HOW POLITICS HAS PERVERTED THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE BY STEVEN KOONIN

Today I want to recommend you read, and listen, to the words of Steven Koonin who was the head of President Obama's Science Department. If you require more detail then get hold of a copy of his book "Unsettled" which is full of facts which support his conclusion, which is that the public are not being given a balanced view. Instead we are given one-sided propaganda designed to make us accept the coming restrictions and large costs. As Koonin says, we could adapt to any changes for a fraction of the costs.

 Steven Koonin: The Gap Between Climate Science and Politics

NET ZERO COSTS GO THROUGH THE ROOF

It does not look like electricity prices are set to fall. In fact quite the reverse. Idealists never consider the price, it is net zero and bust! What is not added to the eye-watering bill is the cost of lost jobs as industries close or move abroad. The last government did not cover themselves in glory, but I think voters can now see (too late) that this lot are far worse.

 Grid Upgrade Costs Could Soar 500% | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

EU METHANE REGULATIONS SET TO CAUSE GAS SUPPLY SHORTAGES

 

Is a natural gas supply stoppage imminent due to the EU methane regulation?

The EU has issued a regulation stipulating that, from January 1, 2027, methane emissions from the extraction, processing, and transport of crude oil and natural gas must be reduced for climate protection reasons. This is intended to apply not only in Europe but also to non-European producing countries.

The strict rules apply to importers, who must prove that these new EU standards are met in the producing countries. While importers like SEFE, Uniper, and Shell warn that “a significant portion of the global gas supply will de facto be non-compliant” and that substantial supply shortages could occur, the EU intends to enforce its regulation with exorbitant fines of up to 20 percent of annual turnover.  On June 24, the US, Qatar, Nigeria, and Algeria, in a joint letter to the EU Commission, demanded changes to the import rules, otherwise Europe would face massive supply risks in the middle of January 2027. After all, 43% of natural gas consumption in Europe is affected. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright called the rules “crazy.” The US is prepared to supply Europe, but not under these conditions.

Minister Reiche rightly advocated for a suspension of the regulation at the EU level. Her SPD colleague, Environment Minister Schneider, spoke on behalf of the federal government in favor of maintaining the EU regulation and publicly criticized his ministerial colleague for her initiative.

GERMANY'S GAS DILEMMA

Germany still imports significant amounts of gas from Russia

Germany obtains only 10-13% of its natural gas via its much-lauded LNG terminals. However, approximately 40% of its natural gas comes from the Netherlands and Belgium, where it is landed as LNG and transported to Germany via pipelines. It is rarely discussed that Belgium obtains 40% of its LNG imports from Russia via Zeebrugge, as does the Netherlands with 13% of its imports. Therefore, we are still indirectly receiving significant quantities of Russian gas. France imports a third of its LNG from Russia (see the following graphic: Netherlands in yellow, Belgium in purple, France in blue, source: IEEAE LNG Tracker). According to EU plans, these imports are to be phased out beginning January 1, 2027. This will likely result in a trend towards higher prices. 

German Gas Storage Facilities: Filling Them Will Be Difficult

UK NEARLY HAD A BLACKOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO

 On that baking Tuesday, June 23rd,  we came close to suffering an event as dramatic as the blackout that occurred in Spain and Portugal in 2025 when trains stopped, industry and commerce were suspended, and hospitals were forced to switch to emergency backup supplies to prevent patients from dying.

Control room engineers at the National Energy System Operator (Neso) the little-known government body responsible for balancing Britain's electricity supply and demand, were panicking. The grid's frequency had destabilised and dropped below Neso's strict operating limit, threatening widespread blackouts.

As Britain moves towards a carbon-free electricity system, around 80 per cent of generation is expected to come from wind and solar. The greater the share supplied by weather-dependent sources, the smaller the proportion of the system that grid operators can directly control when balancing supply and demand.

The little-known government body - whose only shareholder is Net Zero fanatic Ed Miliband - that now stands accused of covering up how close Britain came to a catastrophic heatwave blackout: ROSS CLARK | Daily Mail Online

COULD MICROBES PLAY A ROLE IN CLIMATE?

A Hidden Workforce Beneath The Waves

Marine microbes play a central role in how carbon moves through the ocean. Some use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into organic matter. Others consume that material and release carbon back into the water.

 Scientists unlock the secret role of ocean microbes in Earth's climate - The Brighter Side of News

AUSSIE GOVERNMENT DOUBLING DOWN ON NET ZERO

It would appear from this article that the Aussies are in a similar position to the UK in that their government is sticking with using renewables, even though they must know that they are unreliable and expensive. They are heading for blackouts and missing out on industries that use large quantities of electricity.

