Release Of New Climategate Emails Imminent

Nearly seven years ago, on December 7, 2011, the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic’s (FME Law) sought public records from the University of Arizona related to the Mann-Bradley-Hughes temperature reconstruction that looks like a hockey stick, and development of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

They refused much of the request and FME Law sued. Now (on September 18, 2018) legal counsel for the University informed FME Law that they were done, that they would be withdrawing their appeal of the trial court’s decision, end the case and disclose the records.

Included in the release will be emails that, for example, provide the full context of the discussions between Michael Mann and colleagues and Chick Keller on whether there was a Medieval Warm Period and a Little Ice Age. Mann, Bradley, and Hughes (MBH) were the authors of the “hockey stick” graph that became the icon of climate alarmism. —Watts Up With That, 19 September 2018

A leaked internal memo, obtained by EURACTIV, gives a rare glimpse into the communication strategy of Europe’s main business lobby group ahead of the COP24 conference later this year, showing how it plans to “oppose” any increase in the EU’s climate ambition for 2030. The memo from BusinessEurope, dated 13 September, shows how Europe’s biggest employer association intends to “challenge” EU plans to aim higher in the fight against climate change. —EurActiv, 19 September 2018

If you thought the surging price of fossil-fuel emissions in Europe would hurt coal demand, think again. The highest prices for carbon credits in a decade have also lifted natural gas, discouraging power stations from making the switch away from coal. As a result, demand remains strong for the dirtiest fossil fuel in the continent that’s doing the most to clean up its economy. Coal prices, as a result, reached their highest in five years on Tuesday. —Bloomberg, 19 September 2018

High gas prices have triggered a resurgence in electricity generation from coal as it becomes the cheaper option. Britain could see its first increase in carbon emissions in six years if coal-fired power plants continue to undercut gas ones, according to Imperial College London. —The Times, 18 September 2018

British and Indian ministers met last week at the “UK-India Energy for Growth Dialogue”. If fossil fuels were discussed at the event, and they must have been for they are of overwhelming significance to India, one would never guess it from the UK government’s official statement. Lack of candor in the face of such realities leaves the UK government looking disengaged from reality and even evasive. —GWPF Energy, 18 September 2018

China has become the world’s largest producer of electricity based on low-carbon coal. The country will continue to promote the efficient and environmentally friendly use of coal, in line with the policy to develop clean energy, said a high-ranking Chinese government official. —China Daily, 18 September 2018

Shale gas developer Cuadrilla will start fracking at its Preston New Road site in northwest England in the next few weeks, it said on Wednesday as it announced government approval for a second well. —Reuters, 19 September 2018

Conservative MPs are preparing to rebel against the government over its proposal to allow fracking companies to carry out exploratory drilling without [local] planning permission. —The Times, 20 September 2018

A tiny and hitherto unknown Finnish research outfit is advising the UN on transforming the global economy. It wants to collectivize the economy, to revoke economic freedom, give us guaranteed, state-funded, low-skilled jobs so we don’t go around destroying the environment, and pay for this socialist utopia with magic monopoly money. —Ivo Vegter, Daily Maverick, 18 September 2018