The U.S. is divided over whether nuclear power is part of the green energy future (NPR)

CDC’s suggestion to cancel football, band in nearly every US school called ‘unrealistic’ (CNN)

The renewable energy source Democrats hope will break out (Politico)

Imagine Electric Vehicles in Bad Weather

China Coal Production Hits Record To Avoid Energy Crisis  Things you won’t read in the Narrative Media.

Humanity Has Turned Land Itself Into a Menace (Wired ‘Science’) Four legs good, two legs bad.

A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results (Wired ‘Science’)

Apple Suppliers Struggling to Meet Environmental Goals  Goals? Say rather ‘requirements’. ‘Goals’ are not strict. If it’s strict, it’s a requirement.

As coal use surges, America finds it’s hard to unplug from carbon (The Hill)

Six in 10 Americans ‘alarmed’ or ‘concerned’ about climate change – study (The Guardian)

As electric rates rise, gas-fired power emerges as both scapegoat and savior

How to Prepare for Climate Change’s Most Immediate Impacts (Wired) First, stop reading the Narrative Media.

Voting rights are essential for environmental justice and climate action (The Hill) Sounds like a Narrative.

Giving nuclear power a second look to fight climate change (Seattle Times)

Want to Derail the Energy Transition? Take Fossil Fuels Out of the Mix. (Foreign Policy)

Claim: “Organized Labor”, “Moderate Democrats” Impeding Californian Climate Efforts

Anti-Science? Climate Skeptic Dr. Roy Spencer Says Google Demonetized His Website

Climate Alarmists Conceal Global Temperature Anomaly Measurement Declines Despite Increasing Atmospheric CO2

European Union Fiddling Their Own Rules to Fund the Climate Revolution

How the Refrigerator Became an Agent of Climate Catastrophe (The New Yorker)

California is poised to kill rooftop solar, damaging climate and health (The Hill) The proglodyte urge to tax is master of them all.

Global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health, scientists find (The Guardian)

Earth’s climate went off the rails in 2021, reports show (Axios)

Tiny Reactors Could Spark a ‘Nuclear Revolution’ to Fight Climate Change (Newsweek) Not if the government has anything to say about it. (Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators)

Energy Department to announce Clean Energy Corps, hire 1,000 staffers to work on climate change (Washington Post) Because vastly expanding the bureaucracy has been so effective in the past.

Dirty greenwashing: watchdog targets fashion brands over misleading claims (The Guardian)

Nearly 140 Scientific Papers Detail The Minuscule Effect CO2 Has On Earth’s Temperature

Why Democrats Make Energy Expensive (And Dirty)

False Alarm: Today–and Back in the 1970s

Aussie Climate Activists Still Rejecting Nuclear Power

How to Prepare for Climate Change’s Most Immediate Impacts  Eat enough peanuts and it will keep the elephants away.

The Other McCain lets it rip.

CNN has lost 90% of its audience since Donald Trump left the White House, a predictable consequence of Jeff Zucker’s decision to go all-in on anti-Trump programming.

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It is difficult to explain, and impossible to exaggerate, just how far CNN has fallen. In October, it was noted that CNN’s Reliable Sources program with Brian Stelter attracted only 85,000 viewers ages 25-54 (the so-called “demo” on which advertising rates are based), which was lower than re-runs on other cable networks of Friends, Golden Girls and Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and even lower than the cartoons Paw Patrol and Spongebob Squarepants. In a nation of 325 million people, a demo audience of 85,000 is microscopic; Stelter is irrelevant, an asterisk in the ratings.

World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded (Axios) Sounds like a theme.

U.S. aims to double cover crop planting to address climate change (Reuters) The government will just wave its magic wand and everything will be fine.

Climate crisis is greatest global risk in 2022: World Economic Forum (The Hill) Worse than COVID! Worse than Muslim terrorism! Worse than Russia! Worse than China!

Regenerative Ranching Is Better for the Environment, but Can It Be Profitable?

Newly discovered rainfrog species named in honor of climate activist Greta Thunberg (The Hill) I can see the resemblance.  Both are croakers.

How the speed of climate change is unbalancing the insect world (The Guardian)

Climate Poses Challenges — and Chances — for Flyover Country

Drought No More: Climate Change Now Causes Too Much Rain

Polar Bear Panic: CBS Hypes Alarmist Report on Arctic Melting

The Conversation: Moratorium on Climate Research until Governments Take Action

Vt. lawmakers look to create statewide environmental justice policy  Sounds like a meme.

RI homeowners already suffering due to sea-level rise, Sen. Whitehouse says (WPRI) Would you miss Rhode Island? I can’t say that I would.

