{"id":294818,"date":"2024-01-13T14:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T13:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=294818"},"modified":"2024-01-13T14:20:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T13:20:34","slug":"climate-change-killjoys-first-they-came-for-your-appliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=294818","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Killjoys &#8211; First, They Came for Your Appliances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"364\" data-attachment-id=\"294822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=294822\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443.png?fit=1121%2C564&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1121,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443.png?fit=723%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443.png?resize=723%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443.png?resize=1024%2C515&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443.png?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443.png?resize=768%2C386&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/00Screenshot-2024-01-13-141443.png?w=1121&amp;ssl=1 1121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this new episode of &#8220;Climate Change Roundtable,&#8221; host Anthony Watts leads a thought-provoking discussion with Heartland experts H. 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The appliance regulations are &#8216;clearly being done as part of the climate agenda,&#8217; according to one energy expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alliance For Consumers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting consumer protection policies, issued an analysis in October showing that popular appliances like ceiling fans, gas stoves, dishwashers, water heaters and refrigerators will all increase in price in the coming years thanks in large part to these policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past week, a federal appeals court struck down the regulatory actions targeting dishwashers as part of the Biden administration&#8217;s aggressive climate and energy efficiency agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, like always, we\u2019ll have Crazy Climate News of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UmXY0s3hpiM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this new episode of &#8220;Climate Change Roundtable,&#8221; host Anthony Watts leads a thought-provoking discussion with Heartland experts H. 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