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𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘄 𝗚𝗮𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 Five times more people die from cold than heat in the UK, but Labour still calls opening the Jackdaw gas field "climate vandalism." The approval came so late it won't ease this winter's shortages. Britain already pays some of the world's highest electricity prices. Renewables meanwhile get £12 billion in yearly subsidies. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 Brussels is forcing EU countries to plan for four degrees of warming across the continent. A new adaptation law would make this the required scenario for national strategies. Governments must complete risk assessments and adaptation plans by 2030. The Commission claims Europe will warm faster than the rest of the world. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆’𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲…𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝟲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀❗ Germany is on the hook for another 6 trillion euros to push through its green energy transition by 2045. That's hundreds of billions every year for grids and infrastructure. The grid overhaul alone will drive fees through the roof. Factories are already getting bailed out by the government just to stay. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Big Tech is spending $750 billion this year on data centers. That's equal to all U.S. K-12 education spending. Protests hit 42 states. 61% of Americans oppose one in their own community. New bans keep coming. Yet construction spending jumped 75% in one year. The number of data centers nearly doubled since early 2024. The opposition isn't slowing it down. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 America is closing refineries while the rest of the world races to build 180 new ones this decade. California has shut two already. That forces more imports from places now dealing with their own supply shocks. The ability to refine crude into fuels and products is moving to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 China's record harvest of over 700 million tons of grain is embarrassing the climate crisis movement. They've been selling a story of scorched fields and starving millions for decades. A bumper crop from the world's largest producer doesn't fit that picture. So expect zero headlines on this one. NASA links much of the Earth's greening to higher CO2 levels, with China in the lead. Yet the same activists pushing to cut emissions ignore these benefits. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

Paper Straws Suck: SCIENCE! — The Climate Realism Show #223 teapawt.org/i/broadcasts/1qxoNYlnQ…

𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭 𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗧: 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗸: 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘❗ — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 #𝟮𝟮𝟯 Paper straws produce more than six times the carcinogens of plastic ones. South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment has the receipts. Green activists pushed them for years anyway. The Climate Realism Show breaks down why this matters. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗣 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗣𝗥: 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 NPR and AP claimed Europe’s heat killed 50,000 people last summer, blaming climate change for exactly 32,619 of those deaths. Those aren’t real body counts. No one produced a list of 50,391 actual heat victims or 32,619 climate change fatalities. The numbers come from computer models that estimate deaths from temperature records, then subtract another model of a world without human emissions. The story even admits the base count required statistical modeling. They treat the output like observed deaths anyway. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝟭𝟰𝟲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 146 scientists are demanding the UN declare climate change a global health emergency. They blame it for over 50,000 heat deaths in Europe this summer, with claims of a 36% surge in such deaths since the Paris deal. The report even floats 450,000 more excess deaths on the way. This push comes just before COP31 in Turkey. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 It takes 29 years on average to bring a U.S. mine from discovery to production. Second longest in the world. China has spent decades building its dominance while we drag our feet on our own resources. Permitting reform is the test for whether we can break free. 85 percent of Americans want more domestic mining to counter it. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗦𝗸𝘆’𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝗹 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗼 Sky News is running the claim that this El Nino is "literally off the monitoring charts" according to the WMO head, warning of more intense weather worldwide as a result. The data shows something else entirely. This one is no stronger than earlier El Ninos. And El Ninos shift weather around. They don't ramp up extremes. Even the Royal Meteorological Society got in on the scare. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗹 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 The Northwest is colder and snowier than normal — and this is not the El Nino pattern. Snowplows rolled through Snoqualmie Pass in force this morning. More cold and mountain snow ahead. Read the full article: wattsupwiththat.com/2026/10/…

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/…