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The Science of Scapegoating: Nature’s Farcical Case for Climate Litigation

And while the authors may hope their citations are someday read aloud in court, they may want to prepare for another reality: being footnoted in future textbooks as a cautionary tale of how not to do science.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/24/the-science-of-scapegoating-nature-magazines-farcical-case-for-climate-litigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-science-of-scapegoating-nature-magazines-farcical-case-for-climate-litigation

New York Climate Act Reckoning is Inevitable

Inevitably people will figure out that there is a law in place that is causing much of the observed increase in energy costs.  I also believe that the Hochul Administration is fully aware of the ramifications of Climate Act costs on the next election.  Consequently, they are delaying implementation of the mandate to produce an annual cost information report as long as possible and may even try to wait until after the 2026 election.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/23/new-york-climate-act-reckoning-is-inevitable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-york-climate-act-reckoning-is-inevitable

The Nuclear Imperative

Plutonium breeder reactors can be designed to have a breeding margin of up to 40%, that is they will produce 40% more plutonium than they consume. As a practical matter they are usually designed to operate with a breeding margin of 20%. Thorium has a theoretical breeding margin of 8% but is only likely to be able to wash its face in a practical design and thus might need help from excess plutonium to get it over the line in terms of neutron economy. This is important because there is four times as much thorium that can be mined than uranium. A truly high-level civilisation would start working towards that end now.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/23/the-nuclear-imperative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nuclear-imperative

STEVE MILLOY: Trump’s EPA Is Right To Be Skeptical Of ‘Sun-Blocking’

At present, Make Sunsets is a small-time novelty company providing harmless anxiety relief for a relatively small number of gullible climate fretters. But more serious players with deeper pockets and more serious intentions are looking to get into the game, including climate fretter Bill Gates and other left-wing philanthropists. The Biden administration spent $22 million on solar geoengineering projects. It is time to shut down these more serious efforts before they make the Sun go down on all of us.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/23/steve-milloy-trumps-epa-is-right-to-be-skeptical-of-sun-blocking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steve-milloy-trumps-epa-is-right-to-be-skeptical-of-sun-blocking

The world needs People Day more than Earth Day

Al Gore recently announced that he is refocusing his climate and energy efforts from the United States to the international arena, especially Africa. Like President Obama, he wants Africa to “leapfrog dirty fossil fuels” and have wind and solar energy power industries, businesses, communications, transportation, and modern healthcare and living standards.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/22/the-world-needs-people-day-more-than-earth-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-world-needs-people-day-more-than-earth-day

The Truth About University Overhead Costs

Guest Post by Willis EschenbachThe noted climate alarmist Andrew Dessler has written a Substack post bemoaning the Trump Administration’s decision to cut the “overhead” in Federal research grants to universities…

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/22/the-truth-about-university-overhead-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-truth-about-university-overhead-costs

Back-Breaking Taxes

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (Yeah, I’m still wrongly blocked on X. See here for updated details.) One of the greatest joys in my life is learning. Today, to my…

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/20/back-breaking-taxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-breaking-taxes

From CO2 to Social Justice: The Guardian’s Climate Gospel Goes Full Cult

As always, The Guardian isn’t content to merely spread alarmism—it needs to moralize. The piece does not present testable hypotheses or falsifiable predictions. No, it sermonizes. It's less a scientific article and more a secular encyclical. Climate policy, per Otto, must now revolve around “inequality,” “justice,” and probably crystal chakras and composting feelings too.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/19/from-co2-to-social-justice-the-guardians-climate-gospel-goes-full-cult/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-co2-to-social-justice-the-guardians-climate-gospel-goes-full-cult

Reversing soil desiccation: cooler, moister, greener

Solutions become clear when we recognise water and vegetation as partners in climate regulation. Protecting and restoring forests and wetlands does more than sequester carbon — it rebuilds the processes that keep landscapes cool, moist, and productive. Managing land to increase infiltration, reduce runoff, and restore soil water storage helps sustain transpiration and cool the land (5, 9-11). We need to revive a “sponge planet” (12) and support place-based innovations like “sponge cities” that enhance water retention where it’s most needed (13).