 PM will force Data Centres to use renewables (because he knows they would use gas or coal if they could) « JoNova

DEATHS FROM THE HEATWAVES ARE A WORK OF FICTION

The claim about 2,700 deaths comes from a study by Imperial College, which, it turns out, didn’t count any actual deaths at all.

Rather, it was a piece of statistical modelling which tried to estimate the number of deaths which might have occurred during the heatwave, based on the temperatures recorded over the past weeks and patterns of excess mortality seen during previous hot spells. 

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) records actual deaths for every week of the year and compares them with the number of people who have died in the same week in recent years. If more people have died this year than the average of the past five years, then that difference is labelled ‘excess mortality’.

So, what does the real-world data say for this year? In the week ending May 31, which included the first heatwave when a record temperature of 35.1C (95.2F) was reached in west London, the UKHSA reports that it detected ‘no signal of high mortality above the baseline’.

Read it all in Yesterday's Mail. Link: 

 ROSS CLARK: How claims by climate scientists that 2,700 people were killed by the heatwaves in May and June are hysterical hot air | Daily Mail Online

UK IN FOREIGN COURT RULING ON CLIMATE WHICH COULD COST £ TRILLIONS

 Kemi Badenoch vows to challenge foreign court ruling which could leave Britain facing £4trillion eco damages for greenhouse gas emissions going back to Industrial Revolution | Daily Mail Online

The ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has been endorsed by the Government, declared that states had a binding obligation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and to stop exploration or production of crude oil, gas and other fossil fuels.

Experts say that leaves the UK open to litigation from poorer countries. 

Writing in today's Mail on Sunday, Ms Badenoch says that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband would 'be delighted' that 'we wouldn't be able to further exploit our natural resources in the North Sea, and we'd be on the hook for trillions of pounds in reparations to developing countries for the 'damage suffered' by historic carbon emissions'.

The UK is currently the only member of the United Nations Security Council to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ, which is based in The Hague.

The case has similarities with the Chagos Islands.

UK CONSERVATIVE'S WISE WORDS IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON CLIMATE

 In a continuation of yesterday's post I am going to quote another section of Claire Coutinho's speech in the debate on the next round of CO2 reductions (which were approved by the Labour Government).

Here is the quote:

 "The unelected Climate Change Committee is using taxpayers’ funds to try to silence elected representatives rather than focusing on getting its costings right. Everybody in this House should think that is shameful. If the committee was wrong by a factor of three on offshore wind—something that we have better evidence for than pretty much anything else in the market—how can we trust any of the rest of its analysis?

Let us look at some of the committee’s claims. It claims that a low-carbon electricity supply is “cheaper per unit” than high-carbon electricity. Well, if your numbers are out by a factor of three, perhaps you might think that. It also says that

“most businesses will not be…affected by Net Zero”,

particularly in the services sector. How does it justify that? Let me assure the House, if net zero blocks the advance of AI in this country, that will have a catastrophic impact on our services sector. Here is another claim:

“a reduction in meat…and dairy”

will mean a healthier diet. Who are they to tell us what to eat and to give us nutritional advice? The committee makes claim after claim and sweeping statement after sweeping statement with nobody holding it accountable. Yet this advice—this target—will affect almost every part of normal life.

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Hon. Members may argue that we need strict climate targets to provide certainty for jobs—that is what the Minister just said—but that is nonsense. The country doing the best at creating clean tech jobs is China, which is now the world’s largest polluter. Hon. Members may also say that this is about our moral duty to fix climate change, but I will remind them that every time a British factory shuts here, where we have some of the cleanest electricity in the world, and we import those same goods back from coal-powered China, we are not helping climate change; instead, we are increasing global emissions. Before Labour Members get on their high horse, I will remind them that the Conservatives are the only party to call for the measurement of the offshoring of emissions. Labour does not want to know because it does not care".

Both the tone and content of this speech indicate a clear shift in the policy of the Conservative opposition compared to their stance when in government. It is welcome, but frustratingly it is too late to change the direction of the new government. If only this transformation had occurred before the election.

UK CONSERVATIVES CORRECT OUTRAGEOUS MISTAKE OVER COST OF OFFSHORE WIND POWER

On the 24th June a debate took place in parliament to discuss the latest CO2 cuts proposed by the Labour Government. 

The Conservative opposition spokesman, Claire Coutinho pointed out that "The Climate Change Committee said that offshore wind would cost £38 per megawatt-hour, but contracts were being signed by their Secretary of State for £82 per megawatt-hour, suggesting that something was clearly going very wrong on a key input for the exact target that we are voting on today."  

