Meteorologist Anthony Watts: Politico & The Guardian Falsely Blame California Wildfires on Climate Change

Politico and The Guardian Falsely Blame California Wildfires on Climate Change By Anthony Watts Recent reports in Politico and The Guardian make a now-familiar but false claim: California’s wildfires, particularly the devastating events around Los Angeles, are evidence of an accelerating “climate crisis.” The claims made in these stories are false. Data do not show wildfires are getting […]

Michael Shellenberger: ‘It’s ridiculous’ to ‘blame climate change for the lack of rain in LA. There’s no trend in annual rainfall from 1877 to 2024’

Some reporters and scientists are blaming climate change for the lack of rain in LA. It’s ridiculous. There’s no trend in annual rainfall from 1877 to 2024. We have wet years and dry years. Climate change isn’t responsible for the LA fires. Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass are. https://t.co/JftaPPPMLV pic.twitter.com/iX4Q7TxfdH — Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) January […]

‘Pay Up, Mr. Mann’: National Review Demands Climate activist Michael Mann pay court ordered $530,820.21 worth of attorney’s fees & costs

Climate scientist sought to use lawfare to ‘ruin National Review.’ He lost. Has finally been ordered to pay for some of the damage that he did. https://t.co/p183y7wDOv — Byron York (@ByronYork) January 10, 2025 Pay Up, Mr. Mann By The Editors January 10, 2025 6:30 AM For more than eight years, the climate scientist Michael Mann harassed National […]

Meteorologist Anthony Watts: ‘No, Mainstream Media, Climate Change Isn’t to Blame for California’s Wildfires’

No, Mainstream Media, Climate Change Isn’t to Blame for California’s Wildfires By Anthony Watts The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have once again become a rallying cry for those blaming climate change for natural disasters. Recent coverage, such as stories in Axios and by the BBC  hastily and falsely connect these wildfires to a “rare confluence of climate factors,” […]

Meta Drops Bogus ‘Fact-Checking’ Program After Years of Targeting, Blacklisting, Censoring, and Eliminating Top Conservative Pages from Facebook

Meta Drops Bogus “Fact-Checking” Program After Years of Targeting, Blacklisting, Censoring, and Eliminating Top Conservative Pages from Facebook by Jim Hoft On Tuesday, Meta, the company that owns both Facebook and Instagram, announced it is discontinuing its third-party fact-checking program after years of censoring conservative speech. In its place, Meta will adopt a user-generated “Community Notes” system, similar […]

RIP: NPR: ‘Jimmy Carter’s legacy is seen in climate change action today’ – WaPo: If Carter had 2nd term, ‘we likely wouldn’t be having a climate crisis right now’

NPR: Jimmy Carter’s environmental legacy set the foundation for today’s climate action – December 29, 2024 – By Jeff Brady – NPR Excerpt: Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died at his home in Plains, Ga., on Sunday. He was 100. …

Shortly after Carter took office in 1977, he delivered what has become known as the “sweater speech.” Sitting by a lit fireplace, he wore a cardigan sweater and addressed the country on television. “All of us must learn to waste less energy. Simply by keeping our thermostats, for instance, at 65 degrees in the daytime and 55 degrees at night we could save half the current shortage of natural gas,” Carter said. … 
Still, energy experts then were thinking about the possibility that oil and gas could run out. That prompted Carter to encourage alternative sources of energy. “He even put solar panels, famously, on the White House,” Jaffe says. … 
By the end of the 20th century, Carter wanted the U.S. to get “20% of all the energy we use from the sun.” The country still hasn’t reached that goal, though more than 80% of new generating capacity this year is expected to come from solar and battery storage.

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Wash Post in 2021 rewrites history & reality: Reagan now blamed for ‘global warming’ – ‘If Prez Carter had gotten an extra term in office, we likely wouldn’t be having a climate crisis right now’

“Carter had these very farsighted views of how he wanted to solve the energy crisis, and it involved conservation, but also involved turning away from fossil fuels and turning toward renewable energy, things like solar power and other renewables,” said Jim Pattiz, 29. Carter put solar panels on the White House, and he called for “shared sacrifice” to confront energy shortages. But he couldn’t overcome voters’ frustrations with fuel prices and availability. The solar panels were removed during Reagan’s presidency. But Will Pattiz, 30, said time vindicated Carter. If “President Carter had gotten an extra term in office,” he said, “we likely wouldn’t be having a climate crisis right now.”

Watch: Morano on Tucker Carlson in 2022 on WaPo claiming a Jimmy Carter 2nd term would have solved ‘climate change’ – Morano: But here’s the thing. They are not going to learn. Academia has been calling these energy restrictions for decades. This energy policy, what have they done? “the Washington Post” a few months ago actually said that we – if Jimmy Carter had won a second term there would be no climate crisis. They lamented that Ronald Reagan won. To the academia and media elites, Jimmy Carter’s first term was a model, and that’s what they want to do and that’s what we’re facing here.

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Fmr. Pres. Jimmy Carter smears skeptics as ‘nutcases’ – Calls for carbon tax as ‘the only reasonable approach’ -August 12, 2014

Reuters: The barnacle, Spaniards’ favourite Christmas dish, imperilled by climate change

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/barnacle-spaniards-favourite-christmas-dish-imperilled-by-climate-change-2024-12-24/ CORME, Spain, Dec 24 (Reuters) – On the craggy rocks on northwestern Spain’s treacherous Costa da Morte (Death Coast), wetsuit-clad fishermen dodge crashing waves as they pick barnacles, a prized Christmas delicacy facing decline due to climate change and other factors.Fetching up to 200 euros ($208) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) during the holiday season, […]

NBC News: Christmas tree farms face new perils – ‘Including climate change-fueled weather disasters’

https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/christmas-tree-farms-face-new-perils-rcna184769 Challenges to Christmas tree farms span from coast to coast. Drought has wilted crops in Oregon, while wind, flood and landslides caused by September’s Hurricane Helene dented North Carolina’s tree production. … Justin Whitehill, who directs the Christmas Tree Genetics Program at North Carolina State University: Whitehill said he believes that while Christmas trees may be […]