Climate Watch

The BBC’s 1970s climate alarm – a new Ice Age

CLIMATE scientists at the time were unanimous – by the 1970s it was crystal clear that the planet had been cooling for three decades. This fact led to various ice age scares in the media, but on a more serious level the authorities were very concerned about a return to the Little Ice Age conditions […]

Water, water everywhere – and no reason to panic

SINCE Storms Babet and Ciaran at the end of October, which ushered in an unusually wet winter, as noted by the Hydrological Summary (HS) (1), the incidence of groundwater flooding has made the headlines in several parts of the UK. As usual the mainstream media have treated the floods in their usual shock-horror fashion, rather […]

Farewell, electric vehicles. It’s been a blast

As private sales of electric vehicles plummet and the Tesla share price continues to slide, the future looks bleak for this type of transport. EV: In Memoriam  IT IS with only the slightest tinge of sadness that I have to report the death of the electric vehicle. EV, as it was known to its few […]

Climate the Movie, Part 4: Climate policy versus freedom, people and poverty

THE documentary Climate the Movie is the most needed and the most important contribution to the debate about the so-called climate crisis since the ‘alarmism era’ began in the late 1970s. Our climate science (sceptic) expert Paul Homewood reviewed it here. The film is a fact-packed near one and half hours of careful argument and evidence covering every aspect of the science […]

Smart meters and the winters of discontent

‘SMART meters are seen as an important part of the transition to net zero by allowing homeowners to more easily track their energy use and take steps to reduce consumption.’ That’s the Guardian’s way of explaining them. ‘One of the most significant benefits of smart meters is their ability to enable demand response programs and dynamic pricing.’ […]

Climate the Movie, Part 2: Natural climate change and extreme weather

THE documentary Climate the Movie is the most needed and the most important contribution to the debate about the so-called climate crisis since the ‘alarmism era’ began in the late 1970s. You can read our climate science (sceptic) expert, Paul Homewood’s review of it here. It is one and half hours of careful argument and evidence requiring considerable concentration!  We thought […]

Climate the Movie – Part 1: History of the earth and CO2

THE documentary Climate: The Movie is the most needed and the most important contribution to the debate about the so-called climate crisis since the ‘alarmism era’ began in the late 1970s. Yesterday our climate science (sceptic) expert, Paul Homewood. reviewed the film for TCW.  You can read what he says about it here. It is one and half hours […]

They’re coming for your cats and dogs

Over the Easter week we are repeating the five most read articles we have published this year. This is No 4 and it was first published on February 15. NET ZERO not only means no petrol, but also no pets. The authorities haven’t quite told us this yet, but the writing is on the wall. […]

Climate: The Movie, the film you must see

THREE weeks ago saw the Dutch premiere of Climate: The Movie. Now the film has been released globally, and can be watched on YouTube below. It is directed by Martin Durkin, who produced the Channel 4 programme The Great Global Warming Swindle in 2007. That documentary was such a powerful take down of the climate scam that the climate […]