Why won’t Greenpeace admit that wind turbines may be killing whales?

Greenpeace’s strange silence about new dangers to whales Matt Ridley Features [iStock] Matt Ridley 16 September 2023 9:00 AM Who cares about whales? Whales might be dying because of sonar surveying, but Greenpeace simply ignores the science that doesn’t suit it. So far last year, 71 whales have washed up dead on the shores ofContinue reading “Why won’t Greenpeace admit that wind turbines may be killing whales?”

Former Military Chiefs Urge Government Urged to Develop a Defence Against Climate Change(My favourite word in that headline is ‘former’)

Former Military Chiefs Urge Government Urged to Develop a Defence Against Climate Change(My favourite word in that headline is ‘former’)James MacphersonSep 15 READ IN APP The Australian Government is being urged to come up with a defence plan to protect us from our greatest adversary … climate change! The Canberra Times reported this week that …The federalContinue reading “Former Military Chiefs Urge Government Urged to Develop a Defence Against Climate Change(My favourite word in that headline is ‘former’)”

Then they came for your pets…

ULEZ and other ‘climate’ atrocities Judith Sloan Features Australia Getty Images Judith Sloan 16 September 2023 9:00 AM Do you sometimes read a sentence or phrase and think ‘I wish I’d written that’. Well, I came across one the other day written by Andy Kessler in the Wall Street Journal: ‘climate-excuse assaults on our liberties’.Continue reading “Then they came for your pets…”

End the Net Zero nightmare

  · Rafe Champion The Spectator Australia 6 September 2023 Matthew Warren knows as much about the energy industry as anyone and his book Blackout (2019) is a very good overview of the system. In the Financial Review on the weekend, he called for a contest of ideas and not a rigid central plan becauseContinue reading “End the Net Zero nightmare”

‘Repowered’ wind turbines to ‘suck carbon dioxide’ from the atmosphere

Flat White Getty Images Flat White 4 September 2023 2:08 PM According to the Discovery Channel, there are around 400,000 individual wind turbines in operation. Every single one of these will be looking for a grave in the nearest landfill within 20 years (or sooner). What’s the carbon footprint of this mess? Who knows. TheContinue reading “‘Repowered’ wind turbines to ‘suck carbon dioxide’ from the atmosphere”

Spinning the myth of Global Warming for corporate gain

Alan Moran Flat White Getty Images Alan Moran 25 August 2023 4:00 AM Although in 2011, the Commonwealth Budget papers compiled all the measures that were being implemented to foster renewable energy, that assembly ceased, presumably, because it was recognised as being antipathetic to the notion that wind and solar were cheaper than the fossilContinue reading “Spinning the myth of Global Warming for corporate gain”

Who’s the Coalkeeper now?

The renewables disaster rolls on… Rebecca Weisser Features Australia Getty Images Rebecca Weisser 26 August 2023 9:00 AM ‘Victoria joins NSW in saying no to “Coalkeeper,” ran the headline in Renew Economy in September 2021. ‘Coalkeeper’ was the disparaging name that Big Renewables and their political champions gave to a proposal to pay fossil fuelContinue reading “Who’s the Coalkeeper now?”

Of droughts and fires and floods

Vic Jurskis Flat White Vic Jurskis 24 March 2021 7:14 PM We all know Dorothea Mackellar’s famous words. More recently, Tim Flannery has told us our dams would never fill again and former fire chief turned Climate Council member Greg Mullins warned that we’ll be incinerated by holocausts as a consequence of dangerous climate changeContinue reading “Of droughts and fires and floods”

Green madness, UK style

Australia beware Features Australia Judith Sloan Getty Images Judith Sloan 5 August 2023 9:00 AM It’s a bit hard to take the recent utterances of Michael Gove, UK’s Minister of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (I’m not making that up) too seriously. He’s now telling everyone that tackling climate change should not beContinue reading “Green madness, UK style”

Global boiling. Ouch!

The Spectator Australia Features Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 5 August 2023 9:00 AM It’s been quite the week for overblown climate hyperbole and preposterous exaggerations, so we thought we may as well join in the fun: ‘New Ice Age to arrive by summer 2023. Australia prepares for a White Christmas.’ In reality, ourContinue reading “Global boiling. Ouch!”

Global Boiling: Net Zero hysteria catches fire while Greens meltdown

Flat White Alan Moran Getty Images Alan Moran 3 August 2023 4:00 AM UN Secretary-General António Guterres has declared ‘the era of global boiling has arrived’. Australia’s Teals and Greens no doubt eagerly grasped at the ‘terrifying’ words. Greens Senator Nick McKim went into a state of peak catastrophism when he said, ‘Shut your mouth!Continue reading “Global Boiling: Net Zero hysteria catches fire while Greens meltdown”

Top climate scientists rubbish claims July was the hottest month ever

Adam Creighton The Australian August 2, 2023 Two of America’s top climate scientists have rubbished claims July was the hottest month on record, deploring a “stunning amount of exaggeration and hype” surrounding the UN Secretary-General’s statement last week that “the era of global boiling [had] arrived.” Cliff Mass, professor of Atmospheric Sciences at University ofContinue reading “Top climate scientists rubbish claims July was the hottest month ever”

The big Teal regret over wind farms: flattened rainforests and ruined coastlines

Flat White Alexandra Marshall Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 30 July 2023 12:24 PM It was a joke when we said, ‘Why not put wind turbines on Bondi Beach and see how the Teals feel about it…?!’ At the last federal election, the idea of wind turbines flattening pristine rainforest and interrupting beach views was consideredContinue reading “The big Teal regret over wind farms: flattened rainforests and ruined coastlines”

Wildfires, climate change and forest management

Global warming has little if anything to do with recent fires Features Australia Ramesh Thakur Getty Images Ramesh Thakur 24 June 2023 9:00 AM The Canadian wildfires, with heavy smoke blanketing huge areas of the US as well, generated more catastrophising hysteria than light, just like the bushfires in Australia in the summer of 2019Continue reading “Wildfires, climate change and forest management”

Earth is already at net zero

The climate cult will cost us all dearly Features Australia Ian Plimer Getty Images Ian Plimer 24 June 2023 9:00 AM The greenhouse gas in the air that has the greatest effect on atmospheric temperature is water vapour. Why have governments tried to ban carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions and not water vapour?Continue reading “Earth is already at net zero”

Ireland to kill 200,000 cattle to reduce methane emissions – in reality to limit food supply

Date: June 21, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 12 Comments From Zero Hedge https://zerohedge.com/geopolitical/irish-farmers-raise-alarm-over-governments-proposal-kill-200000-cows Last week, the Irish Independent reported on a government document describing plans for a potential cull of up to 65,000 dairy cows per year for the next three years. The paper reportedly obtained the documents from Ireland’s Department of Agriculture through a freedomContinue reading “Ireland to kill 200,000 cattle to reduce methane emissions – in reality to limit food supply”