- Serves you right. We mentioned last week a lawsuit by Energy Transfer against Greenpeace over its involvement in 1997 protests. A jury promptly found Greenpeace USA liable on all counts, and Greenpeace International and Greenpeace Fund Inc. liable on some, and awarded a walloping $666.9 million, the bulk against Greenpeace USA. The latter responded ataxically that it now faced bankruptcy and its work “is never going to stop.” Naturally the New York Times “Climate Forward” piece on the verdict throws in “Energy Transfer’s co-founder and board chairman, Kelcy Warren, an ally and donor to President Trump”. But boo Trump all you like. It still turns out winning in court what you can’t get at the ballot box is all fun and games until some environmentalist loses a suit.
- From the so-you-admit-it file, a municipal politician assures constituents “The sun is getting stronger and it won’t be long till this snow that so vexed us is melted away – patio season next!” Because people actually like spring even after decades of anti-warmth propaganda.
- From the so-you-don’t-admit-it file, Tony Heller unearths a chart from National Geographic in 1976 showing that it warmed rapidly in the early 20th century to a peak just before 1940, so yes, those oh-so-hot 1930s, and then plunged; the chart even says “downtrend of temperature since 1938 has come nearly halfway back to the chill of the Little Ice Age 300 years ago.” But now NASA and NOAA have “adjusted” away such things and NG too has dropped them down the memory hole.
- From the so-you-hid-it file, a scandal in Canada over the “green slush fund”, aka Sustainable Development Technology Canada that had a penchant for investing in conflicts of interest, has a typical #CanadianJediMindTrick twist in which mere citizens are not permitted to know what their governments are doing lest it cause talk. Specifically, when the Privy Council Office interviewed the woman who became chair of SDTC and then fled in disarray over funding to companies to which she was connected, it destroyed the notes lest they cause talk. But we deniers are supposedly the sleazy ones.
- Meanwhile in the real world (and h/t Parker Gallant) a new report from the Alberta Electric System Operator says that yes, people like Bjorn Lomborg and CDN are right that alternative energy is more expensive and less reliable than the unicorn whisperers keep claiming. In the words of a Canadian Energy Centre article: “Alberta is at risk of power outages by the mid-2030s as a result of the federal government’s Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), says a new report by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)…. Due to restrictions on natural gas generation, the AESO forecasts an additional $30 billion in capital and operational costs between now and 2049. The regulations will have high costs for Albertans, increasing wholesale electricity prices by 35 per cent above what they otherwise would be, the AESO said.” Oops.
- From our file of news stories explaining how everything including the kitchen sink and faucets were ruined by climate change we present “18 Factors Driving Extreme Weather Events in the 21st Century” and “18 Shocking Effects of Melting Ice Sheets on Global Weather” and, who knows, “18 Reasons Why 18 Sounds Spuriously Precise Unlike Suspiciously Round 20”.
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26 Mar 2025 | News Roundup
CDN staff and John. Awesome work yet again!
I especially liked the 'so-you-admit-it', so- you-don't admit-it' and the best one, 'so- you-hid-it' paragraphs.
I try to point out that I personally have never 'denied' climate change. Based on historical evidence and data, I and many (including scientists) just don't see any crisis, problem or emergency. Hiding research and or data that doesn't fit the narrative wanted seems to be common. Part of your interview with Judith Curry is evidence of that.
I am greatly looking forward to and have registered for your April 9th podcast. 😀