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News related to Climate Change policies like Net Zero, or related to scientific studies supporting both Man Made thread or social alarming due to the natural process, or related to social debate on the actual causes and consequences of the climate phenomena.

This Easter in the New Normal

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Climate Change is altering time!!! A new study published this week caused multiple papers to run headlines along these

Why Do People Claim They Own “The Science™”?

In a truly remarkable article, seemingly packed with anti-scientific claims masquerading as scientific rigour, Dr Jonathan N.

It’s all over for the Anthropocene, the official geologic period of human-caused climate change

A committee of experts voted down a proposal to officially declare the start of a new interval of geologic time, one defined by humanity’s changes to the planet. By doing so, the two dozen or so scholars brought to an end nearly 15 years of debate about whether to

This Week in the New Normal #84

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Yet another “online harms” Bill Just a few weeks since the UK passed its new “Online Safety Act”, the

Building bridges to nowhere?

There was a wild wind and a wicked sky and a cold cold day.

Carbon removal is a very expensive product that no one needs

Nearly 800 companies around the world are exploring a wide variety of methods for drawing planet-warming greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere and storing it away or putting it to use.

What’s So Bad About World Rule?

The goals of the UN’s sustainable development agenda are rather pie-in-the-sky targets.

It’s time we all demand answers to the real-world costs of renewables

Why do climate catastrophists use fear as their main tactic for browbeating an unwilling public into accepting their grotesque bans on natural gas, petroleum, and even nuclear energy (not to mention coal)? Because fear pays. But even fear as a weapon has its limits when people begin to see clearly

This Week in the New Normal #83

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. As usual, since there was no edition last week, we’re technically covering two weeks in the new normal today

This Week in the New Normal #82

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Taylor Swift everywhere and always on message Have you noticed how Taylor Swift has been EVERYWHERE for a while

“Growing your own vegetables is bad for the planet”

Have you ever made a prediction and wished you’d recorded it? Last week, in a phone conversation with a family member, they happened to mention growing their own vegetables, and I said in reply “Enjoy it while you can, they’re gonna start claiming it’s causing climate change

This Week in the New Normal #81

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. …see if you can spot the “secret theme” of this edition. 1. Storms “batter” the UK Yesterday, Storm Isha tore

DISCUSS: Davos 2024 Gets Underway

This year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting kicked off in Davos, Switzerland yesterday and will be running until the 19th. The guest list is as star-powered as ever, including the Chinese Premier, the President of the European Commission, a dozen or more heads of state, the UN Secretary-General, the

This Week in the New Normal #80

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. Also, we have a new banner. “The New Normal” meant vaccines and lockdowns when we designed the old one in

Was 2023 REALLY the second hottest year since 1884?

According to the UK Met Office, 2023 was the second hottest year in the UK since 1884. Quite obviously, this is complete nonsense. Unless they are troglodytes that never venture out in daylight, why would anyone in the UK believe such absurd drivel? The Met Office states: 2023 is provisionally