Brenda Shaffer discusses her Wall Street Journal piece arguing that current renewable-driven policies undermine energy security by making Western systems less reliable, more expensive, and dependent on concentrated supply chains, often tied to China. She says maritime security failures (Red Sea, Russia-Ukraine, Strait disruptions) show poor preparation, and argues fossil fuels still dominate the global energy mix (87%) despite decades of subsidies, while wind/solar remain limited and require backup baseload. She criticizes restricting fossil-fuel finance, especially in Africa, for worsening energy access and development. Shaffer claims UN climate institutions are political, seek taxation power withouBt representation, and that climate movements often oppose both fossil fuels and nuclear. She highlights Germany’s costly energy transition, emphasizes operational energy in warfare, and calls to restore energy security as national security and enable open debate.

00:00 Renewables and Crisis

00:57 Energy Security Failures

03:04 Emperor New Clothes

05:36 China and Methane Politics

10:32 Climate Narratives vs Reality

12:33 Myths of Transition

16:26 Cutting Supply Hurts Poor

19:50 Africa Needs Real Power

26:36 Germany Energiewende Fallout

29:21 Climate Activism and Anti West

30:33 Hydrocarbon Roadmap Skepticism

31:19 UN Climate Taxes and Power Grabs

33:18 Transparency and Budget Secrecy

34:39 Trump Era Workarounds and Lawfare

38:08 Gatekeepers and Speaking Freely

39:13 Languages and Middle East Shifts

44:07 Operational Energy in Warfare

47:53 Military Electrification Limits

51:52 IPCC Politics and Carbon Markets

55:27 Extreme Weather Narratives

58:01 Energy Realism Closing Message

https://x.com/ProfBShaffer

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Former European Commission energy official Samuel Furfari recounts COPs from the 1992 UN climate convention through recent meetings, arguing the process became propaganda-heavy, expensive, and ineffective as global CO2 emissions rose 66% since 1992. He cites Glasgow as a turning point when China and India blocked anti-coal language, and notes recent COPs hosted by fossil-fuel producers and growing pushback from Africa and others seeking development. He criticizes “technology transfer,” NGO influence (especially in the EU), and anti-nuclear sentiment, discusses synthetic fuels as too costly until oil/gas decline, and describes shifts at the IEA and oil firms like BP back toward oil and gas.

00:00 Meet Samuel Furfari

01:02 COP Zero Origins

02:38 Berlin COP and Merkel

04:14 Glasgow Turning Point

06:11 Fossil Fuel Host COPs

09:39 Brazil COP Contradictions

10:46 Money and Degrowth Agenda

12:49 Nuclear and Synthetic Fuels

15:03 Cuckoo Takes the Nest

17:19 COP Spectacle and Emissions

20:07 Africa and Tech Transfer

22:44 Papua New Guinea Shifts

24:09 Polar Bear Messaging Fades

25:40 IEA From Oil to Renewables

29:03 US Pressures IEA

30:05 Oil Chokepoints Reality

31:08 Inside IEA Ideology

32:00 BP Retreats to Oil

35:21 Subsidy Driven Renewables

35:57 NGOs Power Shift

38:04 UN Leadership After Guterres

40:32 Africa Needs Electrification

43:06 Leaders Doubt Climate Agenda

46:57 China Emissions Outsourcing

49:31 COP Hosting Politics

53:39 COP15 Failure and Wrap

The Truth About the COPs: 30 years of illusions: https://a.co/d/05AuqsJE

https://x.com/FurfariSamuele

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Andy May discusses how Earth’s energy imbalance and ocean heat content relate to solar radiation versus greenhouse-gas downwelling IR. He argues IR photons are lower energy and absorbed in the ocean’s top micrometers–millimeter (thermal/electromagnetic skin), so it cannot directly heat the mixed layer; instead it may reduce upward heat loss by altering the skin-layer temperature gradient, while sunlight penetrates meters to greater than 100 m and warms the bulk ocean. He critiques NASA-style energy-flow diagrams for confusing one-way radiative fluxes (e.g., 340 W/m²) with net heat (e.g., 58 W/m²). He highlights large uncertainties in EEI and OHC due to sparse, inconsistent datasets, cool-skin effects, short Argo-era records, and oscillations like AMO/ENSO, making partitioning of causes uncertain.

00:00 Sun vs CO2 Setup

00:35 Why IR Differs

02:52 Ocean Skin Layers

05:48 Photon Energy Debate

07:55 Cool Skin Impacts

10:01 Energy Diagram Myths

13:33 EEI and OHC Limits

18:17 Ocean Data Disagreements

23:55 Surface EEI Variability

26:38 IR Cannot Heat Deep

29:51 Bottom Line Uncertainty

31:18 Q&A and Critiques

34:52 Modeling and Coverage

36:41 Regional Trend Map

41:21 Closing Takeaways

https://x.com/Andy_May_Writer

https://andymaypetrophysicist.com/

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Kevin Mooney discusses his book “Climate Pxrn,” inspired by climate propaganda in classrooms and a push to restore the scientific method. He critiques polar-bear and other climate messaging, argues funding and politics suppress skeptics, and describes threats to prosecute dissent via RICO-style lawfare. He highlights Trump-era moves such as leaving the Paris Agreement and efforts to reverse the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding on CO2, calling it a major deregulatory change. Mooney cites Canada’s carbon tax costs and bureaucracy as warnings, alleges Russian and Chinese money influences anti-fracking activism, and raises national-security concerns about China-linked energy supply chains and offshore wind. He also criticizes EV lithium-battery fire risks, climate activism in healthcare, carbon-tracking credit cards, and argues AI power demand is undermining wind/solar claims.

