Why climate change ISN'T going to end the world and why we need to stop obsessing about net-zero, according to Cambridge University professor Young people are terrified that climate change will destroy Earth by the time they grow up, but the world is not actually ending, argues Cambridge professor Mike Hulme. Humanity is not teetering on a cliff's edge, he says, at risk of imminent catastrophe if we don't reach net-zero carbon emissions by a certain date. And he has made it his mission to call out the people who claim we are. In his most recent book, Climate Change Isn't Everything, Hulme ..read more

Here’s How Green Groups Get Their Agendas Implemented in the Administrative State, Bypassing Congress Most Americans may not have heard of the Department of the Interior, but this powerful administrative agency oversees more than one-fifth of America’s land area and much of its mineral and ocean resources. The Left’s dark money network has wielded influence at this massive agency to undermine oil and gas production and advance less reliable wind energy. Radical environmental groups such as the Sierra Club have sought to force Interior to restrict the approval process for oil and gas project ..read more

Hormesis: An Overview of the Pubmed Literature Hormesis is when some things that are bad for you in high doses are actually good for you in low to medium doses -- including radioactivity -- which upsets Greenie scares about leaks of radioactivity. On balance, it's probable that the Chernobyl meltdown did more good than harm, even to life in the surrounding area. Life is certainly flourishing there better than ever these days. Pesky! Dr. Ronald N. Kostoff OVERVIEW The purpose of this Op-ed is to provide a broad overview of the Pubmed literature in Hormesis (a biphasic dose-response phenom ..read more

Pledges and Endorsements: Should science societies and journals take political positions? ROGER PIELKE JR. Earlier this year, at its annual meeting the American Meteorological Society announced that the organization was signing a climate “pledge” along with EarthXTV, promising that it would work to mitigate climate dis/misinformation: “Addressing climate change must be a top priority, if humanity and all life is to thrive. Therefore, the undersigned scientific societies and media organizations commit to working together to inform all audiences about the challenges and opportunities facing ..read more

Pope Francis uses first ever US TV interview to slam climate change deniers as 'fools' and insists 'climate change exists' He does generally seem to prefer Green/Left doctrine to Roman doctrine Pope Francis spoke out against climate change deniers, calling them 'fools' in his first ever interview on American television. The often 'progressive' pontiff spoke with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell at the Vatican this week to give his thoughts on violence in Ukraine and Gaza and other important subjects. However, he made a pointed effort to express his displeasure with those who deny climate change ..read more

Climate Change is Class Warfare The climate is up the spout and we’re to blame. The planet is boiling like a pan of porridge. We face the possible extinction of all life on earth. ‘Science’ says so. Anyone who questions it is a demonic scoundrel. The climate catastrophe is a 100% solid-gold, slam-dunk irrefutable fact. Hmm. And yet, it is clear to anyone who has paid the slightest attention, that the tired, hysterical predictions of the climate alarmists (made repeatedly over four decades and based on their hypothetical computer-models) have proved to be spectacularly wrong, again and again ..read more

A Long-Running ‘Paradox’: Evaporation Is Declining Even As Temperatures Rise Evaporation is supposed to increase with warming. But, per a new study (Jin et al., 2024), “observation results around the world have shown that evaporation has been steadily declining since the 1950s.” This is referred to as the anthropogenic global warming “evaporation paradox” problem, where models and assumptions are contradicted by observations. According to the IPCC (AR6) and the most seminal paper on the subject (Trenberth, 2011, with 3800 citations), “anthropogenic forcings will drive an increase in global ..read more

How we became 'Plastic People': Startling new documentary tracks global spread of toxic microplastics from the bottom of oceans to inside the human brain "Toxic"? More scaremongering that totally misrepresents the fact that these particles are inert. They have to be in order to be used as freely as they are. So evidence that they can do anything is what is needed but is very unlikely to be found. Many of the things that we routinely eat -- such as most meat -- have greater potential for harm A new film, called 'Plastic People,' has tracked the particle problem to the 1950s when the plastic ..read more

Rethinking Climate Change: Lessons From The African Humid Period The African Humid Period (AHP) is a well-documented climatic event that occurred in the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa, at pre-industrial levels of GHGs, transforming these typically arid areas into lush landscapes with an abundance of flora and fauna. It serves as a crucial case study in understanding past climate dynamics and their drivers. This article explores the AHP, its underlying mechanisms, and how such dramatic climate swings challenge the simplicity of attributing all modern climate changes directly to anthropog ..read more

The current “Net Zero” agenda will backfire The whole current policy agenda associated with responding to climate change is both misguided/counterproductive and almost guaranteed to annoy those people who do not want to change. It is counterproductive because, firstly, it is based on the fantasy that renewable energy is a like for like replacement for fossil fuels. It simply is not – there is no alternative to fossil fuels for a whole range of economically vital activities (e.g. steelmaking, cement making, long-distance transport). Secondly, because following the current agenda will make e ..read more