Climate, Energy & Conservation
By Javier Vinós The climate event of 2023 was truly exceptional, but the prevailing catastrophism about climate change hinders its proper scientific analysis. I present arguments that support the view...
By Ronald Stein and Vijay Jayaraj Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day and billions living with little to no access to electricity , like those living in p...
by Judith Curry Today I’m participating in a panel on K-12 education, hosted by the National Association of Scholars. You can watch the event on youtube. The even is launching a new document called th...
By Tilak Doshi What a breathe of fresh air! Not only because it is in the mountains, the Canadian Rockies, with the spectacular backdrop of Banff, Alberta, to be specific. But also because it is refre...
By Javier Vinós Part I in this series on the Sun and climate described how we know that the Sun has been responsible for some of the major climate changes that have occurred over the past 11,000 years...
By Vijay Jayaraj Fossil fuels, often blamed for causing Asia’s hot summers due to global warming, are helping people survive the sweltering heat! Yes, coal-fired power plants, despite their caricature...
by Judith Curry Last January, I visited Prager U in California. I recorded several videos. Science.feedback.org has done a fact check on my 5 minute video, which is the topic of this post Here is in...
by Javier Vinós Part 2 of a 3-part series. Part I is here. The effect of the Sun on climate has been debated for 200 years. The basic problem is that when we study the past, we observe strong climatic...
by Judith Curry My talk on Climate Uncertainty and Risk, presented at the Annual GWPF Lecture Video of the presentation [here]. My ppt slides can be downloaded here [ GWPF uncert & risk (2)]. Josh ha...
By Steve Goreham January of this year brought near-zero temperatures to Chicago and other northern cites, producing an electric vehicle (EV) charging nightmare. National media showed images of owners ...
By Tilak Doshi Voltaire famously said that “common sense is not so common.” Nowhere is this adage more relevant than in the field of energy policies in the European Union. These policies are most vigo...
by Frits Byron Soepyan Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed a piece of legislation that directs public utilities providing electricity to more than 10,000 customers to “generate a specified percentage ...
By Steve Goreham People in developed nations take abundant electricity for granted. When asked where electricity comes from, most will point to their wall outlet. But many states in the US are headed ...
By Gordon Tomb Pennsylvania voters are increasingly concerned about rising energy costs. According to recent polling , 80 percent of Pennsylvanians say their utility bills have climbed over the past t...
by Frits Byron Soepyan In April 24, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) passed a new rule that would require coal power plants that plan to continue operating after January 1, 20...
By Gregory Wrightstone The purveyors of climate doom will not tolerate the good news of our planet thriving because of modest warming and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, a recent scien...
By Larry Bell Big artificial intelligence-related companies are soon coming to realize that net-zero emissions plans to kill and replace fossil energy with wind and solar is a dumb notion that will le...
By Tilak Doshi According to a Bloomberg report last week, White House officials have renewed discussions about declaring a national “climate emergency”. The intent is not new. Six days after President...
By Lee Gerhard Climate scientists would be less likely to issue dire warnings of planetary doom if they gave more credence to the geological history of the past several million years. Instead, they re...
By Gregory Wrightstone Somebody should tell Gov. Shapiro that his state of Pennsylvania is doing very well environmentally. Overall, the weather has been getting better and agricultural production is ...