“Birmingham moves to become England’s first 20mph city” – In what was once known as Britain’s ‘motor city’, Birmingham is pursuing plans to impose 20mph limits on all roads, says the Telegraph.
“Heat-related deaths” – Medical journals are serving up a predetermined and misleading narrative on heat-related deaths, writes John Ridgeway in Climate Scepticism.
“EDF: Net Zero fuelling rise in energy bills” – A new EDF report says household energy bills will rise by nearly £130 by the end of the decade as the mounting costs of the Government’s Net Zero policies take hold, according to the Telegraph.
“Pursuit of Net Zero has failed to cut British energy bills” – A damning new report from Cornwall Insight finds that Britain’s rush to Net Zero has left large manufacturers paying around four times more for energy than their international competitors, reveals the Times.
“Britain’s homes are cracking under the strain of hotter summers” – With subsidence claims surging past 10,000 in a single summer, Britain’s housing stock is increasingly vulnerable to the structural damage wrought by prolonged heatwaves, reports the Telegraph.
“International study links bird deaths to Chinese solar panels” – A new international study finds that China’s breakneck expansion of solar panel infrastructure has damaged local ecosystems and caused a significant decline in bird populations, says Breitbart.
“Why climate sceptics are winning” – In the Spectator, Philip Patrick argues that the climate debate is fatally compromised by institutional bias and data so unreliable it has handed sceptics the upper hand.
“Wrong, Deutsche Welle, there is no such thing as a “super El Niño,” nor is it on team climate” – Anthony Watts dismantles Deutsche Welle’s claim that a developing “Super El Niño” is exacerbating climate change to make 2026 one of the hottest years on record, writes Anthony Watts in ClimateRealism.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“Britain’s Self-Hacking Energy Infrastructure” – Iranian hackers are grabbing the headlines – but Britain’s real energy crisis was made at home, says Ben Pile. Shuttered power stations, soaring prices, fleeing investors. Who needs enemies?