Tag Archive: Net Zero

Britons “Paying £2 Million an Hour” to Keep Gas Power Stations Running in Freezing Temperatures

Households paid the equivalent of £2 million an hour to gas power stations today after low wind power output and freezing temperatures left electricity grid bosses scrambling to keep the lights on.

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Forget China. With Policies Like Net Zero, Britain is its Own Worst Enemy

Conservative MP Nick Timothy frets that Net Zero makes Britain vulnerable to sabotage by China and Russia. This misses the point, says Ben Pile. With self-harming policies like Net Zero we're our own worst enemy.

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Jordan Peterson: Net Zero is a Brutal Form of Nature Worship and the Tories Need a Desperate Slap for Falling For it

Jordan Peterson has branded Net Zero a "brutal" form of "nature worship" as he tells Michael Gove that he can't believe the Tories fell for it and the party "needs a desperate slap" for what it did to the U.K.

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The Guardian’s Relentless Climate Zigzaggerations

The Guardian has been indulging in climate zigzaggeration of late, says Prof James Alexander. Such a zigzagging whirlwind of alarmist exaggeration deserves to be shared more widely, if only to ward off the unwary.

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The Net Zero Riots

Last summer's riots weren't mainly about immigration, says Chris Williamson. They were the fruit of policies such as Net Zero that have impoverished the UK and created an alienated underclass that is screaming to be heard.

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Trump: Britain Making Very Big Mistake by Abandoning North Sea Oil for “Windmills”

Donald Trump has told Keir Starmer to "open up" the North Sea and "get rid of windmills", as the President-elect attacked the U.K. Government’s Net Zero energy policy.

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The Collapse of Green Finance Shows Net Zero is Dying

There's an earthquake underway in climate politics, says Ben Pile. Several major U.S. banks, including Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, have fled the Net Zero Banking Alliance. The implications are immense.

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Net Zero ‘Nudge Unit’ That Deployed Scare Tactics in Covid Will Push Heat Pumps on Public

A Net Zero 'nudge unit' that used scare tactics during the Covid pandemic has received a £100,000 contract from the Government to encourage the public to take up heat pumps.

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Oxford’s Continued Descent into Green Hell

Oxfordshire's green lunatics are at it again, says Ben Pile. Councils which you would think had enough on their plate trying to stop drug and rape gangs are instead spending taxpayers' money on sucking CO2 out of the air.

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Met Office Claims to Have Been Recording Temperatures at “Stornoway Airport” 30 Years Before Aeroplanes Were Invented

The Met Office claims to have a record of temperatures at Stornoway Airport going back to 1873. Which is odd, says Chris Morrison, since powered flight was not invented until 1903 and the airport didn't exist until 1937.

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