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/18/reversing-soil-desiccation-cooler-moister-greener/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reversing-soil-desiccation-cooler-moister-greener

A Political Nor’easter: Empire Wind Project Hits a Wall

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Wednesday to order foreign energy developer Equinor to cease all construction activities on its Empire Wind project, according to a memorandum obtained by the Free Beacon. Burgum said the Biden administration green-lit permits for the project and ultimately approved it without conducting proper analysis.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/17/a-political-noreaster-empire-wind-project-hits-a-wall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-political-noreaster-empire-wind-project-hits-a-wall

Two new studies imply the Golden Eagle cannot survive more wind turbines

The threat to Golden Eagles from wind is potentially enormous. Wind power generating capacity today is about 160,000 MW. The queue of new wind interconnection applications is around an incredible 230,000 additional MW. Much of that is within the western range of the eagle, and they are also found in every continental state.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/16/two-new-studies-imply-the-golden-eagle-cannot-survive-more-wind-turbines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-new-studies-imply-the-golden-eagle-cannot-survive-more-wind-turbines

No, BBC, Electricity is Not Expensive Because of Gas But Because of Renewables Subsidies

By ignoring the giant bull elephants in the room representing renewables subsidies and the extra costs of grid balancing, backup and expansion of the network, Berman was allowed to paint a false picture of the drivers of high energy bills. The truth is that renewables are the major force driving bills higher and if Miliband gets his way with CP2030, then our bills will rise higher still.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/16/no-bbc-electricity-is-not-expensive-because-of-gas-but-because-of-renewables-subsidies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-bbc-electricity-is-not-expensive-because-of-gas-but-because-of-renewables-subsidies

America’s Last Stand: China’s Smart Battery Dominance

America remains perilously unaware as it approaches a catastrophic ambush—a savvy, ruthless strategy designed to eliminate credible competition in the critical energy and rare earth domain. Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) is aggressively orchestrating a $5 billion+ initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. Bolstered by powerful global financial syndicate, which includes Bank of America and JPMorgan, CATL is deliberately targeting the most influential, global investors, including America’s largest asset managers, BlackRock, Prudential, State Street, and Vanguard.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/16/americas-last-stand-chinas-smart-battery-dominance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=americas-last-stand-chinas-smart-battery-dominance

Solar Alert! Rooftop Decay, Facility Decommissioning

Across the country, tens of thousands of rooftop solar systems—once hailed as the clean energy revolution—are quietly decaying. Not because the technology failed, but because the industry did. We rushed to install. We cut corners. We promised 25 years of performance… and delivered systems that can’t make it past 10.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/15/solar-alert-rooftop-decay-facility-decommissioning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-alert-rooftop-decay-facility-decommissioning

NASA Jettisons Ex-DEI Chief After Failing to Rebrand Effort to Evade Trump Order

Meanwhile, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has some great projects lined up for 2025, which will likely be more successful without DEI interference.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/14/nasa-jettisons-ex-dei-chief-after-failing-to-rebrand-effort-to-evade-trump-order/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nasa-jettisons-ex-dei-chief-after-failing-to-rebrand-effort-to-evade-trump-order

Implication of Assessment of Extreme Renewable Resource Lulls

People will eventually die in a catastrophic blackout when electricity is unavailable when it is needed the most.  This is insanity.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/13/implication-of-assessment-of-extreme-renewable-resource-lulls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=implication-of-assessment-of-extreme-renewable-resource-lulls

Ocean CO2 Outgassing With Temperature

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (yes, I’m still banned from X/Twitter, see here). Over at Dr. Jennifer Marohasy’s always interesting blog, she makes an interesting claim about ocean outgassing of…

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/12/ocean-co2-outgassing-with-temperature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ocean-co2-outgassing-with-temperature

Over 30 items here: Evidence that the climate scam is collapsing

The climate scam is imploding right now. Of course there are still plenty of remaining pockets of climate cultism, but the whole movement is crumbling.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/10/over-30-items-here-evidence-that-the-climate-scam-is-collapsing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=over-30-items-here-evidence-that-the-climate-scam-is-collapsing