No high-level US representatives will go to UN COP30 climate talks, Trump officials say – ‘Lack of US presence is a further complication to a summit that already appears troubled’

I hereby self-declare myself to act as the 'unofficial' U.S. representative to COP30! I leave later this week for a 10-day trek to Belém, Brazil, to attend the UN climate summit in person. I am fully UN credentialed, & this will be my 21st out of the past 23 in-person… https://t.co/yOwiMEiwv9 — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) […]

The UN climate summit shall be officially called: CLEAR-CUT30! – ‘Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest were felled earlier this year to build a four-lane highway’ for UN climate summit

The UN climate summit shall be officially called: CLEAR-CUT30 https://t.co/ukiOpbBlsv — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) November 2, 2025   BBC: ‘Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit’ – ‘New four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the UN’s COP30’ March 12, 2025

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent: ‘China has been putting their rare earth plan together for 25 years. The US has been asleep’ – ‘We’re going to get out from under this sword that the Chinese have over us’

Scott Bessent on Rare Earths: You’re not bullish enough. "China has been putting their rare earth plan together for 25 years. The US has been asleep, but now this administration is going to move at warp speed over the next 1-2 years to get out from under this sword." pic.twitter.com/ffQvxu4uf7 — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) November […]

The Climate Grift Unravels: Bill Gates’ Stunning Reversal Sparks Infighting Among Alarmists

https://irrationalfear.substack.com/p/the-climate-grift-unravels-e7e DR. MATTHEW WIELICKI In a surprising twist, Bill Gates—one of the most prominent funders and voices in the climate alarmism movement—has released a memo just ahead of major UN talks, dialing back his decades-long rhetoric on climate change as an apocalyptic threat. Titled “Three Tough Truths About Climate,” Gates now admits that while climate […]

CEO of plant-based dairy alternative, Oatly, blames ‘doom and gloom’ climate talk for US sales slump – Negative talk around climate change & ‘too much greenwashing’ are putting consumers off sustainability

https://www.ft.com/content/7f8f2793-8194-413b-b15f-40139416dd08 By Madeleine Speed Oatly’s chief executive said greenwashing and “doom and gloom” talk around climate change had put US consumers off sustainability, as sales of plant-based dairy alternatives go into reverse after years of growth. “In the past, when people were talking about climate change or sustainability, it was in a doom and gloom, […]

National Review: ‘Michael Mann Finally Goes Away’ – ‘Mann has finally dropped any claims against’ Magazine – But ‘Steyn & Simberg are yet to have their free-speech rights vindicated’

https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/michael-mann-finally-goes-away/ By THE EDITORS More than a decade ago, the climate scientist Michael Mann wrote us a threatening letter demanding that we take down a blog post about his sketchy research by Mark Steyn. We told him to get lost. We let him know we would never take down the post, since it was First […]

RFK Jr. Orders CDC to Study Alleged Harms of Offshore Wind Farms On Human Health

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms (Bloomberg) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, according to people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump marshals his administration to thwart the clean energy source he loathes. Article content In late summer, HHS instructed CDC’s […]

Lomborg: Bill Gates’ climate doomer reversal is welcome — and can help save far more lives – Gates’ revised climate views part of ‘a growing global shift in thinking’

https://nypost.com/2025/10/31/opinion/bill-gates-climate-doomer-reversal-is-welcome-and-can-help-save-far-more-lives/ By Bjorn Lomborg As politicians prepare to jet into Belém, Brazil, for the 30th annual UN climate meeting, philanthropist Bill Gates has provided a straightforward insight: climate summits like COP30 should prioritize what truly improves human lives, and not just chase reductions in emissions or temperatures. His point is both refreshingly overdue and, frankly, obvious common sense. […]

Surge in rooftop blazes sparks concern over Miliband’s UK solar panel boom – Fires have risen at a faster pace than installations, analysis finds

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/31/surge-rooftop-blazes-sparks-concern-milibands-solar-panels/ By Jonathan Leake A surge in house fires caused by solar panels and their batteries is sparking safety concerns over Ed Miliband’s plan for millions more rooftop installations. UK fire services faced a blaze involving a solar panel once every two days in 2024, according to data gathered by insurance company QBE, marking a 60pc […]