Climate change degrading Oregon coastal ecosystems, study suggests (OPB News)

What’s the weather forecast for 2050?  CNN can tell you!

The Uncertain Future of Antarctica’s Melting Ice (Eos)

Climate change destroying homes across the Arctic (BBC) I’ll bet you didn’t know that there were ‘homes in the Arctic’.

Newsom allocates $22.5 billion to climate crisis in California budget proposal (The Hill) Fortunately there is nothing more important to spend that money on.

US Gov’t Spent $1.1B On Failed Carbon Capture Projects In A Decade

World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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For nearly two years, and with the midterm election coming up, conservatives and Republicans were vilified as conspiracy theorists for raising questions about COVID hospitalization numbers when it came to who was there because of COVID and who just happened to be infected. On Monday, CNN and anchor Jake Tapper finally arrived at the scene to ask the obvious questions after CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky admitted to Fox News that number is inflated by upwards of 40 percent.

Tapper prefaced his late revelation by prefacing to CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta that “the case numbers aren’t really a significant as hospitalizations because what’s important is how sick people are getting.”

And since CNN had obfuscated the idea that the CDC was misleading people, Tapper had to spell out what was going on.

SURPRISE!

A lesson from Surfside? Underground assault from sea-level rise puts coastal structures at risk (Palm Beach Post) Checking Zillow … nope, real estate prices not dropping; going up, actually.

Only a culture change can end this state of climate inaction (The Guardian)

Sea level on steroids: Record tides flood Washington coastlines  Journalists: Confusing weather with climate for at least twenty years now….

Why the climate-wrecking craze for crypto art really is beyond satire (The Guardian) I’ll bet you didn’t know that art could wreck the climate.

Glenn Youngkin is no moderate on the environment (Washington Post)

Ocean Battery stores renewable energy at the bottom of the sea

Rising sea levels threaten affordable housing (NPR) Because houses on the beach are SO affordable.

New research helps link increasing extreme air pollution days to climate change

Investment Advisor Slams Climate Disaster Claims

When the Wind Doesn’t Blow

Photos show what sea level rise may look like in Bay Area by 2050 (S.F. Gate) “May” Call me when real estate values drop in Malibu, Palm Beach, and Martha’s Vineyard.

California is about to stumble in the climate fight (The Hill)

As spending bill stalls, Biden climate goals remain elusive (Associated Press) Perhaps he can’t remember them.

You’re allowed to hate Netflix’s Don’t Look Up and still believe in climate change (BGR) Well, that’s a relief.

Google Makes War on Climate Science

Do climate models predict extreme weather?

Swiss Researchers Use Brain Electrodes to Stimulate Climate Concern

A Children’s Book for Liberals Who Think Children Are Destroying the Planet

Using An Outdated Reference Period, Germany’s DWD Weather Service Turns Cooling Into Warming

‘Drastic’ rise in high Arctic lightning has scientists worried (The Guardian)

There Was Way Too Much Lightning in the Arctic Last Year (Gizmodo) Sounds like a theme.

Pufferfish-inspired houses could help lake village cope with sea level rise  Have you noticed that ‘sea level rise’ only appears ‘threatening’ in the Turd World?

Feds deny Oklo’s application to build an advanced nuclear reactor in Idaho This is why we can never have nice things.

Indie City-Building Games Finally Reckon With Climate Change (Wired)

‘There’s nothing here’: Oregon’s southernmost glacier has completely melted  And archeologists are salivating.

This Gas-Burning Power Plant Near Galveston Bay Could Change the Future of Clean Energy  Not if the Crust has anything to say about it.

Disaster survivors plead with government for insurance against ferocious storms and rising sea (The Hill) Call me when real estate values in Malibu and Martha’s Vineyard start going down.

‘Everything is at risk’: flood survivors urge Congress to change inadequate insurance (The Guardian)

Climate change: For 25th year in a row, Greenland ice sheet shrinks (UN News) You’d think it would be gone by now.

Banks risk becoming new fossil fuel villains in 2022  Better Get In Line….

For Farmers Across America, Solar Power May Spell Trouble

Climate Change Weekly #421: Alarmists Embrace Authoritarianism, Ignore Lessons of History

Why Greta’s Climate Panic Failed

Texas: Wind Fails, Media Blames Natural Gas… Again

Inside the lab inventing “coffee” without beans to save the planet  Nothing pleases Gaia more than fake food.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has graced the lower House chamber since 1987 and as its leading Democratic official since 2003, will turn 82 on March 26th. And during a solemn January 6th commemorative event in the Capitol, she said the quiet part about the festivities out loud.

