Monthly Archives: November 2011

Live Webcast of Waxman Markey circus

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Live here now:

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Bill McKibben: poster boy for FAIL

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

We told you so. Willis Eschenbach pointed out weeks ago how pointless and futile the McKibben driven 350.org protests about the XL pipeline were, because they did nothing to alter the fact that the oil would still be used, somewhere. … Continue reading →

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Leaked IPCC Draft: Climate Change Signals Expected To Be Relatively Small Over Coming 20-30 Years

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

It seems that according the early draft, CO2 induced climate change is going to take a backseat to natural variability. Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF The IPCC draft, which has found its way into my possession, contains … Continue reading →

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Linked: aerosol pollutants and rainfall patterns

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

From the University of Maryland Rising air pollution worsens drought, flooding, UMD-led study shows COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Increases in air pollution and other particulate matter in the atmosphere can strongly affect cloud development in ways that reduce precipitation in … Continue reading →

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The Fate of All Carbon

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Guest post by David Archibald The fate of all carbon is Davy Jones’ locker. Following the post on the imminent decline in world oil production and the effect that would have on agricultural operating costs at http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/10/27/peak-oil-now-for-the-downslope/, let’s have a … Continue reading →

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Slipping some “past the goalie” at RC

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein Seinfeld fans will remember how proud Kramer was when he thought he had slipped one past the goalie. Well, I’ve managed to slip a few comments onto RealClimate’s discusion of the Times Atlas “Greenland Meltdown” … Continue reading →

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The Waxman-Markey Circus is coming to town – Dr. Richard Muller to showcase BEST under the bigtop

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

You have to laugh at the dueling statements in this circus event, its almost like a fire and brimstone speech from Rep. Edward Markey, who thinks this will be the “End of Climate Change Skepticism” as if he were casting … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, politics | Tagged , , , , , , | 77 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only … Continue reading →

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Pacific Gas and Electric: not so climate smart after all

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

When you can’t sell this on the green left coast, you know its gotta fail worldwide. Gotta love this quote, one of the best denials of reality I’ve ever seen:

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The Texas ENSO Bassmaster Classic

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

A bit of a tiff developed over at Dr. Roger Pielke’s place over disagreements on the recent Texas heatwave being attributed to AGW or to ENSO. Bob Tisdale has something to say about that. Bob writes: “In one email, Roger referred … Continue reading →

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Finally Some Good News!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach As reported in the Guardian (so it must be true), we are treated to some great news: World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly … Continue reading →

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Short Splice, Long Splice

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach When I was a kid I had the great fortune to be taught to splice rope by a grandson of Richard Henry Dana. He taught me how to do a long splice and a short … Continue reading →

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IBD picks up my article on the US cooling trend

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Readers may recall earlier this week when I pointed out an inconvenient truth, the continental USA has no warming trend for the past decade, in fact it is cooling. And, going back 15 years, the data is flat. Investors business … Continue reading →

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“Without energy, life is brutal and short”

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Yesterday I had the honor of co-presenting a seminar with Dr. John Christy of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, when he visited Chico State University. He had relatives to visit in town but had asked to be able to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, energy | Tagged , , , | 149 Comments

Ocean temperatures can predict Amazon fire season severity

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

From the  NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center GREENBELT, Md. — By analyzing nearly a decade of satellite data, a team of scientists led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine and funded by NASA has created a model that can … Continue reading →

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Shock news: trees grow better in a warmer climate with more carbon dioxide

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

The geniuses at Columbia University’s Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory have discovered Liebigs Law of the Minimum. The tree researcher exclaims: “I was expecting to see trees stressed from the warmer temperatures,”…“What we found was a surprise.” Trees on Tundra’s Border … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – melon madness

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Josh writes: James Delingpole writes about The Linear No Threshold Hypothesis. It is a brilliant wheeze. By working out how many deaths are caused by a big amount of toxin you can work backwards and predict how many deaths a tiny … Continue reading →

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McIntyre on the Penn State fiasco

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Steve McIntyre writes about what many of us have been thinking about Penn State’s failures at investigating its own, such as the appearance of a whitewash investigation done about Dr. Michael Mann and Climategate. He writes: On the same day … Continue reading →

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Aurora Borealis and surface temperature cycles linked

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. writes about a new paper from Nicola Scafetta.: New Paper “A Shared Frequency Set Between The Historical Mid-Latitude Aurora Records And The Global Surface Temperature” By N. Scafetta 2011 A new paper has just appeared Nicola Scafetta … Continue reading →

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Mooney pulls a Muller

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Gee where have we seen this before? Chris Mooney issues a press release on his upcoming publication, then he wonders why people aren’t accepting it because the real publication isn’t done yet and all we have is a cover and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, politics | Tagged | 76 Comments

Only 52 days left, get on with the dying already

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Back in January 2007, we were admonished: “…you should remember this moment when you learned about this feedback loop-it is an existencial turning point in your life. “ Yes, I remember, only too well. In fact, here’s a reminder:

Posted in Alarmism, Climate FAIL, GLOC, media, Methane, ridiculae, satire | 116 Comments

New study shows temperature in Greenland significantly warmer than present several times in the last 4000 years

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Kobashi et al 2011 was just published in GRL, and it looks like it will be upsetting the paleoclimate apple cart. The conclusions of Kaufman et al 2009 look to be minimized in comparison to this much more complete study. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, glaciers, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 80 Comments

What Hath Kyoto Wrought?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The Kyoto Protocol is the quixotic attempt by some countries around the world to reduce each participating country’s CO2 emissions to their emission levels in 1990. Since CO2 emissions are a measure of the energy … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jeff Masters gets caught up in the full on media stupidity

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

The major winter storm in Alaska mentioned overnight on WUWT, while weaker than the previous record storm 1974, gets pegged as being “aided and abetted by global warming”: While the storm is weaker than the ’74 event, it appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, weather | Tagged , , | 81 Comments

Climate sensitivity- lowering the IPCC “fat tail”

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

By Dr. Pat Michaels at World Climate Report A new, lower estimate of climate sensitivity There is word circulating that a paper soon to appear in Science magazine concludes that the climate sensitivity—how much the earth’s average temperature will rise … Continue reading →

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