Dr. Michael Mann finally gets his comeuppance
(Professor Hockey Stick Resigns)/s
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/09/30/dr-michael-mann-finally-gets-his-comeuppance/
Excerpt:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
For years, Dr. Michael Mann has strutted across the climate stage with the air of an untouchable figure — a self-proclaimed champion of “science” who never missed an opportunity to brand his critics as “deniers,” drag them into court, or bask in the limelight of a sympathetic press.
But now, at long last, reality has tapped him on the shoulder. After less than a year as the University of Pennsylvania’s first Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action, Mann has been forced to resign. The reason? His own mouth.
According to The Daily Pennsylvanian, Mann stepped down after his partisan behavior clashed with Penn’s new policy of “institutional neutrality.” His resignation came on the heels of controversy surrounding his social media posts — including a since-deleted comment about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. That was enough to draw the attention of Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), who publicly pressed the university to act.
Recently, Mann reposted comments calling Charlie Kirk the “head of Trump’s Hitler Youth.”
“In a Sept. 29 announcement made on his personal website, Mann stated that his scientific advocacy work conflicts with Penn’s ‘established institutional neutrality policy.’ … Particularly at this moment in time, I don’t feel that I can forsake the public scholarship and advocacy that I am doing and have thus decided to step down from the VPC role.” — Michael Mann, quoted in the Daily Pennsylvanian
In other words, Mann wanted the perks of authority without the restraint of responsibility. When the university reminded him that administrators are supposed to represent everyone, not just his chosen cause, Mann packed up and left.
The great irony of Humpty’s, er, Mann’s Great fall
Mann’s entire career has been one long exercise in not practicing neutrality. From the infamous “hockey stick” graph that put him on the map, to his endless courtroom brawls against critics, Mann has thrived on confrontation.
He branded anyone skeptical of his graph as a “denier.”
He launched lawsuits against writers and scientists who dared to question him.
He relentlessly blurred the line between advocacy and science, portraying every disagreement as an attack on Truth itself.
Now, the man who spent decades accusing others of undermining science has been undone by his own inability to separate activism from scholarship. The irony is delicious.
.....Why this matters
Some might shrug and say, “So what? One professor lost an administrative title.” But this story matters for two reasons:
It reveals the rot in climate science: Mann’s career exemplifies how climate science has been overtaken by advocacy. The data is secondary to the narrative. Neutrality is impossible when the goal is political transformation, not understanding nature.
It shows that accountability still exists: Even in academia — a world that often shields its star activists — Mann’s antics finally crossed a line. Institutional neutrality was the one principle he couldn’t bulldoze.
In short, Mann’s fall from grace is a small but significant reminder that scientists-turned-activists don’t get a free pass forever.
Nations Rethink Plans for Brazil Climate Summit as Costs Soar
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/5-big-energy-stories-9302025
Excerpt:
30th UN COP on climate change will be in Belem, Brazil. To prep for the traffic, the government is laying asphalt across the host city. Destroying the Amazon jungle to host theatrics pretending to save the Amazon. The climate alarmist + UN racket in a nutshell.
Without the usual hundreds of millions in U.S. funding, UN organizers for the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil find themselves a little in the lurch on how to pay for all the profligate spending needed to ensure the global elites who attend these events are able to enjoy their usual levels of luxury throughout the event. Go figure.
Naturally, though, Bloomberg’s climate alarm-friendly writers couch the conundrum in the friendliest of language: “envoys from the countries most vulnerable to global warming are worried about their ability to take part in talks vital to their own future.” I swear, I laugh out loud every time I read that line. It’s pure genius from a woke alarmist point of view.
Key Excerpt: Accommodations in Belém are scarce and fetching high prices. Although organizers are redoubling efforts to secure more rooms, representatives of developing and at-risk countries say they’re considering scaling back their presence at this year’s event, which would reduce their visibility and negotiating power.
Evans Njewa, a Malawian official who chairs the Least Developed Countries Group on Climate Change, said that “a significant number of negotiators” from its 40-plus member states “may either not attend or only be present in Brazil for a few days” due to accommodation challenges, although countries are still exploring their options, he added.
Oh, the humanity!
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They can’t finance the climate fraud on their own, illustrating the fraud’s intent to steal from the US. Thank you President Trump for telling them to GFT.
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