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A lesson on where the ‘green agenda’ is heading?
MASS BLACKOUT
In what is believed to be Europe’s largest ever power cut, tens of millions of people were left without electricity, while flights were grounded, trains halted and whole cities left without power, internet access or other vital services.
Power in Spain and Portugal has been mostly restored after a mass blackout paralysed most of the Iberian Peninsula, with Spain declaring a state of emergency.
The cause of the initial fault in the region’s electricity grid “is still being investigated”, and the EU has insisted that there were “no indications that it was a cyberattack”.
However, the elephant in the room cannot be ignored, and that is a heavy reliance on solar and wind energy.
Many believe this reliance made the region’s power grids more vulnerable to an outage of this scale, despite not getting a clear explanation of how it all happened from the government to this point.
Portuguese grid operator REN said one possible cause for the blackout may be a “very large oscillation in the electrical voltages” that started in Spain’s grid and spread to Portugal’s system.
However, experts said on Monday night that a reliance on net zero energy left Spain and Portugal vulnerable to the mass blackouts engulfing the region.
“This wasn’t a normal black out,” Daniel Lacalle, chief economist at Madrid-based investment company Tressis, told FOX Business. “Phones didn’t work; there was no 4G phone connection.” Additionally, some people were stuck in trains or elevators and could not access the internet.
Here is where things get more complicated. While the renewable energy sources did not disrupt power generation on their own, they were part of the mix that made it happen.
The background to the outage begins with the efforts to increase the use of renewables.
“There is a move across Europe to cut back fossil fuel and nuclear use,” Ben Habib, chairman of the Great British Political Action Committee, told FOX Business.
In 2011, Spain’s renewable energy fuelled 31% of its electricity, according to Statista data.
The share grew to 57% last year, meaning a significant drop in the combined use of fossil and nuclear fuels.
This was part of Spain’s goal to move closer to net-zero carbon emissions.
Additionally, Spain did get its net-zero wish earlier this year.
For the first time, they achieved that goal on April 16 across the entire grid.
However, that achievement was both a success and the problem.
In effect, it began a knock-on effect that would lead to the recent blackout.
Many say this is the first major case representing just how suicidal the push to net zero is.
A push that Australia is front-and-centre in the race to achieve.
AUSTRALIA AND NET ZERO
Australia is taking several steps to achieve net zero emissions, including “investing in renewable energy, electrifying industries, supporting low-carbon technologies, and promoting innovation”.
The government plans to ‘increase efficiency’ across various sectors and ‘support nature-based solutions’ for carbon sequestration.
Here’s a more detailed look at some of Australia’s key initiatives:
1. Renewable Energy and Grid Modernisation:
- Australia is investing in renewable energy technologies like solar and wind power to “decarbonise the electricity grid”.
- The government is working to upgrade the electricity grid to “accommodate increased renewable energy generation”.
- This includes developing new technologies for “energy storage and grid management”.
2. Industrial Decarbonisation:
- Australia is supporting the development and deployment of “low-carbon technologies” in industries like steel, aluminium, and manufacturing.
- This includes exploring options like carbon capture and storage, hydrogen fuel, and low-carbon liquid fuels.
- The government is also incentivising businesses to adopt more “energy-efficient practices and technologies”.
3. Transportation Electrification:
- Australia is encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles and exploring alternative fuels like hydrogen for transportation.
- This includes reducing the price of electric vehicles and supporting infrastructure development for charging and refuelling.
- The government is also working to develop electric and hydrogen-powered aircrafts for the skies.
4. Carbon Sequestration and Removal:
- Australia is promoting “nature-based solutions” for carbon sequestration, such as planting forests and “enhancing soil carbon storage”.
- The government is also exploring technological solutions for carbon capture and removal, including direct air capture.
- This includes developing new approaches for storing carbon in various natural ecosystems.
5. Innovation and Technology Development:
- The government is investing in research and development to create new technologies for reducing emissions and enhancing carbon sequestration.
- This includes supporting innovation in areas like clean hydrogen, energy storage, and carbon capture and storage.
