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Dismantlement of South Africa’s Ferrochrome Industry

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-09T18:30:04+01:00January 10, 2026|

South Africa’s once dominant ferrochrome industry is on the brink of collapse and requires a government bailout. That decline is not because the world no longer needs ferrochrome. It is because South Africa’s leaders tied their industrial policy to a “green” agenda that undermines reliable, affordable energy and sacrifices economic strength.

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“Should LCOE finally be retired from energy policy?”

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-09T12:46:11+01:00January 9, 2026|

“The LCOE narrative has just collided with reality. If ‘cheap’ solar and wind really were enough, the energy transition would largely run on autopilot. Emissions would fall. Subsidies wouldn’t be needed. Electricity would get cheaper. None of that is happening.” – Jonas Kristiansen Nøland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Global Warming Sustained a Naval Power That Dwarfed Vikings

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-08T10:19:21+01:00January 8, 2026|

Which civilization flourished during this warm medieval period, and what enabled it to rise and thrive—becoming even more successful than the Norse seafarers? In this article, Vijay Jayaraj examines the evidence and reveals the answers.

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“Carbon” Capture Utilization & Storage (CCUS), Separating Fact from Fiction

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-07T15:14:16+01:00January 7, 2026|

Even if the world could effectively capture and permanently remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2 annually, the impact on temperature would be barely measurable. And the economic and ecological costs are enormous. Lars Schernikau lists the sobering facts.

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My Twenty Years of Watching the Thermometer—and the Narrative

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-05T10:23:56+01:00January 5, 2026|

As Watts Up With That? approaches its twentieth year, Anthony Watts reflects on nearly two decades of observing thermometers and climate discourse.

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Think tank IREF: ‘Against All Rationality, the EU Persists in its Net-Zero Delusion’

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-02T16:35:21+01:00January 2, 2026|

The European Commission has approved a new step towards its 2050 ‘net-zero’ objective, targeting a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions relative to 1990 levels by 2040. But a recent report by the French think tank IREF (Institut de Recherches Économiques et Fiscales) delivers a sobering reality check.

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The Misinformation Inquisition: How Censorship Shields Approved Narratives from Scrutiny

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-02T13:39:51+01:00January 2, 2026|

Tilak Doshi cautions that modern censorship, justified in the name of combating misinformation, increasingly functions as a tool to protect dominant narratives from challenge.

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Good News Everyone! We hit ‘Peak Climate’ – Media Articles are in Decline

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-01T12:40:14+01:00January 1, 2026|

Good news to start 2026 with: globally, we have passed the peak of media coverage of climate alarmism.

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The 2023 climate event revealed the greatest failure of climate science

By Clintel Foundation|2026-01-03T13:30:39+01:00December 31, 2025|

Instead of trying to determine the causes (Hunga Tonga!) of the extraordinary climate events of 2023, scientists have attempted to fit them into the dominant theory using models, writes Javier Vinos. In doing so, they demonstrate the failure of that theory.

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Offshore wind turbines steal each other’s wind: yields greatly overestimated

By Clintel Foundation|2025-12-30T12:13:34+01:00December 30, 2025|

The energy yields of offshore wind turbines are overestimated by up to 50% in national policy documents. This conclusion is based on an analysis of operational data from 72 wind farms.

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