She then went on to say, "When I wrote to the Climate Change Committee asking it to look at this matter, it sent me a dismissive reply. So I wrote about it in a newspaper. What did the committee do? It reported me—a democratically elected politician—under the Independent Press Standards Organisation editors’ code and tried to get me to remove my opinion. I did not. Just a few months later, the Government updated their own costings, not to £80 per megawatt-hour or even to £90 per megawatt-hour, but to over £100 per megawatt-hour. That is the Minister’s own figure. That means that not only was I right, but offshore wind was now predicted to cost three times what the Climate Change Committee had said."

Climate Change - Hansard - UK Parliament

THE PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING

 I went to see this  film narrated by Chris Packham. It is a follow-up to this:

Yet Another Climate Activist Masquerading as an Economist - Watts Up With That?

This film is being shown to local audiences around the country to build support to demand that a  primetime televised emergency briefing on climate be broadcast. The film consists of a series of short exerts from speeches given by a series of 'experts' on various aspects of the effects of climate change and nature, following each one a small panel tells Packham of their reaction ranging from disgust to amazement. Jennifer Saunders use of foul language was noted, while in another group Deborah Meaden was too easily persuaded of the economic advantage of delivering net zero as soon as possible. A little more scrutiny would seem more convincing.

The audience at my event appeared to consist of those who were already a member of one of the host organisations along with a smattering of local councilors. I felt that the cost of net zero was glossed over while the benefits were talked up. We need to have a more highly scrutinised debate with more honesty about the cost of net zero. We all want clean rivers, no sewage outfalls, but when you ask people how much they are willing to pay it becomes a different story.

NEW NET ZERO TRADE POLICY WILL BE A DISASTER

 

London, 8 July. The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has today released CBAM: Market-based or Market Bust?, a new report by Catherine McBride OBE, CEO of the Great British Business Council and a former member of the UK's Trade and Agriculture Commission. The report examines the likely impacts of the UK’s proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and predicts that it will not protect British industry as intended. It argues for an alternative approach which uses competitive market principles to drive efficiency alongside emissions reductions. Key Findings The UK's proposed CBAM, due to launch in January 2027, will apply to five imported raw commodities – aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, and iron and steel. But domestic production of three of these has already collapsed, and the remaining two (cement and hydrogen) won't become more competitive under CBAM so long as the UK maintains some of the highest industrial electricity costs and emissions taxes in the developed world. Rather than reshoring production, CBAM will primarily raise costs for UK manufacturers. Particularly the machinery and transport equipment sector which relies on imported aluminium and steel to build cars, aircraft parts and industrial equipment. Ultimately, these costs will be passed on to consumers. The UK has a history of carbon taxation, from the 1993 Fuel Duty Escalator to the 2001 Climate Change Levy and the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). These are taxes intended to reduce emissions, but they rarely eliminate externalities. Instead, they have become indispensable sources of government revenue generation. EU manufacturers continue to receive far more generous compensation for carbon costs than their UK counterparts. Britain should scrap both the ETS and CBAM. A better approach involves reducing the cost of investment in cleaner, more efficient plant and equipment so that reductions in greenhouse gas emissions become a beneficial side-effect of economic growth. Proposals for a Global Climate and Freedom Accord (CFA), as proposed in a paper by the Institute for Free Trade, an independent think tank, show how this could be done in practice through policies such as tax deductions for low emissions equipment and Rapid Innovation Funds.   The report’s author, Catherine McBride, said: “The new import tariff (known as CBAM) based on carbon emissions is due to start in January 2027, less than 6 months away. It will apply to imported steel, aluminium, cement, fertiliser and hydrogen. Yet the government has yet to lay the final secondary legislation. And industry is in the dark about how much this will cost in both the tariffs and in the administrative burden. “If the UK follows the EU’s CBAM, which is charged by weight and varies by product, material, and country of production, it will harm the UK’s downstream users: car manufacturers, aircraft part manufacturers, the construction industry, and farmers.” GWPF Head of Policy, Harry Wilkinson, said: “Britain faces a ticking time-bomb under its economy. It seems extraordinary that despite the cost-of-living pressures that the public are facing, Britain’s policymakers are hell-bent on introducing a suicidal policy that will raise prices higher and further hollow out our manufacturing base. “This was a government that was elected to address the root causes of the cost-of-living crisis and our economic stagnation. As Sir Tony Blair has said, self-defeating policies such as this serve only to relegate Britain from the ‘Premier League of Nations.’” Read the full report: CBAM: Market-Based or Market Bust? (pdf)

 

THE US CLIMATE REFERENCE NETWORK

In contrast to our own Met Office's poor standards, the USA has set up a set of first class weather stations to truly capture any changes to the climate. This report explains: 

The United States Climate Reference Network – Why does the Met Office not work like this? | Tallbloke's Talkshop

UK ELECTRICITY PRICES TO INCREASE

This piece explains why the electricity costs will not be coming down in the next decade.