- Australia is also working to build a global export industry for clean energy technologies and know-how.
6. International Collaboration:
- Australia is partnering with other countries to accelerate the development and deployment of low-emissions technologies.
- This includes participating in multilateral initiatives and supporting the efforts of neighbouring countries to reduce emissions.
- Australia is also working to build “more resilient global supply chains” for clean energy technologies.
7. Government Policies and Initiatives:
- The government has established policies and initiatives to support net zero targets, including the Emissions Reduction Fund and the Technology Investment Roadmap.
- The government is also working to establish a “high-integrity” Indo-Pacific Carbon Offset Scheme.
- Australia is also developing tools for “assessing climate change risks” and understanding the transition to a “low-carbon economy”.
By implementing these strategies, Australia aims to achieve its net zero emissions target by 2050.
Of course, it all sounds ‘lovey dovey’ on paper — framed as a noble effort to ‘combat the climate challenges of our time.
Unfortunately, in reality, the actual results don’t look quite the same:
Not only will these projects cripple our economy and way of life, but may also destroy the very natural world around us they are claiming to ‘protect’.
What happened in Spain and Portugal is a lesson to the world, including Australia.
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CLIMATE CHANGE CLAIMS SHOT TO PIECES.
When the Ice Cracks: Michael Mann’s Legal Defeat and the Climate of Accountability – PJ Media
What was once billed as a victory for climate science now reads like a cautionary tale of arrogance.
The End of the SLAPP Era?
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPP suits, are designed to silence critics through legal intimidation. Mann’s campaign was a textbook example. By targeting individual writers and nonprofit think tanks, he hoped to scare others into silence.
For years, it worked. Journalists walked on eggshells. Scientists who questioned prevailing models did so anonymously or not at all. Free speech took a back seat to narrative control.
This ruling shatters that dynamic. It affirms that even loud, politically favored scientists must prove their claims with facts, not feelings. And it reminds us that courts are not the proper venue for science to settle scores.
The Ice Beneath Climate Orthodoxy Begins to Crack
The implications of this case stretch far beyond Mann’s personal disgrace. For years, the climate industrial complex has leaned heavily on scare graphs and dramatic modeling to demand trillions in global policy changes. But when one of the movement’s most famous architects is caught misrepresenting data and himself, the entire foundation begins to quake.
Organizations such as NASA, GISS, and NOAA have routinely adjusted historical temperature records and used model projections that have consistently overshot reality. Now, people are asking hard questions:
Why do projections from twenty years ago still not match observed warming?
Why are climate models consistently wrong, and why are they still used to justify sweeping regulations?
Why do scientists who challenge these inconsistencies find themselves blacklisted or defunded?
The answer is uncomfortable. For too long, one version of the science was protected by the media, bureaucracy, and legal threats. Not anymore.
The Movement Will Suffer from Its Martyr’s Fall
Michael Mann was a pillar of the climate change movement, not because his data was flawless, but because he fought like a political operative. He understood that the public didn’t need nuance; it needed symbols, and he made himself one.
His downfall represents more than just personal embarrassment. It’s an unmasking. It shows that the high priests of climate change are not always guardians of truth, but often zealots of ideology.
This could mark the start of a long-overdue audit, not just of Mann’s work, but of all the organizations that parroted his claims without question. Governments are waking up. The UK has scaled back its net-zero goals. Australia’s opposition is openly questioning climate funding. Even Germany, the gold standard of green virtue, is facing backlash over rising energy costs.
The spell is breaking.
A New Climate of Courage
Michael Mann’s courtroom humiliation is more than just a procedural win for CEI or National Review. It’s a cultural moment, a signal that free inquiry and rigorous debate are returning to climate science.
It should have always been about the data. Instead, it became about dogma. But now, people see that those who scream the loudest for consensus often have the most to hide.
To the skeptics, engineers, meteorologists, and even the farmers who questioned the gospel and paid the price, your vindication has begun.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/05/24/when-the-ice-cracks-michael-manns-legal-defeat-and-the-climate-of-accountability-n4940123