Climate Fact Check: June 2024 Edition

The dishonest media is why we do these monthly fact checks.

Climate Fact Check: June 2024 Edition

Farage Attacks Net Zero With Facts

By Paul Homewood Finally we’ve got some common sense in Parliament! .     https://twitter.com/i/status/1807687079918256358

Farage Attacks Net Zero With Facts

Climate-Skeptic Reform Party Takes A Third Of The Tory Vote In The UK Election

After 14 years of net-zero nonsense from the Conservative Party, Nigel Farage’s climate-skeptic Reform Party has taken away a third of the Conservative vote.

Climate-Skeptic Reform Party Takes A Third Of The Tory Vote In The UK Election

Governor Newsom’s unpopularity might have something to do with his extreme mandates that make life unaffordable.

…California’s “green” Governor Newsom is by far the MOST UNPOPULAR Governor in America !

Governor Newsom’s unpopularity might have something to do with his extreme mandates that make life unaffordable.

‘My electric car has been soul-destroying – I can’t wait to go back to petrol’

By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness   Ray Bestwick bought an electric car last May in the hope of hassle-free motoring. But with eight trips to the garage in little more than a year, the 62-year-old engineer cannot wait to put an end to his “soul-destroying” experience. The Renault Megane E-Tech driver isn’t the only […]

‘My electric car has been soul-destroying – I can’t wait to go back to petrol’

Five Questions Congress Should’ve Asked the Climate Cartel

SG investing promises nebulous profits in some far-off future, but my friends and family whose retirements rely on CalPERS need it to perform better today instead of doubling down on its money-losing ways.

Five Questions Congress Should’ve Asked the Climate Cartel

The true cost of Labour’s net zero plans is slowly being revealed – and the sums are staggering

By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby . At least the Telegraph is starting to dismantle Mad Miliband’s crazy agenda: .   Sir Keir Starmer has promised that a new Labour government would decarbonise the UK’s electricity system by 2030 and would, at the same time, reduce average energy bills by up to £300 or roughly […]

The true cost of Labour’s net zero plans is slowly being revealed – and the sums are staggering

Global Warming Myths Debunked by IPCC Expert Gregory Wrightstone

What if more CO2 in the atmosphere is good for Mother Earth and beneficial for all life on the planet? What if global warming is not an existential threat to humanity?

Global Warming Myths Debunked by IPCC Expert Gregory Wrightstone

Totally Risible: Wind Industry Couldn’t Power Australia’s Toasters & Kettles

When the wind stops blowing, wind power stops flowing. It’s that simple. If anyone is looking for proof that wind power is always and everywhere entirely dependent on the weather. Here it is. The graphic above comes from the boys over at Aneroid Energy and it depicts the output from every single wind turbine connected […]

Totally Risible: Wind Industry Couldn’t Power Australia’s Toasters & Kettles

BP freezes offshore wind projects to focus on fossil fuels

By Paul Homewood   h/t Paul Kolk . BP has put all new offshore wind projects on pause as the oil company’s new chief executive seeks to focus more heavily on fossil fuels. Murray Auchincloss, who became permanent head of the business at the start of the year, has also frozen hiring in the offshore […]

BP freezes offshore wind projects to focus on fossil fuels

Have Swarbrick’s Greens actually had zero environmental impact, and simply just thrown thousands into poverty?

What has been the greatest source of greenhouse gas emissions in NZ these past six years? The CO2 expelled in hot air from the Greens & their travels to and from Wellington, and around the world? Has the Green Party contributed next to nothing in terms of reducing NZ’s contribution to global emissions, yet added…

Have Swarbrick’s Greens actually had zero environmental impact, and simply just thrown thousands into poverty?

Climate “Communicators” Discover the Best Way to Persuade Voters is to Lie to Them

This is a hilarious X (formerly Twitter) thread on a presentation about “messaging over climate”. Worst messages tested: electric cars, Green New Deal, frontline communities, ‘Big Oil lied’, climate pollution Talking about electric cars especially deadly for Democrats. Women in particular frightened of battery running out. (Interesting gendered spin on range anxiety I hadn’t thought […]

Climate “Communicators” Discover the Best Way to Persuade Voters is to Lie to Them

Wash Post Editorial Board Denounces ‘De-Growth Communism’ – ‘Ending Growth Won’t Save the Planet’

Degrowth’s prophets offer little more than hand-waving in response to the most elementary questions about their prescription.

Wash Post Editorial Board Denounces ‘De-Growth Communism’ – ‘Ending Growth Won’t Save the Planet’

Extinction Rebellion Dweebs Get Shutdown Quickly on The PGA Tour

Climate Activists from Extinction Rebellion Set off Smoke Bombs as they STORM THE GREEN at the 18th Hole of the PGA Tour as SCOTTIE SCHEFFLERS was finishing his game.

Extinction Rebellion Dweebs Get Shutdown Quickly on The PGA Tour

“Seasonal” Renewable Output Fail Bites Australia

“… seasonal lulls in wind and solar output has led to a big increase in the amount of gas being burnt to produce electricity. …”

“Seasonal” Renewable Output Fail Bites Australia

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