 Grid Costs Set to Soar Even Higher - by David Turver

A NEW WEATHER STATION NEAR MY HOME

A few weeks ago I was invited to visit a new weather station in the New Forest. I was allowed to take a few photos and I passed the information on to my friend Ray Sanders who is carrying out a review of all UK stations. Here is his review:

 Bisterne – The motivations behind new weather station locations. | Tallbloke's Talkshop

UK GRID COSTS SOARING

Did anyone believe Ed Miliband would cut the costs of electricity? Of course not! So here's the truth:

 Grid Costs Set to Soar Even Higher - by David Turver

SENIOR MET OFFICE METEOROLOGIST MAKES MISLEADING CLAIM

Here's how we are being mislead:

False Comparisons with 1976 – Irresponsible claims from a Senior Met Office Meteorologist examined. | Tallbloke's Talkshop

AUSSIES TURN TO THE POLITICAL RIGHT

Like the US and UK — the political tides have shifted in Australia. The surge in One Nation’s primary vote in Newspoll over the past three months, hitting a record 31 per cent last month before edging back to 29 per cent in the most recent poll.

One Nation are also ready to ditch net zero, just like the Conservatives in the UK, now in opposition.

 One Nation are now the Party of the workers, and Labor the party of wealth and academics « JoNova 

MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS ACROSS BRITAIN?

At last an admission that renewables cannot provide the reliable electricity that the country needs. A pity that the government did not realise this a few years ago. 

A Polish-led consortium has unveiled plans to build 14 nuclear reactors across Britain as part of a £35billion investment designed to boost the country's electricity supply.

SGE, the Warsaw-headquartered group behind the proposal, said the reactors would generate enough electricity to power around eight million homes within eight years. 

Polish consortium unveils £35billion plan to build 14 nuclear reactors across Britain

REALITY CHECK AFTER THE HEAT WAVE

Take a look at all the state records in the USA and you can see that most of them were back in the 1930's or even earlier. 

 They’ve Forgotten How Hot It Was in The Past! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

POWER SYSTEM DOES NOT LIKE THE HEAT!

The last few days heatwave in the UK has caused a lot of problems for our power supply according to this article: 

How Late June's Heatwave Melted Britain's Power Network - Climate Change Dispatch

PREVENTION IS BETTER FOR WILDFIRES

A good wildfire policy is to reduce the risk. Blaming "climate change" is the lazy excuse.

 Europe Should Avoid California’s Wildfire Policy Failures

GREENLAND KEEPING COOL

While we have been sizzling this week under a superdome of high pressure, somewhere else has to get the other side of the coin – cyclonic weather.

And that somewhere is Greenland.

Even in summer, precipitation in Greenland often means snow. And plenty of that has come down in the last week or so:

Late Start To Greenland’s Summer Melt | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

ANOTHER CLIMATE EXTREME PROJECTION FINALLY GETS DROPPED

This lecture gives a good explanation of how and why climate projection RCP 8.5 was dropped and the dangers it still poses for adopting sensible policies.

 Roger Pielke: IPCC Finally Retires the RCP8.5 Doomsday Scenario

JUDGE THEM BY THEIR DEEDS, NOT THEIR WORDS

The climate world is full of hypocrites.

 What Climate Crisis? Indonesia Taps Fossil Fuels - Watts Up With That?

MORE EVIDENCE OF CLOUD COVER CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE

 What if Global Warming was just because something made the clouds go away… « JoNova

THE LEVELISED COST OF ENERGY (LCOE) SCAM

Those peddling climate alarm have used many tricks to fool the public and government ministers with much success, but the truth is finally coming out in respect of LCOE as this article shows: 

Winning the War on LCOE: Wind and Solar Were Never the Cheapest

TIME TO CHECK OUT THE TRUE STATE OF THE GULF STREAM

The Gulf Stream current (known scientifically as the AMOC, or Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is what keeps northern Europe and the UK having relatively mild winters. There have been a number of scares suggesting that this current is weakening and could even stop, so with a strong El Nino predicted now is the time for an update with the link below: 

A Good Article About the AMOC, Just in Time for the El Niño

MARK STEYN v MICHAEL MANN

 I had lost track of this case, but recently came across this update, though only to Feb 2026. The wheels of justice do grind extremely slowly.

Mann's $9M Jury Lie: Court Sanction Against Mann Upheld :: SteynOnline

There may be more recent news, if anyone knows of it please comment.

