{"id":400318,"date":"2025-09-05T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=400318"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:30:14","slug":"big-climate-strikes-back-the-climate-realism-show-172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=400318","title":{"rendered":"Big Climate Strikes Back \u2014 The Climate Realism Show\u00a0#172"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"400320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=400320\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?fit=1413%2C783&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1413,783\" 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=\"0Screenshot 2025-09-05 153150\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?fit=723%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?resize=723%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Promotional graphic for episode 172 of 'The Climate Realism Show', featuring Steve Milloy, with a stylized image of a spaceship and bold text reading 'BIG CLIMATE STRIKES BACK'.\" class=\"wp-image-400320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?resize=1024%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?resize=1200%2C665&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0Screenshot-2025-09-05-153150.png?w=1413&amp;ssl=1 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AIdro_nbFC65TF2vSmRND-z-tSnTQczJF6jiadJT6myXzyUVVEE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"Logo of The Heartland Institute featuring a green leaf and American flag background.\" style=\"width:62px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When five independent scientists dared to produce the first U.S. government report to reject the climate alarmist narrative, Big Climate vowed to strike back. And it has. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, a group of 85 scientists released a rebuttal to the Department of Energy\u2019s \u201cCritical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They condemned the report, writing that \u201cno one should doubt human-caused climate change is real,\u201d and attacked the work and motivations of the 2025 Climate Working Group authors: Judith Curry, John Christy, Steven Koonin, Ross McKitrick, and Roy Spencer. We will rebut their rebuttal on Episode 172 of The Climate Realism Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join The Heartland Institute\u2019s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely, along with special guest Steve Milloy, as they hit this topic, cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week, and answer your questions in the chat. 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