As the age of “climate hysteria” enters a new era of energy realism, the UN COP28 climate summit is expected to shift in tone from previous years, according to a panel of climate and energy experts in a preview of what to expect from this year’s gathering in Dubai. Organized by climate policy watchdog Net Zero […]
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The primary causes of current global warming are natural forces, not CO2 emissions. Scientists and governments have neither the knowledge nor the means to control the earth’s climate, at least not at this time. What few people realize is that on a technical basis, the earth remains in the grip of an ice age which began […]
The world believes China is leading the way on green energy. In reality, Xi Jinping’s political legitimacy depends on fossil-fuel powered growth for stability. Broadcast by Between the Lines, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Probe International’s Patricia Adams joins Between the Lines with Tom Switzer to discuss China’s record highs for coal production. Beijing has approved its largest expansion of […]
By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon, published by The Epoch Times Commentary As North America suffers from Canada’s out-of-control forest fires, the Canadian government shuns responsibility. Instead of acknowledging its failure to follow tried-and-true forest-management procedures, the government instead points the finger at climate change. “We’re seeing more and more of these fires because of […]
By Lawrence Solomon, published by Financial Post If Ontario wants to keep its lights on and its economy stable, it needs to abandon the fantasy that wind and solar power can make a meaningful contribution to its energy needs. In the absence of untapped hydroelectric sites, the provincial government’s determination to outlaw fossil fuels in […]
By Lawrence Solomon, published by Financial Post According to Forbes, “99 per cent of U.S. coal plants are more expensive than new renewables.” Scores of other media outlets have chimed in. “It now ‘unequivocally’ costs less to build new renewable energy projects than to operate existing coal plants, according to a new analysis,” reported Bloomberg. Except the […]
By Andrew Roman For the original version of this posting, see here. For more analysis by Andrew Roman, check out his blog here:https://andrewromanviews.blog Escape Your Bubble What you read online about climate change is carefully targeted by social media algorithms and cookies to keep you in your ideological comfort zone. The TV news is also designed […]
The claim that the “science was settled” on climate change never withstood scrutiny. What is settled is the abject failure of the three-decade-long attempt by the bureaucracies of the 195 countries of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to convince anyone other than themselves, a credulous media, and a relatively few gullible people that climate change represents an existential threat.
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The impossible dream
Instead of refurbishing an old and deteriorating natural gas pipeline that has served Ottawa for 65 years, Ottawa is investing instead in a fantasy strategy it calls its Energy Evolution plan. Unfortunately, Ottawa is not alone in these pipe dreams to achieve net-zero no matter how unachievable and painful for Canadians.
Will Ottawa be the first capital city to die a woke death?