Climate News Round-Up
The latest science-driven news and analysis to counter the cult of climate catastrophe
“Hybrid drivers face pay-per-mile tax hit despite proof they rarely use electric mode” – Plug-in hybrid car owners have been told they will have to pay Rachel Reeves’s new electric road tax from 2028, with each mile attracting a 1.5p charge, says the Telegraph.
“Britain in talks to sell Rolls-Royce mini nuclear reactors to Sweden” – Advanced negotiations are under way on a deal that would see Rolls-Royce supply pioneering small modular reactors to Sweden, notes the Telegraph.
“Pubs ban climate change councillors who ended free parking” – Landlords in a Kent seaside town have refused to serve the local councillors responsible for imposing parking charges on what had been a free public car park, reports the Telegraph.
“Britain must learn from its energy crises” – The Iran war has sent wholesale gas prices surging and exposed the incoherence of Britain’s energy policy, says John Browne in the Spectator.
“Brace yourself for a super El Niño, scientists warn” – Researchers have warned that the world could be on course for an unusually powerful El Niño weather event that would push global temperatures to record highs and intensify extreme weather across the planet, according to the Mail.
“Here’s why $96 million worth of electric buses sit idle across South Florida” – An investigation has found that a fleet of electric buses worth $96 million has been left out of service across South Florida, mirroring similar failures in other American cities and raising serious questions about the viability of electric public transport, reports the Climate Change Dispatch.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“The Climate Skeptic Podcast | Episode 41” – On this week’s show, Laurie speaks to Ben Pile, journalist and Daily Sceptic regular, about the BBC’s activist ‘climate editor’ Justin Rowlatt and his brass-neck U-turn on the cost of Net Zero.