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Day: July 21, 2026

Fossil fuels still dominate the globe, providing 86.3% of primary energy — despite trillions of dollars spent on energy ‘transition’ – With the current pace of ‘green’ energy, it would take centuries to reach net-zero

Just the News Excerpt: The 2026 “Statistical Review of World Energy” finds that 86.3% of primary energy consumption was derived from fossil fuels last year. This is down from 86.6% the previous year. …

Nuclear, hydroelectric and other carbon-free generation technologies reached their highest level ever in 2025. Their share of the global energy picture stood at 14% in 2025, climbing steadily over the past decade. …

Coal was the largest source of global energy, taking up nearly one-third of the total, a decrease from the 33.7% in 2024. Natural gas was the next largest source of energy at 21.9%, and hydroelectric accounted for just under 14% last year. …

Global solar power rose by 30% in 2025 over the previous year, and its share of total generation reached 8.7%, which surpassed wind, at 8.4%. Solar’s share nearly matches nuclear power’s share at 8.8%. …

Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., a climate researcher and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, points out in his “The Honest Broker” Substack … With respect to climate policies, the pace of change is agonizingly slow. Based on the growth in the past 10 years, Pielke wrote, it would take centuries to reach net-zero.  …

Meteorologist Chris Martz: ‘Worldwide fire burn area is at a record low year-to-date’ – ‘No statistically significant increase in the amount of global land area in droughts’

Hi Congressman. You have opinions. But I have data. Let's look at it. 1⃣ Wildfires occur every year all over the world. That's true this year, just like it was last year and 5,000 years ago. But as it turns out, worldwide fire burn area is at a record low year-to-date.… https://t.co/YpnKSFrkne pic.twitter.com/rBePfROmMi — Chris […]

A Guardian Article Indicates the UK’s Climate Hype May Have Peaked

A Guardian Article Indicates the UK’s Climate Hype May Have Peaked By Anthony Watts In The Guardian’s story “Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis,” the paper laments that nearly three-quarters of British media coverage of June’s heatwave failed to mention climate change, complaining that journalists missed an opportunity to educate […]

Parmesan Cheese Is Not Endangered by Climate Change, Reuters

Parmesan Cheese Is Not Endangered by Climate Change, Reuters By Linnea Lueken A photo presentation from Reuters claims that parmesan cheese is threatened by climate change because heat waves are causing declining milk production and more expensive cool storage costs. This is false. Cheese production has been increasing amid modest warming, and the cost of […]

Rolling Blackouts Hit New York – City has climate reg that ‘prohibits construction of new fossil fuel power plants…& the old ones are aging & are forbidden to be replaced or upgraded’

https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-7-18-rolling-blackouts-hit-new-york?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email By Francis Menton At least since New York passed its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) back in 2019, it has been clear that trouble has been coming for New York’s electrical grid. The CLCPA effectively prohibits construction of new fossil fuel power plants, even natural gas plants; and the old ones are […]

Analysis: RCP8.5: The Impossible ‘Worst-Case’ UN Climate Scenario

RCP8.5: The Impossible ‘Worst-Case’ Climate Scenario View this page as a printable PDF here: RCP 8.5-The Impossible Worst-Case Climate Scenario Key Takeaways: The climate model known as RCP8.5, long promoted as the ‘business-as-usual’ climate scenario, has been officially declared implausible by the international committee responsible for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate scenarios. The […]

Prof. Matthew Wielicki: ‘The human condition has never been better’ – Urges young people to approach environmental & climate concerns with balance, optimism rather than despair

https://clintel.org/matthew-wielicki-on-climate-debrief-the-human-condition-has-never-been-better/ Clintel Foundation Students were crying during conversations about the future, their fears largely driven by repeated exposure to highly negative messaging about climate change, recalls ‘professor in exile’ Matthew Wielicki on the Climate Debrief Podcast. He encourages young people to approach environmental and climate concerns with balance, optimism, and practical action rather than despair. […]