Global rice production nearly doubled between the 1960s and the 2010s and rising atmospheric CO2 was the primary environmental factor contributing to increased production. The post Global rice production has nearly doubled over 50 years despite climate change appeared first on Clintel.

The media predict that 2026-27 will turn out to have the worst El Niño of all recorded time. But according to Charles Rotter, the honest answer is that no one knows yet. And the people most qualified to know are openly saying so. The post Here Comes the Super Mega Ultimate Hyper Giga Godzilla El Niño appeared first on Clintel.

Is the Court of Appeals going to delay the appeal about the Endangerment Finding, so that it can’t be decided by the Supreme Court until after Trump has left office? If that occurs, it would give a potential incoming Democratic administration in 2029 the ability to reverse course on the regulations, says Francis Menton. The post What’s Up With The Endangerment Finding Litigation? appeared first on Clintel.

In this article, climate researcher and writer Linnea Lueken examines claims by The New York Times that climate change is making tennis players ill during the French Open. She argues that player health, tournament infrastructure, and individual heat sensitivity provide more plausible explanations than climate change, and that a single heatwave does not constitute evidence of a long-term climate trend. The post No, New York Times, Climate Change Is Not Making Tennis Players Ill appeared first on Clintel.

Policymakers and media institutions underestimate the dangers created by unreliable energy systems and rising electricity costs, energy analyst Kathryn Porter recently stated on the Heretics podcast. But she thinks the problem is much bigger than that: “Societies entering periods of political and economic stress, often become more authoritarian. The whole model is starting to crumble.” The post Kathryn Porter: “The whole model is starting to crumble” appeared first on Clintel.

Students were crying during conversations about the future, their fears largely driven by repeated exposure to highly negative messaging about climate change, recalls ‘professor in exile’ Matthew Wielicki on the Climate Debrief Podcast. He encourages young people to approach environmental and climate concerns with balance, optimism, and practical action rather than despair. The post Matthew Wielicki on Climate Debrief: “The human condition has never been better” appeared first on Clintel.

It’s now 20 years since the publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. This review began the UK-drive towards the crazy carbon-phobic policies which are helping to impoverish the nation, aided by unrealistic scenarios. Today, even Tony Blair can perceive that the pursuit of Net Zero is unwarranted and harmful to Britain. The post Twenty years after the Stern Review appeared first on Clintel.

China treats us like mugs and we cheer it on, says Jo Nova. Almost no one cares that the largest emitter on Earth has gaping holes in its CO2-numbers. The post China cooks the carbon accounting books by 400 million tons appeared first on Clintel.

Democrats and American environmental groups have grown strangely quiet on climate, says Marc Morano in a recent podcast with Tom Nelson. “It’s the complete and total collapse of everything we’ve covered over the last two decades of the climate movement.” The post Why Aren’t Democrats Fighting Back? Morano on Turning Point in U.S. Climate Politics appeared first on Clintel.

Donald Pols was one of the most recognisable figures in the Dutch environmental movement. In 2021, he achieved a landmark victory when a Dutch court ruled that Shell must accelerate its emissions reductions. Following his highly controversial move to Tata Steel last month, it has now emerged that Pols was chairman of the Afrikaner Student Front (ASF) during his youth—a far-right student organisation that opposed the dismantling of apartheid. Friends of the Earth Netherlands, his former employer, has been aware of this part of his past for at least five years. The post Dutch Climate ‘Hero’ Donald Pols Had Far-Right Past; Friends of the Earth Knew appeared first on Clintel.

India has never seriously embraced the fantasy that wind and solar technologies can sustain an industrial economy. A U.S.-India alliance would strike at the heart of the corrupt climate lobby, says Vijay Jayaraj. The post Can US and India Forge a ‘Big, Beautiful’ Energy Deal? appeared first on Clintel.

Friends of the Earth Netherlands recently filed an appeal with the Dutch Hoge Raad against Shell and the Mens en Milieu Foundation in a last effort to force the company to implement significant worldwide emissions reductions. Lucas Bergkamp, a physician and attorney in Brussels, assisted Mens en Milieu in the proceeding and reported on the hearing: “Friends of the Earth looked tired and sounded like a spoiled child.” The post “Friends of the Earth sounded like a spoiled child in court appeal against Shell” appeared first on Clintel.