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Has the World Given Up on Fighting Climate Change? — The Climate Realism Show #176 Oct 07, 2025

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When The New York Times starts to wonder if the world has given up on fighting climate change, maybe it’s time to believe them? The paper’s “Climate Forward” event the other day featured a New York Times staffer sounding forlorn that we’ve missed “the one chance we have to save the one planet we’ve got.”

On Episode #176 of The Climate Realism Show, we will also cover more of the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including the downfall of Chief Climate Scold Michael Mann, and Pope Leo blessing a chunk of ice at a “climate justice” summit.

Join The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and James Taylor live at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X.

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Why the U.S. Should Skip the UN’s COP30 Climate Summit — Interview with James Taylor Sep 30, 2025

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The UN is gearing up for COP30 in Brazil, where global elites will once again lecture the world about “climate catastrophe.” But behind the rhetoric lies hypocrisy: bulldozing the Amazon to host the event, while new science shows the rainforest is actually thriving thanks to carbon dioxide.

In this interview, Heartland Institute President James Taylor explains why the U.S. should refuse to participate, how the global climate agenda is really about power and redistribution, and why so-called “green” energy sources like wind and solar are neither clean, affordable, nor reliable.

Heartland will be in Brazil as the unofficial American delegation—bringing facts the UN won’t share.

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The Climate Realist President — The Climate Realism Show #175 Sep 30, 2025

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At the United Nations this week — during “Climate Week” in New York City — Donald Trump delivered what may be the most honest climate speech ever given by an American president. He called climate alarmism “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” mocked failed doomsday predictions, and warned global leaders about the dangers of the green agenda.

On Episode #175 of The Climate Realism Show, we’ll break down Trump’s historic remarks, highlight why no other world leader (except maybe Argentina’s Javier Milei) would dare to speak this bluntly, and cover more Crazy Climate News of the Week from Climate Week in NYC.

Join Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and special guest Marc Morano of CFACT for this live broadcast.

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Chapters:
00:47 Start
05:23 Greta Thumberg Cancelled?
13:30 Conservative MOLE in the Climate Movement
20:20 EPA Ends where ROMANCE with Activism?
29:10 Trump COOKED the UN
48:12 Q&A

Climate Realism Is HOT in the UK — The Climate Realism Show #174 Sep 23, 2025

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The media has started to notice that opposition to the “net zero” agenda is fueling a political revolution in Great Britain. POLITICO just ran a hit piece on The Heartland Institute and its climate science and policy presentation at a Reform UK party event this month. It treats as a scandal that Heartland UK/Europe has “held conversations with policymakers within Reform UK.”

Did that happen? You bet. And it’s long overdue for organized and effective pushback against climate alarmism and net zero madness.

On Episode #174 of The Climate Realism Show, we welcome back the indefatigable Lois Perry, director of Heartland UK/Europe and host of her new program The Lois Perry Show: A Bird’s Eye View. She’ll join Anthony Watts, H. Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely to talk about all that—and some of the craziest climate news of the week.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
4:23 Lois Perry on Charlie Kirk
8:00 Funerals Should Comply with Net Zero in UK
18:34 EV Disaster Update
31:24 We Will Never Have Paris (Climate Agreement)
45:28 Climate Realism Heats up in the UK
58:41 ADVISOR METALS!
1:01:56 Q&A

Britain Cooling on Global Warming — The Climate Realism Show #172 Sep 16, 2025

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A new poll out of the United Kingdom shows that Brits who think the dangers of global warming are exaggerated and phony has soared by 50 percent compared to four years ago. So it is also not a surprise that the Labour Party’s “net zero” agenda is increasingly hated by the British public, too. Is it just a coincidence that Heartland UK/Europe is now on the ground there pushing back at climate alarmism? Perhaps. But it’s also a fact that climate realism is a big part of the Reform UK party agenda, which was highlighted at a party event last week.

On Episode #172 of The Climate Realism Show, we bring back the indefatigable Lois Perry, director of Heartland UK/Europe and host of her own new show — The Lois Perry Show: A Bird’s Eye View — to talk about all that and some of the crazy climate news of the week. Join The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X.

Big Climate Strikes Back — The Climate Realism Show #172 Sep 05, 2025

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When five independent scientists dared to produce the first U.S. government report to reject the climate alarmist narrative, Big Climate vowed to strike back. And it has. This week, a group of 85 scientists released a rebuttal to the Department of Energy’s “Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” They condemned the report, writing that “no one should doubt human-caused climate change is real,” and attacked the work and motivations of the 2025 Climate Working Group authors: Judith Curry, John Christy, Steven Koonin, Ross McKitrick, and Roy Spencer. We will rebut their rebuttal on Episode 172 of The Climate Realism Show.

