COP FLOP: None of UN’s criteria for climate summit success none were achieved
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/cop26-climate-action-remains-hostage-national-interests-196755 At COP26, Climate Action Remains Hostage to National Interests Hopes that climate issues will transcend strategic issues, rather than be shaped by them, seems a nonstarter. Whatever the topic, the touchstone for responsible and realistic policy across the globe remains the national interest. by William R. Hawkins That the United Nations Climate Change Conference of […]
NYT’s Tom Friedman falsely claims: Don’t blame the greens for the looming energy disaster this winter in Europe
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/10/06/friedman-dont-blame-the-greens-for-the-looming-energy-disaster-this-winter-n420638 By JOHN SEXTON Tom Friedman has an interesting column at the NY Times today warning that this winter is shaping up to be a disaster for Europe in terms of keeping the lights and the heat on. But for some reason, the column has a silly headline, one that seems to almost […]
Green Britain faces winter power crunch ‘as two nuclear plants shut down’
https://www.thegwpf.com/green-britain-faces-winter-power-crunch/ Green Britain faces winter power crunchNational Grid ESO WinterThe Global Warming Policy Forum / by bennypeiser / 1dBritain must prepare for low energy supplies this winter as two nuclear plants shut down and workers return to the office, the business behind the power network has warned.Low wind speeds and surging demand in Europe may […]
With blackouts looming, California should go nuclear
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/14/with-blackouts-looming-california-should-go-nuclear/ With blackouts looming, California should go nuclearOrange County Register / by Susan Shelley / 2h Last August, after rolling blackouts hit California during a heat wave, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered an investigation. The report on the root causes of the August blackouts was completed in January. The problem was caused by lack of “resource […]
The Real Reason Biden’s Climate Agenda Is Failing Is Because It’s Anti-Nuclear – ‘Malthusian Progressives Downsized Democrats’ Climate Ambitions’
https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-bidens-climate-agenda By Michael Shellenberger Yesterday, President Joe Biden appeared to have scored an important climate policy victory in announcing a deal with Republicans to spend hundreds of billions in new infrastructure, including $73 billion for new solar and wind farms and $15 billion for electric vehicle infrastructure and electric buses. But the total for climate over […]
Bill Gates: Stop shutting down nuclear reactors & build new nuclear power plants to fight climate change
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/11/bill-gates-bullish-on-using-nuclear-power-to-fight-climate-change.html As some nuclear power companies continue to shut down nuclear reactors for reasons ranging from economic woes to safety concerns, Bill Gates is bullish on nuclear power as a clean energy solution to climate change. Gates, who is also an investor in nuclear power, told the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Nuclear Energy Assembly on Wednesday that the […]
Bloomberg news analysis: Biden’s solar/wind goals will eat up land – Will ‘require tremendous amount of land’ in the U.S.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-energy-land-use-economy/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=climate&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic The U.S. Will Need a Lot of Land for a Zero-Carbon Economy By Dave Merrill Excerpt: Wind farms, solar installations and other forms of clean power take up far more space on a per-watt basis than their fossil-fuel-burning brethren. A 200-megawatt wind farm, for instance, might require spreading turbines over 19 […]
What Happened In Texas: ‘Wind energy scored an F’ – ‘The only energy source to perform so poorly during the power outages’
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/02/what-happened-in-texas.php By JOHN HINDERAKER The best explanation of Texas’s prolonged blackout was published by Mitch Rolling yesterday at AmericanExperiment.org. Texas gets electricity from six sources: coal, nuclear, natural gas, solar, hydro and wind. How did those sources perform, and what contributed to the blackout? [W]e created a reliability grading scale designed to judge which energy sources […]
Greenpeace co-founder rips anti-energy climate activists: If you are against mining ‘that means opposing civilization’
If you're against harmful waste, you should be much more concerned about solar and wind than about nuclear. If you're against mining, you should also be more concerned about solar and wind. Although, as @EcoSenseNow points our, if you're against mining you're against modern life. https://t.co/oqNEau3K9Z — Alex Epstein (@AlexEpstein) January 20, 2021
Whoa! Duck & Cover! U.S. cities consider treating fossil fuels like nuclear weapons – Seek ‘global disarmament’ through a ‘Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty’
Excerpt: “Half a century later, the nations once stockpiling nuclear weapons are now stockpiling fossil fuels, which are already upending life on earth as we know it. That’s why a group of activists, policy experts, and academics are beginning to push for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, modeled off its predecessor on nuclear weapons.’ Via […]