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Lough Navar Forest DCNN9515 – Ridiculous comparisons but they are “Peer Reviewed”

54.439129 -7.90089 Met Office CIMO Assessed Class 5 Installed 1/1/1961

Lough Navar weather station is the most westerly of all UK weather stations being 12 miles to the north west of Enniskillen and just 14 miles from the open sea of the North Atlantic off the Republic of Ireland. This is a long term manual site that seems unable to supply the regular observer with “holiday cover” as every year there appears to be regular one and two week gaps with no readings at all. This is the least of the issues though.

Met Office WOW indicates the “reason for running the site” as “Education” but there does not appear to be any conventional educational establishment in the area. In the field area to the east is a DEFRA Air Quality monitoring station which appears to be specifically aimed at “Heavy Metals” contamination.

https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?site_id=LN

The general summary is one of a very heavily shaded site with extremely irregular maintenance of the ground cover in the immediate vicinity of the enclosure. For clarity it appears as below but in many StreetView historic images it is barely visible through the tall overgrowth.

This is not a good site, reflected in the lowest possible Class 5 unregulated site status. Perhaps the oddest aspect is the almost classic way the Met Office “gridded square” climate averages chooses to compare this 64 year old continuously running site.

The first comparative, Lisnaskea Creamery, is 23 miles away. This also manual reporting site was installed 4 years after Lough Navar and closed in 2000. For 24 years of the 1961 to 2020 climate averaging period its data was contrived from unspecified other sites. Exactly who makes the sort of decision to use barely 60% of period data in preference to a continually operating site?

Going back to my revelations of Dungeness and the 103 Missing Met Stations Mystery the Met Office advised me of a “Peer Reviewed” process using up “to 6 well correlated” stations to formulate climate averages for closed sites but only supplied a pay walled link. Given their persistent refusals to divulge the names of any stations used in this “peer reviewed” process I did not feel inclined to pay for a link to the process only. By chance, however, I stumbled across a foreign site that openly reported the process. A lengthy (safe) link is below to read the full process.

Click to access Development%20of%20a%20new%20set%20of%20long-term%20climate%20averages%20for%20the%20UK%20%20.pdf

To rephrase the question then, why did Matthew Perry and Daniel Hollis chose to create a process, with their benefit of hindsight, that required fabrication of data both prior to site’s existence and after their closure in preference to sites available for the entire period?

On what genuine meteorological grounds can a known class 5 JUNK site such as Lough Fea (50 miles away) with temperature records only starting in 1989 be so good as to ignore Lough Navar? Why make up those first 29 years by a peer reviewed process when Lough Navar already had them?

Is the serially abused Class 5 Junk Banagher:Caugh Hill (also 50 miles away) and only installed in 1969 really better than Lough Navar?

Just how credible is it to suggest that the very poor (but incredibly old) Class 4 central urban Armagh site that is over 30 miles inland from the Irish Sea and an amazing 53 miles distant is, in any way, “well correlated” with Lough Navar?

Back in the days before the answer to every meteorological question forced the response “Climate Change”, the Met Office produced “Fact Sheets” that admitted the huge differences between close locations that I highlighted at Teignmouth . This all now seems to be hand waived away.

Did these modern authors really expect credence to be given to data fabricated from Junk sites to be portrayed in preference to the (now correctly re-assessed as Class 1) Thomastown just 12 miles from Lough Navar?

There are far too many questions for the Met Office to hide away from – their scientific integrity is in on the line.

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August 20, 2025 at 05:20AM

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Time to Stop Endangerment of Developing Economies With CO2 Regulation

By Vijay Jayaraj

Imagine the irony of labeling a substance as “hazardous” only to discover that the true peril lies not in the substance but in the act of its vilification. That is the case with carbon dioxide (CO₂) and how it has been mischaracterized to establish globally suicidal energy policies.

In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Endangerment Finding that declared as a pollutant CO₂ – two pounds of which each of us exhales daily. It laid the bureaucratic groundwork for far-reaching regulations aimed at eliminating the use of fossil fuels, an objective contrary to the societal goods of reliable energy supplies and prosperity.

Holding CO₂ as the dominant factor in a “dangerous” rise in global temperatures in recent decades, the Endangerment Finding transformed without a scientific basis a trace atmospheric gas – essential for photosynthesis and agricultural productivity – into an object of state-sanctioned hostility.

This regulatory corruption marked the beginning of what can only be described as the weaponization of environmental governance against energy systems based on coal, oil and natural gas, which have lifted billions out of poverty since the 19th century.

