{"id":390070,"date":"2025-07-21T09:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390070"},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:01:04","slug":"climate-stories-take-the-money-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390070","title":{"rendered":"Climate stories: Take the money and run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"466\" data-attachment-id=\"390071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390071\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Woman-blowing-money-off-building.jpg?fit=2150%2C1385&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2150,1385\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/07\/20\/climate-stories-take-the-money-and-run\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=climate-stories-take-the-money-and-run&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=climate-stories-take-the-money-and-run\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/guestauthor331761747530545www-cfact-org\/\">Jeff Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"390074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390074\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-583.png?fit=1499%2C1499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1499,1499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-583.png?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-583.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-583.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-583.png?w=1499&amp;ssl=1 1499w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-583.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Steve Miller Band chose to stop taking its Big Jet Airliner to Keep on Rockin\u2019 Me because of global warming.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Livin\u2019 in the USA means having to listen to aging rockers lecture us about all manners of social ills. Instead of hearing our favorite musicians uplift us through modern life with their artistic performance, more often than not we have to sit through diatribes about how Western culture has destroyed humanity, and how we need to adopt communism to reverse colonial exploitation, or whatever nonsense these people believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Case in point: The Steve Miller Band. You may not believe this, but they had an entire North American Tour planned for this summer. Emphasis on the past tense, because the 81-year-old lead singer canceled the entire tour this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PcUoQzDK9\">pic.twitter.com\/9PcUoQzDK9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Steve Miller Band (@SMBofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMBofficial\/status\/1945635867055313343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wouldn\u2019t want to risk going to a concert during\u2026 *checks notes* \u2026summer concert season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This decision makes sense if one considers the context. In recent months we\u2019ve seen the mainstream media take it upon themselves to ramp up a shock and awe campaign over weather events. There have been some major tragedies, for sure, from the floods in Texas to Hurricane Helene, but the narrative has been to tie it all to an angry earth that\u2019s fighting back against the humans who caused it to be out of balance. No wonder, then, that some folks with more of a predilection towards blaming Western culture for the current state of the atmosphere would find themselves panicked over these stories, leading them to decide that the weather simply poses too big a risk in 2025 to go out and have a little fun for the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On top of that silliness, we have several other irrational stories about climate hysteria, including Microsoft wanting to buy your sewage, several stories about imploding EV markets and green energy scams, a whole bunch of manipulated data used to create climate propaganda, and sunlight on federally supported climate scams. <strong><em>This week\u2019s good news includes the beginning of the end of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, and the Trump administration canceling the federal funding for Gavin Newsom\u2019s high-speed rail to nowhere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(DON\u2019T MISS LAST WEEK\u2019S COLUMN:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/restoration-news.com\/worst-climate-stories-of-the-week-missing-methane-sniffer-edition\">Missing Methane Sniffer Edition<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Virtue Signaling Has Gotten Out of Control<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft has invested a significant chunk of change into artificial intelligence data centers to stay at the forefront of the AI revolution. Those data centers take a lot of electricity, which purportedly leads to a lot of \u201ccarbon pollution,\u201d which makes the execs feel guilty. Now, they\u2019ve decided to offset all that energy usage by buying sewage. Look, we can\u2019t make it make sense, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/microsoft-wants-your-poop-to-lower-its-emissions-0d83cdb8\">this is a real headline<\/a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong>Microsoft Wants Your Poop to Lower Its Emissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tech giant is investing in increasingly innovative methods of removing carbon from the atmosphere in an effort to offset the climate impact of its AI data centers<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea is to offset Microsoft\u2019s \u201ccarbon footprint\u201d by storing human and farm waste thousands of feet underground through \u201ca pump that acts like a giant syringe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This Week in Imploding EVs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two big notes this week in the continuing story of alternate fuel vehicles failing to catch on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/16\/us-news\/biden-push-for-10b-electric-mail-delivery-fleet-flops-with-just-250-trucks-built-in-two-years\/\"><em>New York Post<\/em><\/a>: Congress is working to cancel former President Joe Biden\u2019s effort to create thousands of electric postal service vehicles. \u201cA Biden administration plan to create a \u2018green\u2019 fleet of postal vehicles has churned out a mere 250 electric mail trucks in just over two years \u2014 after shelling out taxpayer funds meant to build thousands \u2014 leaving Republicans raging at the multibillion-dollar \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ernst.