00:00 Meet Kevin Mooney

01:13 Acorn to Green Groups

01:54 Polar Bear Myth

03:27 NASA vs Climate Models

06:57 Solar System Climate Clues

07:50 Silencing Skeptics

09:39 Criminalizing Dissent

11:36 Paris Deal and Lawfare

12:24 EPA Endangerment Fight

15:00 Canada Carbon Tax Reality

17:53 Foreign Money and Fracking

21:14 China Grid Security Risks

22:17 Offshore Wind and Security

24:29 Wind Groups vs Locals

24:54 EV Battery Fire Risks

26:21 Climate Policies in Healthcare

28:36 Carbon Tracking Credit Cards

29:56 Second Amendment Backstop

31:08 ESG Retreat and BlackRock

32:37 COVID and Classroom Climate Push

34:23 Young Men Shift and Faith

35:23 Climate Agenda and Marxism

36:41 Herding Rural America to Cities

38:16 Union of Concerned Scientists

39:46 Government Science Funding Distortion

40:46 AI Power Demand and RGGI

43:28 Greenwashing and Energy Reality

44:28 Offshore Wind and Whale Deaths

45:58 Heartland Conference Takeaways

48:36 Closing Thoughts and Book Plug

https://x.com/KevinMooneyDC

https://kevinmooney.info/

Climate Pxrn: How and Why Anti-Population Zealots Fabricate Science, while Targeting American Capitalism, Freedom, and Independence: https://a.co/d/05Cd61cX

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Vlad Bogorov talks about Glasgow City Council’s plans to spend tens of billions to pursue net zero and Bogorov’s three YouTube videos from public meetings where officials gave vague, cliché answers, asked for written questions, and objected to being filmed. Bogorov argues such environmentalism is “low resolution thinking,” primarily about power and public money, and claims renewables and policies like EVs can increase CO2 when accounting for grid losses, mining, and transmission. He cites Germany closing nuclear and burning more coal, contends nuclear is safest and necessary for net zero, and urges critics to focus on whether environmentalism raises or lowers CO2 rather than debating global warming itself.

00:00 Glasgow Net Zero Meetings

01:07 YouTube Complaint Fallout

02:00 Vague Answers No Details

03:54 Renewables And Public Trough

04:35 Low Resolution Thinking

05:02 History Slavery Nuclear Examples

09:36 Sahara Solar Fantasy

11:53 Environmentalism Blocks Nuclear

14:24 Wrong Conversation On Costs

16:31 Electric Vehicles Emit More

20:06 Germany Coal After Nuclear

24:34 Politics Is About Power

27:31 Debating CO2 And Focus

28:45 Environmentalism Backfires

30:11 EV Batteries and Tradeoffs

31:15 Glasgow Council Push

32:28 Power Without Accountability

34:29 Why Facts Dont Persuade

39:23 Placards and Public Reactions

41:15 Change the Battlefield

42:04 Anti Nuclear Contradiction

46:46 Winning and the Real Cost

47:48 Social Movements End Hard

49:45 Closing Thanks

His YouTube channel, “Buchanan Street is my pub.”: https://www.youtube.com/@Buchanan1111

When History Had Other Plans, 2025: https://a.co/d/4ykoJrJ

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Julian Morris presents slides on climate change: global temperatures have risen since 1850 and human greenhouse gas emissions plausibly contribute via radiative forcing, but he argues harms are not worsening. Using the EM-DAT disaster database, he notes reported extreme-weather disasters rose while geophysical disasters rose similarly, suggesting reporting and population effects; meanwhile climate-disaster mortality has fallen over 90% since the 1920s due to adaptation, technology, trade, infrastructure, warnings, and better buildings. He highlights long-term declines in energy and CO2 per GDP and potential decoupling, attributing progress to innovation and institutions like free markets and property rights. He critiques democratically unaccountable NGO–foundation–intergovernmental coalitions, discusses perverse incentives in conservation (rhino horn trade bans), ethanol mandates, and possible blockchain tracking for wildlife products.

