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WUWT June 30, 2019 Official White House Photo of President Trump by Eric Worrall President Trump has criticised other countries for pursuing technology which doesn’t work. Trump rejects need for climate action at G-20: US has ‘cleanest’ water and air ‘we’ve ever had’ BY ARIS FOLLEY – 06/29/19 04:08 PM EDT

Don Dears In its inquisition of any organization that defies the Paris Accord, the UNFCCC at COP 25 in Santiago, Chili, will require the World Bank to defend its actions and establish whether it has stopped loans to developing countries for constructing coal-fired power plants. It’s expected that the World bank will kowtow to the UNFCCC and submit that it will stop making loans for projects that support fossil fuels, such as loans for building refineries and pipelines in addition to coal-fired power plants. It has already responded to criticism from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) by saying: “The …

Climate Change Dispatch Daphne Psaledakis and Alissa de Carbonnel on June 21, 2019 A push by most European Union nations for the world’s biggest economic bloc to go carbon-neutral by 2050 was dropped to a footnote at a summit on Thursday after fierce resistance from Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. France and Germany had led efforts for the 28-member EU to lead by example in setting an ambitious new climate goal ahead of U.N. climate talks in September that U.S. President Donald Trump has abandoned. But unanimity was needed, and last-ditch persuasion efforts in what diplomats described as “impassioned” …

Breitbart VIRGINIA HALE | 20 Jun 2019 JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images Drivers will be forced off the roads in Ireland and the population packed into “higher density” cities under a long-awaited climate plan which will ‘revolutionise’ people’s lifestyle and behaviours, according to local media. “Nudge” policies such as huge tax hikes, as well as bans and red tape outlined in the plan, will pave the way to a “vibrant” Ireland of zero carbon emissions by 2050 according to the government, which last year committed to boost the country’s 4.7 million-strong population by a further million with mass migration. In order to …

Scientific American By Scott Waldman, E&E News on June 7, 2019 Credit: Getty Images Scientists reacted sharply to revelations that the White House is discussing ways to potentially force federal researchers to debate the credibility of mainstream climate science, saying it threatens to pull experts into conspiratorial exercises that might harm their careers.

WUWT Michael Bastasch | June 12, 2019 Dozens of conservative groups signed an open letter opposed to “any carbon tax” bill that Congress might consider. The letter comes after Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters he was “looking at” a carbon tax bill. “A carbon tax increases the cost of everything Americans buy and lowers Americans’ effective take home pay,” conservative groups wrote. Seventy-five conservative groups signed a public letter to Congress opposing “any carbon tax” days after reports that Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney openly considered backing carbon tax bill.

WUWT June 12, 2019 h/t James Delingpole – Britain’s Labour Opposition Party, which has a real chance of winning the next UK election, is seriously considering a think tank proposal to radically cut working hours and wages to reduce everyone’s carbon footprint. Plan for 10-hour working week with 75% paycut under Labour

E&E News May 31, 2019 President Trump spoke to reporters at the White House yesterday before departing for the 2019 U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony. Polaris/Newscom A White House initiative to scrutinize climate science appears to be making headway.Will Happer, the senior director for emerging technologies at the National Security Council, met with President Trump earlier this month to brief him on the plan, according to two sources. The initiative is expected to highlight uncertainties in climate research and downplay the threat of global warming to national security.