UK Environmentalist George Monbiot claims Trump is ‘the one to spark a green revolution’ – Iran war ‘has made the need for renewable energy inarguable’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/18/fossil-fuel-trump-green-revolution-us-iran-renewable-energy By George Monbiot Excerpt: The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they are … The logic of switching to renewables looks ineluctable. … We are on the cusp of vast, cascading shifts in energy supply and storage. Any country […]
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent on politicians still pushing green policies in Germany: ‘Now they’re all getting VOTED OUT!’
🚨 JUST IN: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent EMBARRASSES the Green New Scam politicians in Germany "Now they're all getting VOTED OUT!" 🤣 "Germany instituted very, very strict remodeling and rebuild requirements for German households. So you had to spend…30, 40, 50 thousand euros… pic.twitter.com/RXUny8rfqN — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 14, 2026
UK Economist Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: High Energy Prices are ‘Good for the Climate’
https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/uk-economist-says-the-quiet-part By TILAK DOSHI Excerpt: When petrol prices rocket because of supply shocks—such as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the rerouting of oil tankers—one might have expected a discussion of geopolitics, market signals and the obvious supply-side remedies. Of which there has been plenty, some competent and even masterly, some not so […]
POLITICO: ‘Top Brussels official urges Europeans to work from home & drive less’ – Iran war could bring lengthy upheaval ‘reminiscent of the Covid pandemic’
https://www.politico.eu/article/europeans-urged-to-work-from-home-and-drive-less-as-eu-warns-of-long-crisis/ BY JAMES FERNYHOUGH, ELENA GIORDANO, BEN MUNSTER AND BEN MAKUCH BRUSSELS — The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. In a […]
Prepare for ‘Energy Lockdowns’ – The ghost of the 2020 COVID-19 crisis is beginning to reappear in the corridors of the EU
Prepare for ‘Energy Lockdowns’… Just in Case By Javier Villamor Excerpt: What if the next major restriction does not come from a virus but from a lack of energy? In Brussels, nobody wants to utter the term yet. The European Commission avoids any official comparison with the pandemic and rejects talk of “energy lockdowns.” But […]
EU Commission in Brussels says Europeans should consider traveling less to avoid energy shortages
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-urges-europeans-to-travel-less-to-avoid-spiraling-energy-costs/ BY BEN MUNSTER EU Commission letter reflects growing fears that the Iran war is sparking an all-out global economic crisis. BRUSSELS — The European Commission is asking member countries to consider cutting back on oil and gas use, especially in the transport sector, in preparation for “prolonged disruption” to energy supplies from the Iran war. […]
ALEX BERENSON: ‘Decarbonization & climate change hysteria died this winter’
As a wise UT reader commented in response to yesterday’s piece:
Trump didn’t kill the climate cult. Covid did. We learned that “science” “experts” world wide had two characteristics: they marched in lockstep, killing dissent (which didn’t seem scientific) and they lied without conscience (which didn’t seem human).
There will no further science-based scams for a generation at least. There will be plenty of other scams but none will be successful if they appeal to “science”.
EU countries give final approval to 2040 climate target for 90% emissions cut
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/eu-countries-give-final-approval-2040-climate-target-90-emissions-cut-2026-03-05/ New EU climate target can now pass into law Goal to cut emissions 90% among world’s ambitious EU facing political pushback on green agenda BRUSSELS, March 5 (Reuters) – European Union countries gave the final approval on Thursday to a new climate target to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040, pressing ahead with […]
America’s Irreversible Goodbye to Climate Governance
https://co2coalition.substack.com/p/americas-irreversible-goodbye-to by Dr. Samuele Furfari On January 7, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from 66 international organizations deemed “redundant, poorly managed, unnecessary, costly, ineffective,” or instruments of America’s adversaries. Among them are various United Nations agencies and, most significantly, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the1992 […]
POLITICO: ‘The week the EU’s climate foundations started to shake’ – ‘An assault on Europe’s most important climate law, the Emissions Trading System’
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-carbon-price-backlash-leaders-summit/ By Zia Weise BRUSSELS — Last week, the very foundations of the European Union’s climate efforts started creaking under pressure. For months, European capitals have attacked the bloc’s environmental policies, arguing onerous green rules were strangling their economies. But the EU’s single biggest weapon for slowing global warming remained off-limits. That taboo was broken last week at two […]