Climate News Round-Up
The latest science-driven news and analysis to counter the cult of climate catastrophe
“Labour set to relax Net Zero targets as ministers finally admit green ‘lunacy’ hurts working Britons” – Electric car mandate rules could be halved and the 2030 Net Zero target shelved entirely if energy bills continue to rise, reports GB News.
“Eco-rules behind years-long delay to delivery of 10,000 prison places” – The construction of more than 10,000 urgently needed prison places has been held up for years by environmental objections over badgers, water weeds and legal challenges, reveals the Telegraph.
“Met Office heatwave death claim was fake news” – A viral claim that European heatwaves have killed thousands is dismantled as misinformation by Paul Homewood on Not a Lot of People Know That, with the underlying data telling a very different story.
“The weather isn’t getting worse. The lawsuits are” – A new National Academy of Sciences report risks unleashing a wave of costly climate litigation built on theoretical assumptions rather than observable evidence, draining public and private resources alike, says Angela Wheeler in Watts Up With That?
“No, ScienceDaily, data show no ‘sharp acceleration’ in warming” – In Watts Up With That?, Anthony Watts argues that ScienceDaily’s clickbait headline proclaiming a sharp warming acceleration badly misrepresents underlying science that remains far more nuanced than its readers were told.
“The insidious population reduction narrative disguised as ‘sustainability science’” – In Legal Insurrection, Leslie Eastman writes that a new study in Sustainable Development calling for the global population to be cut to four billion treats humanity itself as a variable to be eliminated in the name of saving the planet.
“Chris Hohn, Britain’s greenest billionaire: ‘It’s decarbonise or die’” – Hedge fund billionaire Chris Hohn breaks his customary silence to declare that “any idiot” can recognise climate change and that smart businesses must cut emissions fast, according to the Times.
“Plug-in solar panels coming to supermarkets: are they worth it?” – A £350 plug-in solar kit is expected to fly off supermarket shelves, but a significant catch gives buyers pause, reports the Times.
“The week in energy – August 8th 2026” – On his Substack, Richard Lyon argues that “consumer-led flexibility” has quietly become a licence for energy suppliers to switch your appliances off.
“Green Nimbys are right: even solar energy enthusiasts should be against covering the countryside with panels” – Even committed solar energy enthusiasts have good reason to oppose the mass blanketing of the British countryside with panels, writes Ross Clark on his Substack.
“2017 blog posts demonstrating that wind power won’t work” – A series of blog posts from 2017 by a Dutch analyst made a compelling case that wind power cannot deliver reliable energy, says Rafe Champion on his Substack.
“Anyone who supports North Sea drilling is an extremist” – On X, the New Statesman‘s Oli Dugmore argues that supporting North Sea drilling is a mark of extremism.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“The Met Office is No Longer a Serious Scientific Organisation” – The Met Office has confirmed that its June temperature ‘record’ of 37.7°C came from a junk site. But rather than dropping it, it has upped it to 38°C! This not a serious scientific organisation, says Paul Homewood.