“Amazon admits selling fake ‘Net Zero’ plugs to UK shoppers” – Amazon has acknowledged it is still listing dangerous fake “energy saving” plugs that pose a fire risk, despite having previously assured MPs the products would be removed, says the Telegraph.
“Approving oil and gas licences in North Sea ‘vital to UK growth’” – A poll of economists shows eight in 10 back the approval of new licences for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, according to the Times.
“Expert’s stark winter warning as families brace for energy bill hike” – A leading analyst has warned that Britain is facing a perfect storm of the Iran war, record-low gas reserves and a water shortage in Norway that could send energy bills sharply higher, reports the Mail.
“Reform vows to block carbon clean-up in Midlands” – Reform has promised to stop the Peak Cluster scheme, which would store carbon emissions from cement and lime producers in Derbyshire and Staffordshire under the Irish Sea, says the Times.
“Circular logic all the way down” – The circular reasoning embedded in global climate models makes them fundamentally unfit for purpose, argues Mike Jonas in Watts Up With That?
“Hottest summer on record? A closer look at US data” – An examination of NOAA temperature data raises serious questions about whether the summer of 2026 was genuinely the hottest on record in the US, writes Chris Martz for Clintel.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“The big song and dance about Reform’s donations” – Two billionaires have given £72 million to Reform and the establishment has cried foul. Yet Christopher Hohn’s charitable foundation pumps £175 million a year into NGOs to spew out pro-Green propaganda, says Ben Pile.