“North Sea has lost 25,000 jobs under Labour: industry chiefs demand windfall tax is scrapped” – A North Sea Transition Taskforce report warns that the windfall tax must be scrapped immediately to prevent a “disorderly decline” in an industry that has already shed 25,000 jobs under Labour, according to This is Money.
“Real-world data do not show droughts getting worse globally – scientists invented a ‘rubbish’ measure that does” – Researchers only created an assumptions-dependent drought index after rainfall measurements failed to show any worsening trend, then applied it retrospectively to historical data, reveals Michael Shellenberger on the Public Substack.
“Bloomberg-backed climate group shuts down after years of funding state AG lawyers” – A Bloomberg-backed climate group has quietly closed its doors after years of placing paid lawyers inside state attorney general offices to pursue litigation against energy companies, reports Thomas Catenacci in the Free Beacon.
“Al Gore is still sounding the climate alarm and the ‘moral case’ of fighting it – warns of ‘the immorality of inaction’ and concedes Trump has ushered in ‘dark times’ for activists” – Al Gore is headlining an event called “The Immorality of Inaction”, insisting that “the moral case is the central case” for climate action, according to Climate Depot.
“UN panic: what if President Trump vetoes all the globalist climate warrior Secretary General candidates?” – With the UN’s favoured Secretary General candidates failing to impress Team Trump, a potential compromise candidate who might satisfy all sides is now being floated, writes Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
“China will dominate global nuclear energy through 2035, analyst says” – China is on course to overtake the US in nuclear power, while its new IAEA deal to share reactor technology marks a striking shift from secrecy to cooperation, says Haley Zaremba in OilPrice.com.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“The People’s Emergency Briefing is a pack of nonsense” – The People’s Emergency Briefing, with Chris Packham and other celebrities pushing the ‘climate crisis’, is showing to audiences around the UK. Paul Homewood looks at its ‘expert briefings’ and finds a pack of nonsense.