Ordinary people loathe carbon taxes – and might bring down your government. Prioritizing climate change above the welfare of the public is political suicide. A month of sustained protest has brought the government of France to its knees. Here are five key insights: UN: This is a genuinely grassroots protest. French motorists are obliged by law to carry fluorescent vests […]

The world’s green elite has gathered in Poland to work out how to actually implement the Paris climate treaty that was so showily inaugurated in 2015. The Yellow Vests protests should be a hint to the delegates in Poland: the people are not on your side. Most Americans are probably just hearing about the ongoing […]

Australia has more energy resources per capita than almost any place on Earth, yet despite that benefit has managed to take top spot for electricity prices. In her recent talk to a Westminster audience Australian science writer Jo Nova explains what it takes to achieve state-wide blackouts, flying squads of diesel generators, and a tripling […]

Prometheans like the Roslings posit that humanity can, and should, apply the intellects of its most creative individuals and the synergistic effects of large groups of people working to transform the environment in order to improve its lot. This essay draws in part on the authors’ new book Population Bombed! Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and […]

The Met Office’s UK Climate Projections bear absolutely no resemblance to what has actually been happening. The UK’s most comprehensive picture yet of how the climate could change over the next century has been launched today by Environment Secretary Michael Gove. The UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) include: UK’s most comprehensive projections of climate change  […]

Germany is likely to show up empty-handed to the COP24 summit in Poland in December as the country’s coal exit commission has decided to extend its work beyond the original end-of-2018 deadline. Germany’s task force on planning the definite phase-out of coal-fired power production has scrapped plans to present a decision before the end of this year. […]

Winter has arrived much earlier than normal this year, particularly across North America, where cold records have been shattered. This Thanksgiving is in fact going down as one of the coldest ever on record across the Northeast. The Washington Post here, for example, reports that “Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2018 will be remembered for a record-shattering cold […]

It’s not like the green blob to keep quiet when there’s a threat to the environment in the offing. Even the smallest hint of a problem is usually enough to work a tree-hugger into a frenzy. So it’s worth taking a look at their decision to keep shtum over the recent appearance of what may […]