Join The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely, along with special guest Steve Milloy, as they hit this topic, cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week, and answer your questions.

National Academy of Sciences Goes to War Over CO₂ Aug 30, 2025

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The EPA is moving to rescind the 2009 “endangerment” finding that declared CO₂ a pollutant—supposedly dangerous to human health, well-being, and the planet. Now that the public comment period is open, the National Academy of Sciences is rushing activist scientists into action to defend it. The usual suspects—Michael Mann, Zeke Hausfather, and others—are already whining, while media allies like AP’s Seth Borenstein launch their own attacks.

In this episode of The Climate Realism Show, The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, H. Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely—joined by returning special guest Chris Martz—dig into the coming “NASty Gram” on CO₂ headed to the EPA. Chris brings his sharp, meteorology-based analysis to cut through the noise and spotlight the facts.

We also cover some of the week’s most outrageous climate news: claims that “deniers” are refusing to die from heat waves, a school district ditching electric buses to go back to gas because EVs can’t be repaired, and why climate change isn’t dooming your bananas.

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COVID Was the Test Run… Climate Lockdowns Are the Goal (Guest: Matthew Wielicki) — TCRS #170 Aug 22, 2025

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During COVID, power‑mad government officials around the globe shut down society to protect us from a contagious virus that killed a small percentage of those who got it. Restaurants, parks, and beaches were closed. Gatherings larger than what could fit in a phone booth were canceled. They even told us not to celebrate Thanksgiving with our loved ones for “the greater good.”

Today, power‑grabbers in Canada are banning hikers from the woods in the Maritimes and imposing enormous fines on those who dare set foot in their own public forests. Why? Because of the Canadian wildfires. And this kind of madness is just the beginning.

Join The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely — along with special guest Matthew Wielicki — to discuss the coming Climate Lockdowns. We will also cover some of the crazy climate news of the week, including rap music being used to raise climate awareness among the illiterate in Pakistan, the continued blackballing of non‑alarmist climate scientists, and how the road to Hell is being paved with green intentions.

Climate P🌍rn Is Evil – The Climate Realism Show #169 Aug 15, 2025

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A “1,000-year flood.” The hottest temperatures ever recorded! Wildfires “everywhere.” The legacy media and social platforms can’t stop peddling sensational “climate p0rn” — fear-based stories designed to shock, not inform. But behind the dramatic headlines lies a far different reality. This week, we pull back the curtain and show you the hard facts the alarmists leave out.

The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely dive into Crazy Climate News of the Week:
🌍 New evidence revealing just how high atmospheric CO₂ was during the age of dinosaurs
🌲 Are claims that climate change is making trees more flammable actually true?
⚠️ How the Climate Alarmist Industrial Complex works to crush science and common sense in public policy

The End of Official Climate Alarmism (Guest: Dr. Judith Curry) – The Climate Realism Show #167 Aug 14, 2025

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This is a historic week—historically catastrophic for climate alarmists who have bullied their way through every institution in the United States and around the world. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency formally announced, at long last, that it will repeal the so-called “Endangerment Finding” for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The EPA has determined that GHGs are not pollution and that their emissions from human activity do not pose a threat to human health. On the same day, Trump’s Department of Energy released a “critical review of impacts of GHG emissions on the U.S. climate.” This marks the first time ever that a climate report from the federal government can withstand scientific scrutiny, as it is based on actual science and data rather than politics or any particular agenda.

The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will be joined by Dr. Judith Curry, president of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN). Dr. Curry is one of America's most prominent climate scientists and a co-author of the Department of Energy’s critical review.

We will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week from around the world. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X, and we will answer your questions in the live chat.

IMPORTANT LINKS:
Here is a link to the report by Judith Curry, et. al:
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/DOE_Critical_Review_of_Impacts_of_GHG_Emissions_on_the_US_Climate_July_2025.pdf

And here is where you can leave comments on the report in the DOE Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOE-HQ-2025-0207-0001

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
4:26 Climate Planet Returns
10:29 Trump Blows Wind Away
19:59 Ticks Make You Not Eat Meat
27:22 Judith Curry & the New 'Official' Climate Report
1:01:50 Death Blow to Climate Alarmism
1:10:13 Audience Q&A

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