“It is essential that we preserve the narrative of January 6th.”

And she said it five times. At the same event. As reported by her office in the same press release.

Top White House environmental justice official to depart post (CNN) Just what is ‘environmental justice’, anyway?

The missing elements in our battle against the climate crisis (The Guardian) Well, science for one.

Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier, is breaking up – and scientists are racing to get a closer look

There’s a Way to End Energy Poverty—And It Has the Side Effect of Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete (TIME) Cancelling the Industrial Revolution ought to do it.

Cambridge peer-reviewed study suggests ‘authoritarianism’ might be necessary to fight climate change

Climate Council: Global Warming Now Causes MORE Rainfall

Brussels Airlines Flew 3,000 Empty Flights This Winter, All To Maintain Spots At Major Airports

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The first rule of politics is to blame your enemies for anything bad that happens in the world. So when Interstate 95 was locked in a weather-related traffic jam for 15 hours, progressives were quick to blame it on newly elected governor Glenn Youngkin.

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Certainly, the traffic could not have been the fault of Youngkin’s Democratic predecessors, who spent billions of dollars on transit projects while neglecting Virginia’s highway system (except where they could charge tolls to help pay for transit). It has to be Youngkin’s fault for not doing something about the roads during all the time he has been in the governor’s office so far.

What’s that you say? He isn’t in the governor’s office? He won’t be inaugurated until January 15? Well, it still has to be his fault somehow.

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On the cusp of an absolute glut of liberal-media anniversary coverage of the January 6 riot, CNN media reporter Brian Stelter was cranky. “We live in a world where Donald Trump’s top supporters malign the media for being ‘obsessed’ with January 6.”

You don’t have to be a Trump supporter to see it. The media obsession with January 6 is easily quantifiable. Saying there’s not an obsession is like claiming the media didn’t do enough coverage of Princess Di’s car crash and funeral. The New York Times editorial board posted an article titled “Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now,” and the daily media coverage reflects that mentality.

Sounds like a theme.

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Lately, in the last couple years especially, there has been a surge of fact checking services. Instagram and Facebook use these services to warn users of “misinformation” and “falsehoods”, and many other media cite these services as credible sources. For a long while, these warnings on IG and FB were of little matter to me and sometimes they would even pop up on completely irrelevant posts that the algorithms would detect as “misinformation” to my amusement. However something I saw recently finally tipped me over the edge.

I saw Dr. Peter A. McCullough speak on Joe Rogan’s Podcast and so I went to his Wikipedia page to see what his credentials were, and to see a general summary of his work. First two sentences are a quite basic, innocent summary of the man, however the third sentence (which also shows up in the little information box when you search his name on Google) is where things take a turn for the worse. The third sentence reads: “During the COVID-19 pandemic, McCullough promoted misinformation about COVID-19, the COVID-19 vaccine, and COVID-19 treatments.” Now, they cite 3 sources for these claims, and I have gone through all 3 of these in detail. The first 2 are not quite as egregious (and maybe even sinister) as the 3rd one1 so I will be focusing on that to make my point. The first claim of his that they analyze is “Once an individual recovers from Covid-19, they have robust, complete and durable immunity with a negligible risk of ever getting Covid-19 again.” Their so-called debunk of this claim quotes the WHO “The World Health Organization (WHO) states that infected people without symptoms can still transmit the virus.” Notice how these statements have absolutely nothing to do with each other, McCullough is discussing recovered individuals, and WHO currently infected individuals. Coming from the world’s oldest news agency calling this negligence would be underplaying their malice. This is an obvious attack on a scientist nonetheless in order to discredit him and his knowledge.

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Dr. Robert Malone blows up the COVID Narrative.

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The media made their fair share of nasty comments and skewed remarks in 2021, but there were also instances where reporters (or entire networks) deliberately misled their audiences.

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One week ago, E. O. Wilson—the legendary naturalist and conservationist, and man who was universally acknowledged to know more about ants than anyone else in human history—passed away at age 92. A mere three days later, Scientific American—or more precisely, the zombie clickbait rag that now flaunts that name—published a shameful hit-piece, smearing Wilson for his “racist ideas” without, incredibly, so much as a single quote from Wilson, or any other attempt to substantiate its libel (see also this response by Jerry Coyne). SciAm‘s Pravda-like attack included the following extraordinary sentence, which I thought worthy of Alan Sokal’s Social Text hoax:

The so-called normal distribution of statistics assumes that there are default humans who serve as the standard that the rest of us can be accurately measured against.

