Yet to arrive in Ed's world

Climate researcher Judith Curry says the era of ‘climate stupidity’ is done and declares victory

As media outlets shut down their climate desks, corporations retreat from climate targets, and polls of voters show they rate climate change lowest on their priorities, critics of the “climate crisis” narrative are saying it may be time to move on.

American climatologist Dr. Judith Curry on Tuesday announced that she would no longer maintain her influential blog, “Climate Etc.”

“It’s time to declare victory against climate stupidity and move on,” said in her final post. The reelection of President Donald Trump came with an overall shift in the political landscape regarding climate and energy issues. Since then, major media outlets shut down their climate desks, corporations are easing back on emission-reduction targets, and polls consistently show the public rates climate change low on their list of priorities.

Some figures like Curry who disputed the “climate crisis” narrative — often in the face of vitriol from those who support it — are now saying their efforts paid off and an era of climate hysteria is coming to an end.


Andrew Burnham doesn't come across as the kind of chancer who would notice the failure of Net Zero, shift his position and shift Ed Miliband at the same time, but who knows?

Ed Miliband's climate fanaticism may be crazy and his craziness may have to end eventually, but politically it has served him well. 

Of course he is just a little crazy, poor sweet, but it is a very profitable kind of craziness, so one need not drench oneself in tears about it. One of the secrets of a successful life is to know how to be a little profitably crazy.’

Josephine Tey - To Love and Be Wise (1950)