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Microsoft Pauses Its Carbon Indulgence Spending. The Usual Suspects Are Upset.

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-15T17:46:26+02:00May 17, 2026|

Reports have emerged that Microsoft has quietly paused future carbon removal purchases, sending shockwaves through a market it effectively dominates. What might appear as a routine financial decision has instead exposed the fragility of an industry built around a single buyer—and triggered a swift, organized backlash from climate advocates.

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Roger Pielke Jr.: “The correction came far too slowly”

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-16T10:37:12+02:00May 16, 2026|

Now that the extreme climate scenario RCP 8.5 has finally been abandoned, the debate has shifted significantly, says Roger Pielke Jr. The American researcher recently gave an interview to the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

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Germany’s Nuclear Confession Is a Crack in Net Zero Pretense

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-14T16:35:48+02:00May 15, 2026|

When the next prolonged cold spell, drought, or demand surge hits, the weakness of the anti-fossil fuel approach will show up in higher bills, rolling blackouts, and public anger. The political class cannot keep dodging reality forever, says Vijay Jayaraj.

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“Masculine Behavior Bad for the Planet,” says Phys.org

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-13T22:28:23+02:00May 14, 2026|

The worldwide climate debate seems to turn in favour of the sceptics. But, as Charles Rotter shows below, the other side is still pushing some pretty extreme and crazy climate stories.

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“Forget Climate Change” says New York Times to Democrats

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-12T17:45:44+02:00May 13, 2026|

Things are getting so bad, an opinion piece in the New York Times recently warned Democrats to “Forget climate change, and talk about something else.” Jo Nova reflects.

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Trump Administration Gets Strategic With Offshore Wind

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-11T15:33:11+02:00May 12, 2026|

The first efforts of the Trump Administration to shut down offshore wind projects ran into a wall of judicial opposition. They have now come up with Plan B, says Francis Menton. It appears that the administration is entering into legal settlements with wind farm developers, whereby the government pays the developers substantial sums of money to walk away from the projects.

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A Generation of Kids Thinks They Have No Future. Science Just Admitted Why

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-18T17:19:03+02:00May 11, 2026|

RCP 8.5 has been given its official death certificate. The generation of children who grew up in its shadow, who were told the world was ending before they’d turn thirty, deserve to know the truth. Let’s make sure the message reaches them, says Anthony Watts.

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No, Washington Post, ‘Carbon Pollution’ Isn’t Making Food Less Healthy

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-09T16:38:12+02:00May 10, 2026|

Carbon dioxide is not a toxin to crops, as The Washington Post recently claimed. Demonizing it as the “invisible force” behind nutritional decline ignores the broader picture, says Anthony Watts. “The Washington Post has taken a modest statistical decline in select minerals and inflated it into a planetary health crisis.”

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Thomas Kurz: Why there is no climate crisis

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-15T11:09:25+02:00May 9, 2026|

There is no climate emergency, says Clintel’s World Climate Declaration signatory. Thomas Kurz is the author of an upcoming book with that very theme. Recently he spoke about it on Tom Nelson’s podcast.

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Why solar is much more expensive than coal in Germany

By Clintel Foundation|2026-05-07T15:55:48+02:00May 8, 2026|

The more solar and wind energy is deployed, the more it reshapes the system around it and the more costs shift into areas that are often not immediately visible but should be considered, says energy expert Lars Schernikau.

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