EPA’s ‘Polluters’ Portal’? No—Just a Return to Pre-Zealotry Sanity

The EPA’s exemption portal isn’t a “get-out-of-jail-free card.” It’s a return to lawful, deliberate governance—a rare thing in the age of emergency mandates and bureaucratic crusades. If the Biden administration had pushed through these rules under normal democratic scrutiny, maybe there’d be less resistance.Re Posted From: EPA’s ‘Polluters’ Portal’? No—Just a Return to Pre-Zealotry SanityWatts Up With That . . . [More]

EPA’s ‘Polluters’ Portal’? No—Just a Return to Pre-Zealotry Sanity

The EPA’s exemption portal isn’t a “get-out-of-jail-free card.” It’s a return to lawful, deliberate governance—a rare thing in the age of emergency mandates and bureaucratic crusades. If the Biden administration had pushed through these rules under normal democratic scrutiny, maybe there’d be less resistance.Re Posted From: EPA’s ‘Polluters’ Portal’? No—Just a Return to Pre-Zealotry SanityWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Net Zero Will Make Air Travel the Preserve of the Privileged, Airline Boss Admits

Air travel will soon be the preserve of the privileged, an airline boss has admitted, as Net Zero makes low-cost air travel a thing of the past. The truth the Net Zero is making us poorer is slowly leaking out, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph. Here’s an excerpt.Re Posted From: Net Zero Will Make Air Travel the Preserve of the Privileged, Airline Boss AdmitsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Net Zero Will Make Air Travel the Preserve of the Privileged, Airline Boss Admits

Air travel will soon be the preserve of the privileged, an airline boss has admitted, as Net Zero makes low-cost air travel a thing of the past. The truth the Net Zero is making us poorer is slowly leaking out, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph. Here’s an excerpt.Re Posted From: Net Zero Will Make Air Travel the Preserve of the Privileged, Airline Boss AdmitsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

40.3°C UK Temperature ‘Record’ from Halfway Down Airport Runway Enters the Long-Term Archive

How we laughed when the Met Office declared a UK temperature record of 40.3°C at 3.12pm on July 19th 2022, halfway down the runway at RAF Coningsby at a time when it later transpired three typhoon jets were coming into land. Mirth was unconfined when the ‘record’ that stood for 60 seconds as the temperature briefly spiked by 0.6°C was later declared by the Met Office to be a “milestone in UK climate history”. Re Posted From: 40.3°C UK Temperature ‘Record’ from Halfway Down Airport Runway Enters the Long-Term ArchiveWatts Up Wit . . . [More]

40.3°C UK Temperature ‘Record’ from Halfway Down Airport Runway Enters the Long-Term Archive

How we laughed when the Met Office declared a UK temperature record of 40.3°C at 3.12pm on July 19th 2022, halfway down the runway at RAF Coningsby at a time when it later transpired three typhoon jets were coming into land. Mirth was unconfined when the ‘record’ that stood for 60 seconds as the temperature briefly spiked by 0.6°C was later declared by the Met Office to be a “milestone in UK climate history”. Re Posted From: 40.3°C UK Temperature ‘Record’ from Halfway Down Airport Runway Enters the Long-Term ArchiveWatts Up Wit . . . [More]

Climate Central’s Urban Rainfall Claims Are All Wet

This kind of shoddy research for media consumption undermines public trust in climate science. CC claims to be an authority, yet their work shows a consistent pattern: cherry-pick data, ignore contradictory evidence, and blame everything on humans using fossil fuels causing climate change. Real science considers all variables, especially ones as obvious as localized urban heating and pollution. Until Climate Central acknowledges these fundamental factors, they’re not reporting science—they’re spinning a fake news narrative. Re Posted Fro . . . [More]

Climate Central’s Urban Rainfall Claims Are All Wet

This kind of shoddy research for media consumption undermines public trust in climate science. CC claims to be an authority, yet their work shows a consistent pattern: cherry-pick data, ignore contradictory evidence, and blame everything on humans using fossil fuels causing climate change. Real science considers all variables, especially ones as obvious as localized urban heating and pollution. Until Climate Central acknowledges these fundamental factors, they’re not reporting science—they’re spinning a fake news narrative. Re Posted Fro . . . [More]

Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: The Sun and Climate Change — The Climate Realism Show #151

But what about that big ball of gas in the sky? Why does it get short shrift when it comes to the causes of climate change?Re Posted From: Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: The Sun and Climate Change — The Climate Realism Show #151Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: The Sun and Climate Change — The Climate Realism Show #151

But what about that big ball of gas in the sky? Why does it get short shrift when it comes to the causes of climate change?Re Posted From: Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: The Sun and Climate Change — The Climate Realism Show #151Watts Up With That . . . [More]

OOPS —UPFs are Not Addictive

The narrative that ultra-processed foods high in fat and sugar can be as addictive as drugs of abuse based on their potential to elicit an outsized dopamine response in brain reward regions was not supported by our data.”Re Posted From: OOPS —UPFs are Not AddictiveWatts Up With That . . . [More]

OOPS —UPFs are Not Addictive

The narrative that ultra-processed foods high in fat and sugar can be as addictive as drugs of abuse based on their potential to elicit an outsized dopamine response in brain reward regions was not supported by our data.”Re Posted From: OOPS —UPFs are Not AddictiveWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Claim: Renewables are Cheaper Because of Fuel Volatility

The presenters at the meeting were carefully chosen to further the Hochul Administration’s narrative that all is well with the Climate Act. Consider, for example, the presentation by Jeff Freedman to the Planning Board. His main research focus is on “renewable energy and atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) processes” so his bias is towards renewable energy virtues. He has no energy sector experience that qualifies him to claim that “renewable energy can reduce costs” He was a spokesman because of his adherence to the narrative.Re Post . . . [More]

Claim: Renewables are Cheaper Because of Fuel Volatility

The presenters at the meeting were carefully chosen to further the Hochul Administration’s narrative that all is well with the Climate Act. Consider, for example, the presentation by Jeff Freedman to the Planning Board. His main research focus is on “renewable energy and atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) processes” so his bias is towards renewable energy virtues. He has no energy sector experience that qualifies him to claim that “renewable energy can reduce costs” He was a spokesman because of his adherence to the narrative.Re Post . . . [More]

The Myth of a Hydrogen Economy

“Scientists, engineers, and policymakers must reject symbolic solutions and focus on measurable, scalable, and scientifically robust strategies. Not all gases are equally dangerous, and not all solutions are equally wise.”Re Posted From: The Myth of a Hydrogen EconomyWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The Myth of a Hydrogen Economy

“Scientists, engineers, and policymakers must reject symbolic solutions and focus on measurable, scalable, and scientifically robust strategies. Not all gases are equally dangerous, and not all solutions are equally wise.”Re Posted From: The Myth of a Hydrogen EconomyWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Science Magazine Unfairly Attacks the Journal of the Academy of Public Health

Only two days after the Journal of the Academy of Public Health's official launch, Science Magazine criticised it in a news item. A scientist I had recommended as a member of our Academy wrote to me that the fact that Science feared our new journal suggested that we were on the right track.Re Posted From: Science Magazine Unfairly Attacks the Journal of the Academy of Public HealthWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Science Magazine Unfairly Attacks the Journal of the Academy of Public Health

Only two days after the Journal of the Academy of Public Health's official launch, Science Magazine criticised it in a news item. A scientist I had recommended as a member of our Academy wrote to me that the fact that Science feared our new journal suggested that we were on the right track.Re Posted From: Science Magazine Unfairly Attacks the Journal of the Academy of Public HealthWatts Up With That . . . [More]

GBE To Pay £200 Million For Solar Panels on Schools

Miliband is bragging that school budgets will be boosted because of these saving. This however is a sleight of hand � it is merely using taxpayer money in GBE to pay some of the school costs, instead of allocating them to the Education Dept.Re Posted From: GBE To Pay £200 Million For Solar Panels on SchoolsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

GBE To Pay £200 Million For Solar Panels on Schools

Miliband is bragging that school budgets will be boosted because of these saving. This however is a sleight of hand � it is merely using taxpayer money in GBE to pay some of the school costs, instead of allocating them to the Education Dept.Re Posted From: GBE To Pay £200 Million For Solar Panels on SchoolsWatts Up With That . . . [More]