“Burnham opens up energy network in challenge to nation” – Andy Burnham has announced the creation of a new state-owned entity, Great British Grid, to compete directly with the regulated energy monopolies, says ITV News.
“Falklands oil drillers call for Miliband’s support in Milei row” – Ed Miliband has been accused of failing to defend British energy companies against Argentina’s escalating aggression over Falklands drilling rights, reports the Telegraph.
“Milei gives Britain two-week ultimatum over Falklands” – Argentina has threatened to petition an international court unless Britain halts development of the Sea Lion oilfield near the Falkland Islands within a fortnight, says Sky News.
“Labour launches ‘war on motorists’ in name of Net Zero” – Councils are being instructed to place cars at the bottom of the transport planning hierarchy as part of Labour’s sweeping Net Zero agenda, reports the Telegraph.
“Diesel drivers paying price for Government neglect” – President Trump could ban US diesel exports to bring down prices at home, and Paul Homewood warns that British drivers could be left exposed after years of Government inaction on his Not a Lot of People Know That blog.
“There is a drought in academia: a drought in honest research on the subject of drought and other weather extremes” – Rigorous, unbiased research on climate change and weather extremes is becoming dangerously scarce in universities, warns a guest contributor in ClimateRealism.
“Earth and Venus surface warmth largely explained by convection and lapse rate, not CO2 or radiation” – A new study challenges orthodox climate science by finding that the surface warmth of both Earth and Venus is driven primarily by convection and lapse rate rather than CO2 or radiation, writes Kenneth Richard at NoTricksZone.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“Why I will still never buy an electric car” – In summer 2023 Dr Colin M. Barron published a book, I Will Never Buy an Electric Car, in which he set out all the shortcomings of EVs. Now, three years later, he says the case has only got worse.