Climate News Round-Up

The latest science-driven news and analysis to counter the cult of climate catastrophe

• “Ed Miliband eyes battery bonanza to cut wind farm costs” – Ed Miliband will plough hundreds of millions of pounds into battery storage technology as the cost of ordering wind farms to shut down spirals out of control, reports the Telegraph.

• “Another £806 Million of Your Money Down The Net Zero Drain” – On Not a Lot of People Know That, Paul Homewood is unimpressed with the latest bung of £806 million for the Net Zero black hole.

• “Climate Change Is Reducing, Not Increasing Food Costs, Mainstream Media” – Several media outlets are reporting on a study claiming that food costs are rising due to climate change, but the study is misleading, says Linnea Lueken on ClimateRealism.

• “Rebuttal to: ‘2023 Marine Heatwaves Unprecedented and Potentially Signal a Climate Tipping Point’” – Marine heatwaves might “portend an emerging climate tipping point”. That’s a phrase straight from the climate playbook of fear, says Anthony Watts on WUWT.

• “Reagan on Abolishing the US Department of Energy (it's Trump's turn)” – Reagan pledged to abolish the Department of Energy but never managed to follow through. Trump needs to pick up this obvious money-saver, says Robert Bradley Jr in Master Resource.

From the Climate Skeptic today:

“Gas is Dirt Cheap. Only Politicians Make Energy Expensive” – Gas is – or should be – dirt cheap because it's abundant and easy to extract, store and transport. Only politicians infected with the neo-Malthusian green mind virus make energy expensive, says Ben Pile.