Monthly Archives: December 2011

Enron Romm

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Most WUWT readers know Joltin Joe Romm by his trademark over the top rhetoric and his outright hatred of skeptics on parade every day at his Center for American Progress blog. Most of us have learned to ignore it, because … Continue reading →

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Global Warming and Walnut Trees: a Case Study in Deception

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Guest post by Dr. David Deming The science of global warming is allegedly “settled.” The American Physical Society has declared that “global warming is occurring” and that the “evidence is incontrovertible.” According to environmentalists and advocacy organizations, unchecked global warming … Continue reading →

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Don’t Tax Development, It Hurts The Poor

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I was reading an interesting article, paywalled sadly, called “Detecting Novel Associations in Large Data Sets“, by David N. Reshef et al. It describes a subtle method for detecting relationships in datasets. Their method is called … Continue reading →

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For “the team”, may the farce be with you

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Fenbeagle pens a masterpiece in the theme of The Empire Strikes Back. I loved this one: After watching Mann’s TEDx presentation, I think the above is the scene right before he augers in to the surface of the Death Star. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | Tagged | 41 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: We’ll fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips and stalks or switch grass. Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive … Continue reading →

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CO2 Sensitivity is Multi-Modal – All bets are off

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein A multi-modal probability distribution, such as the graphic below [from Schmittner 2011], cries out “MULTIPLE POPULATIONS”. Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (expected temperature increase due to a doubling of CO2 levels, all else being equal) is distinctly … Continue reading →

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Frank Lansner on Foster and Rahmstorf 2011

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

This is a repost from Lansner’s website, since Tamino aka Grant Foster won’t allow it to be discussed on his own website, I thought I’d give a forum for discussion here. – Anthony The real temperature trend given by Foster … Continue reading →

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Congressman Rohrabacher’s speech on climate issues

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

Remarks given by Mr. Rohrabacher of California on December 8, 2011 on the floor of the House, a matter of public record. Mr. Speaker, tonight, as a strong advocate of human progress through advancing mankind’s understanding of science and engineering, … Continue reading →

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Tallbloke to take to torts

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

I’ve received this email from Roger Tattersall’s attorney (known as a solicitor in England) with the request that I post it. I’m happy to do so. Please see in the letter where the legal fund is being setup. – Anthony … Continue reading →

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NASA checking TERRA/AQUA satellite observations against citizen observer ground reports

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

S.D. Maley writes of an interesting and somewhat surprising NASA program trying to fill in observation gaps where satellites are getting cloud cover wrong: NASA is in the process [1] of checking two satellites [2] against ground observer reports. Student … Continue reading →

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Durban Dementia

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A range of proxy records, supported by contemporaneous descriptions of the weather, all agree that the earth went through what is called the “Little Ice Age”. The coldest part seems to have been somewhere around … Continue reading →

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Post COP 17 – The Road to Nowhere

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

Guest post by Professor Will Alexander  Roadmaps The key word used during the COP 17 discussions was ‘roadmap’ used by the European Union delegation. The following is a map of my travels through southern Africa. My two principal destinations at … Continue reading →

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Polar bears becoming a problem in some Arctic towns – survey accuracy questioned

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

This interesting article shows the information and perception gap between scientists that do helicopter surveys of polar bears and the native people who co-exist in their presence.

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Comet Lovejoy survives a brush with Sol

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

From Physorg.com Comet Lovejoy was only discovered a couple of weeks ago. It was supposed to melt as it came so close to the sun that the temperatures would hit several million degrees. But astronomers watching live with NASA telescopes … Continue reading →

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A little security help for my friends

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

More than a couple of people have asked me about computer security in the last couple of days, especially after the Tallbloke raid incident.

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Don’t sell your coat!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

This guest post is well worth a read – Anthony Guest post by Harold Ambler What follows is an excerpt from my new book Don’t Sell Your Coat, available here: I want to examine the moral component of meteorological journalism. As … Continue reading →

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The IPCC gives me a shock

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Yesterday I did something that I never expected to get any results on. My lucky number 1029 paid off.

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Polar amplification works both ways

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Guest post by David Archibald When I started out in climate science in 2005, the prevailing view in the sceptic community was that carbon dioxide-caused global warming was real but it wouldn’t be anything as bad as it was painted … Continue reading →

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To the Guardian: You cannot make good public policy on mistaken premises

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Damian Carrington’s Environment Blog at the Guardian proclaims: Climate deal: A guarantee our children will be worse off than us. This myth —perhaps myth-take would be a better word—has been addressed previously at WUWT. … Continue reading →

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Congress suspends light bulb ban funding

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

UPDATE 2: 12/16/11 9AMPST It appears early reports were wrong, junkscience.com now reports that The deal agreed to in Congress merely deprives the Department oF Energy the funds to enforce the ban for 2012. The ban is still on the … Continue reading →

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EU carbon trading in freefall

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Looks just like what happened to the Chicago Carbon Exchange is about to repeat in Europe. Source: http://www.barchart.com/charts/futures/CKZ11 By Thomson Reuters Point Carbon LONDON | Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:01pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – EU carbon prices fell to their … Continue reading →

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UAH global temperature – holding steady in November

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

UAH Global Temperature Update for Nov. 2011: +0.12 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly for November, 2011 remained about the same as last month, at +0.12 deg. C (click on the image for … Continue reading →

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Register to become an expert reviewer for IPCC WG1

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Here’s an opportunity for input in the next IPCC report. I encourage all readers with relevant expertise to register. See link below. Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is pleased to announce that the … Continue reading →

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Josh on the skeptic computer raid

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

In case you haven’t heard, UK skeptic blogger “Tallbloke” has had his computers seized by Norfolk police looking for evidence of the intrepid “FOIA” leaker. Josh at Cartoons by Josh can always see humor, even when things look dark. He’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | 64 Comments

IPCC declares itself exempt from FOIA laws

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

From Bishop Hill, such a short story that it is difficult to excerpt, and given the importance, and the continuation reference to the story I broke on WUWT, I don’t think he’ll mind if I repost in entirety. He writes: … Continue reading →

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