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AMOC Alarmism Doesn’t Stick (Wunsch caution)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 23, 2025

Ed. note: A recent peer-reviewed article in Nature (discussed here) has, once again, knocked this speculative “fat tail” hypothesis down to size. “Based on the here identified relationship and observation-based estimates of the past air-sea heat flux in the North Atlantic from reanalysis products,” the authors concluded, “the decadal averaged AMOC at 26.5°N has not weakened from 1963 to 2017 although substantial variability exists at all latitudes.”

Climate alarm is the name of the game for the government-led Climate Industrial Complex to keep the taxpayer grants going to the wind, solar, and battery rent-seekers. Nature is optimal and fragile, and the game is to throw hypotheticals against the wall to see what might stick. The mainstream media is hungry for a scary scenario too.

One perennial fear is a potential collapse of a crucial system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). A…

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U.S. Climate Policy: Turnaround Time for Trump

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 22, 2025

“Many full-time climate activists like Mark Trexler need to get real jobs in the private sector producing goods and services that people want rather than engaging in wealth redistribution and net resource loss. A sea change is upon us….”

Mark Trexler of the (alarmist) Climate Risk Red Team (see appendix below) has compiled a list of Trump-related action items for a consumer-first, America-first approach to climate and energy policy. Trexler, worried about Trump, published this useful list that can now be compared to the Trump executive orders flowing from Washington, DC:

While I’d heard a lot about the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” blueprint for a second Trump Administration, I’ve never seen a simple listing of specific things being proposed. Note this is just a partial list, is limited to climate change, and is just one of a number of such lists being developed.

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Energy & Environmental Review: January 21, 2025

By -- January 21, 2025

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Biden Gives $27 Billion for Clean-Energy Deals in Final Days
*** Economic Health Watch: Affordability of Necessities
Why do wind projects get the gas price?

Unreliables (General):
*** Big Wind & Big Solar are Trying to Sue Rural America into Submission
*** Green Fantasies Have Adverse Consequences
Germans’ Pushback on Green Energy Topples Gov’t Leadership
Trump’s energy policies are a game changer for renewables
Deconstructing a continuing green scheme

Wind Energy — Offshore:
NOAA’s “no evidence” that wind kills whales violates the Information Quality Act
NOAA Withdraws Critical Right Whale Protection Rule Changes

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Trump Says He Wants No Wind Turbines Built During Administration
How Much Oil Is Required to Run a Wind Turbine?

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Election Realities, Progress Ahead

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 20, 2025
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ESG Whistleblower Challenges Climate Narrative (Desiree Fixler in the mix)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 17, 2025
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Last Gasp for Offshore Wind: “Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act”

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 16, 2025
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French Nuclear: End of the Line?

By Kennedy Maize -- January 15, 2025
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Trash Talk at Fossil Fuels re SoCal Wildfires (alarmists unhinged)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 14, 2025
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Joe Romm’s The Climate Ate My Homework! (re Southern California fires)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 13, 2025
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Alaska Energy Shenanigans: Eklutna Dam and the RPS (Part II: Political Highjack)

By -- January 10, 2025
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