The Climate Realism Show

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A weekly live show every Friday at 1 p.m. ET. The Heartland Institute's Anthony Watts, H. Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, host Jim Lakely, and special guests review the "Crazy Climate News of the Week" and the biggest stories on global climate and energy policy from a realist, not alarmist, point of view.

  1. 3d ago

    The Climate Regulations Driving Up Costs Across America - #212

    California may be only one state, but are its climate regulations effectively becoming national policy? In Episode #212 of The Climate Realism Show, host Andy Singer is joined by Linnea Lueken, Anthony Watts, and H. Sterling Burnett to break down how California’s climate and environmental regulations can affect consumers, businesses, and supply chains far beyond the state’s borders. The main story examines California rules targeting ships docked at the state’s massive ports, along with vehicle and equipment regulations that critics argue function as a “hidden climate tax” on Americans nationwide. With California ports handling a huge share of U.S. imports and the state’s enormous market influencing what manufacturers produce, how much power should one state have to shape the national economy? The panel also digs into several other major climate and energy stories: 🍔 Drive-Thru Climate Ban: Culver City is considering restrictions on new drive-through restaurants, with greenhouse-gas emissions, vehicle idling, air quality, and pedestrian-oriented development among the reasons cited. Is blocking new drive-throughs meaningful climate policy, or regulatory overreach? ⚖️ Climate Chapter Pulled: The National Academies of Sciences temporarily removed a climate-science chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence while reviewing concerns about how the chapter was developed and potential conflicts involving people connected to climate litigation. 🔥 Solar Fire Surge: UK fire-service data show incidents involving solar-panel systems increased sharply between 2022 and 2025, significantly faster than the growth in installations. Are subsidies and aggressive deployment targets outpacing installation quality, inspections, and fire-safety standards? 🚢 California’s National Reach: From cargo ships and port infrastructure to cars, engines, and equipment, the panel examines whether California is simply exercising authority granted under federal law or using its economic power to impose de facto national regulations without a national vote. In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    The Climate Regulations Driving Up Costs Across America - #212

  2. Aug 7

    The Muppets Mouth Climate Propaganda — The Climate Realism Show #21

    There is no let-up in the culture’s attempt to scare our kids about climate change. The latest development is a segment on Sesame Street to teach kids not to be scared of extreme weather. The producers deny it’s a political climate message, but even The New York Times doesn’t buy that. On Episode 211 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely … will also cover some other Crazy Climate News of the Week. Will the “gold bars” thrown off the Titanic as Biden’s EPA staffers were leaving end up in the hands of grifters after all? Speaking of well-connected climate activist nonprofit groups, many are raking in millions in foreign funds every year. And a prominent UK newspaper says it’s time for Britain to abandon Net Zero. Is this a tipping point for that ruinous policy? Join us Friday at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook. Participate in the show by leaving your comments and questions in the chat. Visit our sponsor, Advisor Metals: https://climaterealismshow.com/metals SHOW NOTES 1. EPA ‘GOLD BARS’ RESURFACE NYTIMES: Appeals Court Says E.P.A. Cannot Block Billions in Climate Grantshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/climate/epa-climate-grants-appeals-court.html 2. FOLLOW THE FOREIGN MONEY FOX NEWS: Watchdog unleashes database to expose 'loopholes' as $5B in foreign cash floods US nonprofitshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/watchdog-unleashes-database-expose-loopholes-5b-foreign-cash-floods-nonprofits 3. MUPPETS MOUTH CLIMATE PROPAGANDANYTIMES: Extreme Weather Brings Fierce Winds, and Gentle Hugs, to Sesame Street https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/climate/sesame-street-storm-climate-change.html 4. NET ZERO IS LOST IN UK?THE TELEGRAPH UK: We’ve lost the war against climate change. Time to scrap net zero. – The lanyard class should have known better than to believe it could re-engineer the world from Whitehall. https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/07/30/uk-telegraph-editor-throws-in-the-climate-towel-weve-lost-the-war-against-climate-change-time-to-scrap-net-zero/ In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    The Muppets Mouth Climate Propaganda — The Climate Realism Show #21

  3. Aug 1

    Climate Scientist Fired. Was It For Countering the Narrative? — The Climate Realism Show #210

