“UK university makes oil billionaire’s son sustainability professor” – Newcastle University has appointed an Indian oil heir – who once attempted to rescue Pablo Escobar’s hippos – to a professorship in sustainability, notes the Telegraph.
“‘Maverick’ tycoon Dale Vince bamboozles his climate comrades” – Self-professed green energy champion Dale Vince has quietly relaxed his militant Net Zero stance, leaving his climate allies baffled, reports the Telegraph.
“Electric car owners face ‘rip-off’ council fees for home charging” – Councils are being accused of ripping off electric vehicle drivers by charging up to £185 a year to maintain EV charging gullies cut across pavements, says the Times.
“Climate doomsayers ignore thousands of years of historical climate trends” – In Climate Change Dispatch, Thomas Richard argues that historical records reveal dramatic swings in temperature and ice cover stretching back millennia, long before modern industry began altering the atmosphere.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“The Climate Skeptic Podcast | Episode 63” – On this week’s episode, guest host Ellie Hodges sits down with author and policy analyst Rupert Darwall to talk about his new book, The Age of Error and the West’s Undoing, and how the West went from worrying about energy security to relying on the weather.