Category Archives: Climate News Roundup

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Quote of the Week: “I have received, monsieur, your new book against the human race. I thank you for it…no one has ever employed so much intellect in the attempt to prove us beasts. A desire seizes us to walk … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Quote of the Week: “…it is an established rule of the Society, to which they will always adhere, never to give their opinion as a Body upon any subject either of Nature or Art, that comes before them. The ‘advertisement’ … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

  Quote of the Week:“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons history has to teach.”- Aldous Huxley – – – – – – – – – – … Continue reading →

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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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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “If you think that science is certain-well that’s just an error on your part.” Richard Feynman [H/t Daniel Botkin, WSJ] – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Continue reading →

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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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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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Weekly climate and energy news roundup

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

On the Road Again: Fred Singer will be speaking at the Santa Fe Conference on Tuesday morning immediately following Richard Muller of the BEST project. Singer’s comments will raise some issues concerning the BEST findings. Schedule Of Presentations At The … Continue reading →

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Weekly energy and climate news roundup

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: ‘Oil and gas will be important for the next few years. But we need to go on to green and alternative energy. [Energy] Secretary [Steven] Chu has assured me that within five years, we can have … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Weather News Roundup

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “We concluded that the technical support document that accompanied EPA’s endangerment finding is a highly influential scientific assessment and thus required a more rigorous EPA peer review than occurred. EPA did not certify whether it complied … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on September 25, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “Can We Really Call Climate Science A Science?” Paul Roderick Gregory – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Number of the Week: 140 decades – – … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “That letter is a criminal act against science, against open inquiry. Not only is the world in the hands of intellectual children, they are warring against real science, whose main pillar is open inquiry” by Claes-Göran … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Weather Roundup

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “Why should we have anybody spend money on a program that nobody’s thought through?” – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Number of the Week: 141,200 … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “By a small sample, we may judge of the whole piece.” Miguel de Cervantes from Don Quixote – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Number of … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “… there’s the social dominance orientation of conservatives, who see social life as following the law of the jungle. One’s choice is to dominate or be dominated, that is the natural order of things. Such folk … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: It is scientists, not sceptics, who are most willing to consider explanations that conflict with their own. And far from quashing dissent, it is the scientists, not the sceptics, who do most to acknowledge gaps in … Continue reading →

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Weekly Weather and Climate News Roundup

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “From the household perspective, reductions in energy expenditures act like a tax cut for the Pennsylvania economy, increasing discretionary income.” Penn State report on natural gas from shale. – – – – – – – – … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

Fred Singer will be spreading the joyous news that humanity and the environment do not face eminent destruction. The claim of unprecedented and dangerous global warming is scientifically false. Fred’s tentative itinerary includes talks at the following times and locations: … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Fred Singer will be spreading the joyous news that humanity and the environment do not face eminent destruction. The claim of unprecedented and dangerous global warming is scientifically false. Fred’s tentative itinerary includes talks at the following times and locations: … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “Urgent and unprecedented environmental and social changes challenge scientists to define a new social contract… a commitment on the part of all scientists to devote their energies and talents to the most pressing problems of the … Continue reading →

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Weekly climate and energy news roundup

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Restoring the Scientific Method is the theme of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-6), Sponsored by the Heartland Institute. It will take place in Washington, DC from breakfast Thursday, June 30, to noon Friday, July 1, at the … Continue reading →

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Climate and Energy News Roundup June 19th

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Restoring the Scientific Method is the theme of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-6), Sponsored by the Heartland Institute. It will take place in Washington, DC from breakfast Thursday, June 30, to noon Friday, July 1, at the … Continue reading →

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Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

  Quote of the Week: “… and my error has been a good lesson to me never to trust in science to the principle of exclusion.” The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, p 15 [H/t Paul Macrae] – – – – … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

SAVE THE DATE: “Restoring the Scientific Method” is the title of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-6). Sponsored by the Heartland Institute. It will take place in Washington, DC from breakfast Thursday, June 30, to noon Friday, July … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Several readers of last week’s TWTW commented that TWTW may be giving too much credit to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and others, by … Continue reading →

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