Written by John Leake
Apologies for disappearing from Focal Points for the last two weeks. Final fact-checking and proofreading for our new book proved to be more painstaking than I’d anticipated
Written by Mauricio Alencar
Labour ministers are expected to double down on expanding the use of ‘green’ technologies as the Treasury and Department for Business and Trade are set to unveil the UK’s industrial strategy next week
Written by Paul Homewood
Spending on ‘net zero’ is now so endemic in government that it would be impossible to track it all down
Written by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.
The committee will also vote on RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, babies and young children at its meeting next week
Written by Vijay Jayaraj
A Wood Mackenzie analysis notes that Japanese electricity demand is forecast to be between 1,100 and 1,200 terawatt-hours in 2040, up from less than 1,000 in 2023
Written by Ben Pile
According to various reports of an offshore wind industry conference this week, Ed Miliband has claimed confidence in “winning the fight on Net Zero” against his critics
Written by BBC
The BBC is threatening to take legal action against an artificial intelligence firm whose chatbot the corporation says is reproducing BBC content “verbatim” without its permission
Written by Paul Homewood
What is it about the BBC’s climate reporters? They seem to live in their own little bubble, oblivious to what is going on in the real world!
Written by Paul Homewood
The ‘Greens’ are throwing their toys out of the pram because Texas is planning to build dozens of new gas power stations
Written by Sallust
Matthew Lynn’s latest column in Telegraph has flagged up a WhatCar? survey that reveals EVs are the most likely to leave you stranded by the roadside
Written by Paul Homewood
The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions said the BBC on June 19th
Written by Climate Discussion Nexus
It’s hard to know what to make of MSN’s news aggregator. We long ago conceded that it’s not overseen by the gimlet-eyed editors of yore with porkpie hats, mickeys in desk drawers and brusque contempt for nonsense
Written by Ted Gioia
If you want to understand the transformation underway in our culture right now, you have to read Ted Gioia.
Written by Ben Turner
The U.S. military has set a new record for wireless power transmission, beaming a laser carrying more than 800 watts of power across a distance of 5.3 miles (8.6 kilometers).
Written by Paul Homewood
A major supplier to Britain’s ‘green’ energy industry is set to close after its Japanese owner failed to clinch a rescue deal for the company and its 250 workers
Written by Mary Talley Bowden MD
In October 2021, Scott Schara’s 19-year-old daughter, Grace, who had Down syndrome, died at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Wisconsin (pictured) under harrowing circumstances