The Climate Realism Show

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.

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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 hurricanes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

3. DATA CENTERS AND CLIMATE

THE GUARDIAN: Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report finds
https://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...

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Creators and Guests

Host
Anthony Watts
Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environmental policy at The Heartland Institute. He is also the founder and publisher of WattsUpWithThat.com, one of the most-read site on climate science and policy in the world.
Host
Jim Lakely
Vice President and Director of Communications at The Heartland Institute
Host
Linnea Lueken
Linnea Lueken is a Research Fellow with the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute. Before joining Heartland, Linnea was a petroleum engineer on an offshore drilling rig.

What is The Climate Realism Show?

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.