Climate Change
Will Chris Bowen Turn the Light Off?
Jennie George is hardly a raving, right-wing nut job. In fact, she’s a former Labor government minister and trade union leader, married to a former Communist Party activist. But, back then, Labor actually stood for working-class people. Working-class people who built things. Things that made the nation run. Today’
As Useful as a Labor Minister with an Electric Ute
Nothing says “I’m an out-of-touch leftist” quite like a politician spruiking a vehicle that costs as much as a Mercedes or BMW, is made by a brutal communist dictatorship, and uses materials mined by child labour in Africa. Materials mined and refined in environmental disaster areas. If you can
How African Kiddies Are Helping to Save the Planet
“All left-wing parties in the highly industrialized countries are at bottom a sham, because they make it their business to fight against something which they do not really wish to destroy… We all live by robbing Asiatic coolies, and those of us who are ‘enlightened’ all maintain that those coolies
Antarctica Hasn’t Warmed in 70 Years
Frank Lasee cfact.org CFACT policy advisor Frank Lasee is an expert on energy and environmental issues. His articles have appeared in the Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Real Clear Energy, Town Hall. He has been a guest on TV and radio news. He is the president of Truth in Energy
Can We Live without Oil?
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. The few wealthy countries pursuing the generation of electricity from wind turbines and solar panels while simultaneously moving to rid the world
Cloudy with a Chance of Real Science
Anyone who thinks The Science™ of climate change is “settled” has not only never read the serious climate science literature, they’ve almost certainly never talked to a great many climate scientists. What the legacy media and politicians serve up to you as “climate science” is, in fact, cherry-picked and
Mediaeval Winter Was No Barrel of Fun
As recently reported, 536AD is regarded by some as the worst year in human history. All of Europe, the Middle East and even parts of Asia and the Americas were plunged into sudden cold and darkness. The sun gave no warmth and didn’t even cast shadows at noon. Crops
The Very Worst Year of All
Australian scientist Ian Plimer has written that “we must be the first generation of humans to be afraid of a warming climate”. Plimer isn’t wrong: there’s a reason wealthy Europeans flocked to warmer climates, especially for their health. The study of history shows that cooling climates are invariably
A ‘Blocking High’ Helped Auckland’s Weather Bomb
John Maunder The “weather bomb” which brought widespread destruction and the loss of lives and record rainfalls in the Auckland area of New Zealand during the January 27 -31, 2023 period was in part (together with a third La Nina event in three years, and much warmer sea temperatures), the
Where’s the Electricity?
Ronald Stein CFACT Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. One of the best-known quotes was “where’s the beef?“ from Clara Peller, who was a manicurist and American character actress who, at
Climate Change Part Two
The Doctor There must be little green men driving SUVs around on Mars. That is the only way that the carbon dioxide theory of global warming makes sense. After all, it is not just the earth that is warming. All the planets of the solar system are.[i] Don’t
Face of the Day
One of Britain’s leading junior female endurance athletes has been nicknamed ‘the Greta Thunberg of sport’ after refusing to travel to Australia due to a ‘deep concern’ for the environment. NZ Herald Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content
A Masterclass on How to Manipulate
Adam Houser cfact.org Adam Houser coordinates student leaders as National Director of CFACT’s collegians program and writes on issues of climate and energy. A former Extinction Rebellion (XR) spokesperson, Zion Lights, has come out against the radical climate group in a tell-all article. The piece explains that XR,
Plants and CO2: It’s Complicated
It’s something we all learn in high school biology: plants “breathe in” carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Animals breathe in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide. The only problem is that that isn’t the whole story. Nothing in nature is 100% clear-cut or efficient. Humans (and other animals) don’
Power Engineer Explains Why ‘Renewables’ Won’t Work
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, PhD is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. For origins see stemed.info/engineer_tackles_confusion.html For over 100 prior articles for CFACT see cfact.org/author/david-wojick-ph-d/ Available for confidential research and consulting. Two recent blog