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The evergreen US Academies are doing a May 16 scare webinar on the “fragile” coral reefs threatened by climate change.
A taste: “CoralReefs face growing stress from warming, acidification & extreme weather—leading to more frequent bleaching & broader ecological impacts. Researchers are exploring how to preserve the reefs & make them more resilient.”
https://mailchi.mp/nationalacademies/climate-conversations-coral-reefs2?e=c3c03e3b28
Pure junk.
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There have been excerpts in the British press about this new book
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biggest-untold-story-tech-explosive-book-reveals-how-apple-sold-out-america-china
Apple is largely responsible for the ascent of China as it has placed hundred of billions of money there into hi tech supply chains and trauined the operatives to the highest possible standards. The net result is a supply line of thousands of sophisticated Chinese companies whose experise can’t be obtained elsewhere and has made CHina a technological giant..
Couple that with the trillions of Dollars the west has spent on importing oil from the middle east-often from countries that don’t like us -and we have given the rest of the world a huge leg up whilst impoverishing ourselves.
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Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/ghost-in-the-machine-rogue-communication-devices-found-in-chinese-inverters-4043741
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The Internet of Babel.
We can now access in moments very near the totality of information, in the palm of our hand.
And find ourselves even less able to agree on an interpretation of reality.
I still support the tower project.
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The idea behind this UK quango is a good one. Unfortunately Quangos attract large sums of money and are headed those who are in tune with Govt thinking, in this case net zero. It is no surprise therefore that this is the organisation behind the scheme to “dim the sun”.
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/05/13/a-closer-look-at-aria-britains-secretive-800-million-sun-dimming-quango/
Personally, I would clear out all the current politicians and head of quangos in most of the western countries as they seem to have gone quite mad over the last decade. Their replacements could be people chosen at random off the streets who couldn’t do a worse job than the inadequates who have been overseeing-and seemingly encouraging-the decline of the west for years.
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A long and thoughtful article
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-awkward-truth-for-trump-haters/
Can the President halt the long term decline of the US, solve its huge debt crisis and tackle the ascendancy of China?
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https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/offshore-wind-study-inconclusive-on-extent-of-potential-impacts/
The study and report were commissioned in 2023 by House of Representatives members Jeff Van Drew and Chris Smith, New Jersey; Andy Harris, Maryland; and Bruce Westerman, Arkansas. Van Drew opened a congressional inquiry into the industrialization of the Atlantic Ocean after the Jersey Shore saw an increase in the number of humpback whale strandings between the fall of 2022 and early winter 2023. He held multiple hearings, including one last year.
To provide a thorough look at the offshore wind industry in the U.S., the GAO convened a panel of nearly two dozen subject matter experts from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to identify and evaluate possible impacts. The watchdog agency also interviewed representatives from 22 tribes and tribal organizations, stakeholders from states, research institutes, fisheries and industry as well as officials from lead and coordinating agencies.
“The GAO’s findings confirm exactly what I have been warning about for years,” Van Drew said last week. “These wind projects were rushed through with little regard for how they could affect our national security, disrupt radar systems, interfere with military operations, or threaten navigation and safety along our coasts.”
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Just last week, the BOEM, an arm of the Department of Interior, issued an order to Empire Offshore Wind, a project off the coast of New York and New Jersey, to “halt all ongoing activities” on the outer continental shelf so the federal agency could address feedback it has received from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about the project’s environmental analysis.
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Happily Empire Wind may collapse.
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/05/13/equinor-situation-for-empire-wind-unsustainable-we-need-to-find-way-forward-for-project-quickly/
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https://balkangreenenergynews.com/serbian-organizations-academic-community-urge-eu-against-declaring-lithium-project-jadar-strategic/
Why the Tennis players visa was revoked I suspect has more to do with the Lithium mine that he was protesting against than anything with his vaccination record.
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https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/how-one-spanish-wind-turbine-maker-kept-the-lights-on-during-the-blackout/2-1-1814360
Great news everyone (said as the professor in Futurama) – The company making the wind turbines is off-grid, so not affected by power cuts.
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