America Out Loud Features Canary in a Climate World
A closer look at the contributors, themes, and ideas behind the book
The following article was recently published by America Out Loud and written by Tom Harris, Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition Canada and co-editor of Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth.
In 1896, long before electronic detectors could sense danger in the air, miners descended into the earth with only their lamps, their courage, and a single fragile guardian. The tunnels were silent except for the scrape of boots and the faint, trembling song of a canary. That tiny voice was the only thing standing between life and the invisible poisons lurking in the dark.
Coal mines were treacherous labyrinths where carbon monoxide drifted like a ghost—odorless, colorless, and merciless. Men could be laughing one moment and collapsing the next. But the canary, with its rapid heartbeat and delicate lungs, felt the danger first. As the poisonous gas built up, its song would eventually twist into a thin, broken note. Its wings would tremble. And in that instant, every miner knew the truth: death was rising in the air.
They would drop their tools and run, guided by the fading echo of the bird that had just saved them.
For decades, these bright yellow sentinels stood watch in the shadows, their cages hanging beside pickaxes and helmets. Only in 1986, when modern machines finally replaced them, were the canaries relieved of their grim duty.
Today, the phrase “canary in a coal mine” still carries that haunting legacy — a warning whispered before disaster strikes. And the disaster about to hit Western societies right now is the destruction of our way of life because of the imaginary threat of human-caused climate change.
Employing the “canary in a coal mine” meme and following his other books about expert “canaries” singing out about the problems with politically-correct, but scientifically-flawed COVID narratives, C. H. Klotz has created another masterpiece, this time focused on debunking the climate scare. The book, “Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth,” was released worldwide on Amazonon May 23, 2026, in hardcover, paperback, and eBook formats, the latter at $9.99. Edited by Klotz and co-edited by Professor Ian Clark and myself, “Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth,” contains chapters written by dozens of experts from across disciplines, from the hard sciences to the arts. It challenges key assumptions surrounding the climate change and Net Zero narrative and has already soared to a number one best seller in public policy on Amazon!
Although the thirty-nine chapters in the book are written primarily by experts in the US and Canada, each country contributing about a dozen authors, we also find commentaries from professionals in Australia, Denmark, the UK, Austria, and even Israel and India. As one would naturally expect in a book about climate change, most of the contributions are from physical scientists, people such as Professor Clark, the 2022 Nobel Prize winner in physics, John Clauser, atmospheric physicist Richard Lindzen of MIT, physicist William Happer of Princeton University, and Patrick Moore, a Canadian ecologist who co-founded Greenpeace.
But you will also find chapters written by people such as Professor Michael Rectenwald, author and former professor of liberal studies at New York University, Dr. Angus Dalgleish,Professor of Oncology at St George’s, University of London, and Sam Dubé, a Canadian medical doctor and mathematician. Klotz even has a contribution from former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Professor Ramesh Thakur. Klotz explains in the introduction:
“Within this book, contributors examine not only the science but also the broader context. They explore natural drivers of climate variability, the limitations of current models, the role of energy systems including nuclear power, the economic impact of policy decisions, and the psychological and societal dimensions of how climate is communicated.”
This wide range of backgrounds of the authors means that there is something in “Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth” that will appeal to every reader, whether scientifically inclined or not.
Two chapters that particularly stood out for me were those by meteorologist Anthony Watts, the founder of Watts Up With That and a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute, and Conrad Black, historian, author, columnist, and former publisher of The Telegraph in the United Kingdom.
Watts’ chapter is an easy-to-understand summary of the unreliability of the U.S. surface temperature record. He describes the findings of his 2009 Surface Stations investigation, which found serious problems with NOAA’s temperature datasets, especially the inappropriate sitings of temperature sensors close to heat sources such as buildings, asphalt, air-conditioning exhausts, and industrial equipment, and other causes of contamination. The 2009 report showed that over 90% of USHCN stations failed NOAA’s own siting requirements.
Watts then goes on to discuss what he found in his new 2022 survey, in which he concludes the situation has not improved—it has worsened. He explains, “The 2022 resurvey examined 127 stations across the continental U.S., photographing sites and comparing their siting against NOAA’s own siting standards, which require 100 ft separation from artificial heat sources. **Key Result: 96.1% of surveyed stations violate NOAA siting standards.”
Watts points out that NOAA refrains from using the new, far more accurate pristine U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) data for official monthly climate reports, even though USCRN shows little to no warming since its inception (2005–present).
I particularly appreciate how Watts clearly explains why nighttime temperatures, not generally speaking those during the day, are rising. He does not pull his punches, concluding point-blank: “The published U.S. temperature trends are unreliable.”
Conrad Black’s chapter, “It’s Time to End the Climate Insanity – Climate Alarmism Driven By Fanatics, Not Facts,” is an historical and literary magnum opus. He traces the origins of the climate scare, the marginalization of scientists and other experts who disagreed with the official climate narrative, and clearly shows the consequences of climate activism gone wild. Black explains:
“…the conservation movement was suddenly displaced by the international left, … they took over the environmental bandwagon and converted it into a battering ram against capitalism in the name of saving the planet.
“Historians will wonder why the West made war on its own standard of living in pursuit of a wild fantasy, and no immediate chance of accomplishing anything useful…It is insane. Canada should help lead the patient back to sanity.”
Klotz concludes the introduction to “Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth.”
“The canary once served as an early warning in the coal mines. Today, these Canaries are doing the same.
“These Canaries are speaking.
“The question is whether we are prepared to listen and to examine the evidence with an open mind.”
Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth is a book for everyone concerned about the future of our civilization. Get your copy on Amazon here..