However, a July U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study titled “A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate” countered this nonsense. Written by a team of independent scientists with diverse backgrounds, the document states that “CO2-induced warming might be less damaging economically than commonly believed, and excessively aggressive mitigation policies could prove more detrimental than beneficial.”

Following this comprehensive analysis, EPA Secretary Lee Zeldin proposed that his agency rescind the Endangerment Finding. For anyone following the news, it is already evident that the current U.S. administration has changed the trajectory of energy policy by ditching the destructive anti-fossil fuel stance of the preceding Biden regime. Repeal of the Endangerment Finding could be the death blow for a “green” mania that has cost the world trillions of dollars for no benefit.

The question for developing nations is whether their governments will keep tolerating the CO₂ hysteria that’s choking domestic economies like a boa constrictor. How much longer will poorer countries suffer under climate policies crafted in U.N. offices and imposed on villages without electricity?

Green energy vehicles – like the Paris Agreement and net zero targets – have been promoted in the name of climate virtue but have sabotaged growth, stalled industrial progress and punished the poor. From the reckless scuttling of projects for developing fossil fuel supplies to the puppet-like behavior of lawmakers reciting policies scripted by the United Nations and World Economic Forum, the fingerprints of the green agenda are everywhere.

Among projects that have suffered at the hands of anti-hydrocarbon crusaders are a 1,445-kilometer pipeline to transport crude oil from Uganda to Tanzania, two South African offshore natural gas exploration blocks, a 700-megawatt coal plant in Kenya and a $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique.

The price of climate regulations is ruinous. As the DOE report says, the exorbitant costs associated with policies like electric vehicle mandates, renewable energy targets and rules for home appliances drastically exceed even the bogusly inflated “Social Cost of Carbon,” which is promoted by the climate industrial complex as part of its pseudoscience. Green programs are an embarrassing failure of any rational cost-benefit analysis.

With regard to actual pollution in the Third World, the DOE’s latest climate assessment makes a long-overdue distinction that mainstream media and bureaucrats have ignored for years. It rightly points out that CO₂ is not a pollutant in the traditional, legally defined sense: “CO₂ differs in many ways from the so-called Criteria Air Pollutants. It does not affect local air quality and has no human toxicological implications at ambient levels.”

Now is the time for policymakers in developing economies to stop treating plant food as public enemy number one so that their societies can take advantage of energy resources that make economic – and environmental – sense.

Their economies can wait no longer to rescind CO2-driven restrictions on energy production and use, for they do not have the buffer of affluence enjoyed by wealthier nations. The negative effects of anti-fossil fuel policies are already obvious, and change is required to avoid more damage.

This commentary was first published by Townhall on August 16, 2025.

Vijay Jayaraj is a Science and Research Associate at the CO₂ Coalition, Fairfax, Virginia. He holds an M.S. in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia and a postgraduate degree in energy management from Robert Gordon University, both in the U.K., and a bachelor’s in engineering from Anna University, India.

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August 20, 2025 at 04:06AM

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Stock Up On Bakewell Tarts!

By Paul Homewood

 

h/t Paul Kolk

 

Silly story of the week from the Telegraph:

 

 

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Climate change could kill off the authentic Bakewell tart, a manufacturer has warned.

The cherry-topped Derbyshire pudding is now being produced without almonds by some makers because of supply chain problems linked to global warming.

Supplies of the nut are under strain because of extreme heat and declining water quality in California, where 80 per cent of the world’s almonds come from.

Full story here.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, global production of almonds has been rising in the last decade and was close to a record high last year:

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https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/production/commodity/0577400

UN data does not include 2024, but clearly shows output of almonds is running at three times the level of thirty years ago:

 

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https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#compare

Tim Sigsworth, who wrote this pile of garbage, is typical of the wet behind the ear, fresh out of Uni who are let loose on newspapers these days, but who have little knowledge of how the real world works.

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August 20, 2025 at 03:28AM

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Solar Bankruptcies: The New Normal

“Never again; let the free market choose winners and let government not pick losers.”

Remember Solyndra, a solar panel manufacture that collapsed soon after receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the US government back in 2011? This company received the U.S. Department of Energy’s first loan guarantee under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, an infamous beginning that embarrassed President Obama and the ‘green’ energy industry.

Today, 14 years later, the erroneously described “infant” industry is badly listing with its perennial tax subsidies at risk. Grid solar is plagued by failure, with investors facing net zero and employees looking for alternatives. Customers are disgruntled as well.

Enter SolarInsure, whose business is about “safeguarding your renewable energy investment with energy system monitoring and warranties.” SolarInsure has compiled a list of bankrupt solar firms in the interest of filling claims for nonperformance. The “Complete List of Solar Bankruptcies and Business Closures” begins:

The solar industry experienced exponential growth over the last decade as costs fell and favorable policies helped drive mass adoption. However, 2024 has brought immense challenges, with higher interest rates, tighter financing, and adverse policy shifts in key states contributing to over 100 solar bankruptcies based on our industry data, a number unseen before in our almost 20 years in the solar sector.

California was particularly hard hit due to new net metering rules under NEM 3.0 that radically reduced system economics. These adverse state policy impacts exacerbated financing shifts, triggering plummeting demand and an 80% decrease in rooftop solar installation volume. The California Solar & Storage Association reports that the fallout includes thousands of stalled projects, over 17,000 industry layoffs, and a wave of high-profile bankruptcies.

The note ends:

While stronger players demonstrate some resilience, impacted homeowners and solar employees face prolonged uncertainty. The outright collapse of many once fast-growing solar firms provides a sobering case study on the potential unintended consequences of incentive transitions.

In other words, the wish list enacted by the solar industry in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 created an artificial boom that politics is now reversing. Same for the California Green Dream that was brought back to reality on simple social justice grounds (average ratepayer pain from solar roofs for the well off and highly educated).

The casualty list (cumulative, below) is large, and it will grow as state and federal subsidies contract.

In comparison, oil and gas insolvencies, which peaked during the 2020 Pandemic, have been less in a far larger industry than solar. [1]

Major Solar Bankruptcies as of June 2025 Include:

California Company Closures:

  • Altair Solar
  • ASA – American Solar Advantage – CA
  • Bratton Solar- CA
  • Canapoy Energy – CA
  • Charged Up Energy – CA
  • Enver Solar – CA
  • Harness Power – CA
  • GCI Solar – CA
  • Green Nrg – CA
  • Kuubix Energy – CA
  • Peak Power USA – CA
  • Penguin Home- CA
  • Polar Solar – CA
  • Professional Roofing and Solar – CA
  • Sigora Home Solar – CA
  • Solsun USA – CA
  • Solar 360
  • Solar Advantage – CA
  • Sullivan Solar Power – CA
  • Sungrade Solar – CA
  • SunPower – CA
  • Sunstor Solar – CA
  • RGS Energy – CA
  • Solar Spectrum – CA
  • Sunworks, Inc. – CA
  • Swell Energy – CA
  • United Solar Inc. – CA

Texas Company Closures:

Other States:

  • 3D Solar – Florida
  • AAA Certified Solar – Nevada
  • Accept Solar – MA
  • ACE Solar Systems – AZ
  • Arizona Solar Concepts – AZ
  • Brimma Solar – WA
  • Code Green Solar – NJ
  • EcoMark Solar – CO
  • Elan Solar – UT
  • Electriq Power – FL
  • Encor Solar – UT
  • Gulf South Solar – LA
  • Moxie Solar – IA
  • Refresh Energy Group – CO
  • Saveco Solar – UT
  • Solar Is Freedom – OH
  • Solar Titan USA – TN
  • SolarDot – FL
  • Solarworks – AZ
  • Solular, LLC – NJ
  • Utah Solar Group – UT
  • Voltage Solar Power – FL
  • Zenernet – AZ

Think about opportunity costs. Imagine if all the resources wasted in this boom-to-bust political play had gone to human betterment, such as improving resiliency to weather extremes or aiding in disaster recovery. Pick your business or favorite charity. We can see the solar waste, exemplified by companies from Solyndra to Sunnova. Never again; let the free market choose winners and let government not pick losers.

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[1] According to AI Overview: “US oil and gas bankruptcies since 2022“:

According to reports, the number of oil and gas bankruptcies in the US has declined considerably since the pandemic-driven high of 2020 (107) and 2021 (56): 

  • 2022: Mining, oil, and gas bankruptcies accounted for only 4% of all bankruptcy filings in 2022.
  • 2023: This figure further declined to 1% in the first half of 2023.
  • 2024: The first half of 2024 saw an increased number of large corporate bankruptcy filings across various industries, including a notable uptick in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. However, the data does not specifically focus on the oil and gas sector for this period.
  • 2025: Projections for 2025 indicated a potential normalization across the oil and gas sector with around 22 Exploration & Production (E&P) bankruptcies expected, according to Rystad Energy. However, the number of overall business bankruptcies in the US rose to 23,043 in the year ending June 2025. 

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