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/ernst-cloud-stamp-out-ev-waste-at-postal-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boondoggle<\/a>.&#8217;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While EVs consistently fail, other alternate types of fuel have also bitten the dust. The attempt to develop hydrogen fuel has a long history of failure. The latest example is the carmaker Stellantis, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/stellantis-scraps-hydrogen-vehicle-program-0cc7f4a8\">announced this week<\/a>\u00a0they\u2019re canceling their hydrogen vehicle program:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stellantis said it would discontinue its hydrogen fuel-cell technology development program because it doesn\u2019t expect the adoption of hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicles before the end of the decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jeep parent cited limited availability of hydrogen-refueling infrastructure, high capital requirements, and the need for stronger consumer purchasing incentives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This Week in Imploding Green Energy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week saw several items of bad news for the green energy sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A poll in New Jersey by Independent Women\u2019s Forum showed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/new_jersey\/article_b1f2e1fc-c745-4d55-9722-625248ed9764.html\">renewable energy plans are deeply unpopular<\/a>\u00a0in this blue state:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">67% of those polled did not know \u201crelying exclusively on renewable energy sources\u2019 would cost their state $1.4 trillion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And 52% said that understanding the state\u2019s energy policies will make \u201cthe average utility bill in NJ \u2026 20% more expensive\u201d makes them less supportive of the policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, \u201csupport for the 2035 mandate dropped by 10 full points,\u201d according to the poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll\u2019s overview said that \u201cat the start of the poll, energy ranked as a second-tier issue for most swing voters, with just 7.3% calling it their \u2018top issue\u2019 this election. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut once voters were informed of the real-world costs of the state\u2019s policies \u2026support dropped and concern spiked,\u201d the poll found.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Netherlands has recently started\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/netherlands-rationing-electricity-climate-agenda\/\">rationing energy<\/a>, as it approaches its Net Zero goals\u2014and the grid strains under the weight of electrifying everything. Thousands of businesses, public buildings, and new homes have been placed in a queue to await connection to the grid. Some have received warnings they could have to wait until the 2030s to get connected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electricity prices are already among the highest in Western Europe, and Dutch households face yearly tariff increases of up to 4.7 percent for at least the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To ease demand, operators are offering cheaper contracts for off-peak usage and telling major industries they may need to shut off entirely for several hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A national ad campaign is urging the public to avoid charging e-bikes and electric cars between 4 pm and 9 pm, when the grid is under the most strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Netherlands has been one of Europe\u2019s most aggressive adopters of green policies, aiming to cut emissions in half by 2030.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In a stab against \u201crenewable\u201d energy lunacy, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearenergy.org\/articles\/2025\/07\/09\/natural_gas_is_green_and_hugely_beneficial_economically_1121687.html\">signed a law recently<\/a>\u00a0that defined green energy to include nuclear and natural gas, with predictable results from the unhinged Left.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This Week in Climate Propaganda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have several examples this week of propaganda created to advance a climate narrative that doesn\u2019t match the facts on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yet more proof that Antarctica has stubbornly refused to keep melting, despite supposedly increasing global temperatures. The southernmost continent has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatthewWielicki\/status\/1945136635638669794\">gained 500 gigatons of ice mass<\/a>\u00a0since 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, the temperature spike has refused to\u2026 well\u2026 spike. According to NOAA data, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JunkScience\/status\/1943515867154657291\">past 12 months were cooler<\/a>\u00a0than the same period in 2011\u20132012 in the United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retired Air Force meteorologist John Shewchuk reminded us this week that no correlation exists between atmospheric temperature and CO2 concentrations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someday climate alarmists will learn how to read diagrams &#8211; showing CO2 does not control climate change. