Ottawa, not ‘climate change’, to blame for Jasper disaster

Federal government is in charge of park management, and it let wildfire fuel pile up around Jasper for decades

By Jamie Sarkonic, National Post, July 25, 2024

As of the afternoon of July 25, heart-wrenching images from Jasper show that, at least on some streets, only charred skeletons remain after a wildfire, 400 feet high in some places, ravaged the townsite the previous night. Elsewhere, fortunately, buildings appeared untouched by the flames, but that’s only so helpful.… Read more

Why ‘green’ hydrogen is a lot of hot air

Cost of producing hydrogen is much higher than its energy output, while having zero effect on climate

Jonathan Lesser, New York Post, Feb. 24, 2024

One of the central tenets of the Biden administration’s energy policy is the pursuit of “green” hydrogen, defined as hydrogen manufactured with zero carbon emissions. This push has involved $7 billion dollars in subsidies for the creation of Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs as well as significant tax breaks for hydrogen production through the Inflation Reduction Act. … Read more

Is hydrogen the ‘green’ fuel of the future? Not a chance

Hydrogen cost is 10-20 times natural gas, as shown by collapse of Australian hydrogen venture

By Francis Menton, The Manhattan Contrarian, July 20, 2024

These days, there is lots and lots of news about how the supposed “energy transition” is not happening. It is in Australia that we find the latest news on the inevitable collapse of impossible dream of “green” hydrogen as the means to make electricity from wind and sun work.… Read more

Trudeau’s goal is to destroy Canada, not build it, using ‘climate change’ as the excuse

Liberals pretend they are ‘saving the planet’ when in reality they are curbing Canadian prosperity for political gain

By Michael Blair, June 15, 2024, Substack

Canadian Liberals combine a dearth of understanding of the laws of physics with ignorance of the key role that Canadian oil & gas companies play in the Canadian economy. A brief summary of the past decade is a good place to begin.

Provincial treasuries received a total of $150 billion from the oil & gas sector in the decade ending in 2019.… Read more

‘Killer heat waves’ rarely a threat—the real danger is cold

Climate alarmists have wildly exaggerated the dangers of ‘extreme’ heat, Statscan study finds

By Philip Cross, National Post, June 28, 2024

Last week, Statistics Canada released a study of the impact of extreme heat events on mortality in 12 large Canadian cities. To great fanfare in media reports, it concluded extreme heat events caused an increase of 900 deaths over the 20 years 2000-2020. … Read more

Scientific method or climate ‘science’? Which should we prefer?

Brief to Hague Court by three eminent U.S. scientists is a devastating refutation of climate catastrophism

By Joe Oliver, National Post, July 2, 2024

An expert opinion, submitted pro bono last November to the Hague Court of Appeals by three eminent American scientists, presents a devastating refutation of climate catastrophism. … Read more