    One of Denmark’s most internationally recognized climate researchers, Dr. Henrik Svensmark, was just sacked from his long-time position at the Technical University of Denmark. Unlike many climate scientists, Svensmark conducted actual science experiments, and his work on the effects cosmic rays and clouds have on the climate was leading edge. He was fired after years of moves that look like they were purposely trying to push him out. What happened? Is it because his work didn’t support the alarmist climate narrative? We will have Dr. Svensmark on the program to get the story directly from him. On Episode 210 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely and Henrik Svensmark will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week. Is climate change ruining summers for kids? Can wind farms help real farms? Is the best way to fight Net Zero through comedy? Join us Friday at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook. Participate in the show by leaving your comments and questions in the chat. Visit our sponsor, Advisor Metals: https://climaterealismshow.com/metals SHOW NOTES: 1. WHY WAS SVENSMARK FIRED?WUWT: Henrik Svensmark Fired by his Universityhttps://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/2... 2. NO MORE SUMMER FUNNPR: Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer breakhttps://www.npr.org/2026/07/26/nx-s1-... 3. WIND FARMS HELPING REAL FARMS?THE PULSE: Farmers placed a wind turbine in a cornfield and discovered it was changing the crops by unexpectedly drying dewhttps://www.ecoportal.net/en/farmers-... 4. BEATING NET ZERO WITH COMEDY X: ARTIFICIAL IDIOTShttps://x.com/MorEdge_Insight/status/... In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    Climate Scientist Fired. Was It For Countering the Narrative? — The Climate Realism Show #210

  4. Jul 24

    Blame Canada! Smoky Skies and Climate Change — The Climate Realism Show #209

    Wildfires in Canada have become a major story in the US because the smoke from those fires have traveled a very long way, covering the skies of cities in the Upper Midwest as far south as Chicago, over nearly all of Michigan, and to major population centers in the Northeast. Much media coverage blames the fires on human-caused climate change. But what does the actual data say? On Episode 209 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely Heartland UK/Europe’s Lois Perry will debunk some myths about the fire and also talk about other Crazy Climate News of the Week. The UK is poised to turn off people’s heat pumps right when they need them in the cold of winter. Are rolling blackouts coming to the US because of over-reliance on so-called “green” energy? And we’ll look at how much typhoons hate solar power. Join us Friday at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook. Participate in the show by leaving your comments and questions in the chat. Visit our sponsor, Advisor Metals: https://climaterealismshow.com/metals Heartland UK/Europe: https://heartlandukeu.org/ SHOW NOTES: 1. CANADA WILDFIRE ANALYSISAMERICAN THINKER: Smokey skies does not mean global warminghttps://www.americanthinker.com/blog/... An interactive map from NASA showing the status of the fires as of right now.https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/... 2. NO-HEAT PUMPS IN UKTHE TELEGRAPH (via WUWT): Heat pump households face winter rationing threat: Energy suppliers could remotely turn down heating in people’s homes under Labour planshttps://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/2... 3. ROLLING BLACKOUTS COMING?REUTERS: Grid operator in US central states warns of potential rolling blackoutshttps://www.reuters.com/business/ener... MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN: Rolling Blackouts Hit New Yorkhttps://www.manhattancontrarian.com/b... 4. TYPHOONS HATE SOLAR POWER JO NOVA: Typhoon Bavi strikes solar parks in China giving a new meaning to “distributed energy”https://joannenova.com.au/2026/07/typ... Linnea discusses geothermal energy:  • Is Geothermal the Perfect Energy Source?   In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    Blame Canada! Smoky Skies and Climate Change — The Climate Realism Show #209

  5. Jul 17

    Giant Bond Villain Space Mirror Approved by Feds — The Climate Realism Show #208

    How many Bond villain schemes can climate alarmists come up with? Apparently one every month or so. The latest scheme to “save the planet” and help make solar installations viable at night is to put giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight down on earth during the night. And the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, amazingly, just gave that idea the go-ahead. On Episode 207 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely will talk about that Crazy Climate News of the Week. We will also cover the huge conflict of interest Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has for an important upcoming climate case, the “climate score scam” that harms the value of your home, and will the political success of socialists in the United States put the Green New Deal back on the table? Join us Friday at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook. Participate in the show by leaving your comments and questions in the chat. Visit our sponsor, Advisor Metals: https://climaterealismshow.com/metals In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    Giant Bond Villain Space Mirror Approved by Feds — The Climate Realism Show #208

