Spencer generalize Previous research has shown that temperatures recorded in Death Valley National Park (DVNP) exhibit strange warm biases on very hot days, possibly due to instrumentation flaws or the proximity of installed structural equipment and other man-made structures. Here, based on data from the summer of 2021 (June, July, and August), it is shown that there are many more days when DVNP is much warmer than nearby Stovepipe Wells station than when Stovepipe Wells station is hotter than DVNP station. This evidence suggests that hot summer daytime temperatures…

Chris Targo Given events in Ukraine and the Middle East and the rise of China as a major adversary of the United States, one would think that the Department of Defense is fully engaged in responding to real threats to U.S. national security. It is also believed that in today's fraught geopolitical situation in the world, the Department of Defense will use its valuable resources to identify future threats that actually pose existential threats to U.S. security. Climate change does not currently pose a threat to U.S. national security. Defense Department leaders, however, don’t think so. In fact, the Department…