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The Global Warming Policy Foundation has just published its annual review of UK weather. Once again, writer Paul Homewood finds there's nothing to panic about. [emphasis, links added] The paper examines climate trends in the UK and assesses the validity of claims that UK weather is becoming “more extreme”, using official data from the Met Office and other sources. [See 2022’s UK State Of The Weather] Findings include: • The number of days with extreme temperatures has been declining since the 1970sas more hot weather is offset by less cold weather. • Although it gets a little humid in winter,…
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [pictured above] Launched an alarmist campaign claiming that climate change is destroying lives and economies around the world. [emphasis, links added] 'No country is immune to the effects of climate catastrophe,' Portuguese socialist Wrote Saturday. “They're killing people everywhere.” He warned that widespread death was not the only consequence of global warming, as in the global economy, Supply chain shocks caused by climate change also “increase costs everywhere.” “The sharp decline in harvests has pushed up food prices everywhere,” he continued. “Everywhere a house is destroyed it’s going to increase insurance premiums.” The inevitable…
A recent article published by Jacksonville news affiliate News4Jax suggested that children's television programs should promote more climate awareness and environmental content in order to “empower” them to take action on these issues. [emphasis, links added] This simply promotes more radical content, of which there is already plenty. It doesn't help that young people are already fearful of the future. The article, titled “Young Children and Television: Making Screen Time Matter for Children Concerned about Climate Change,” quickly introduces the idea that most children are scared for their future because of climate change. News4Jax writes that a recent survey found…
from CFACT David Wojik Trillions of dollars in fantasy financial negotiations are becoming increasingly complex and uncertain, which makes sense because reaching a deal may be impossible. At the beginning, the co-chairs of the negotiating group submitted a 9-page draft text on the New Collective Quantitative Targets (NCQG) for climate finance. Subsequently, numerous negotiators added their proposed changes or additional text, and the draft grew to 34 pages. What's eerie is that most of the growth isn't extra text. It is an optional language for existing text. Many of these options are not simple edits; they are distinct texts. The…
COP29 calls for more than $1 trillion in annual climate compensation A major theme of COP29 was that the world should set a “new collective quantifiable goal” in which successful countries pay more than $1 trillion a year to poor countries to: [some emphasis, links added] 1) compensate for climate-related damage, and 2) Build a new “green energy” economy. In other words, climate compensation. What would $1 trillion in annual climate compensation mean to you and your family? Assuming that high-income households (>$50 per day) pay this amount on average, Your household must pay more than $5,000 in climate compensation…
For more than 50 years, Florida and other sunny Southern states have experienced a migratory pattern: an influx of snowbirds, a not-uncommon breed among northern state residents who flock to escape winter. Head south with your fellow sunbirds. But now, the opposite trend is setting in: Spurred by the escalating impacts of climate change, some sunbirds are migrating. New research sheds light on demographic changes across the South, particularly in places already severely affected by climate change, such as Florida and Texas. Heat appears to have played a role in this northward migration, but that doesn't tell the full story—people…
How the Veterans Health Administration is preparing for flood emergencies » Yale Climate Connection
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides care to veterans and their families. But providing this care can be complicated during floods, which are becoming more common as the climate warms. Derrick Jaastad is with the VHA Office of Emergency Management. Jaastad: “For example, when Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in 2017, it dropped more than 40 inches of rain. The Veterans Administration Medical Center is located on a hill, so there was no flooding. However, it was difficult for us to get food and nutrients… medical center. To help prevent similar situations at some of the country's most vulnerable facilities, the…
Article by Eric Worrell The question is – who pays for the solar energy that must be thrown away? Australia is rich in solar energy. Like floods, experts say we can't store them all Energy reporter Daniel Mercer reports … The number of homes and businesses with solar power has surpassed 4 million – just 20 years ago there was virtually no solar installed anywhere in the country. … But all this solar energy raises some thorny issues, for one simple reason – Australia's electricity system sometimes has too much solar power to handle. Experts say Australia needs to embrace…
From Manhattan Contrarians Francis Menton The overwhelming focus of the environmental movement over the past three decades or so has been the push to eliminate the use of hydrocarbons and transform the world's energy system to one based on so-called cleaner wind and solar energy. Such efforts are doomed to fail because the energy produced by wind and solar power is suboptimal and expensive. So, it's obvious to the well-informed that all this effort will inevitably fizzle out at some point. But how could this happen, after decades of desperate cries and alarms of crisis from thousands of activists, and…
Trump names fracking executive and 'fossil fuel televangelist' as energy secretary – does Watt support it?
from legal riots Chris Wright, CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, has been outspoken in challenging climate change pseudoscience and advocating for sound energy policy. Posted by Leslie Eastman President/President-elect Trump has named the head of an innovative fracking company to be the next Secretary of Energy. Chris Wright is CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy. Wright’s appointment fits Trump’s new candidate template: Wright is innovative, supports new approaches to energy development and has nothing to do with the deep state. What's more, for Americans who appreciate accessible, reliable and cheap energy, Wright doesn't buy into the “climate…