HOW OUR POLITICIANS ARE BEING GROOMED BY SOPHISTICATED PROPAGANDA

Here is a short excerpt:

"For the so-called National Emergency Briefing (NEB) — supposedly an “expert-led” briefing to address the UK’s “climate and energy crisis”.

The “briefing” event was supported by an array of organisations ranging from the National Trust and WWF to the National Education Union and the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). There were 10 featured speakers, each introduced as a leading expert in their field",

That is propaganda dressed up mainstream logical economics, when it is presented to them in such a way that they cannot respond. When you go to a church you will get a sermon, and if you don't agree with it you are unlikely to stand up in the congregation and argue with the vicar.

 Yet Another Climate Activist Masquerading as an Economist - Watts Up With That?

AUSSIES SUPPORTING CLIMATE SCEPTIC PARTY

The Australian opinion polls are now showing a big lead for a party who are clearly against the current climate policies, just as in the UK. The tide is turning! 

Pauline Hanson, the centrist, just wants a free market in electricity, and an end to the renewable energy bribery « JoNova

THE EFFECT OF EL NINOS IS NOT CLEAR

This article looks at the long term effects of El Ninos (or Los Ninos, as they are also known). The answer is that we are not sure, as recent research puts a different perspective on them.

 Do Los Niños Cause Climatic Cooling?

NEW SEA LEVEL STUDY

 New Study: Chile’s Relative Sea Level Was 3.2 Meters Higher Than Today During The Mid-Holocene

MORE EXAGGERATIONS AND FALSEHOODS TO SCARE US

This report is a scare story built on the false idea that rainfall patterns have changed dramatically, which is simply not true as Paul demonstrates with the actual data in graphs. How do they get away with it? Subsidence has always happened and there is no evidence that it is getting worse.

Millions of Homes at Risk from Climate Change! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

ANTARCTIC CLIMATE CONTROLLED BY NATURAL FACTORS SAYS NEW RESEARCH

More revision of climate models is suggested because, as the paper puts it: ‘most current climate models fail to capture Antarctic sea-ice trends and variability’. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) referred to here is also known as the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO). It may be modified by ENSO aka El Niño/La Niña events. 

The title of the research paper is: Interdecadal shift in the spring Southern Annular Mode intensifies its lagged influence on Antarctic summer sea ice. The shift was in 1998, around the time of the so-called El Niño of the century.

 Natural factors play a key role in Antarctic climate and sea-ice variability, researchers find | Tallbloke's Talkshop

TIME FOR A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF 7th CARBON BUDGET?

That is the view of David Turver in the article below. Winning a JR is extremely difficult as one has to prove that there was a flaw in the process, rather than in the actual decision. The arguments put forward by David sound good, but would they stand up in court?

 Time for Judicial Review of 7th Carbon Budget?

NET ZERO POLICIES TO FOCUS ON CUTTING MEAT AND DAIRY

Until now, the UK’s emissions reduction programme has barely touched agriculture and land use. Emissions from the sector have fallen by only around 5% over the past fifteen years. Yet the legally binding climate framework now requires a far faster pace of reduction if Britain is to remain on track. [to fall off the cliff]

That is why food is the next front in the Net Zero project.

This is where the government has to be very brave and risk becoming even more unpopular, with both Reform and Kemi's Conservatives advocating dropping Net Zero, there is now a choice for the public.

 Meat and dairy wars: how Net Zero will squeeze British farmers and families

DELAY COULD DEFEAT REPEAL OF ENDANGERMENT FINDING

Is the Court of Appeals going to delay the appeal about the Endangerment Finding, so that it can’t be decided by the Supreme Court until after Trump has left office? If that occurs, it would give a potential incoming Democratic administration in 2029 the ability to reverse course on the regulations, says Francis Menton. 

What’s Happening With the Endangerment Finding Litigation?

CLEVER TRICKS ON ELECTRICITY PRICES

We are being tricked,but will the people realise?

 The cynicism of the Secretary of State

CO2 BUDGET IGNORES NON-VOLCANIC CO2

Trying to include all natural sources of CO2 is a very difficult task and this new paper highlights a major area that has been missed. If the budget is wrong then the calculations from it are wrong. Science is never fixed if facts are found to be wrong.

 New Study: Significant CO2 Fluxes From Non-Volcanic Sources Are Largely Neglected In Carbon Budgets

IS THE GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL?

The UK government appears to be deceiving itself with its own propaganda in making out that it is creating large numbers of extra jobs and growong the economy when the reality is the exact opposite. Time for a reality check. 

Miliband’s Green Jobs Mirage | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

SAINSBURY BROWN EGG BAN IS DEBUNKED

Supermarket Sainsbury's has decided to only sell white eggs as they claim these have a lower carbon footprint than brown eggs. 