00:00 Meet Julian Morris

01:02 Is the World Warming

01:33 Are Humans Causing It

02:24 Disaster Counts Rising

04:51 Why Disasters Get Counted

06:21 Deaths From Disasters Fall

07:46 How Humans Adapt

11:03 Should We Worry Next

11:34 Efficiency Cuts Emissions

13:57 Energy Decouples From CO2

16:20 Fuel Shifts Over Time

21:13 Tech Efficiency Breakthroughs

23:18 Projecting To Net Zero

24:37 Environmental Kuznets Curve

27:24 Institutions Drive Decoupling

29:48 Policy Takeaways And Tradeoffs

31:54 Global Carbon Intensity Trends

32:22 Hurricanes And Alarmism

32:47 Lighting Progress Metrics

33:44 Segmented Sleep Debate

35:07 Democratic Deficit Ecosystem

37:32 Climate Coalition Incentives

39:39 Declining Climate Credibility

42:13 Availability Cascades Explained

43:35 Perverse NGO Incentives

46:10 Rhino Horn Trade Ban Fallout

50:42 Saving Species With Trade

51:59 Ethanol Baptist Bootleggers

54:54 Blockchain For Provenance

57:26 Wrap Up And Resources

https://reason.org/author/julian-morris/

https://x.com/Julian_Morris

Defending Democracy from the DoDOs: How Power Escapes Democratic Control: https://laweconcenter.org/resources/defending-democracy-from-the-dodos-part-i-how-power-escapes-democratic-control/

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Professor Demetris Koutsoyiannis presents a 2020 talk arguing the “climate change agenda” is political, tracing it to Henry Kissinger’s 1974 UN speech and subsequent WMO, CIA, U.S. agency actions, leading to the CO2 program, world climate conferences, and the IPCC’s 1988 creation. He reviews Time magazine’s shifting narratives from global cooling to warming and CO2, then describes elite networks and philanthropy—especially Rockefeller-linked funding—aimed at moving climate from science to policy, promoting carbon pricing, and expanding global governance. He draws a historical analogy to Rockefeller-supported eugenics and warns of emergency politics limiting rights. In discussion, he contrasts Greek and U.S. belief levels and says COVID fears waned in Greece while climate remains influential.

00:00 Intro and Talk Setup

01:43 Roadmap and Sources

03:15 1973-74 Power Players

05:45 Kissinger Career Background

06:44 Five Labors Overview

10:16 Climate Alert at UN

12:38 Cooling Scare and Agencies

14:38 CO2 Program to IPCC Birth

16:42 Climategate and IPCC Politics

19:00 Time Magazine Narrative Shift

19:30 From Ice Age to CO2 Villain

22:57 Rio to Kyoto Green Industry

24:47 Panic Marketing and Activism

26:38 Greta and Climate Migration

28:15 COVID vs Climate Messaging

31:09 Part Three World Saviors

31:30 Rockefeller Web of Influence

33:34 Money Geography and Oil Roots

35:32 Big Oil Meets Big Green

37:11 Grantmaking and Consensus

37:56 Rockefeller Climate Strategy

39:29 Divestment and Multi Agenda Grants

41:14 Foundation Funding Machine

42:53 Podesta Emails Elite Coordination

44:26 Big Green Mega Projects

45:27 Climate Emergency State

48:35 Climate as Global Governance Vehicle

51:58 Supranational Solutions Go Mainstream

55:12 Paris COP Influence Network

56:53 Eugenics Historical Parallel

59:25 From Consensus to State Policy

01:02:31 Epilogue Doom Predictions

01:04:09 COVID Pivot and World Order

01:08:56 Closing Truth and Freedom

01:11:22 Q and A Wrap Up

Home page: https://www.itia.ntua.gr/en/dk/

Substack: https://climath.substack.com/

The political origin of the climate change agenda: https://www.itia.ntua.gr/en/docinfo/2035/

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Jules de Waart, an 84-year-old former geologist, Dutch parliamentarian, civil servant, and physical geographer, discusses returning to climate topics after retirement and writing his skeptical book, "Crisis or Hoax," after an article was refused. He describes translating it to English using translation software and later joining the CO2 Coalition. Using geological and satellite-temperature slides, he argues Earth’s climate has long cycled through icehouse/greenhouse periods, the Holocene had earlier warm periods, and recent temperature spikes align with natural factors rather than CO2. He disputes claims of a strong scientific consensus, cites studies showing few papers explicitly quantify IPCC dominance, critiques alarmist messaging, and urges defending the scientific method and caution on geoengineering.

00:00 Meet Jules de Waart

02:49 Why He Wrote The Book

03:08 Research And Translation Process

06:13 Two Big Climate Questions

10:26 Deep Time Climate History

14:32 Holocene Warm Periods

18:25 IPCC 1990 And Hockey Stick

21:02 Satellites Spikes And Natural Drivers

25:43 Debunking The 97 Percent Consensus

30:59 Scary Messaging And White Lies

34:19 Is The Narrative Cracking

42:49 Power Politics And Global Reset Claims

49:00 Closing Advice And Scientific Method

Amazon link for “Crisis or Hoax?: Climate change in science, media and politics”: https://a.co/d/0hF1Dizd

Tilak Doshi: “This Book by a Dissenting Climate Scientist is the Perfect Red Pill for the Curious”: https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/this-book-by-a-dissenting-climate?publication_id=2241724

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