There are intellectually honest people who don’t know what the normal distribution is. There are no intellectually honest people who, not knowing what it is, figure that it must be something racist.

Scientific American has been a Woke Narrative Media rag for some time now.

Sands of time are slipping away for England’s crumbling coasts amid climate crisis (The Guardian)

The UK city taking a stand on palm oil in the fight against deforestation (The Guardian) It’s not necessary to do anything constructive just so long as you Take A Stand.

How climate change primed Colorado for a rare December wildfire (NBC) The Democrat state government is, of course, entirely blameless.

Are we running out of time to save the Amazon rainforest? (Al-Jezeera)

What is aquamation? The process behind Desmond Tutu’s ‘green cremation’ (The Guardian)

Six climate trends may shape 2022 across the US (The Hill) Note the weasel-word ‘may’.

New Annual Temperature Data Show No Warming In Tokyo In 45 Years…Hachij?-jima Island No Warming In 71 Years!

European nations walk back their ‘climate ambitions’ as the exorbitant price tag becomes clear

3.. 2.. 1.. Claim: Colorado Wildfires Because Climate Change

Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia (BBC) The way of tyranny is greased by the willing minions who line up to help.

How Body Farms and Human Composting Can Help Communities  (Wired ‘Science’) Another step in the long march to convince l0w-information voters that humans are just another animal, nothing special.

Colorado’s Marshall Fire: Has Funding Needs Corrupted Climate Science?

2021: The Year the Electric Vehicle Batteries Burned

The Conversation: Climate Change Turned Polar Bears into Opportunists

New York Climate Act Scoping Plan

2021: a year of climate crisis in review (The Guardian)

Climate change will worsen in 2022. But it won’t be the end (LA Times)

Climate lockdown: Paper published in prestigious journal laments ‘democracy’ & calls for ‘authoritarian environmentalism’ modeled after COVID lockdowns to fight climate ’emergency’

Yet Another Man-made Crisis

New materials could deliver ultrathin solar panels

This Dam Simple Trick Is a Big Green Energy Win  (Wired ‘Science’)

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I want to have power over you! And I want YOU to pay for it!

New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet, new study finds (Boston Globe)  Maybe it’s all that Wokeness.

How sea level rise is affecting your commute to and around Atlantic City (Press of Atlantic City)

3 big natural gas plants would wipe out climate gains from recent shutdowns of coal-fired plants in Illinois (Bloomington Pantograph)

What I Will Give Up Because of Climate Change (The New Yorker)

Alok Sharma: Cop26 must not become ‘bunch of meaningless promises’ (The Guardian)

Climate change: Storm clouds gather after COP26 (BBC)

Militaries are among the world’s biggest emitters. This general wants them to go green. (Washington Post)

High Energy Costs the Christmas Gift of ‘Green’ Politicians

Matt McGrath Trumpets The Latest Hurricane Junk Science

UK Inches Closer To Eliminating Private Car Ownership

Germany To Shut Down All Remaining Nuclear Plants, Forcing Reliance On Fossil Fuels  This is what happens when Eco-Nazis (“Greens”) have their own political party.

Time Magazine: Did We Just Blow Our Last Chance to Tackle Climate Change?

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Imagine you bought a book with the title How to Talk to A Contemptible Idiot Who Is Kind of Evil. You open the book, and read the author earnestly telling you how important it is that you listen, and show empathy, and acknowledge why the people you’re talking to might believe the things they believe. If you want to persuade them, he says, you need to treat them with respect! But all the way through the book, the author continues to refer to the people he wants to persuade as “contemptible idiots who are kind of evil”.

At one stage he even says: “When speaking to a contemptible idiot who is kind of evil, don’t call them a contemptible idiot who is kind of evil! Many contemptible idiots find that language insulting.” But he continues to do it, and frequently segues into lengthy digressions about how stupid and harmful the idiots’ beliefs are. Presumably you would not feel that the author had really taken his own advice on board

This is very much how I feel about How to Talk to A Science Denier, by the Harvard philosopher Lee McIntyre.

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It’s obvious that the media’s hatred for Donald Trump colored nearly everything they wrote or said during his presidency. But one hoped that after he left the White House, the media might recover a little objectivity.

Sadly, a review of 2021 shows that in many cases, it simply did not happen.

‘Turn the valve off’: Climate activists push for an abrupt end to the fossil fuel era (CNBC)

Big Oil shuns new investment as UK is rocked by soaring energy prices  Gee, I wonder why?

