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Empty Planet: The Oldest Eco-Scare Goes Up In Smoke
Read moreGovernments stoke fears about overpopulation, but the reality is that fertility rates are falling faster than most experts can readily explain. PHOTO: ARTUR WIDAK/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Is a dangerous population explosion imminent? For decades we’ve been told so by scientific elites, starting with the Club of Rome reports in the 1970s. But in their compelling […]
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Jason Pye: The Green New Deal Is A Communist Manifesto, 21st Century
Read moreA 21st-century take on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ Communist Manifesto was introduced in the form of a nonbinding resolution introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). The resolution effectively does nothing other than express the sense that Congress should pass a so-called “Green New Deal” whose wholly unattainable goals would almost certainly […]
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House Of Lords Standards Watchdog Launches Probe Into UK Climate Change Chief John Gummer
Read moreThe Lords sleaze watchdog has launched a formal investigation into claims that John Selwyn Gummer failed to declaremore than £600,000 of payments made to his private company by ‘green’ businesses that stand to profit from his advice to Ministers. Five MPs lodged a complaint with Standards Commissioner Lucy Scott-Moncrieff following last week’s Mail on Sunday revelations […]
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Swedish Start-Up Used Teen Climate Activist To Raise Millions
Read moreA Swedish entrepreneur who claims to have been “the first to pay attention to” Swedish child climate activist Greta Thunberg, used her name to bring in almost SEK 10m ($1 million) for a new share issue, according to an investigation by the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. Greta Thornberg’s image was used in the company’s share prospectus. […]
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Why Did France Just Save Nord Stream 2?
Read moreIn Berlin and Moscow, they will be breathing a sigh of relief today. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, things were looking bleak for Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. After months of insisting it didn’t want to get involved in the pipeline dispute, a French foreign ministry spokeswoman suddenly announced the country will support […]
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Germany Alone To Control Russian Gas Pipeline As France Caves In
Read moreGermany alone will decide whether to enforce EU law on its new gas pipeline with Russia, after France caved in during last-minute talks on the issue. The legal regime to be imposed on the pipeline, called Nord Stream 2, will come from the “territory and territorial sea of the member state [Germany] where the first […]
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The Times View On Shale Gas: Frack On!
Read moreThe government needs to help, not hinder, shale gas and oil drilling A nation that is self-sufficient in energy gains diplomatic clout. No country epitomises this more than the United States. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has greatly boosted its oil production and transformed it into the world’s largest producer of natural gas. So great […]
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Geoscientists Call On UK Government To Relax Fracking Regulations
Read moreAlmost 50 geoscientists have urged the government to commission an urgent review of the fracking earthquake limit, which they suggest should be raised to allow the industry to expand. They say that the scientific rationale of the 0.5 magnitude limit before fracking must cease is debatable. They call for a “realistic regulatory framework”. The letter to […]
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2018 Temperature Prediction Competition: We Have A Winner!
Read moreThe average prediction by GWPF readers was 0.59°C, and the median was 0.63°C. GWPF readers therefore did quite a lot better than the paid experts at the Met Office. A year ago, we asked readers to predict how global temperatures would evolve over 2018, for a chance to win a bottle of House of Lords […]
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The GWPF 2019 Temperature Prediction Competition
Read moreWith GWPF readers having trounced the Met Office at predicting temperatures for 2018, it will very interesting to see if you can do just as well for 2019. So we hereby announce the 2019 HadCRUT temperature prediction competition. Once again, the opportunity is there to win some magnificent prizes: more whisky, and your choice of […]
