Monthly Archives: November 2011

Google abandons renewable energy projects

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

This is telling. From this Reuters article, news that Google has decided that seven projects just don’t pencil out as planned, and alternate energy is one that doesn’t. So much for the “cheaper than coal” meme they were pushing. Not … Continue reading →

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World Bank, Global Warming, Journals, and CRU

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Gail Combs writes in comments: Oh, BOY ~ I think I may have struck GOLD! Do not forget Friday Mukamperezida: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/09/25/they-had-to-burn-the-village-to-save-it-from-global-warming/ At http://foia2011.org I searched for worldbank.org and found 32 e-mails going back as far as 1998. I have only … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 125 Comments

Supermandia and the most supersilly Climategate rebuttal ever

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

I just got a nauseating email release from The Daily Climate that said: DailyClimate.org is pleased to offer two opinion pieces by notable climate scientists commenting on the recent release of the climate  science emails. Get a load of this … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week- Climategate 2.0 reaction to Mann’s errors: “not honest”

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

The website Gore Lied wrote: …he also actually pondered, “how do we avoid sounding religious or arrogant?”, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

Posted in Climategate | Tagged , , , , , , , | 86 Comments

John L. Daly’s message to Mike Mann and The Team

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Ric Werme writes in comments: When I realized the Climategate 2009 Emails went back many years, one of the first things that occurred to me was there might be Emails from John Daly. He died before I became involved in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 85 Comments

Mr. David Palmer Explains The Problem

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Whoever took the Climategate emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia (UEA) are certainly playing the long game. Two whole years they waited before publishing the second group of … Continue reading →

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McKitrick’s new paper: “What is Wrong With the IPCC? Proposals for Radical Reform.”

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Dr. Ross McKitrick writes in an email tonight: I am pleased to announce the release of my new report for the UK-based Global Warming Policy Foundation entitled “What is Wrong With the IPCC? Proposals for Radical Reform.” The Hon. John … Continue reading →

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Al Gore’s global warming claims on Kilimanjaro glacier – finally dead and buried in the Climategate 2.0 emails – even Phil Jones and Lonnie Thompson don’t believe it

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Al Gore said in his AIT bag of BS that Mount Kilimanjaro was losing its snow/ice cover due to global warming. Here’s the Transcript of “An Inconvenient Truth”: Effects of Global Warming And now we’re beginning to see the impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | Tagged , , , , , , , | 60 Comments

Kenneth Trenberth on Nobel and religion at Christmas

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

0462.txt (h/t to Rog Tallbloke) date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:58:09 -0700 from: Kevin Trenberth subject: The first Nobel and other Christmas greetings to: IPCC-group Seasons greetings to you all, my fellow Nobel Laureates (even if we did not get … Continue reading →

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Cracking the remaining FOIA2011 all.7z file

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

There’s an embedded archive file called all.7z which contains thousands of additional emails and files. The 7zip archiver in which this is stored uses 256 bit AES encryption. It’s a tough nut to crack. “FOIA” chose this most likely because … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 244 Comments

Climategate 2.0 the sequel – they’re baaaack

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Josh just couldn’t keep his brush away from this one…

Posted in Climategate, Humor, satire | 33 Comments

Climategate 2.0: Phil Jones and Tom Wigley – calling a scientist “the jerk” over his UHI discoveries in California

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

I’ve not had time to read through all these emails, but this one really, really Stick in my craw. Dr. Phil Jones and Dr. Tom Wigley respond to this graph published in BAMS in 1996: This is from Goodridge 1996 … Continue reading →

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Climategate 2.0 – NCDC: “Mr. Watts gave a well reasoned position”

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

It seems I’m in a number of the Climategate 2.0 emails. Here’s a couple. The first one confirms to me that this batch is absolutely real, because Thomas Peterson is responding to a joint radio interview I did with him … Continue reading →

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Climategate 2.0 emails – They’re real and they’re spectacular!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

A link to where to download the new FOIA2011.zip file is posted below the fold – This will be a top post for a few days -NEW STORIES APPEAR BELOW THIS ONE -I’ve also reversed the order of the updates … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Kenneth forms southwest of Baja

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Late season Hurricane Kenneth forms in the eastern Pacific Click image above to animate the most current loop The hurricane season in the eastern Pacific isn’t over and Hurricane Kenneth serves as a reminder that the season ends November 30. … Continue reading →

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Oyster crisis: Yale 360 eco-activist author Elizabeth Grossman wrong again about ocean acidification

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

I remember during my tour of Australia last year, when our talk was rudely interrupted by the king of reef madness, Ove Hugh-Guldberg, my co-presenter David Archibald quipped from the dais, paraphrasing Samuel Johnson, that “ocean acidification is the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, oceans | Tagged , , , , , , , | 116 Comments

GMU on climate scientists: we are the 97%

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

More Durban PR ramp-up, this time from GMU, recycling old news and old claims. Widespread Public Misperception about Scientific Agreement on Global Warming Undermines Climate Policy Support FAIRFAX, Va.-People who believe there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s Susan Solomon, still pushing that 2 degrees in spite of limited options

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

From the University of Exeter , more Durban PR rampup: Limited options for meeting 2°C warming target, warn climate change experts We will only achieve the target of limiting global warming to safe levels if carbon dioxide emissions begin to … Continue reading →

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Carbon, on the uptake

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

From the University of Bristol Carbon cycling was much smaller during last ice age than in today’s climate Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most important greenhouse gases and the increase of its abundance in the atmosphere by … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , , | 85 Comments

Don’t mock the Monck

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Apparently, Monckton is a member of the House of Lords, according to constitutional lawyer in England. I don’t have a dog in this fight, I’m just in it for the popcorn sales. That said, here’s the plot summary. A lot … Continue reading →

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Duking It Out With Foreign Investors

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, has spoken out about windmills, and he’s not happy at all. Chris Huhne, the UK Energy Secretary, has said that people who oppose windmills are “curmudgeons … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 228 Comments

Shades of Foster Grant

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Tamino Misses The Point And Attempts To Distract His Readers By Bob Tisdale The obvious intent of my recent post “17-Year And 30-Year Trends In Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies: The Differences Between Observed And IPCC AR4 Climate Models” was to illustrate … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling | Tagged , , , , , , , | 81 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is … Continue reading →

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The Odd Omission in IPCC’s Summary for Policy Makers for SREX on Extreme Weather and Climatic Events

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

Guest post by Indur M. Goklany One of the major reasons why extreme weather events are of abiding interest to both the public and policy makers is the potential loss of life that they can cause. Imagine, therefore, writing a … Continue reading →

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Santer’s “17 years needed for a sign of climate change” compared against the IPCC models

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

I recently covered a press release from Dr. Ben Santer where it was claimed that: In order to separate human-caused global warming from the “noise” of purely natural climate fluctuations, temperature records must be at least 17 years long, according … Continue reading →

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