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- BREAKING: Biden’s Calendar of Actions Leaked Thu, 21 Jan 21, 4:59amPeople send me stuff. Today I got a PDF (purportedly from the Biden White House Team) titled “Biden early calendar of themed-days” I have a local copy saved which you…
- Did Climate Change Cause World Heritage Listed Fraser Island to Burn? Sun, 13 Dec 20, 1:00pmIn mid October, an illegal campfire on World Heritage Site Fraser Island caused a blaze which is still smouldering. Fraser Island is only 8 miles across - so questions are being asked, about why a tiny island connected to...
- German Renewable Energy Insanity: Shutting Down a 5 Year Old Coal Plant, No Plan to Fill the Energy Gap Fri, 4 Dec 20, 9:00pmAccording to the German climate website Kalte Sonne, the renewables obsessed German and city of Hamburg governments intend to shut down local coal and nuclear power plants, but have no serious plan to make up the resulting...
- State Security, Your Papers Please? UK to introduce “Freedom Passes” for Coronavirus Mon, 23 Nov 20, 1:50pmOne of the distinguishing features of British society vs repressive tyrannies like the Soviet Union used to be that you didn't have to carry identity papers to prove your right to walk down the street.
- Tony Abbott Warns Britain Not to Mess Up Post Brexit Trade Deals with Climate Activism Mon, 23 Nov 20, 5:00amFormer Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who is currently a senior advisor on the board of Boris Johnson's post Brexit trade panel, is trying to stop British MPs from wrecking Britain's future by inserting a series of...
- Pennsylvania is Flirting with Self-Imposed Energy Disaster Thu, 19 Nov 20, 8:01amFrom the National Mining Association: Americans can’t afford to pay more for electricity, especially with millions out of work in the midst of pandemic-induced economic upheaval...
- Carbon Credits: Irish Farmers Being Paid to Destroy Their Fields Sat, 7 Nov 20, 5:00amCenturies of efforts to drain swamps to extend arable land in Ireland are being reversed, in an effort to trap more carbon.
- Response to the Australian Bushfire Commission Sat, 31 Oct 20, 12:00pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Viv Forbes; The The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements Report has been released. But the commission’s apparent overt genuflection to climate disaster memes has...
- Claim: A Canadian Climate Lawsuit May Succeed Because of a Dutch Climate Activist Victory Mon, 5 Oct 20, 8:00amThe Dutch Supreme Court in 2015 ruled that that the Netherlands had until 2020 to reduce CO2 emissions by 25%, a ruling which was upheld in a 2019 appeal...
- Chinese Government Urges Dam Operators at Maximum Capacity to Hold Back the Flood Sun, 23 Aug 20, 11:00pmAuthorities have ordered dam operators to try to hold back incoming flood water, as Chinese manufacturing and farming heartland cities in the Yangtze Delta are bracing for yet more severe flooding...
- Forbes: “Blackouts Expose Perils And Costs Of California’s ‘Electrify Everything’ Push” Sun, 23 Aug 20, 3:00amEven Forbes, whose deep green editors recently censored Michael Shellenberger for criticising the climate movement, has sharply criticised California's headlong rush into a new dark age of unreliable electricity.
- UK Government: “we must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tackling the climate crisis” Thu, 25 Jun 20, 7:00pmThe UK government Committee on Climate Change are proposing carbon taxes and other policies to help extend the changes the Covid lockdown imposed on people's behaviour.
- Welcome to Renewable Energy Australia, Where Businesses are Paid to Shut Down Fri, 12 Jun 20, 11:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – Australia’s increasingly precarious green energy grid is forcing curbs on economic activity, with plans to pay energy intensive businesses to shut down during periods of...
- Aussie Federal Senator Defends Call to Leave the Paris Agreement Tue, 2 Jun 20, 3:00pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall Senator Matt Canavan just ripped into false claims about the international gas market on the ABC Q+A current affairs programme...
- Climate Champion Queensland State Government Bidding to Save Virgin Australia Thu, 14 May 20, 7:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who last year paid $320K for Al Gore to visit Australia while in the middle of approving one of the world’s largest coal mines, has just put in a...