Mike Smith, the climate activist suing six of New Zealand’s largest companies over greenhouse gas emissions, is unhappy. On Tuesday, the Government announced it will amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to stop cases like his and others like it. Smith calls the move “an affront to democracy.” He has the wrong end of the […]
An affront to democracy?
An affront to democracy?
16 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: climate activists, constitutional law
Disaster? NYT Op-Ed on Demoting the Climate Pitch
15 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism
This essay is capitulation to catastrophe…. Don’t talk about it, then the public won’t know about it, then you can’t run for office on it and the country won’t act on the emergency. The post Disaster? NYT Op-Ed on Demoting the Climate Pitch appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Disaster? NYT Op-Ed on Demoting the Climate Pitch
Three Months In: EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal Has Quietly Become a Legal Fight, not a Scientific One
12 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice
For all the talk of finally relitigating the underlying climate science, the EPA’s final rule does almost none of that. It does not argue that greenhouse gases fail to qualify as pollutants. It does not litigate model sensitivities, the surface temperature record, attribution methodology, or any of the empirical questions that WUWT contributors and others…
Three Months In: EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal Has Quietly Become a Legal Fight, not a Scientific One
Net Zero Parties Annihilated By Trump Aligned Candidates in British and Australian Elections
11 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - Australia, Public Choice Tags: British politics, net zero
Turns out the public has higher priorities than ensuring their great grandkids enjoy 0.01ºC lower temperatures in 100 years. The post Net Zero Parties Annihilated By Trump Aligned Candidates in British and Australian Elections appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Net Zero Parties Annihilated By Trump Aligned Candidates in British and Australian Elections
Volkswagen Face $1.7 Billion Fine For Missing Emissions Targets
11 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
By Paul Homewood AOL also cover the story:
Volkswagen Face $1.7 Billion Fine For Missing Emissions Targets
IPCC Admits Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios Are “Implausible” – Meaning Most Media Scare Stories Over Last 15 Years Are Officially Junk
06 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Purely anecdotal, but the BBC seems to have moderated its wilder climate stories of late with the “Climate” topic on its News site relegated to the second tier of subjects. The post IPCC Admits Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios Are “Implausible” – Meaning Most Media Scare Stories Over Last 15 Years Are Officially Junk appeared first on…
IPCC Admits Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios Are “Implausible” – Meaning Most Media Scare Stories Over Last 15 Years Are Officially Junk
“Get Rid of the Department of Climate Change”: Aussie One Nation’s Condition for a Future Coalition Government Deal
05 May 2026 Leave a comment
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One Nation, which is riding high in national polls, has laid out a hard condition for supporting any future right wing Aussie coalition government. The post “Get Rid of the Department of Climate Change”: Aussie One Nation’s Condition for a Future Coalition Government Deal appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
“Get Rid of the Department of Climate Change”: Aussie One Nation’s Condition for a Future Coalition Government Deal
Cargo Cult Climate Economics
26 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
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Part 2 of 2 on a damning new paper that takes on the top-down climate-economics literature — “The empirically inscrutable climate-economy relationship”
Cargo Cult Climate Economics
The Paper That Breaks Climate Economics
22 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
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Part 1 of 2 on a damning new paper that takes on the top-down climate-economics literature — “The empirically inscrutable climate-economy relationship”
The Paper That Breaks Climate Economics
Breaking: Major Under-the-Radar SCOTUS Decision on Climate Lawfare
22 Apr 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: nuisance suits
There are Supreme Court decisions that arrive with fanfare, and then there are those that quietly rearrange the legal landscape in ways that only become obvious after the dust settles. Today’s decision in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish belongs firmly in the latter category. It is not packaged as a climate case. It does…
Breaking: Major Under-the-Radar SCOTUS Decision on Climate Lawfare
IMF and World Bank Misled by Climate Obsession (Lomborg, Bessent)
19 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
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The above video includes a conversation between Bjorn Lomborg and Scott Bessent at the annual IIF gathering (Institute of International Finance). The introduction by IIF CEO Tim Adams starts about 11 minutes in. For those who prefer reading, below is a lightly edited transcript of comments back and forth, along with some added images. TA […]
IMF and World Bank Misled by Climate Obsession (Lomborg, Bessent)
Matt Ridley thinks the Climate Parrot is almost dead
18 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
A central theme in Ridley’s argument is the failure of renewable energy—particularly wind and solar—to deliver reliable and scalable solutions. He described these sources as inherently intermittent and argued that “the transition to them is simply failing to materialize.” While not dismissing renewable energy outright, he questioned why concern about climate change is often equated…
Matt Ridley thinks the Climate Parrot is almost dead
Abrupt Climate Change Also Occurred NATURALLY In The Past …25 Times During Last Ice Age
16 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
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Abrupt climate change also occurred naturally in the past The following video from the “Klimaschau” series (No. 256), published by the European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE), addresses the question of whether abrupt climate changes in the past were natural or man-made. Image cropped here. The claim of an unprecedented speed of climate change…
Abrupt Climate Change Also Occurred NATURALLY In The Past …25 Times During Last Ice Age
Why Climate Alarm is Fading (Matt Ridley)
09 Apr 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Matt Ridley explains the demise of climatism in his recent video The Great Climate Climbdown is finally here – How can we undo the Damage Caused? For those preferring to read, there is a transcript below with my bolds and some helpful images. I’m going to try and give you my perspective on which arguments […]
Why Climate Alarm is Fading (Matt Ridley)
The Legacy of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” 20 Years Later
08 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, movies Tags: climate alarmism
Gore to climate scientists: “Start getting involved in politics.” Boy, did they listen.
The Legacy of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” 20 Years Later
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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