August Recap on the Crumbling the Climate Story
August was busy. We took on three pillars of the crisis script and replaced slogans with measurements. If you missed anything, start here.
1) Climate “Lockdowns”
Read: Climate Lockdowns
Governments and large institutions keep trial-ballooning restrictions in the name of climate. I walked through the playbook in plain language: soft emergency framing, pilot programs that quietly become permanent, and the careful use of “public health” language to avoid debate. The point is not to scare you. It is to show the pattern so you can spot it early and push back with facts and costs, not just vibes.
Pull quote:
“Take advantage of every natural disaster to advance an agenda, despite observable data that says otherwise. That is the pattern. During COVID, temporary controls became muscle memory. Climate provides the permanent justification.”
2) The Thermometers We Never Had
Read: The Weather Stations We Never Had
Everyone sees headlines built on gridded products and model-filled gaps. Fewer people see the real network under the hood. I showed how station placement, urban growth, missing rural coverage, and later “adjustments” shape the trend you are handed. We also looked at what happens when an airport expands around a long-running station and why minimum temperatures jump first.
Pull quote:
“Once you acknowledge the thin and biased 1930s network, the reliance on infilling, and today’s contamination, the bumper-sticker claim collapses. My position is straightforward… the evidence is consistent with the 1930s being as warm or warmer globally than the 2020s once you strip away algorithmic paint and urban heat.”
3) Is the U.S. Getting Hot… or Not
Read: Is the U.S. Getting Hot or Not?
The National Climate Assessment shows fewer very hot days in many regions, stable or declining summer highs in parts of the country, and a broad rise in nighttime temperatures. That is the urban heat island story. Warmer nights lift the average even when afternoons do not get more extreme. I unpacked the maps and the arithmetic so any reader can follow it.
Pull quote:
“This is the gap between the narrative and the observational record. The data inside the United States do not show a nationwide surge in brutal daytime heat. They show warmer nights, fewer freezes, and an average that creeps up for reasons that do not justify panic. That matters for policy, for budgets, and for trust.”
Why this month mattered
These three pieces go after the core tactics that keep the crisis alive: rule by emergency, models outranking measurements, and averages that hide what actually changed. If you want policy grounded in reality, this is where to start.
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