Poultry Farmer Debunks Sainsbury’s Brown Egg Ban - Watts Up With That?

GLOBAL COAL INVESTMENT AT RECORD HIGH

 We are often told that we must decarbonise our energy use to set an example to the rest of the world. Clearly from this report we learn that the rest of the world is not following our example and appears to have no intention to do so. If there was a "climate emergency" we would all be in serious trouble, however, despite the claims made by the UN Secretary General and the BBC, most people, including political leaders, seem to have decided it is not as much of an emergency as was thought. The slight warming which has occurred appears largely beneficial, with sea level continuing to rise at the same rate and crop yields at record levels. 

 Global coal investment reaches 14-year high | World Coal

SPRING CLIMATE IN GERMANY - SLIGHT WARMING

A slightly warmer spring in Germany is hardly cause for alarm. Indeed it should be most welcome. In other aspects of their climate there seems to be no trend. Of course there are many explanations for this warming including the urban heat island effect as well as poorly sited weather stations, as we have here in the UK

 Germany’s Longterm Spring Climate Data Show “No Climate Trend"

A SENSIBLE ENERGY POLICY LIKE THIS

Paul Burgess shows the Isle of Man how they could reduce their electricity bills by 80% and boost their economy. But will they do it?

 How to reduce the Isle of Man's energy bill by 80%

NET ZERO - EVEN BLAIR HAS REALISED ITS A NON-STARTER

It’s becoming increasingly evident that any justification for Net Zero has been demolished, as even Tony Blair has noticed. In a recent foreword to a report of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, ‘The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change‘, he wrote that “any strategy based on either ‘phasing out’ fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail”. He observed that ordinary people are increasingly sceptical of excessive climate action when other nations are not following suit. At the same time, he noted that the tone and arguments of the climate alarmists are “riven with irrationality”.  

The Justification for Net Zero Has Vanished with the Demise of RCP8.5 – The Daily Sceptic

SHELL V FRIENDS OF THE EARTH (HOLLAND) APPEAL

 Climate activist groups are increasingly turning to the courts and seem to enjoy success in the lower courts. In the end the higher courts do overturn these foolish decisions, as seems to be the case here: 

Friends of the Earth Criticized in Shell Appeal Case

OCEAN "ACIDIFICATION" IS A PHONY SCARE STORY

Below is a comprehensive debunk of the ocean acidification scare.

 Ocean “Acidification” Is Another Climate Scare That Won’t Go Away

THE TRUE COST OF WIND ENERGY

The damage caused to forest to provide areas for wind farms is massive as this linked article shows:

Germany’s Ecological Holocaust… Once Fairy Tale Forests Getting Cleared for Wind Turbines - Watts Up With That? 

SENSITIVE THERMOMETERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECORD TEMPERATURES

We are constantly being told on the News that a new record temperature has been reached somewhere on a certain date, and they claim this is all due to "climate change", but what is never mentioned is that the traditional mercury thermometers have now all been replaced by PRT's (platinum resistance thermometers). These new thermometers are much more sensitive to sudden short spikes in temperature caused by a whole range of issues from the surrounding air. This is explained more fully in the linked article below: 

Serious Doubts Arise About Kew Temperature ‘Records’ as Recent UK Heatwave is Weaponised to Drive Net Zero – The Daily Sceptic

UK NOT CONSIDERED GOOD FOR AI INVESTMENT

The UK's high energy costs were quoted as one major reason why a major AI project deal has been "paused". We are just slipping out of being the first choice for investment which is so sad.

OpenAI pauses UK investment deal over energy costs and regulation - BBC News

NEW VIDEOS FROM PAUL BURGESS

Paul Burgess has three new videos explaining how the Isle of Man is being mislead about the so-called benefits of having wind farms on or near the island. Quite a long video but interesting as always.

 Pure Ignorance Misleading the Isle of Man

THE FORGOTTEN UK HEATWAVE OF 1947

Just as the media were being fed the usual "impossible without climate change" line (for the recent short heatwave in the UK), out of the past someone finds that it has happened before. But don't mention it because it may cause mental health issues for those running the Met Office. It's not an accident that no one ever challenges the expert who is put in front of the camera to trot out the climate change line. That is why the climate change line has become such a joke.

 The 1947 Heatwave, Which The Met Office Keeps Quiet About | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

WEATHER ATTRIBUTION FALSE SCIENCE

The facts versus the hype,

 The Pseudoscience Behind Extreme Weather Attribution

BUSINESSES CANNOT DECARBONISE AS THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT READY

Here is a case in point. Big electric trucks do not exist, so mining companies cannot use them. Reality trumps dreamland. 

