Guest post by Indur M. Goklany On June 29th, the temperature at Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington, DC, hit 104 °F and it was duly noted by all and…
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One more benefit of warming?
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Buried in a story on the effects of climatic variables on rotavirus, which apparently kills half a million children annually, is the following quote:…
A Carbon Tax Does Not Provide Redress for Any Alleged Property Right Violation from Global Warming
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany In a piece in the Atlantic titled, “A Conservative’s Approach to Combating Climate Change,” Jonathan Adler, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University…
Global Economic Damages from Tropical Cyclones – Sins of Omission
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany A few days ago I saw a report about a paper in Nature Climate Change on future economic damages from tropical cyclones (or hurricanes,…
On Dentists, Cardiologists, Climatologists and Evidence-Based Remedies
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Over at the Wall Street Journal a group of pedigreed individuals headed by Dr. Kevin Trenberth argue: Do you consult your dentist about…
The Two Koreas, 1950–2008: An Unplanned Experiment in Economic Systems, the Carbon Footprint and Human Well-Being
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Lately, North Korea has been very much in the news. Its population—or should I say, “captive population”—greets the passing of the baton from…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
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 the Guardian: You cannot make good public policy on mistaken premises
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…
Oxfam—Betraying its Roots and Sabotaging its Own Mission
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany On its website Oxfam reminds us that its name comes from the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. Today it claims to work to “find…
The Contribution of Fossil Fuels to (a) Feeding Humanity and (b) Habitat Conservation?
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Analyses of policies related to fossil fuel usage usually focus on the negative impacts from that usage, while generally ignoring the positive aspects,…
The Odd Omission in IPCC's Summary for Policy Makers for SREX on Extreme Weather and Climatic Events
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany One of the major reasons why extreme weather events are of abiding interest to both the public and policy makers is the potential loss…
The Amazing Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather in an Era of Global Warming, 1900–2010
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Summary Proponents of drastic curbs on greenhouse gas emissions claim that such emissions cause global warming and that this exacerbates the frequency and intensity…
Redefining the Scientific Method–Because Climate Change Science Is Special
by Indur M. Goklany Phil Jones famously said: Kevin and I will keep them out somehow – even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!” – Phil…
Batteries from the Carboniferous
Nature’s (Not-Quite) Perfect Battery by Indur M. Goklany The major drawback of solar power and other renewables is that they cannot be relied on to deliver energy at their rated…
Hurricane Fatalities, 1900–2010: Update
by Indur M. Goklany Much to my surprise, I heard from NHC’s Dr. Eric Blake today on the fatalities data for hurricanes. I was sure he would take a break…
Hurricane Fatalities, 1900–2010: Context in these Stormy Times
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Despite the press given to hurricanes on the dangers they pose to life and limb, in the larger scheme of things, their contribution to…
Smear job by "The Carbon Brief"
The website “populartechnology.net” decided to ask the questions the smear publishers didn’t. I’ve been authorized to reproduce this in full here, and reposting at other blogs is encouraged. AGW proponents…
Are biofuel policies to help Mother Earth killing her most vulnerable children instead?
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany I have a new paper — Could Biofuel Policies Increase Death and Disease in Developing Countries? — which suggests that global warming policies may…
Why Mitigation Should Not Be the Climate Change Policy of Choice (Even if it’s a Real Problem)
AMS [American Meteorological Society] Policy Statement on Inadvertent Weather Modification Illustrates Fuzzy and Flawed Thinking on Public Policy By Indur M. Goklany The AMS has a new policy statement on…
Might Arctic Warming Lead to Catastrophic Methane Releases?
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany In the earlier post reporting on the recent greening of the Arctic, some commentators — Crispin in Waterloo, BillD, Jimbo — have alluded to…
An Inconvenient Truth — Biological Productivity of the Tundra Has Increased Since 1981, Perhaps Due to Warming.
Is that a scary thing? Guest post by Indur M. Goklany In its October 14, 2010 issue, Nature magazine (p. 755) reports on a paper by JMG Hudson and G…
The Royal Society: Still Embarrassing Science
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Although it is encouraging that the Royal Society now acknowledges that climate science may not be as settled as it previously implied, the Society’s…
The Improving State of the World
With all the gloom and doom being pushed today, the title of this book is one of certain optimism. WUWT reader may recognize the author, Indur M. Goklany, a frequent…
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