Bravo! Net Zero fraud begins to collapse – CNBC: Air New Zealand becomes first major airline to drop 2030 climate goal
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/30/air-new-zealand-becomes-first-major-airline-to-drop-2030-climate-goal.html By Sam Meredith -CNBC Air New Zealand on Tuesday dropped its 2030 climate goal, citing delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and the affordability of alternative jet fuels. The announcement reflects the scale of the industry’s challenge to meet its decarbonization goals. Air New Zealand also confirmed its intention to immediately withdraw from the Science […]
No, Newsweek, Sea Level Rise Is Not Causing Longer Days
No, Newsweek, Sea Level Rise Is Not Causing Longer Days By David Middleton *Editors’ Note: This guest post by Geologist David Middleton discusses a recent claim in the media that sea level rise is causing longer days by changing the rate of the planet’s rotation. However, Middleton reveals that there are major problems with the […]
Claim: AI-powered weather & climate models are set to change the future of forecasting, researchers say
AI-powered weather and climate models are set to change the future of forecasting, researchers say Expensive setup, but ‘faster and cheaper’ forecasts is one of the claims. Whether they’re somehow better, particularly the AI-backed climate models, than existing models is another matter. This article features one of the latest ones under development, suggesting it may be […]
Virginia’s risk of offshore wind turbine blade failure is serious
https://www.cfact.org/2024/07/29/virginias-risk-of-offshore-wind-turbine-blade-failure-is-serious/ By David Wojick On July 26, CFACT’s President Craig Rucker sent Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin a letter warning him about the serious risk of blade failure in the giant offshore wind facility being built off Virginia. The warning builds on the recent blade failure off of Nantucket, which has littered the beaches with fiberglass […]
‘Picking Winners’ has been a costly failure in race to achieve Net Zero, new study warns
https://mailchi.mp/835e9663492c/picking-winners-has-been-a-costly-failure-new-study-warns-201723?e=0b1369f9f8 London, 29 July: As Europe’s EV industry is on the brink of economic crisis, a new study published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation documents the poor track record of governments who cherry-pick technologies in the hope of achieving a policy goal. It warns that the UK is in the process of repeating costly […]
POLITICO warns: ‘Climate change and the end of American beaches’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2024/07/30/climate-change-and-the-end-of-american-beaches-00171793 By DANIEL CUSICK Calvin Coolidge was president when the federal government began paying to pump sand onto what was arguably the nation’s first beach resort town: Coney Island, New York. A century later, President Joe Biden has continued one of the most cash-bleeding civil works programs ever conceived by Washington, known as “beach renourishment.” As […]
No, CNBC, Insurance Premiums Are Not Increasing Due to ‘Climate Change’
No, CNBC, Insurance Premiums Are Not Increasing Due to Climate Change By Anthony Watts An article published on the CNBC website on July 29th made the claim in this headline: “Homeowners insurance premiums rose 21% last year. Climate change is partly to blame, experts say.” The article goes on to say, “Experts say a rise in severe […]
Another summer with nearly normal temps in the Arctic region – Arctic sea ice showing resiliency
https://arcfieldweather.com/blog/2024/7/30/715-am-another-summer-with-nearly-normal-temperatures-in-the-arctic-region-continues-a-long-term-trend-during-their-melting-season By Meteorologist Paul Dorian As long as temperatures in the Arctic region remain close-to-normal during the summer season (gray area), there will likely be a limit as to the amount of melting of sea ice. The plot shown here displays the actual temperature pattern through mid-July (orange) as compared to the mean temperatures in […]