Written by Ronald Stein P.E. & Roger Caiazza
An oxymoron is a figure of speech where contradictory or opposite words are combined to create a striking or thought-provoking effect. Examples include ‘deafening silence,’ ‘organized chaos,’ ‘perpetual motion machines,’ and today’s favorite among zero-emissions policymakers, ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY!’
Written by Cathleen O’Grady
Last year, Matt Spick began to notice oddly similar papers flooding in for peer review at Scientific Reports, where he is an associate editor. He smelled a rat.
Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki
As an isotope geochemist, I’ve spent years studying the subtle signatures that reveal Earth’s hidden stories
Written by Jonathan Engler
This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph a week or so ago
Written by Jane Palmer
Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission
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