Climate change: Hurricanes to expand into more populated regions (BBC)

‘Extraordinary is no longer extraordinary’: US scientists on a year of climate disasters (The Guardian)

Here’s why scientists are concerned about a so-called ‘doomsday glacier’ as big as Florida

Alaska ‘Icemageddon’ warning follows heat record (BBC)

In Australia’s climate wars, delay and deception are the new denial (The Guardian)

Three Years Till The Guardian’s Global Climate Catastrophe

China Fires Up New Giant Coal Power Plant In Face Of Calls For Cuts

Climate change: Storm clouds gather after COP26 (BBC)

Threatened by rising sea level, Topsail Island makes progress in pinpointing coastal resiliency goals  Call me when it’s under water.

Britons think politicians’ hypocrisy will hamper tackling climate crisis (The Guardian)

Increasingly Powerful Tornadoes???

NBC’s Al Roker Gives Hysterical Report About the U.S. Experiencing Weather in 2021

Liberal Goal Nearly Achieved in 2021: Zero Population Growth

Asad Rehman on climate justice: ‘Now we are seeing these arguments cut through’ (The Guardian)

Greta Thunberg on the State of the Climate Movement (Washington Post)

Scientists Recruiting Kids for Climate Propaganda

More Evidence: Glaciers Existing Today Were Absent For Nearly All Of The Last 10,000 Years

The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change (Wired ‘Science’)

It’s cheaper to stop emitting now than to pull carbon from the air later  (Ars Technica)

Manchin’s Not The Climate Problem

Wireless power demonstration overcomes a major hurdle

‘Code Red For Humanity,’ CNN Warns of ‘Planet-Cooking Pollution’ During 2021 Review  Are the property prices in Malibu and Martha’s Vinyard dropping yet?

Unsung Zeroes: The Top 10 Under-Reported Climate Flops of 2021

Elizabeth Warren Claims Finance Is An Enormous Greenhouse Gas Emitter  Bigger than government? I don’t think so….

A Prediction We Will Get to Test

What happens to used electric car batteries?

Four environmental fights to watch in 2022 (The Hill)

Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyon (Anchorage Daily News)

What New York’s ban on gas-powered heat could mean for the future of clean energy (NPR)

Effects of climate change taking root in the wine industry (CBS) OH MY GOD NOT THE WINE INDUSTRY!

“Doomsday Glacier” Threat: Rapid Retreat of Antarctica’s Riskiest Glacier (SciTech Daily)

Antarctica’s “Doomsday” Glacier Could Raise Sea Level by Two Feet (The Maritime Executive)

Wildlife’s winners and losers of 2021 – and how extreme weather set the tone (BBC)

Guest column: Could burning crops reduce our pollution levels? (Florica Times-Union)

60 Minutes climate change archive: What climate impacts (CBS)

No returning to climate of the past even with CO2 reduction

A Clean Industrial Revolution Is the Only Way to Hit Net Zero  (Wired ‘Science’)

2021 Was a Huge Missed Opportunity on Climate Action  (Wired ‘Science’)

‘Humiliating’: 2004 Guardian Report Peddling Climate Doom By 2020 Frozen Out

‘Don’t Look Up’ is a star-studded scream against the climate apocalypse (Engadget) People aren’t buying the fake news so maybe they’ll believe a movie.

Don’t Look Up Review #2: An Important Failure (MovieWeb)

Miserly Manchin stole Christmas and hope from American families (The Hill)

Physicist Dr. Ed Berry rips UN IPCC’s ‘climate fiction’ – Explains ‘why the IPCC is wrong’

New York City chain saws down 1,000 trees to raise park 8-10 feet to address panic over 3mm sea level rise – Protesters ‘watched in horror’  Well, this is what happens when government PANICS!

Claim: Japan McDonalds Reducing Food Portions because Climate Change

Climate change: Melting Antarctic ice sheets may cause sea levels to rise by 17 FEET by 3000 AD (Daily Mail) Time to start worrying, I guess. I find it ludicrous that the people who can’t predict the weather a week ahead of time think they can predict what the climate will be in 3000 AD.

“Regenerative Meat” — The meaning behind a new food label  It don’t mean shit.

Addressing the housing and climate crises — together (Seattle Times) Make everyone live in caves?

How electric vehicles have helped labor and climate groups team up (The Guardian)

Feds OK huge new solar farms on public California desert lands; critics cry foul on one

A New Wind Power Wall Could Produce Over 10,000 KWh a Year  When the wind blows.

BBC’s Fake Climate Check

Can You Solve Climate Change Better Than World Leaders?  (Wired ‘Science’) Could you possibly do any worse?

New Greta On The Shelf Doll Will Track Your Climate Sins  Babylon Bee.

