Stephen Hawking backs $100 Million Russian Effort to Build a Relativistic Space Probe

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The quest to send a physical probe to the nearest stars is heating up – renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking has teamed up with Russian billionaire…

Brazil Too Distracted by Internal Problems, to Ratify the Paris Climate Agreement?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Concerns are growing amongst greens, that climate and CO2 emissions reduction is taking a back seat in Brazil, because of a severe economic slowdown, and…

Environmentalists Going Nuclear on Pluto

Guest essay by James Wanliss Every technology has costs and benefits. Horses and oxen can draw carts but they also draw flies. Fire can cook food, but can also burn…

John Cook is cooking up more 97% consensus, while two papers refute his statistical sleights of hand

We’ve had the climate wars, now we have the consensus wars, and it appears Cook’s side and his publisher aren’t playing fair with the numbers, or with the review/rebuttal process.…

'Blind flying pig test' from climate model says islands will lack precipitation while being submerged by sea-level rise

From the University of Colorado at Boulder and “when pigs fly, climate models will capture all the missing details” department comes this oinker of a press release. Islands facing a…

Green EU Leader: People should Not be Allowed a Direct Vote on Some Issues

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Rebecca Harms, a senior member of the German Green Party, and co-President of a major Green Group in the European Parliament, thinks referendums, direct plebiscites,…