  6. Jul 10

    Trump Restoring Real Climate Science — The Climate Realism Show #207

    For many years, the U.S. Global Change Research Program has been a font of climate alarmist propaganda instead of a federal department focused on science. That is now changing. The Trump administration, which shut down the office, is reopening it under new management with a real scientist who is not a climate doomer: friend of the show Matt Wielicki. On Episode 207 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely welcome guest Isaac Orr one of the “Energy Bad Boys.” We will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including: how opponents of AI data centers are using climate alarmist arguments, the EU ending its fatwa on livestock, and a crazy idea to try to steer hurricanes. Join us Friday at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook. Participate in the show by leaving your comments and questions in the chat. Visit our sponsor, Advisor Metals: climaterealismshow.com/metals GUEST: Isaac Orr. Check out his links:https://www.aoenergy.org/https://energybadboys.substack.com/ SHOW NOTES 1. CHANGE AT CLIMATE CHANGE OFFICE POLITICO: The administration has a new climate change office. It’s headed by a climate critic.https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07... 2. CAN WE STEER HURRICANES? USA TODAY: Scientists mull controversial plan to steer hurricaneshttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w... 3. DATA CENTERS AND CLIMATE THE GUARDIAN: Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report findshttps://www.theguardian.com/environme... 4. EU LIKES LIVESTOCK AGAIN POLITICO: The EU’s paradigm shift on cows: Europe’s plan to support livestock farmers recasts a climate problem as a strategic asset.https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-li... In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    Trump Restoring Real Climate Science — The Climate Realism Show #207

  7. Jun 26

    We’re Winning! Climate Alarmism Is Losing Its Grip

    Is the media’s nonstop climate panic finally losing steam? Major outlets are scaling back climate coverage. The Washington Post fired 13 Climate Desk reporters, NPR disbanded its climate desk, Politico is folding E&E News into its main operation, and the latest UN climate negotiations in Germany saw the fewest journalists in attendance in more than a decade. Are these signs that climate realism is winning the debate, or just a temporary lull before the alarmists regroup? On Episode #206 of The Climate Realism Show, The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, H. Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely welcome Anika Sweetland of the CO2 Coalition to discuss the latest signs of momentum for climate realism. We’ll also cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including:- A UN plan to tax global shipping and aviation over greenhouse gas emissions- Claims that climate change is ruining our sleep- How China is exploiting the global climate agenda for economic warfare In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    We’re Winning! Climate Alarmism Is Losing Its Grip

  8. Jun 12

    Godzilla El Niño is Coming! — The Climate Realism Show #205

    Ocean temps are rising in the tropical Pacific Ocean, a natural and regular phenomenon called El Niño. Climate modelers say this year's could be one of the biggest ever, and some have nicknamed it "Godzilla El Niño!" That's a fun name, but what can we expect in this El Niño cycle? The Climate Realism Show's Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and special guest Lois Perry will talk about that.    We will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including: global airlines giving up on their always absurd NetZero by 2050 goal, giant fire tornadoes to clean up oil spills, Democrats backing off their pledges to stop oil and gas in the face of higher fuel costs, and will Trump's Endangerment Finding repeal soon also apply to power plants?   Join us Friday at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook. Participate in the show by leaving your comments and questions in the chat.   Visit our sponsor, Advisor Metals: https://climaterealismshow.com/metals In The Tank broadcasts LIVE every Thursday at 12pm CT on on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Tune in to have your comments addressed live by the In The Tank Crew. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode. See you there! Climate Change Roundtable is LIVE every Friday at 12pm CT on The Heartland Institute YouTube channel. Have a topic you want addressed? Join the live show and leave a comment for our panelists and we'll cover it during the live show!

    Godzilla El Niño is Coming! — The Climate Realism Show #205
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A weekly live show every Friday at 1 p.m. ET. The Heartland Institute's Anthony Watts, H. Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, host Jim Lakely, and special guests review the "Crazy Climate News of the Week" and the biggest stories on global climate and energy policy from a realist, not alarmist, point of view.

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  • Creator
    The Heartland Institute
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2026
  • Episodes
    221
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