After years of doubts, hopes grow that nuclear fusion is finally for real and could help address climate change

2021 Has to Be the Beginning of the End for Big Oil (Gizmodo) It just HAS to be!

The world could consume more oil in 2022 than ever before (CNN) Yeah – so what?

How 2021’s floods and heat waves are signs of what’s to come (NPR)

From floods and wildfires to inaction and urgency: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2021 (NPR)

Belgium to close all existing nuclear power plants

The world is addicted to natural gas. Fossil fuel companies are lobbying hard to keep it that way (CNN)

Government inaction on climate change linked to psychological distress in young people

Aussie Energy Minister: China Escaping Responsibility for Climate Change  Well, duh.

Watch: The 1970s Cooling Scare Was Real

Climate Insanity: “… No individual in Florida should own their own home …”

‘Good starts’ in the climate crisis aren’t cutting it (The Hill)

U.S. can get to 100% clean energy with wind, water, solar and zero nuclear, Stanford professor says

In Mexico, fertilizer used by farmers is fueling climate change (Washington Post)

At last I have good news on the climate crisis: all of us really can do something about it (The Guardian)

Discover Magazine Declares Victory Over Climate Deniers

Claim: Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet could cause multi-meter rise in sea levels by the end of the millennium  Looking forward to it … if it ever really happens.

Germany Burning More Coal, Renewable Energy Share Falling

130 Groups Ask CFTC To Shut Down “Dystopian” Water Futures Market

Britain’s hubristic green commissars can’t see the wood for the trees  Matt Ridley. ‘I can vouch that five days of living in the cold and dark when the nights are more than twice as long as the days does not half remind you of the value of reliable electricity, diesel cars (how else do you charge a phone?) and gas stoves to cook on – all three of which are about to be banned by the eco-commissars.’

Nuclear power has no business case and could make climate change worse (The Hill)

Nuclear energy’s second chance: Climate crisis is driving revival in interest (WRAL TechWire)

Vikings may have fled Greenland to escape rising seas

Florida Is Locking In Its Own Demise (Gizmodo)

Global destruction isn’t funny, but when it comes to the climate crisis, it might have to be (Boston Globe)

When Fossil Fuels Run Out, What Then? (It’s 2060) (2019)

Professor: UK Companies Hiding CO2 Emissions with “Carbon Colonialism”

Biden boosts fuel-economy standards to fight climate change (AP) And help destroy the economy! A twofer!

How will our warming climate stabilize? Scientists look to the distant past (Ars Technica)

Why Nuclear Power Is Bad for Your Wallet and the Climate (Bloomberg Law)

Himalayan glaciers are melting at an extraordinary rate, research finds (CNBC)

Ice in the Himalayas Melting Fasting Than Ever (Daily Beast)

Power When You Need It? Not With Wind

How Pressure Systems Control The Climate Part 1 – Decline In Extreme Weather

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is in danger of collapse—potentially ominous news for cities like New Orleans, New York, and Bangkok (Forbes)

Climate change is driving supply chain shortages — and your supermarkets are not prepared (Salon)

Nuclear energy scares people. The climate crisis is giving it another chance (CNN()

See Bill Nye’s warning about ‘doomsday’ glacier (CNN) You don’t have to be a scientist – just play one on TV.

Activists rally for a healthy environment amendment. Could it pass in Arizona?

2021: when the link between the climate and biodiversity crises became clear (The Guardian)

Snowfall EVERY DAY Atop Kilimanjaro – Where Is Al Gore?

TORNADO

Bugs are evolving to eat plastic

Salon: Climate Change and Capitalism Causing Supply Chain Disruptions

Arrest the Climate Blasphemers!

Warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers, say scientists (The Guardian) Havoc!

2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead. (Washington Post)

Which Christmas trees are better for the environment — live or artificial? (Washington Post)

The feds have collected more than $44 billion for a permanent nuclear waste dump — here’s why we still don’t have one (CNBC)

Yes, the federal government is setting an example on climate action (The Hill)

Climate change is destabilizing the ‘doomsday glacier’ (Popular ‘Science’)

What Is ‘Disaster Capitalism’? Giant Oil Company Cashes In on Climate Crisis (Newsweek)

Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps. (Washington Post)

Study: The Urban Heat Island Penalty Grows, Especially at Night

Ghana, Turkey, Armenia Going Nuclear Because of Climate Change

The “Doomsday Glacier” may partially collapse. If it does, Earth’s sea level will rise by 2 feet (Salon) Looking forward to it.

Scientists warn Antarctic glacier could collapse, raise sea levels at least a foot (The Hill) Jeez, guys, make up your mind.