The Bubble Pops: Big Miner BHP quietly backs away from decarbonization « JoNova

DANGEROUS MAN SCRUTINISING THE MET OFFICE

The UK Met Office is constantly proclaiming record high temperatures across the UK, but they are very reluctant to admit that many of these records are obtained using measuring sites which are rated so low that the errors in measurement are plus or minus at least 2 degrees Celsius. They are under investigation by Ray Sanders who features in the interview below.  

The Met Office is Scared of Ray Sanders! - #SolutionsWatch

UK WANNABE PRIME MINISTER IS STUMPED BY NET ZERO QUESTION

The problem for politicians is that they want to please everyone, but end up pleasing no one as Andy Burnham is discovering.s

 Net Zero Watch on X: "Andy Burnham squirms after being asked about his position on Net Zero and the North Sea. “So if we're going to reindustrialise, I take it then you'll be in favour of opening up the oil and gas reserves,” he’s asked. https://t.co/wT5YxbfLeb" / X

MET OFFICE COMPLAINS OF "UNFAIR TREATMENT"

I suppose we should not be surprised that a government funded body like Ofcom should defend another government funded body, the Met Office", but it leaves a bitter taste to see this result when the Met Office is shown to be guilty of so many failings which have been highlighted on this blog. It is high time the Met Office were given a grilling by a parliamentary committee, but that too is unlikely unless we get a change of government. You can read the judgement here: 

Complaint by The Met Office about Morning Glory With Mike Graham, Talk, 8 October 2025, 09.35

UK MET OFFICE MUST UPDATE ITS EXTREME PREDICTIONS

Recently the UK Met Office's RCP8.5 pathway assumptions were dismissed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as “implausible”  The Met Office’s UKCP18 is a real shocker. Bold type was used to highlight all the extreme findings based on RCP8.5 including massive rises in temperature within 50 years (5.1°C in summer and 3.8°C in winter) and significant drops and increases in summer and winter rainfall respectively. Sea-level rises in London up to 1.15 metres were forecast by 2100. All this now dismissed as implausible must be erased from any future predictions. 

Met Office Faces Fresh Scandal Over ‘Implausible’ Climate Projections

SUPER EL NINO IS COMING

Read this linked article for the details.

 About That “Super El Niño” - Watts Up With That?

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES A GLOBAL CLIMATE HEALTH EMERGENCY

 WHO tells itself to declare global climate health emergency “to save millions” « JoNova

THE DEMONISATION OF FRACKING IN THE UK

This excellent new video by Paul Burgess explains how fracking has been given such a bad press that it is now impossible to give it a fair hearing in the UK. This is at a huge cost to the country. 

Dropping Beans Causes Bigger Earthquakes Than UK Fracking – Miliband's Policy Destroyed

RENEWABLE PROPAGANDA EXPOSED BY KATHRYN PORTER

This you tube interview with Kathryn Porter is essential viewing for all government ministers involved with energy policy.

 ‘Wind and solar are expensive, unreliable and dangerous’ | Kathryn Porter on Net Zero madness

NET ZERO LOSING APPEAL IN AUSTRALIA

Recently the Australian Government has been very supportive of net zero policies, but they are becoming unpopular with the public there just as they are losing support more generally due to the high cost of energy resulting in increased cost of living and job losses.

 Finally, on the edge of extinction, the Australian opposition start to fight on Net Zero « JoNova

NEW BREAKAWAY CLIMATE CONFERENCE MAKES A LOW KEY START

Colombia and the Netherlands co-hosted the first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Conference in the coastal city of Santa Marta in Colombia from April 24–29. The conference brought together governments from 57 countries – representing one-third of the world’s economy – to create practical, accelerated roadmaps for phasing out coal, oil, and gas. The states in attendance included EU member states and the U.K. However China, India, the U.S., Russia, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were all absent.  

The Breakaway Climate Conference Challenging the COP Process | OilPrice.com

THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION THAT CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING

On January 15, 2022,  Hunga Tonga volcano on the floor of the South Pacific exploded with enough force to punch a plume 35 miles into the sky, says the Daily Galaxy. Nearly four times the water contribution of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption, which had been the modern benchmark for volcanic atmospheric disruption.

 Tonga’s Eruption Punched Into the Edge of Space. The Stratosphere Cooled, and It Still Has Not Recovered | Tallbloke's Talkshop

LABOUR PARTY CLIMATE DOGMA TO DESTROY NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

 Despite the recent oil and gas shortages caused by the Iran conflict, the UK Labour Government are determined to push on with their ideological attack on UK fossil fuel extraction. See the article below, taken from a piece in the Telegraph.

