Tom Nelson

Steve Milloy reviews Trump’s fossil-fuel agenda, EPA rollback of the 2009 endangerment finding, and concerns that litigation delays and Justice Department staffing could let a future Democratic administration reverse course. The speaker attacks the National Academy of Sciences as climate activists, cites a climate chapter in a judges’ science manual, notes Elena Kagan said she didn’t read it, and urges cutting NAS funding. They praise Matt Wielicki’s appointment to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program. They argue wildfire-smoke PM2.5 health scares lacked NYC hospital spikes, criticize linear no-threshold regulation (radiation, PFAS), and discuss Yucca Mountain standards. They describe shareholder activism against corporate ESG (Netflix, Exxon), criticize carbon capture subsidies, and praise young “climate realist” advocates.

00:00 Trump EPA Rollbacks
01:37 NAS Versus Trump
04:16 Defunding NAS Push
06:30 Kagan Foreword Controversy
08:24 Climate Realist Appointment
09:43 Democrats And Green Money
11:59 Big Tech Climate Censorship
13:21 X Algorithms And Reach
16:10 Viral Tweet No Warming
18:20 Wildfire Smoke Reality Check
22:30 EPA PM2.5 Experiments
26:12 LNT Model And Hormesis
30:18 Yucca Mountain Absurdity
32:37 PFAS And Low Dose Effects
33:37 Forever Chemicals Are Inert
34:41 Dose Makes the Poison
36:34 Parts Per Trillion Panic
37:31 Why Fear Spreads
38:06 Conservative Shareholder Activism
41:07 Exxon and ESG Battles
42:23 Carbon Capture Reality Check
43:53 Subsidies and Nanny Government
45:31 Next Gen Climate Realists
47:43 Awards and Staying the Course
50:31 NASA Names and Media Retreat
56:01 Debate Challenge and Wrap Up

Steve on X: https://x.com/JunkScience
Web: https://junkscience.com/
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Mark Glendening argues free speech in Britain and the West is under increasing internal attack, citing “non-crime hate incidents,” broad Public Order Act powers, online and even private-message prosecutions, and proposals to criminalize non-affirmation of transgender identity under “conversion therapy” laws. He says enforcement is often aimed at the right and anti-transgender feminists, though he notes prosecutions of some left-wing Palestine Action supporters. Glendening traces today’s speech controls to cultural strategies developed after Marxism waned, highlighting Gramsci, the Frankfurt School (especially Marcuse), and French postmodernists. He urges electoral pressure campaigns, praises Elon Musk and X, and warns that debanking, digital ID, and Soros-backed regulation threaten liberties.

00:00 Meet Mark Glendening
01:07 Britain’s Free Speech Legacy
02:04 Non Crime Hate Incidents
04:23 Policing Private Speech
06:52 Who Gets Targeted
09:29 Conversion Therapy Crackdown
16:09 Why the New Left Censors
21:21 Three Intellectual Roots
28:37 The Sixties Cultural Turn
36:12 Words Liberal vs Progressive
43:31 Digital ID and Debanking
44:46 Fighting Back Politically
48:04 Elon Musk and X
50:07 US Elections and Internet Speech
52:20 Final Thoughts on Liberty

https://iea.org.uk/tag/marc-glendening/
https://iea.org.uk/publications/transgender-ideology-a-new-threat-to-liberal-values/
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Ron Clutz summarizes themes from his “Science Matters” blog, framing climate change as three linked claims: humans warm the Earth, the warming is dangerous, and government can stop it. He argues climate sensitivity estimates are declining and models overpredict warming, citing comparisons of model outputs to observations, weak long-term temperature correlation with fossil fuel use, and claims that storms, wildfires, sea level rise, Arctic ice, and drought trends are not worsening as asserted. He criticizes “reductionism” to CO2 and radiative forcing, emphasizing water vapor, convection, and hydrology, plus solar/cloud and ocean-cycle influences (ENSO/PDO/AMO). He also questions adjusted temperature records and UN policy effectiveness.