Deforestation making outdoor work unsafe for millions, says study (The Guardian)

Outdoor workers are losing hours due to overheating from deforestation (New Scientist)

Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond (LA Times)

10 ways you can help fight the climate crisis (UNEP)

Google failing to enforce climate denial policy, study finds (The Hill)

Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles

Melting glaciers may produce thousands of kilometers of new salmon habitat

From Tornadoes To Myocarditis, Here Are The 9 Worst Effects Of Climate Change  Babylon Bee.

Claim: Climate Anxiety is Destroying the Lives of Young People

The US Mountain West Could Soon Face Snowless Winters  (Wired ‘Science’)

FLASHBACK: At Christmastime, Al Roker Talked About ‘Sin’ of Not Fighting Climate Change

Study: 3% Contrarians Derailing the 97% Climate Consensus  We few, we happy few….

The East Slams the West’s Climate ‘Colonialism’

Highlights From The Comments On Kids And Climate Change  Scott Alexander.

Experts Refute Claims Linking Deadly Tornadoes To Climate Change

Were the Recent Tornadoes the Result of Global Warming?

The Phrase “No Evidence” Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Communication

France’s EDF Shutters Two Nuclear Power Plants After Cracks Found

The Great Danger of the Tiny Bark Beetle

‘The Tragi-comic Climate Doomsday Cult’ (Melanie Phillips on COP26)

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Journalists need to stop writing “stories” and start monitoring empirical consensus.

This is a bit of a rant, and it’s about a topic that I’m not an expert on, but I do feel strongly about. So, despite the forceful language, please read this knowing that there’s still a fair amount of epistemic humility behind what I’m saying and I’m definitely open to updating my opinion if an expert on journalism or public policy were to have some compelling reason for the Chestertonian fence of the structure of journalistic institutions. Comments sections are the devil’s playground so I don’t have one, but feel free to reach out and if we have a fruitful discussion I’m happy to publish it here.

One of the things that COVID has taught me is that the concept of a “story” in the news media is a relic that needs to be completely re-thought. It is not suited to the challenges of media communication today.

Any journalistic article that doesn’t start out with the facts but starts with an anecdote is not a report but a ‘story’. Feel free to ignore it.

Scott Johnson at Power Line.

We have followed the story of the FBI raid on James O’Keefe and associates of Project Veritas in a series of posts under the heading “The O’Keefe Project.” The most recent of these posts is dated November 24. The FBI conducted these raids in the style to which we became accustomed in the case of Roger Stone and appears to have followed them up with leaks to its friends at the New York Times.

The New York Times has now published its fifth story on the investigation of O’Keefe et al. in connection with their possession of the diary of Ashley Biden. The otherwise questionable authenticity of the diary can be inferred from the involvement of the FBI. It has somehow become a federal case in the Age of Biden.

Read it.

A professor who doesn’t understand what the term ‘tax’ means ought to be fired.

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On Tuesday, the State Department and the White House drew scrutiny after they disclosed that there were still Americans and legal residents trapped in Afghanistan over three months after President Biden abandoned them there. Yet on Wednesday, when ABC was the only network to cover the ongoing humanitarian crisis there, they failed to mention those Americans.

ABC originally ignored the Tuesday discloser. And as NewsBusters reported, World News Tonight, along with CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News, spent a combined four minutes and six seconds covering holiday shipping and carrier deadlines.

Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril (Washington Post)

Nature Conservation Groups Demand More Renewable Energy Transmission Lines

Can sponge cities help us prepare for more floods?

Did Climate Change Make That Freak Weather Even Worse?  Wired ‘Science’ thinks so.

Columbia Climate School: “Every Year will Bring New Converts”  “The camps are full, Comrade!”

Defense bill bans funding for EcoHealth Alliance

Does the CCP Control Extinction Rebellion?

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Here we go again. The latest scheduled round of minimum-wage increases, to $15 per hour ($14 for small companies), starts Jan. 1. It hasn’t even gone into effect, yet calls are going out for a $18 wage. Why not $28? Or $58? Or $118?

Joe Sanberg, identified by the Sacramento Bee as a “Los Angeles anti-poverty activist and entrepreneur,” is working to put on the November 2022 ballot an initiative that would boost the minimum wage to $18 by 2025. Actually, a real, “anti-poverty activist” is anyone who favors America’s free-market system that has produced all the wealth in this country, including that used to help the poor.

LA Times flamed for advocating closure of California nuclear power plant, citing climate change fight

A major Antarctic ice shelf could shatter within five years (CNBC)

Thwaites: Antarctic glacier heading for dramatic change (BBC)

Climate change likely played a role in this weekend’s deadly tornadoes. The question is how. (CNN)

FEMA administrator blames climate change for deadly tornado outbreak  Of course he does.

