The Great FREEZE: Ottawa mayor makes preheating cars illegal to ‘help reduce greenhouse gas emissions’ – ‘Cars may idle for only one minute per hour regardless of the temperature’
Ottawa mayor makes preheating cars illegal By Walid Tamtam The City of Ottawa announced on Thursday that it would be enforcing a newly expanded bylaw restricting how long vehicles can idle in Ottawa. For unoccupied vehicles, cars may idle for only one minute per hour regardless of the temperature. Social media users, primarily those who […]
We’re Saved! Michigan clearing over 400 acres of a forest to create rows of Chinese-made solar panels – Despite study finding ‘loss of CO2 gobbling forests for solar installations results in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions’
INSANITY: Michigan is clearing over 400 acres of a forest to create rows of Chinese-made solar panels that just occasionally generate electricity. And it’s not even going to help the environment. A recent study found “the loss of carbon-dioxide gobbling forests for solar… pic.twitter.com/UXhQTUoR8v — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 3, 2025 https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/01/michigan-plans-to-clear-400-acres-of-state-forest-near-gaylord-for-solar-farm.html By Sheri […]
Lomborg: Expensive climate policy is dead — and it could be an immense opportunity
https://jordantimes.com/opinion/bjorn-lomborg/expensive-climate-policy-dead-%E2%80%94-and-it-could-be-immense-opportunity By Bjorn Lomborg The latest climate summit has been as hypocritical and dysfunctional as everyone before, with most world leaders not even bothering to turn up. Still, 50,000 people flew in from across the world, while essentially telling the rest of us to stop flying. Poor-country politicians performatively staged a “walk-out”, and rich nations […]
New Study finds ‘a striking global greening trend’ – ‘Robust quantitative evidence of widespread global greening…measurable increases in vegetation cover over the past four decades’ – Published in journal Remote Sensing Applications
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352938524002416 Uncovering true significant trends in global greening – Published January 2025 – The journal Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment Excerpt: Abstract The global greening trend, marked by significant increases in vegetation cover across ecoregions, has attracted widespread attention. … Findings from the TST workflow (Fig. 2) provide robust quantitative evidence of widespread global greening, with […]
Electric car drivers face threat of steep tax rises based on vehicle weight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ev-drivers-face-steep-tax-133034832.html By Joe Wright Electric cars could face bigger taxes than petrol and diesel vehicles under a new proposal to levy cars by their weight. Former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine is among those backing calls to clamp down on so-called “autobesity” through an overhaul of the car tax system. Research suggests a vehicle’s weight […]
Central Greenland Was Recently Ice-Free & Covered With Plants When CO2 Was Under 300 ppm
Central Greenland Was Recently Ice-Free And Covered With Plants When CO2 Was Under 300 ppm By Kenneth Richard Today, with CO2 levels supposedly in the “dangerously high” range, Central Greenland has 3 kilometers of ice piled atop it. Scientists have known since the GISP2 borehole was drilled in 1993 that Central Greenland deglaciated at least once […]
Trump plans to unleash fossil fuels & mining in 2025, unraveling Democrats’ green new deal
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/trump-will-open-doors-fossil-fuels-and-mining-2025-obstacles-and-challenges While Trump can overturn Biden’s executive orders, experts say some challenges will go through the courts and Congress. By Kevin Killough Coming with the new year is a new president with a very different vision on energy than President Joe Biden, who campaigned on a promise to “end fossil fuel.” President-elect Donald Trump is dismissive […]
UK’s Net zero ‘nudge unit’ accused of Covid scare tactics will push heat pumps on public
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/02/net-zero-nudge-unit-accused-covid-scare-tactics-heat-pumps/ Behavioural Insights Team receives £100,000 contract from Government as ministers aim to deliver 300,000 extra home upgrades this year By Dominic Penna A net-zero “nudge unit” accused of using scare tactics during the Covid pandemic will encourage the public to take up heat pumps. The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) has received a £100,000 contract […]