Categories for Climate Change

Britain Created its Own Energy Crisis

As oil prices spike, Ed Miliband feels vindicated. But the truth, says Ben Pile, is that by ending gas drilling, toppling power stations and tripling energy prices in 20 years, the UK has created its own energy crisis.

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Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement Pushes Net Zero Taxes Up to £150 Billion

The eye-watering costs of Net Zero continue to climb, with Rachel Reeves's Spring Statement taking green taxes and levies to £150bn over the next five years. And that doesn't include what the rest of us must spend.

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The UN’s Carbon Trading Resurrection: The Return of Indulgences for the Climate Industrial Complex

Carbon trading is back. Despite huge problems with fraud and no sign of effectiveness, the UN's indulgences scheme for the climate industrial complex is making a return. Lessons have not been learned, says Dr Tilak Doshi.

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No, It Was Not an Unusually Wet Winter

The Met Office claims the winter was "among the wettest on record". But the data tell a different story, says Paul Homewood: it was only the 20th wettest in the past 200 years.

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Europe is Finally Waking Up to the Fact That China Has No Intention of Letting Climate Action Harm its Industries

Europe is finally waking up to the fact that China has no intention of letting climate action harm its industries. Friedrich Merz's epiphany as he visited China hastens the demise of Net Zero, says Ben Pile.

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The Right is Still Foolishly Rejecting Fossil Fuels

The Right talks a good game on Net Zero scepticism. But, as the latest report from the Centre for Policy Studies shows, it's still clinging to myths about 'cheap' renewables and rejecting fossil fuels, says Ben Pile.

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Why the US Exit from the IPCC is an Unmitigated Good

Even some climate sceptics have criticised Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, arguing it's better to be on the inside. Dr Tilak Doshi explains why it was the right call.

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Government Claims Cost of Electricity is Falling. It’s Not

As the new energy price cap is announced, the Government (and BBC) claim the cost of electricity is falling. Don't you believe it, says Paul Homewood. Some of the Net Zero costs have just been switched to general taxes.

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As New York is Buried Under 19 Inches of Snow Solar and Wind Power Drop to Near Zero

New York is currently buried under 19 inches of snow after the third major snow event of a brutally cold winter. With solar and wind power next to useless, residents must be very glad of fossil fuels, says Paul Homewood.

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Tiny Amounts of Water in CO2 Pipelines Could Cause Catastrophic Release of Asphyxiating Gas

Worries about the catastrophic release of asphyxiating gas from carbon capture pipelines are not exaggerated, says Chris Morrison, with investigations finding tiny amounts of water can cause the leaks.

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