Environmental protests rock Serbia (Axios)

Russia vetoes UN resolution linking climate change, security (Associated Press)

US tornadoes: Is climate change to blame? (BBC)

A Politicized Tornado

California’s Wild Weather, Wet or Dry, is Nothing New

The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World  I want to see the coasts under water.

Government To Replace Tornado Sirens With Climate Change Alarms  Babylon Bee.

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could meet its doom within 3 years

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Dozens of fragile libs have canceled their subscriptions to the Atlantic after the storied media outlet published a guest column by Washington Free Beacon alum Matthew Walther.

The libs were triggered by Walther’s suggestion that “outside the world inhabited by the professional and managerial classes in a handful of major metropolitan areas, many, if not most, Americans are leading their lives as if COVID is over.” As anticipated, the professional and managerial classes seethed with rage on Twitter, aghast at the Atlantic for daring to publish Walther’s “nihilistic, genocidal” opinion.

Environmental groups are pushing for more agriculture regulations. Farmers say they’re already strapped.

No, California shouldn’t extend the life of its last nuclear plant. There are better ways to fight climate change (LA Times)

Minnesota lake ice shrinking as climate change warms winters (WEAU)

Charleston church attempts to bring attention to sea level rise (Charleston Post Courier) Hip, and trendy!

How the holiday buying season adds fuel to a rapidly warming planet (The Conversation CA)

New Miss Universe Urges ‘Action’ on Climate Change: Choice to ‘Kill or Save Nature’  Perhaps they ought to change the name to Miss Woke Universe.

Study: Cleared Tropical Forest Regrowth Helps Slow Climate Change  Who knew?

Rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities

The Looking Glass World Of “Climate Injustice” — Part III

CPUC Guts Solar Power in name of “equity,” adds $8/kW monthly charge paid to PGE.

Media, Liberals Quick to Blame Deadly Tornadoes on Climate Change

Mitchell & Leftist Climate Crusader Exploit Deadly Tornado to Sell Biden Agenda

California Looks To Stab Rooftop Solar Customers In The Back With Massive Incentive Rollback, New Fees

Biden uses tornado tragedy to push climate agenda, suggests storms are ‘consequence of the warming’

What New York needs to look like as sea levels rise (Fast Company) And what color tie the Emperor needs to wear with his new clothes.

A white Christmas is less likely for many. The Grinch to blame is climate change (CNN)

Wetlands point to extinction problems beyond climate change (The Hill)

The Real Climate And Health Crisis

Climate Dreams and Energy Realities

Recent Tornadoes are Due to Unusually Cold Weather

Native Americans’ farming practices may help feed a warming world (Washington Post)

S.F.’s plans to protect the Embarcadero from earthquakes and sea level rise could transform the Ferry Building

Help us support those on the frontline of the climate emergency (The Guardian) ITS AN EMERGENCY! GIVE US MONEY!

Climate change: Four cheap ways to save energy at home (BBC)

Reinventing the Battery Can Save Us From Climate Disaster (Daily Beast)

The father of environmental justice, on whether we’re all doomed (Vox) Of course we are – haven’t you been listening?

Toxic legacy: The fight to end environmental racism in Canada (Al-Jezeera)

The Man Who Predicted Climate Change (The New Yorker)

Magical coral spawning event gives reefs renewed hope

Promoters of Polar Bear Catastrophe in Hudson Bay Gloss Over Recent Good Ice Conditions

Fleeing Global Warming? ‘Climate Havens’ Aren’t Ready Yet

Critics Savage Progressive Climate Change Satire ‘Don’t Look Up’

The debate about nuclear power and climate change

Geothermal Everywhere: A New Path For American Renewable Energy Leadership

A New Hydrogen Plane Can Fly Halfway Around the World Without Refueling

How will humanity endure the climate crisis? I asked an acclaimed sci-fi writer

Tropical forests can recover from deforestation remarkably fast and on their own, new study finds  The only surprise here is that this appeared in the Washington Post.

Frosts, heatwaves and wildfires: the climate crisis is hitting the wine industry hard (The Guardian) Except that the wildfires are caused by Stupid Government policies.

Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution tweaked for global warming (NPR)

Food waste becomes California’s newest climate change target Climate Change! Is there anything it can’t do?

Rain Caused Volcano to Erupt… Because Climate Change?

Underwater speakers draw fish to restore coral reefs  I am not making this up.

NY Times Claims Brazil Is Turning Into Desert, As Foliage Growth Surges