From The Daily Skirmish’ Chris Wright: NPR accidentally told the truth, yesterday, and it’s a doozy: The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills, or worse….  the amount of plastic actually turned into new things has fallen to new lows of around 5%…..  Waste management experts say the… Continue Reading

News Advisory Office of State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe RepMetcalfe.com / Facebook.com/RepMetcalfe  October 21, 2022 WHAT:   House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene his final public hearing to receive expert testimony on Fossil Fuels: Driving America’s Economy and Quality of Life. WHO:  The hearing will feature presentations from Kevin Dayaratna, Ph.D.,… Continue Reading

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From Motor Biscuit’s Thom Taylor: In the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane Ian in Florida, things are going from bad to worse. The destruction is massive, and also ongoing. That’s because even though the hurricane occurred over a week ago, its after-effects are mounting. These include the instances of Tesla EVs exploding into flames around the state.… Continue Reading

From Delaware Valley Journal’s Chris Woodward: President Joe Biden went to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to bump fists and ask the oil-rich nation to increase oil output, essentially outsourcing oil production from U.S. oilfields to the Middle East in an effort to bring gas prices down. On Wednesday, Biden got his answer. The OPEC+… Continue Reading

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From Reuters’ Ruma Paul and Sudarshan Varadhan: DHAKA, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Large swathes of Bangladesh were left without electricity on Tuesday after a grid failure, a government official said, adding that authorities were working to gradually restore power supply in the country of 168 million people. The country’s power grid malfunctioned at around 2… Continue Reading

from Daily Sceptic‘s Chris Morrison: Warming by carbon dioxide is logarithmic due to ‘saturation’ within the infrared spectrum, and any future doubling of the gas in the atmosphere will be associated with the same warming of around 1°C. This result is not considered controversial, argues atmospheric scientist and Emeritus Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT –… Continue Reading

“Environmental and health concerns are falling by the wayside as people grapple with soaring energy bills.” From Reuters’ Stephanie van den Berg: VEENENDAAL, Netherlands, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The budget-conscious Dutch, who enjoyed abundant cheap gas for half a century to heat their homes, are turning to more traditional heating methods as cold weather reaches… Continue Reading

Gregory Wrightstone: “What they’re trying to do is politicize the pain and suffering of these people to promote their green agenda.” Democrats blaming climate change for Hurricane Ian at odds with science, experts say From Fox News’ Thomas Catenacci: Multiple experts contacted by Fox News Digital argued that there isn’t sufficient evidence to suggest climate… Continue Reading

From CBN News‘ Dale Hurd: A regular feature at UN climate summits is a special presentation by indigenous groups or representatives from developing nations warning that climate change is a threat to their way of life. But talk to leaders from the developing world and you hear a different concern – how being forced to… Continue Reading

Things just got worse: “One of the largest departments in the federal government says it has role to play in safeguarding American’s health from the effects of climate change, and argues this role is “firmly rooted in public health history.” From Fox News‘ Peter Kasperowicz: The Department of Health and Human Services is a $2 trillion entity… Continue Reading

There was another incident involving a Tesla Megapack battery which caught on fire recently, Electrek has reported. The money line in this story about a recent fire at Tesla’s largest Megapack battery facility is: “With large volumes, some battery fires are inevitable, but Tesla has put a lot of effort into making sure they don’t… Continue Reading

From Wall Street Journal Opinion/Commentary By Steven Koonin, September 19, 2022 Alarming reports that the Antarctic ice sheet is shrinking misrepresent the science under way to understand a very complex situation. Antarctica has been ice-covered for at least 30 million years. The ice sheet holds about 26.5 million gigatons of water (a gigaton is a billion… Continue Reading

“The scientists suggest that rather than burdening our children with anxiety about climate change, we should encourage them to think about issues like energy, food and health…” From Daily Sceptic‘s Chris Morrison: Four leading Italian scientists have undertaken a major review of historical climate trends and concluded that declaring a ‘climate emergency’ is not supported by the… Continue Reading

CO2 Coalition Postdoctoral Fellowship The CO2 Coalition is excited to announce a Scientific Research Fellowship for an outstanding candidate holding a Ph.D. in the hard sciences. This is a two-year fellowship program of interdisciplinary research, writing and publication. It is open to those who can work cooperatively on the creation of studies, papers and commentaries… Continue Reading

From Bloomberg News: Engineering firm expects 270 GW of new capacity by 2025 Chinese utilities have been shifting to cheaper renewables China may add more new coal-fired power plants in the next few years than previously expected after a spate of economy-pinching power crunches. The world’s biggest energy user is expected to add 270 gigawatts… Continue Reading

From Reuters‘ Andrew Macaskill and Paul Sandle: LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Britain appointed lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has expressed scepticism about the need to fight climate change as the new business secretary, raising concerns that he could delay the target of reducing net zero emissions by 2050. Rees-Mogg, nicknamed “the honorable gentleman from the… Continue Reading

By Lee Yun-Jeong, September 6, 2022 This was first published at Epoch Times. The complete article can be seen here. Patrick Moore, one of the founders of Greenpeace, said in an email obtained by The Epoch Times that his reasons for leaving Greenpeace were very clear: “Greenpeace was ‘hijacked’ by the political left when they… Continue Reading

From Zero Hedge‘s Tyler Durden: Over the past week, shocked Europeans – mostly in the UK and Ireland – have been posting viral photos of shockingly high energy bills amid the ongoing (and worsening) energy crisis. Several of the posts were from small business owners who getting absolutely crushed right now, and won’t be able to remain operational much… Continue Reading

From Just the News‘ Anthony Hennen: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending $740,000 to Pennsylvania for “critical infrastructure to combat climate change” – but most of the money will go toward repaving parking lots. The USDA Rural Development program provides taxpayer money for all sorts of programs, from infrastructure to health care to environmental and… Continue Reading

Last year, the CO2 Coalition played a prominent role in providing the scientific basis for opposing the Virginia Clean Economy Act and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the state. In a victory of science over climate alarm, Virginia’s governor yesterday backed out of RGGI. From Just the News‘ Tyler Arnold: “Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration will… Continue Reading

Do you enjoy summer vacations on the east coast of the United States? Outer Banks? Rehoboth Beach? Love getting up early to view the sun rising over the ocean? We hope that you have good photos because those vistas are about to be gone forever. Giant wind turbines are soon to be deployed up and… Continue Reading

HONOLULU (AP) — “The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. …In 2020, Hawaii’s Legislature passed a law banning the use of coal for energy production at the start of… Continue Reading

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) issued a Heat Bulletin on Tuesday, August 30, warning that upcoming excessive heat may result in blackouts due to the stress on the energy grid. The Heat Bulletin states: “Starting tomorrow through Tuesday, California and the West are expecting extreme heat that is likely to strain the grid with… Continue Reading