Category Archives: local_issues

Sustainability runs amok in my town, part 3

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Readers may recall my first and second entry on my town’s “sustainability task force” a couple of years ago. It has gotten so bad here that I made it an April Fools Joke in 2010. This editorial in the Chico … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, local_issues, Opinion | Tagged , , , , , , , | 70 Comments

My town’s Climate Action Protest- I get to be “zombietime”

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

WUWT readers may know of the famous zombietime.com where an anonymous photographer captures some of the bizarre things that happen at protests in SFO and Berkeley.  Today on the campus of Chico State University, a protest of sorts was held, … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, local_issues, ridiculae, satire | Tagged , , | 113 Comments

Denied: California Green School’s charter revoked

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

This is a story about a charter school in my town of Chico, CA that had its charter revoked last night by the school board. I used to serve on that board, and I would have voted to pull the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, local_issues | 82 Comments

Quote of the Week – rubbishing peer review

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Here I am, minding my own business, looking at my local newspaper, and just reading what is happening locally. Then, out pops this profound quote of the week that is just gobsmacking. The first line of the story starts out … Continue reading →

Posted in local_issues, peer review | Tagged , | 94 Comments

“Sustainability” continues to run amok in my town

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

I’ve written about this before. We have a group of citizens here in town called the “sustainability task force” which is highly influenced by the eco-zealotry of Chico State University pushing their ideas of how everyone should live onto the … Continue reading →

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The season of disinvitation continues: Chico State University can’t handle a slideshow

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

I wrote back on September 28th about how Dr. Roger Pielke Senior and Dr. Bob Carter had been invited to present their views on climate science, then after the organizers found out what might be discussed, redacted the invitations to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, local_issues, politics | 161 Comments

A shift of wind

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

Where I live on the outskirts of Chico, I have an almost constant supply of wind. I’ve considered a wind turbine as a way of getting closer to being “off-grid” so that I don’t have to pay PG&E the exorbitant … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, energy, local_issues, Technology | 144 Comments

Diane Feinstein: turbidity denier?

Posted on August 22, 2009 by

There was an interesting story in the Las Vegas Journal Review on August 20th. which had a passage and quote from California Senator Diane Feinstein (emphasis mine): Both U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Ensign announced that they and other … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, climate_change, local_issues, measurement, politics, Science | 103 Comments

Gore’s “WE” campaign cap n’ trade call to action

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

I was recently forwarded this email from Al Gore’s WE Repower America website. They have a call to action based on their belief that a majority of Americans support carbon “cap and trade”, even though recent Gallup polls suggest Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, carbon credits, local_issues | 68 Comments

“Sustainability” runs amok in my town of Chico

Posted on November 1, 2008 by

About two years ago I was asked by my local city councilman Larry Wahl to serve on the city of Chico “sustainability task force”. I was initially enthusiastic, but the talk soon turned away from alternative energy solutions that I … Continue reading →

Posted in local_issues, politics | 203 Comments

Global Warming to Shake Up Big Ten

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

Posted by John Goetz Jim Nichols of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote an article this past Tuesday (September 16) that has gotten the attention of Ohio State and Michigan fans around the country: Global warming could send buckeye trees to … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff, local_issues | 31 Comments

A note to longtime readers of this blog – the demise of an old friend

Posted on September 5, 2008 by

Many of you who have been with me from the start will recall fondly the day I was annointed to “holy” status by our local alternate weekly, The Chico Beat. Hey, I’m a reverend! This came about because they had … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, local_issues | 23 Comments

Global Warming Destroying Dublin’s Infrastructure

Posted on September 2, 2008 by

More Signs of the Apocalypse (Posted by John Goetz) From the Belfast Telegraph, Sunday, 31 August 2008: Expert called in amid fears for O’ Connell Bridge Concerns are being expressed about the future of Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge. An independent expert … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, local_issues, ridiculae | 35 Comments

Life in California: not fun at the moment

Posted on July 10, 2008 by

This has been one of the roughest years I can remember living here. We’ve had two massive wind storms (one of which damaged my Stevenson Screens used for the paint test), and lightning induced fires on a massive scale. Life … Continue reading →

Posted in local_issues, weather | 50 Comments

Today’s storm is a 9.0

Posted on January 4, 2008 by

A meteorologist friend of mine, Jan Null, has been keeping tabs on Winter Storms for some time. He’s developed something called the Bay Area Storm Index (BASI) which he uses to calculate the intensity of the storm by combining susatined … Continue reading →

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Mother Nature Whacks West Coast

Posted on January 4, 2008 by

Click image for latest animation UPDATE: For a high resolution still image of this “beautiful” storm click this link: pacific_nhemi_01-04-08_1430utc.jpg The Friday storm moving into California is one of the strongest I’ve seen in about five years. The record rainfall for … Continue reading →

Posted in local_issues | 6 Comments

The Best Christmas Present Anybody Could Ever Have

Posted on December 19, 2007 by

My coffee buddy, Butte County Sheriff Perry Reniff helps Alexis Dominguez exit the helicopter (Photo: Bill Husa, Chico Enterprise Record)  Today was a good day. No, strike that, today was a GREAT day! The saga of the Dominguez family lost … Continue reading →

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Local newspaper editor replaced with impostor!

Posted on November 25, 2007 by

  Real                        Impostor This must be some evil plot by media giant “Media News Group” out of Denver. I opened up the print edition of the ER this morning and found that my local amiable moustached editor David Little had been … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, local_issues

The “Sustainable” Enterprise Record

Posted on November 21, 2007 by

This morning while I was poking around on the ER website, I finally found something publisher Wolf Rosenburg had told me was coming a few weeks ago ( I have coffee with him about once a week ). The ER … Continue reading →

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License Bidwell Ranch

Posted on November 21, 2007 by

I’m going to make a departure from my usual climate and science fare to make a comment on the local front. In today’s Chico Enterprise Record, there was an editorial lamenting the huge budget crisis facing the city of Chico, … Continue reading →

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A Cool and Wet October for California

Posted on November 1, 2007 by

The month of October has been significantly cooler than normal.  This was seen with average daily maximum and average daily mean temperatures that were below normal for all 9 key cities (see tables below).  The largest temperature anomalies were in the … Continue reading →

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Helio, La Niña, and bad winters, awww nuts!!

Posted on October 27, 2007 by

While doom and gloom predictions continue about CO2 induced global warming, saying that it now is the largest driver of climate, overwhelming any influences of the suns variation, there appear to be other things happening. There are forecasts emerging for … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, local_issues | Tagged , , , , | 24 Comments

My 20th Anniversary in Chico

Posted on October 5, 2007 by

Today, October 5th marks my 20th year here in Chico California. What I’ve learned so far: 1- It’s a better place to live than many parts of California 2- People here can be very nice 3- Politics here can be … Continue reading →

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My summer project – a national weather station audit

Posted on June 6, 2007 by

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Restaurant Inspections tell a different story

Posted on May 30, 2007 by

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