Where are all the climate ambulance-chasers? Well, you won’t find them in the Atlantic. So far in 2026, Atlantic hurricane activity has been unusually quiet. [some emphasis, links added]

On the subject of facts versus arm-waving, consider the Guardian column headlined “Reform says we need to choose between climate and economy.

Never mind the Anthropocene. After a temporary bout of forest fires the New York Times Climate Forward has called the present age the “Pyrocene”, linking to a piece in which David Wallace-Wells thunders:

Friday, August 21st 2026 was a slow news day. You could tell because the BBC’s Radio 4 6 O’Clock News led with the vacuous revelation Harry and Meghan are coming back to the UK.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has 30 days to explain why it hasn’t complied with a 2021 court order requiring the agency to reveal how it determined that current wireless radiation exposure limits — which haven’t been updated in 30 years — adequately protect people and the environment, a federal appeals court ruled today.

 

Today’s Climate Porn, courtesy of the Mail:

Devastating flash floods and mudslides have wiped out buildings and bridges along the Nepal–Tibet border – with hundreds of tourists still missing.

 

A new study analyzing data from the CDC’s V-safe surveillance system has identified 185,285 people who reported that their health remained worse three months or longer after COVID-19 vaccination and who attributed that deterioration to the vaccine.

In a major victory for medical freedom and the First Amendment, a federal judge has barred California officials from investigating, prosecuting, or punishing Independent Medical Alliance President Emeritus Dr. Pierre Kory (pictured), Senior Fellow Dr. Brian Tyson, and other doctors because their medical opinions about COVID-19 differ from positions promoted by government public health authorities

When a former government scientist of high repute and flawless career warns that the government told you deadly lies, it usually pays to listen in to what they have to say.

The boss of British Gas’s owner has warned the UK faces fuel shortages this winter as stockpiles fall to just 30% owing to an over-reliance on imports.

A weather-modification company claims its drones sprayed silver iodide into clouds over Alaska and produced roughly 19 million gallons of additional water in about three hours, but its own report shows that water was not directly measured as precipitation that would not otherwise have fallen.

I believe patents have become tools of monopoly, not innovation. They protect incumbent power at the expense of progress, and the entire system is built on fraud and serves corporate interests, not the public good.

The medical system has been exposed on multiple occasions for its use of “viruses” as cover stories. The COVID-19 fraud was the biggest example so far and demonstrated the effectiveness of the viral paradigm as a fear narrative.

Further to the Telegraph article about covert attacks on the UK electricity grid, the topic of battery storage came up in the Telegraph comments – the gist was that we needed much more storage to avert the problem.

 

Tungsten, a dense metal essential for advanced semiconductors and artificial intelligence hardware, faces a critical supply shortage that has drawn the attention of U.S. defense officials and global chipmakers, according to industry executives and market analysts.

With no pipelines crossing the Sierra Nevada, California is an energy island, separated from the crude oil supplies and refinery infrastructure of the other continental states.