EV Sales Collapse in Germany

Germany has suffered a “spectacular” drop in electric car sales as the European Union faces growing calls to delay its net zero vehicle targets.

EV Sales Collapse in Germany

The Problem Of Too Much Wind

By Paul Homewood     FES 2024 As well as the problem of not having enough wind power at times, there is also the issue of having too much at other times. Consequently we have to pay generators to switch off. The National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios this year estimated that 42.5 TWh would have […]

The Problem Of Too Much Wind

Here’s How One Biden-Appointed Judge’s Ruling Could Bring Drilling in Gulf of Mexico to A Halt

Notably, oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico is less carbon-intensive than oil produced elsewhere; one May 2023 analysis commissioned by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) found that oil extracted offshore in the Gulf of Mexico is 46% less carbon-intensive than the global average excluding the U.S. and Canada.

Here’s How One Biden-Appointed Judge’s Ruling Could Bring Drilling in Gulf of Mexico to A Halt

VP Harris hasn’t ‘moderated’ on climate issues – She doubles down on ‘climate crisis’ narrative, still supports net-zero policies that will harm grids, U.S. farming, and domestic energy

KamalaHarris hasn’t “moderated” on climate issues. She doubles down on “climate crisis” narrative, still supports net-zero energy policies that will harm grid stability, agriculture, and all energy-related sectors. Nor does she regret her IRA vote.

VP Harris hasn’t ‘moderated’ on climate issues – She doubles down on ‘climate crisis’ narrative, still supports net-zero policies that will harm grids, U.S. farming, and domestic energy

Top notch DomPost op-ed #OTD on bloody cyclists

Volvo ditches electric car plans

By Paul Homewood     h/t Philip Bratby     Volvo has ditched plans to sell only electric cars by 2030 amid waning demand for battery powered vehicles. The Swedish carmaker blamed the move on changing market conditions, amid fears many of the public continue to prefer petrol and diesel models. It comes as major […]

Volvo ditches electric car plans

Globe-Trotting Climate Activist Fined 100,000 Euros After Blocking Frankfurt Airport

If NGOs or collection campaigns don’t help out, the climate-blocking criminal could end up in prison as a substitute. How many years would that amount to?

Globe-Trotting Climate Activist Fined 100,000 Euros After Blocking Frankfurt Airport

Ed Miliband’s Hard Left Policy Team

By Paul Homewood Guido has news on the batch of SpAds advising the clueless Ed Miliband. Their extreme backgrounds are s concerning as Miliband’s own. The fact that he has picked these says it all.

Ed Miliband’s Hard Left Policy Team

Finally sanity on GE

Judith Collins announced: The Government is ending New Zealand’s nearly 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab in a move which will bring health, productivity and climate gains for New Zealanders.  Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins today announced legislation ending the ban and implementing a dedicated regulator to oversee applications to use […]

Finally sanity on GE

Climate Activists Eating Their Own? Vox Accuses WWF of Greenwashing the Meat Industry

“… Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund are laundering the meat industry’s propaganda. …”

Climate Activists Eating Their Own? Vox Accuses WWF of Greenwashing the Meat Industry

Germany Green Transition Collapse: Electric Vehicle Sales Plummet 47% In First Half of This Year!

Meanwhile petrol and diesel engine car sales have risen 24% and 20% respectively.

Germany Green Transition Collapse: Electric Vehicle Sales Plummet 47% In First Half of This Year!

Roots of Climate Change Distortions

Roger Pielke Jr. explains at his blog Why Climate Misinformation Persists.  Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T John Ray Noble Lies, Conventional Wisdom, and Luxury Beliefs In 2001, I participated in a roundtable discussion hosted at the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with a group of U.S. Senators, […]

Roots of Climate Change Distortions

Did a Christchurch Environment Judge called Prudence just end NZ’s Dreams of higher tech-based productivity growth that would’ve fixed our health system & ended poverty?

New Zealand citizen, Peter Thiel, who is one of the world’s richest men, and business associate of Elon Musk, has had his house application in Wanaka rejected on appeal by the Environment Court. Theil was the first investor in Shane Legg’s company, Deep Mind, which started the Artificial Intelligence revolution. Legg is a former student…

Did a Christchurch Environment Judge called Prudence just end NZ’s Dreams of higher tech-based productivity growth that would’ve fixed our health system & ended poverty?

Weighing N.Y.’s Climate Statute

The question is whether those people can be awakened before the blackouts hit.

Weighing N.Y.’s Climate Statute

Exposing the Financial Web: Clinton-Run Organizations Funding Climate Activists

American voters who have bought tote bags decorated with pictures of Mrs Clinton or sweatshirts promoting abortion rights have inadvertently funded disruption in the UK.

Exposing the Financial Web: Clinton-Run Organizations Funding Climate Activists

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