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This was an excellent example of an informed climate realist speaking to an-appeal-to-authority believer.

Expropriated Fossil Fuel generator owners have been told to "prioritise customers over profits".

There are plenty of people in positions of power and/or influence in and over our government who are so taken with the religious fervor of “green” energy and “net zero” emissions that no amount of critical real world...

With Obama, at least he appeared to have some understanding that the whole idea of his policies of fossil fuel suppression was to force consumption down through the mechanism of rising prices...

Guest essay by David Middleton and Andy May The Geological Society of London recently published a statement on climate change: Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record…

Guest “energy transition… pft!” by David Middleton The United States Energy Information Administration is a national treasure! This morning, I was poking around in the latest Monthly Energy Review and I...

Guest “fracking A, Bubba!” by David Middleton Note: This is a politically charged post. If you don’t like such posts, don’t bother reading it. What would happen if frac’ing was banned? The short...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released its Renewables 2019 market forecast, detailing analysis on renewable energy and technologies. In the report, industry trends show that the world’s total renewable-based...

Guest climate debating by David Middleton 4 inconvenient truths about climate change Noah Millman September 7, 2019 At this week’s climate symposium on CNN, Elizabeth Warren answered a question about whether the government...

The United Kingdom's government has come under fire from fracking opponents after releasing measures that could fast-track shale gas projects. Under these measures, explorers could drill test sites without first applying...

New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, set a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050 — and she's taking action now. This week, she said the country will no longer grant new offshore oil and gas exploration permits,...

Dozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a more local, resilient model of generating and storing energy where it is used. After significant damage caused...

President Donald Trump doesn't usually mention solar power, unless it's talk of covering his beloved border wall in solar panels. But his Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced a huge investment in concentrated solar...

Talk by Prof Roger Pielke Jr. at the GWPF, London 20 July 2017 Filed under: Climate News Tagged: Climate Politics, Energy Policy

South Korea currently obtains around 30 percent of its energy from nuclear power, but with the election of a new president the country seems ready to shift away from that energy source to something a bit safer...