Unless environmental groups do something to broaden their appeal, their days are numbered as a meaningful presence in American culture and politics. This April 22, Earth Day turns 44. The green movement is not aging well. Like today’s U.S. Republican Party, it has a diversity problem and speaks primarily to a narrow, graying demographic slice of the United States. In […]

As we all now know, Marcel Crok and Nicholas Lewis have written a report on the IPCC’s treatment of climate sensitivity, published by the GWPF. The GWPF’s press release is here, the long version of the report is here, and the short version is here. Andrew Orlowski has a nice piece on the report comprising a Q&A with Lewis at […]

Ukrainian plans for expanding Black Sea natural gas output have been thrown into doubt by Russia’s seizure of Crimea, a region linked to most of Ukraine’s offshore developments. Past price disputes between Russia and Ukraine have led to the Russians cutting off supply, prompting Kiev to spur development of its own resources including onshore shale […]

The UK renewable energy industry has lost 4.4GW of planned electricity generation since the beginning of February – the equivalent capacity of more than two nuclear power stations. In a series of setbacks to the Government’s legally binding target of matching 15% of the country’s energy needs from renewables by 2020, seven key installations have […]

Unless Governor Jerry Brown can fashion a compromise, the drought will continue to serve as propaganda fodder for the climate change community while promoting the demise of yet another basic industry, joining fossil fuel energy and, increasingly, manufacturing.   As all the Californians who celebrated the deluge of rain that fell the week before last know, […]