Category Archives: Opinion

Bill Nye the clueless weather guy – flattened by tornado data

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

“Yid with Lid” ran this scathing headline (in the screencap below) yesterday, and pointed out why Nye just doesn’t have a clue. The tornado data following eviscerates Nye’s claims, who seems unable (or maybe unwilling) to Google his own claims … Continue reading →

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The 97% consensus – a lie of epic proportions

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

To John Cook – it isn’t ‘hate’, it’s pity, – pity for having such a weak argument you are forced to fabricate conclusions of epic proportions Proving that crap can flow uphill, yesterday, John Cook got what one could consider … Continue reading →

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The Spencer Challenge to Slayers/Principia

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Dr. Roy Spencer has made a challenge to the Slayers/Principia folks who keep insisting the greenhouse effect doesn’t exist at all. For example, see the front page claim at right from the Principia web page where they claim the greenhouse … Continue reading →

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The Way Back

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Guest essay by Dr. Vincent Gray, Wellington, NZ For over 30 years the world has been saturated with the environmental fallacy. It has taken over the media; newspapers, radio, TV; the education system;, the schools, the universities. It has led … Continue reading →

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WSJ op-ed by Schmitt and Happer: In Defense of Carbon Dioxide

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

 ‘The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science’ – Dr. William Happer: The demonized chemical compound is a boon to plant life and has little correlation with global … Continue reading →

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Tastes Great, Less Incinerating!

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Guest post by Kevin D. Knoebel How much stupidity is needed to win a Pulitzer? The competition is fierce, apparently certain writers are piling it on high and deep in the attempt. For example, there is a sterling example of … Continue reading →

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John Cook’s new survey – lots of questions, no answers

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

I and (according to Cook) 50 other blogs (with a supposed 50/50 skeptic to advocate split) have received this invitation: Hi Anthony As one of the more highly trafficked climate blogs on the web, I’m seeking your assistance in conducting … Continue reading →

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Stephan Lewandowsky ‘flees’ Australia in wake of investigations

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

People send me stuff. Amid complaints about the veracity and ethics of his psychological research trying to equate climate skeptics to conspiracy theory nuts and “moon landing deniers”, it seems that Professor Lewandowsky is no longer at the University of … Continue reading →

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The beginning of the end

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Guest post by Dr. Vincent Gray NZCLIMATE TRUTH NEWSLETTER NO 308 APRIL 25th 2013 I have been neglecting you. Things have quieted down. I am 91 and it is high time I retired, like my friend Will Alexander in South … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week: the industry of denial

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Dr. David Deming in the Washington Times:

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My response to Delingpole over invoking Godwin’s Law

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

Last weekend I posted an essay on what I considered to be a pointless invocation of Godwins Law by my friend James Delingpole: The battle of the pointless Nuremberg insults: Romm -vs- Delingpole (Note: For those of you who don’t know, … Continue reading →

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Don Easterbrook’s response to a smear by WWU geology faculty

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

Readers may recall that WUWT published  this defense of Dr. Don Easterbrook last week: Rebuttal to the attack on Dr. Don Easterbrook by Dr. David Deming I enjoyed this passage from Dr. Deming: Among the gems in the endless litany … Continue reading →

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Freeman Dyson speaks out about climate science, and fudge

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Climatologists Are No Einsteins, Says His Successor by Paul Mulshine, The Star Ledger via the GWPF Freeman Dyson is a physicist who has been teaching at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton since Albert Einstein was there. When Einstein died in 1955, … Continue reading →

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Climate Policies Increase Risk of Blackouts

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Warm and well fed, or hungry in the dark? Guest post by Viv Forbes Which is worse – gradual man-made global warming or sudden electricity blackout? Alarmists try to scare us by claiming that man’s activities are causing global warming. … Continue reading →

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A misinterpreted claim about a NASA press release, CO2, solar flares, and the thermosphere is making the rounds

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

I loathe having to write this story because I truly dislike giving any attention to the people who are known as the “slayers” from the “Slaying the Sky Dragon” book. They now operate under the moniker of “Principia Scientific”. But, … Continue reading →

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McIntyre’s dissection of the Cook-Lewandowsky “Lying/deceiving/incompetence” complex

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

You don’t need a degree in psychology to figure this one out, you simply need to be an astute observer. Steve McIntyre writes: Last fall, Geoff Chambers and Barry Woods established beyond a shadow of a doubt that no blog … Continue reading →

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Opinion: Life as a Target

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Attacks on my work that are aimed at undermining true climate change science have turned me into a public figure. I am not vain enough to embrace that role. By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley (with no apologies to Michael E. … Continue reading →

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The descent of Mann’s legal standing

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Story submitted by Rob Ricket Mann plays the victim in article from “The Scientist” Opinion: Life as a Target Attacks on my work aimed at undermining climate change science have turned me into a public figure. I have come to … Continue reading →

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I’m on Al Gore’s radar – for showing a path forward

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Heh. Apparently, I must be destroyed for having an opinion. From Al Gore’s “Reality Drop” project, the GoreBots have been given the orders. What’s all the hullabaloo about? An interview I gave with a website that covers energy issues. 

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AGW Proponents Fight Rearguard Action As Political Climate Science Fails

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Guest post by Dr. Tim Ball Proponents of the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) hypothesis are cornered. They made a political choice to prove rather than disprove the hypothesis, as the scientific method requires. It failed, as IPCC projections (range of … Continue reading →

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