Climate News Round-Up
The latest science-driven news and analysis to counter the cult of climate catastrophe
“Cost of turning off wind farms exceeds £1 billion so far this year” – The UK has already surpassed £1 billion in constraint payments to switch off wind farms this year alone, putting the country on course for a new annual record, says the Times.
“Octopus Energy: don’t use electricity during solar eclipse” – Octopus Energy is urging customers to avoid running washing machines, dishwashers and other plug-in devices between 6pm and 8pm on Wednesday as the solar eclipse reduces generating capacity, reports the Telegraph.
“One Nation Toryism has degenerated from Disraeli to Net Zero” – The One Nation Conservative tradition that Benjamin Disraeli founded has been reduced to a centrist ideology he would never have recognised, says Lee David Evans in the Telegraph.
“Why has it been so hot this summer?” – On his Not a Lot of People Know That blog, Paul Homewood examines claims of record heatwaves and argues that Central England Temperature data tells a far more measured story than the Met Office’s dodgy weather stations suggest.
“Wild salmon under threat from soaring river temperatures” – Heatwaves are turning Britain’s waterways into a “kill zone” for cold-water fish, with wild salmon facing an existential threat as river temperatures soar, according to the Telegraph.
“Europe’s worst drought and heatwave ever” – Climate change alarmism is diverting resources away from where they are truly needed and driving politicians toward bad decisions rather than rational responses to extreme weather, argues Mike Jonas in Watts Up With That?
“Terrifying study reveals what will happen if Earth’s glaciers melt” – Scientists have apparently calculated the volume of water locked in the world’s glaciers and the catastrophic consequences for sea levels if it were all released into the oceans, according to the Mail.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“Cherry-picking Met Office drops declining wind speed chapter from its latest annual climate report” – The Met Office has quietly axed its dedicated wind and storms chapter from its annual climate report – just as decades of data show UK wind speeds are falling. Funny that, says the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor.