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Sep 3, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Mike Larkin

    Green Taxes Are Decimating British Industry – And My New Report Proves It - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)

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    Green taxes are decimating British industry and driving up energy prices, with nothing to show for it as emissions are merely pushed offshore, says Kathryn Porter, who has a new report setting out the damning details. This week I published a new report into Britain’s oil refining sector, Fuel, Refineries and the UK ETS: What Policymakers Need to Know. Its conclusions are alarming. Britain lost two oil refineries last year – Grangemouth closed in April and Lindsey followed in August, leaving just

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Mike Larkin

    Bombshell Report Claims Miliband’s Clean Power Plan Will Cost £320 Billion - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)

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    A new report, commissioned by the Tories, has found that Ed Miliband’s Clean Power 2030 Plan will cost an extra £320 billion by 2050, compared to their own watered-down proposals which prioritise gas and nuclear, rather than wind and solar. The report by the economic think tank Onward was originally commissioned by Claire Coutinho, when she was Energy Secretary, to calculate the overall system costs of fully decarbonising the UK’s electricity supply. It was conveniently shelved by Ed Miliband, w

  3. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Mike Larkin

    Fatal Snobbery: In France, It’s Better To Die From A Heatwave Than to Do as Americans - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)

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    “Ecological virtue” has turned into a public health hazard The French climate blogsite Cliumat et Verité writes about why the French have an aversion to ACs, even when temperatures exceed 40°C. In his blog post “Pas de climatisation, s’il vous plaît ! Nous sommes Français!“ (Please, no air conditioning! We are French!), Nicolas Lecaussin discusses an ironic editorial from The Wall Street Journal that mocks the French government’s reluctance to embrace air conditioning. He notes that French autho

  4. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Mike Larkin

    SMMT Wake Up To Damage Caused By EV Mandates - Watts Up With That? (opens the original)

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    The motor industry has urged the government to revise its targets for electric vehicles, unanimously warning that the current zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate will result in a loss of inward investment and British jobs. So what? Car makers broadly accept that decarbonisation is inevitable, but the industry still feels squeezed by : CHX and balances. To make matters more complicated, the UK may be about to get a chancellor who is deeply committed to net zero targets, and the automotive sector

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