Jules de Waart, an 84-year-old former geologist, Dutch parliamentarian, civil servant, and physical geographer, discusses returning to climate topics after retirement and writing his skeptical book, "Crisis or Hoax," after an article was refused. He describes translating it to English using translation software and later joining the CO2 Coalition. Using geological and satellite-temperature slides, he argues Earth’s climate has long cycled through icehouse/greenhouse periods, the Holocene had earlier warm periods, and recent temperature spikes align with natural factors rather than CO2. He disputes claims of a strong scientific consensus, cites studies showing few papers explicitly quantify IPCC dominance, critiques alarmist messaging, and urges defending the scientific method and caution on geoengineering.

00:00 Meet Jules de Waart

02:49 Why He Wrote The Book

03:08 Research And Translation Process

06:13 Two Big Climate Questions

10:26 Deep Time Climate History

14:32 Holocene Warm Periods

18:25 IPCC 1990 And Hockey Stick

21:02 Satellites Spikes And Natural Drivers

25:43 Debunking The 97 Percent Consensus

30:59 Scary Messaging And White Lies

34:19 Is The Narrative Cracking

42:49 Power Politics And Global Reset Claims

49:00 Closing Advice And Scientific Method

Amazon link for “Crisis or Hoax?: Climate change in science, media and politics”: https://a.co/d/0hF1Dizd

Tilak Doshi: “This Book by a Dissenting Climate Scientist is the Perfect Red Pill for the Curious”: https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/this-book-by-a-dissenting-climate?publication_id=2241724

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Reporter Audrey Streb discusses joining the White House press pool for The Lion, aiming to ask energy-focused questions. Drawing on her work at the Daily Caller News Foundation, she argues corporate media fuels “climate doomsday” coverage by spotlighting supportive studies and ignoring contrary ones, and she outlines tactics like calling out bad data, highlighting underplayed leads, and framing stories for readers. She cites reporting on retracted climate research, sea-level findings, China’s coal use and its comments on EPA rule rollbacks, and national-security risks from Chinese solar inverters. Her questioning of EPA Administrator Zeldin helped spur Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ bill to block foreign adversaries from commenting on U.S. rulemaking. She also mentions Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund scrutiny, climate litigation “lawfare,” and trade-offs in wind/solar.

00:00 Meet Audrey Streb

00:38 Energy Reporter Origins

01:46 Climate Myth Machine

03:56 Calling Out Bad Data

05:53 China and Energy Security

09:04 Asking the Questions

14:19 Swampy Climate Funds

15:38 Tradeoffs of Wind Solar

21:01 White House Press Pool

23:35 Allies and Conferences

24:43 Scientists and Media Attacks

27:20 Who to Read Next

29:26 New Investigations Ahead

31:33 Climate Lawfare Explained

36:15 Grid Risks from China Tech

39:01 Will the Hysteria Return

41:17 Gas Prices and Politics

43:33 Closing Thoughts and Impact

https://x.com/AudreyLStreb

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Matt Ridley discusses an NIH invitation from Jay Bhattacharya to speak on scientific freedom and argues the COVID-19 pandemic was more likely caused by a lab leak than a natural spillover, citing Wuhan research on engineered sarbecoviruses, lack of an infected animal host, and alleged cover-ups. He says scientific institutions resisted debate, harming trust in science, and notes historical lab leaks and ongoing biosecurity and bioterrorism risks. Ridley also critiques overclaims about COVID measures and vaccines and connects pandemic-driven skepticism to climate debates. He then explains themes from his books on progress and on bird sexual selection, lekking, bowerbirds, and how female choice drives beauty, plus brief Darwin and family-history anecdotes.

00:00 NIH Invite and Lab Leak

01:08 Evidence and Coincidences

02:50 Establishment Pushback

04:49 Science Trust Fallout

07:00 History of Lab Leaks

08:34 Biosecurity and Terror Risk

10:32 Defining Gain of Function

11:57 Pandemic Cynicism and Policy

14:14 Climate Debate Parallels

18:44 Rational Optimist Progress

21:12 Neanderthals and Exchange

25:36 Gene Culture Coevolution

31:33 Bird Sex and Beauty Intro

33:56 Sexy Son Hypothesis

36:14 Sexual Selection vs Natural

37:10 Why Birds Look Beautiful

40:27 Wood Thrush Song Evolution

41:28 Bowerbirds Invent Art

43:26 Peacock Tail Debates

45:33 City Life Drives Evolution

47:47 Traffic and Telegraph Selection

51:42 Birds Are Poetry

53:18 Irish Elk Mega Antlers

56:25 Black Grouse Lek Video

58:13 Darwin Marries Cousin

01:00:45 Family Estate Through Centuries

01:03:59 Wrap Up and Invitation

https://x.com/mattwridley

https://www.mattridley.co.uk/blog/

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