Climate News Round-Up

The latest science-driven news and analysis to counter the cult of climate catastrophe

• “BP chairman faces major revolt over green snub” – BP is braced for a significant shareholder revolt as opposition mounts to its climate change targets and a controversial plan to hold online-only meetings, reports This is Money.

• “BP’s new boss prepares for battle with oil giant’s green investors” – In the Telegraph, Jonathan Leake examines how BP’s new boss is preparing for conflict with the company’s green investors.

• “The cult of Ed Miliband” – From North London geek to Net Zero crusader, the Energy Secretary now appears virtually untouchable, writes Matt Oliver in the Telegraph.

• “Giant Yorkshire gas field ‘to mine Bitcoin instead of boosting British energy’” – A massive new gas field in Yorkshire looks set to be used to power a Bitcoin-mining data centre, rather than boosting Britain's energy supply, says the Telegraph.

• “The dying embers of Net Zero propaganda” – The “Net Zero savings” claim doesn’t survive a basic look at the numbers, says David Turver on his Eigen Values Substack – once subsidies are included, renewables can cost way more than gas, despite the spin.

• “No, WHYY, a heat wave is not a ‘fingerprint of climate change’” – In Climate Realism, Linnea Lueken debunks claims that a recent heat wave was due to climate change.

• “Beginning to see the light? – part 2” – Signs are emerging that people may finally be questioning Net Zero orthodoxy, says Mark Hodgson in Cliscep.

From the Climate Skeptic today:

• “The BBC’s ‘epiphany’ that Net Zero is failing is not what it seems” – Even the BBC is starting to admit that Net Zero is not going to plan. But the ‘epiphany’ of Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt is just damage limitation, says Ben Pile: the aim, as ever, is to keep the green show on the road.