“Democrats’ Green Energy Agenda Goes To Washington” – The Democrats’ campaign rhetoric may have softened, but their records tell a different story, says Larry Behrens in Climate Change Dispatch.
“Judge denies Greenpeace a new trial. the $345 million Dakota Access judgment heads to North Dakota’s Supreme Court” – A North Dakota judge has denied Greenpeace a new trial in the Dakota Access Pipeline case, leaving the $345 million judgment for Energy Transfer standing as Greenpeace vows to appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court, writes Charles Rotter in Watts Up With That.
“Issues and Insights is right: if modern warming is driven by fossil fuel use, it prevented an ice age” – Whether or not human use of oil, gas and coal is primarily responsible for modern warming, it is undoubtedly better than the apparent alternative of plunging into thousands of years of global cold, says Linnea Lueken in Watts Up With That.
“Labour takes aim at pheasant shooting” – A rural sport practised in England since the mid-19th century could be under threat as Labour takes aim at pheasant shooting, reports the Telegraph.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“No, Heatwaves Didn’t Kill 4,354 People This Summer” – A new modelling study claims that heatwaves killed 4,354 people in the UK this summer. But if you look at the actual data, says Paul Homewood, there’s no sign of any extra deaths at all.