Climate News Round-Up
The latest science-driven news and analysis to counter the cult of climate catastrophe
“Ed Miliband admits we’ll buy slave products for his solar panel splurge – despite saying UK must ‘diversify’ supply chains away from China” – Ed Miliband has refused to rule out sourcing solar panels made with slave labour in his latest controversial green scheme, says the Mail.
“Labour donor Dale Vince pulls plug on Net Zero airline” – Dale Vince has withdrawn funding from an electric aircraft venture as Net Zero hype collides with reality, reports the Telegraph.
“Trump is right: denying ourselves North Sea oil makes no sense” – Trump may have exaggerated the numbers, but he’s right that Britain is denying itself valuable energy resources to the detriment of the economy and national resilience, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
“For The Future Of EVs, What Policy Is ‘Stupid’?” – Electric vehicle evangelism has collided with weak demand and brutal overcapacity as policymakers double down anyway, says Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian.
“North America’s first lithium refinery built and completed in Texas” – Texas has completed a major lithium refinery aimed at cutting reliance on China as the US supply-chain race accelerates, notes Bethany Blankley in the Just the News.
“‘Pray your boilers don’t fail’: the Church of England is in the grip of eco-zealots” – The Church of England is making life hell for struggling parishes as it imposes Net Zero restrictions on replacing gas boilers, says Ysenda Maxtone Graham in the Spectator.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“Ed Miliband is Surrendering Our Energy Security to China” – With 95% of solar panel components and 75% of lithium batteries coming from China, Ed Miliband’s reckless Net Zero drive is surrendering Britain’s energy security to the Communist state, says Paul Homewood.
This round-up effectively captures the mounting tensions between climate policy ambitions and practical economic realities. The Miliband solar panel story is particularly revealing - it exposes the fundamental contradiction in pursuing decarbonization goals while maintaining ethical supply chain standards. The piece on North Sea oil denial also resonates strongly; the logic of forgoing domestic energy resources while remaining dependent on imports from less transparent regimes seems increasingly untenable. These developments suggest we're reaching an inflection point where the costs of current climate policy frameworks are becoming too apparent to ignore.