Ed Miliband vows permanent shutdown of the North Sea | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

TRUMP FINDS A NEW WAY TO STOP NEW OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS

Here;s the new Plan B.

The administration enters into legal settlements with the wind farm developers, whereby the government pays the developers substantial sums of money to walk away from the projects. Oh, and as a kicker, the settlements require the developers to reinvest the settlement funds in oil and gas projects in the U.S. The first such settlement was entered into with the French developer Total Energies in March, and then in late April the administration concluded two more such settlements with other developers. 

 Trump’s Plan B targets offshore wind with strategic settlements

NEW RESEARCH - 'CLIMATE CHANGE' HAS NO IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION

In the last 300 to 700 years, no precipitation pattern has emerged in Scandinavia, Asia, or Central Greece which can be linked to manmade impacts or post-1950 CO2 increases (Stridbeck et al., 2026, Cai et al., 2026, Sakalis and Kastridis, 2025).

 New Paleo Research: Modern ‘Climate Change’ Has Had No Apparent Impact On Precipitation Patterns

HYPOCRISY OF ED MILIBAND EXPOSED

This short video shows the difference in how he behaves compared with how he expects us to behave. 

Net Zero rules don't apply to Miliband #HeatPump

COUNCILS WILLING TO GO FURTHER ON CLIMATE POLICY

Much of what councils do is to implement what their national governments give them, but there are some areas where a council can choose their own policy and here we see that Copenhagen City has chosen to go further in restricting the diet of those in rest homes as this article explains, 

Copenhagen’s City Govt. Limits Elderly to Tiny Servings of Delicious, Nutritious Meat - Watts Up With That?

There seems little democratic freedom here. The climate agenda is a big bonus to those who enjoy controlling us.

UK NET ZERO JUST GOT MUCH TOUGHER

When you are struggling to reach a target, is it a good idea to make that target even more difficult? The UK Government seem to think so.

 UK Adds Aviation and Shipping to Net Zero Carbon Budget Plans

OIL AND GAS NOT STRANDED ASSETS AFTER ALL

 What stranded asset? Norway opens up 3 old, gas and oil fields and 70 new exploration sites « JoNova

Amid sharp price rises in oil and gas since the US and Israel’s attack on Iran in February, Oslo has given its approval for oil and gas companies to explore in 70 new locations in the North Sea, Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea.

At least their government is putting its own people first instead of just putting up taxes. If only our leading politicians would learn from them.

BANS ON ADVERTS FOR MEAT AND FOSSIL FUELS IN EUROPE BEGIN

Banning adverts for widely popular products seems to fly in the face of peoples rights to a free choice in a democratic country. I wonder if the news below will be copied by others, or will there be a backlash?

 Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels - BBC News

ANOTHER CLIMATE TREATY - OH NO!

 Just when it seemed the IPCC was coming to an end, here comes another attempt to phase out fossil fuels.

Hatching a fossil fuel phase out treaty - Watts Up With That?

INFORMATIVE MATERIAL ON THE SCIENCE OF GW

Below is a link to a 31 page deposition given by three very distinguished scientists to a judge in a legal case. It covers the whole area of global warming and includes diagrams, graphs and tables. Some parts of it are quite technical and hard for a layman to follow, though presumably the judge was not a scientist. The questions at the end were particularly interesting and well worth reading

 Happer-Koonin-Lindzen.pdf

USA SHOWS WORLD DOMINANCE IN OIL AND GAS

In a striking display of America’s energy dominance, the United States has shattered export records for crude oil, diesel, and gasoline—delivering a powerful message on Persian Gulf Day as military options against Iran remain firmly on the table. This landmark achievement underscores the remarkable strength of U.S. production and refining capacity, even amid global tensions. 

If only the UK had continued to extract the oil and gas that exist around and under our territory we could be reaping the rewards right now. But no, our government would rather forego that and head for net zero instead.

 The USA is the global energy powerhouse « JoNova

FUTURE CLIMATE PREDICTIONS ARE NOW LESS SCARY

The whole climate scare is based on predictions based on how much CO2 is emitted. The computer models link the amount of CO2 with the degree of global warming which in turn gives predictions of sea level rise and even amounts of floods, droughts etc.

What has just happened is that these scientists in charge of the computer programme have decided that the scenario with the greatest emission of CO2 is simply not possible (something that many scientists have been saying for years). So they have now removed it in the latest version. 

The problem is that this "impossible" scenario has been used to produce the scary headlines and by political leaders as a reason for bringing out costly policies. Are they now going to admit that they have brought in unnecessary policies - of course not. 

 Bye Bye, RCP 8.5 | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT