“Caught pushing an apocalyptic scenario they knew couldn’t occur, climate scientists are now claiming their policies prevented it” – A clique of stealth activists, including a former head of the National Academies of Science, kept pushing high-emissions scenarios long after they had been debunked – and are now taking credit for averting the very disaster they knew was unlikely, says Michael Shellenberger on the Public Substack.
“Why Net Zero policies risk human catastrophe and carbon dioxide doesn’t” – In the Daily Wire, Angela Wheeler argues that extreme climate scenarios have exaggerated the case for Net Zero, while ignoring CO2’s benefits and the risks of costly energy policies.
“How dare you – Doom Pixie and your political pals!?!” – Who gave climate activists and their political allies the right to strip ordinary people of their living standards, aspirations and loved ones, asks Paul Driessen in Watts Up With That?
“Don’t blame climate change for the Himalayan flash flood” – In the Spectator, Matt Ridley argues that the tragic Himalayan flash flood was caused by a chunk of mountain collapsing into a narrow gorge rather than by climate change, cautioning against rushing to assign blame before the full facts are clear.
“Antarctic ice melt has contributed less than 1cm to sea level rise in the last 30 years” – A new study reports Antarctic Ice Sheet glacier melt has added a grand total of 0.74 cm to sea levels from 1992-2020, writes David Russell at NoTricksZone. The authors apparently consider this amount − +0.26 mm/yr of meltwater equivalent − deeply alarming.
“El Niño is being supersized before our eyes, scientists warn” – El Niño is “firmly established” and set to intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, according to the Mail.
“Greens face legal fight after trans activist elected as female rep” – The Green Party is facing a fresh legal challenge after a biologically male trans activist was elected to a position designed to boost female representation on one of its most powerful internal bodies, reports the Times.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“‘Supercharged’ global greening in African savannah” – Global greening is being supercharged in the African savannah, new research published in Nature has found, with higher CO2 levels driving a 28% increase in plant growth in just 32 years, writes Andrew Sibley.