00:00 Meet Ron Clutz
01:13 Climate Change Three Claims
05:18 Is Warming Dangerous
10:17 Can Government Stop It
12:23 Reductionism In Climate Science
17:32 Greenhouse Physics And Water Vapor
23:10 CO2 Sources And Temperature Lag
25:26 Complexity And Data Adjustments
33:29 Extreme Events And Attribution
35:53 Model Failures And Scenarios
42:10 Testing Greenhouse Theory
51:02 Sunshine Clouds And Solar Cycles
55:19 Oceans Drive Climate Cycles
01:02:24 Hydrology And Closing Thoughts
01:04:17 Wrap Up And Next Session

https://rclutz.com/
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David Smith explains his book “Wokicide,” arguing that “woke” (critical social justice theory rooted in critical theory and postmodernism) persists in universities and schools because education lacks quality control, not because of politics. He proposes applying ISO 9001 and HACCP-style quality assurance to K–12 and universities: validated curriculum specifications, independent expert panels, hazard analysis, audits (scheduled and targeted), corrective action, and continuous improvement. A central Workplace Improvement Notice (WIN) system would let staff and even parents file tracked complaints with guaranteed responses, replacing DEI/unconscious-bias training with “deprogramming” modules and prioritizing evidence and accountability. Smith says QA would stop unvalidated ideological drift and is affordable by redirecting existing DEI-related spending.

00:00 Intro and Two-Part Talk
00:58 Why Woke Persists
01:30 Education Lacks QA
02:10 Validation Over Ideology
04:53 Defining Woke Origins
06:35 From Civil Rights to Overreach
07:43 Flawed Woke Reasoning
10:02 How Woke Spreads
11:16 Equity Outcomes and Activism
13:33 Deconstruction Playbook
17:50 Woke Hall of Fame
21:39 Perfect Storm in Education
25:42 QA Solution Framework
27:41 ISO 9001 and HACCP
29:42 Authority and Adoption
30:55 Four Phases Implementation
33:35 Validation and Hazard Analysis
34:47 Audits Monitoring Corrective Action
37:09 Aggressive Feedback Loops
39:05 WIN Notice Explained
41:41 Curriculum Content Validation
43:12 Audits in K-12 Schools
44:53 K-12 QA Wrap Up
45:47 Universities as the Source
47:29 University Validation Hurdles
50:30 University Auditing Red Flags
51:58 Objections and Pushback
57:12 Failure Modes and Fixes
59:39 Cost and Staffing Reality
01:02:08 Closing Q&A and Next Steps

Amazon Kindle version: Wokicide: Pest Control for Education: https://a.co/d/0d0YeApM
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Gianluca Alimonti discusses three “climate matrix” papers: a 2022 review of extreme weather time series and response indicators that found no clear worsening trends (later retracted, which he argues lacked specific scientific grounds and reflected political pressure); a 2023 analysis of EM-DAT natural-disaster records concluding the post-1970 rise is largely improved reporting, with trends stable since about 2000 and disaster deaths decreasing; and a recent framework proposing 43 IPCC-aligned impact-driver and response indicators to assess “climate crisis,” finding most show no worsening, many improve, and few worsen. He criticizes media/official claims of rapidly rising disasters and emphasizes adaptation and prevention.

00:00 Meet Gianluca Alimonti
00:02 Climate Matrix Trilogy Overview
01:31 Paper One Extreme Events
03:11 Hurricanes Rain Tornado Data
05:31 Retraction Controversy
09:50 Paper Two Disaster Claims
12:36 EM-DAT Reporting Bias
17:27 Stable Trends Since 2000
21:42 Paper Three Defining Crisis
23:12 Media Term And Search Trends
27:05 Building A Crisis Framework
28:20 Drivers Floods Cyclones Fires
31:53 Response Indicators Scorecard
35:59 Adaptation Beats Mitigation
37:49 Conclusions Media Distortion
39:38 Q&A Retraction And Outreach
41:40 Where To Find Work
44:05 Closing Thanks And Farewell

Home page: https://www0.mi.infn.it/~alimonti/homepage/indexEn.htm
Pielke Jr on “The Alimonti Addendum”: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-alimonti-addendum
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