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𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺. 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗦𝗠𝗥 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗡𝗼 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆 Climate scientists whispered ASMR messages about saving the earth and measured zero impact on anyone's mood or future plans. The experiment used 70-second videos of Bavarian streams and forests. Whispers versus text made no difference. Nature sounds versus silence made no difference. All versions left well-being and green intentions unchanged. The authors still see potential from some open comments anyway. Even the plain text version without any ASMR performed the same. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

‘𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻’ 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀 There are currently no large-scale, proven ways to make the foundations of modern civilisation without coal, oil and gas. Ken Brook calls out the hypocrisy behind solar and wind. The minerals come from toxic refineries in Inner Mongolia, child labor in Congo, and Uyghur forced labor in China. Climate policies don't fix the problems. They just move them. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗡𝗼, 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵, 𝗣𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁 The Daily Telegraph claims puffins could almost disappear from the British Isles in 25 years. Skomer Island just counted a record 52,019 of them this year. Numbers rarely topped 10,000 in the 1990s. The scare points to climate change. The numbers point elsewhere. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀’ British electricity users pay £3.90 for every £1 the power should cost thanks to wind and solar subsidies. Over 20 years that has added up to a forced £274 billion bill. Green billionaires fund the push, with one openly saying they buy politicians to get the job done. The windmills are a medieval curiosity that can't survive without the handouts. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 "𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱" All $163 million of a hospital in Tanzania now counts as climate-related aid. It was built with energy efficiency in mind. Our World in Data reports a third of bilateral project aid is now climate-tagged. Up from 18% in 2010. Many are just relabeled old projects. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗖𝗕𝗖’𝘀 “𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲” 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 CBC News claims climate change is causing wild weather swings that are endangering pumpkin harvests in Newfoundland and Labrador. The data says otherwise. Weather records from St. John’s back to 1874 show no rising trend in temperature or rainfall variability from one summer to the next. If anything, the swings are getting smaller. Pumpkin production numbers for the province hit their lowest point in 2010 and some of their highest in the last three years on record. CBC leaned on one climatologist and a couple of farmers to push the scare anyway. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿. 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁-𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝟭𝟲𝟵 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 YouTube only demonetized less than 5% of the 82 videos fact-checkers reported for climate misinformation. The groups used one chatbot to filter millions of videos and another to score them. Their list included solar cycles and Milankovitch cycles. When the platforms largely ignored them, the fact-checkers complained to regulators in Spain and France. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Carbon pricing doesn't cut emissions—it just shuts down farms and factories and sends the problem to China. Economists miss this because they don't understand rural roads or heavy industry. A farmer using 1000 liters a day isn't going electric. Vehicles need to handle 65 mph collisions with feral hogs without killing the driver. Australia's manufacturing is already down 50 percent. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘅 Greens block new North Sea oilfields by claiming the reserves are exhausted, yet they also insist developing them will trigger climate catastrophe. If the oil isn't viable, why the panic over Thermogeddon? Their charts on collapsing revenues hide the real drivers. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 Without solving energy storage, the UK's shift to renewables is headed for trouble. The problem is simple: power has to come from somewhere when the weather doesn't cooperate. This illustrated article breaks down the possible systems in cartoons and clear language. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗢𝗻 𝗘𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗔𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗞𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 El Hierro tried to run its grid on wind plus pumped storage. In the best year the system supplied just 56% of electricity demand. They kept the diesel generators ready the whole time. US regulators chose the opposite approach. They ordered fossil fuel plants closed across the entire country with no proven replacement in place. The Biden EPA rule bet everything on carbon capture that has never succeeded at scale. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁. 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆-𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 Same early vote numbers are showing two completely opposite elections depending on who looks at them. One analysis sees Democrats pulling ahead. Another reads the identical totals and sees the youth vote collapsing and Republicans gaining ground. Both sides are certain the other one is wrong. The spreadsheets don't change. Only the movie does. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀 The bill hiding in your next pair of shoes comes from climate rules on marine fuels. Shipowners must pick engines that will last decades while regulations keep shifting. Choose the wrong one and the whole investment turns risky. Alternative fuels store far less energy per volume. That means bigger tanks or less cargo space. The extra costs still get passed along. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 The Australian Greens are ignoring the destruction of rainforests by wind turbines — the same forests they once celebrated saving from loggers. A former party candidate photographed 39 kilometres of bulldozed old growth and dead bats under turbines taller than the London Eye. His old party looked away. Bob Brown built the Greens fighting to protect those places. Now they back the machines tearing them apart. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿❓ Media claimed 111 mph winds battered Cornwall over the weekend. The Met Office logged a maximum of 71 mph at Lizard Point. London gusts hit just 42 mph at Northolt. That pales against the 73 mph recorded there during the 1987 Great Storm. Pundits were calling it extreme weather anyway. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 Britain just approved new North Sea gas drilling weeks before its leader heads to a UN climate summit. The Jackdaw field will start delivering gas to homes by the end of the month after years of legal fights. Officials call it pragmatic for energy security, but the Net Zero by 2050 pledge stays untouched. This is the Iron Law of Electricity at work once more. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜-𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹-𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹-𝘂𝘀-𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 Effective Altruism has dumped nearly half a billion dollars into 36 groups pushing the AI doomsday story. This charity fad has turned into a self-funding panic machine. They're even pulling the UN in to demand global rules on AI. This isn't charity. It's nuts. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 Massachusetts ratepayers stand to save $367 million every winter thanks to a natural gas pipeline upgrade. Project Beacon would deliver that by boosting capacity from New Jersey. That's $95 for the typical household. The state already has the fifth highest electricity prices in the US. Yet the project sits waiting for approval as elections near. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗹𝗼 Media claims of 84 mph winds hammering the UK are bogus. The numbers come from hilltop radar stations and Hebridean islands, not normal places. Sheffield only saw 53 mph. Bingley in Yorkshire hit 58 mph, which used to be routine back in the 80s and 90s. Two named storms in one weekend? That's just how weather works when you start labeling every front. The Met Office began naming them in 2015 to make this exact thing happen. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

Associated Press reporter Seth Borenstein @borenbears rises to a new level of climate comic incompetence in this @APNews story carried by multiple media. apnews.com/article/killer-he… We take his work completely apart at WUWT: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…