Blogspot iconBlogspotSep 9, 2026 ~1 min source read

A Rogues' Gallery of 'Net Zero' Apostates

"This is just the pure religious nature of the climate catastrophist movement. Now, countries like Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom are walking back their net-zero push.

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"This is just the pure religious nature of the climate catastrophist movement.

Now, countries like Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom are walking back their net-zero push.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz now says rules must "better align climate targets, market realities, companies and jobs." He also said, "It was quite simply a strategic mistake to phase out nuclear...

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"This is just the pure religious nature of the climate catastrophist movement. Now, countries like Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom are walking back their net-zero push. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz now says rules must "better align climate targets, market realities, companies and jobs." He also said, "It was quite simply a strategic mistake to phase out nuclear energy." No kidding.

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  • [bold added] I was glad Stossel interviewed Alex Epstein for this piece, since the good news he delivers deserves good analysis.
  • Epstein holds that we're in a better intellectual environment, but is quick to point out the fact that so many people who once pushed Net Zero seem to have memory-holed their past actions.
  • I wouldn't say climate catastrophism is dead, but it is in a real retreat worldwide, rather than just superficially looking that way in the United States because the curre...

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Here in America, I hear less climate fearmongering.

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