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3PAnoH6twC\">https:\/\/t.co\/3PAnoH6twC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gipK4ChJMA\">pic.twitter.com\/gipK4ChJMA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; John Shewchuk (@_ClimateCraze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ClimateCraze\/status\/1945461552347217938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">During 2012, there were 3,297 floods in the US, which is almost ten per day.  The fact that you weren&#39;t paying attention has nothing to do with climate or science.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iwcs3pUy1j\">https:\/\/t.co\/Iwcs3pUy1j<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5ZKpdqvRz\">https:\/\/t.co\/m5ZKpdqvRz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qiAtRbBIlG\">pic.twitter.com\/qiAtRbBIlG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tony Heller (@TonyClimate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyClimate\/status\/1944955624410018275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal Government Climate Shenanigans Exposed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.\u2019s erstwhile vice-presidential running mate, had a long post on X this week detailing information she received from a whistleblower and other public sources revealing how extensively various federal agencies have invested in geoengineering. Shanahan notes it\u2019s gone on since the mid-20th century, with very little oversight by the public or by Congress. These efforts include solar radiation management, stratospheric aerosol injection, and other climate modification technologies. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicoleShanahan\/status\/1943432603274744146\">entire post<\/a>&nbsp;is worth a read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Fox News had an exclusive report this week on the Climate Judiciary Project, created in 2018 by the Environmental Law Institute to provide judges with climate information that advances their radical legal efforts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An environmental advocacy group accused of trying to manipulate judges organized a years-long, nationwide online forum with jurists to promote favorable info and litigation updates regarding&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climate issues<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 until the email-styled group chat was abruptly made private, Fox News Digital found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) was founded in 2018 by a left-wing environmental nonprofit, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), and pitches itself as a \u201cfirst-of-its-kind effort\u201d that \u201cprovides judges with authoritative, objective, and trusted education on climate science, the impacts of climate change, and the ways climate science is arising in the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But critics, such as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, say CJP is funded by China and left-wing activists for one purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey fund CJP to train judges,\u201d Cruz said during a June hearing. \u201cSo, quote, unquote, train in climate science and make them agreeable to creative climate litigation tactics. Then, these left-wing bankrollers turn around and fund the climate litigators who will bring these bogus cases before those same judges that they\u2019ve just indoctrinated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now for our Good News segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Net Zero Banking Alliance Appears to be Imploding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years back, the United Nations created the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) as a vehicle to pressure companies to adopt green policies. In essence, in order to qualify for financing, corporations had to toe the global warming line. But a funny thing happened on the way to decarbonizing our banks: The ideas proved so unpopular and untenable that their founding members started getting out of the racket. Turns out it wasn\u2019t good for their bottom line. The latest bank to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2025\/07\/16\/hsbcs-exit-from-the-net-zero-banking-alliance-shows-the-green-blobs-attempt-to-become-the-green-mob-is-over\/\">announce its exit<\/a>: Global financing giant HSBC. Of course, they attempted to save face by expressing their continued support for individual decarbonization goals in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsbc.com\/news-and-views\/news\/hsbc-news-archive\/statement-on-the-net-zero-banking-alliance\">statement<\/a>, saying they \u201cremain engaged\u201d to \u201csupport the mobilization of capital towards the net zero transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump Cancels Federal Funding for CA Train to Nowhere<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, this week, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced the cancelation of billions in grants to California for its high-speed rail project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor Newsom and California\u2019s high speed rail boondoggle are the definition of government incompetence and possibly corruption. \u00a0<br><br>The price tag has gone from $33B to $135B with no completion date in sight. \u00a0<br><br>We could give every single LA &amp; SF resident almost 200 free flights\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19lyBzPZ62\">pic.twitter.com\/19lyBzPZ62<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/1945631553683689806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naturally,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2025\/07\/18\/california-sues-over-high-speed-rail-funds-n2660586\">California sued<\/a>&nbsp;to protect their never-ending federal funding, calling the decision \u201ccapricious.\u201d The project first began after the passage of a statewide ballot initiative in 2008, but construction did not start until 2015. 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