Tag Archives: Bill McKibben

@billmckibben fire season hype extinguished with inconvenient data

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

The problem with emotional people like Bill McKibben, is that they seldom delve beyond headlines and live in a world of imaginary constructs that fit their expectation. In this case, McKibben cites an LA times story as scientific proof of … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Hilarity – Bill McKibben demonstrates what a classy intelligent guy he is…

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

…by agreeing with and reposting a photo that insults not only the intelligence of rational thinking people, but Native American people as well. (warning – graphic language)

Posted in 350.org connect the dots, Climate ugliness, Humor, Satire | Tagged , , | 116 Comments

Simple questions for Bill McKibben and Peter Gleick – with comic relief from Bill Nye

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Being a fan of public transportation seems to go hand-in-hand with climate activism. Two of the top activists have recently commented on how much they like it. Being curious as to whether this is lip service to a cause or … Continue reading →

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Now what is ‘death train’ Hansen going to do? Clean coal process developed to extract energy without burning or CO2

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

From James Hansen’s, Bill McKibben’s and Joe Romm’s worst nightmare department, comes this uplifting science story from the Ohio State University. Basically they found a way to oxidize coal and extract energy without releasing any CO2. When a team of … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Carbon sequestration, Coal, Energy | Tagged , , , , | 191 Comments

Quote of the Week – NYT on James Hansen & Bill McKibben’s ‘boneheaded’ efforts

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Whoo-boy. NASA’s James Hansen disses McKibben in an email to an NYT reporter. Hansen was speaking candidly, never thinking this email would see the light of day. But that’s not the punchline… Hansen on the highly inflated 350.org Keystone XL … Continue reading →

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Bill McKibben is not what he seems to be – I catch him in a lie

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

While Bill McKibben tries to portray himself as just a concerned citizen out to change the world due to his fears of global warming, by running a “grassroots organization”, the reality is he’s quite well funded by the rich, as … Continue reading →

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Boxer’s carbon tax proposal would enrich people already feeding from the public trough… meanwhile Suzanne Goldenberg bags her journalism skills

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

While the Guardian’s environmental amateur journo Suzanne Goldenberg bloviates about the horrible possibility that some climate skeptic think tanks may have actually gotten a drop in the bucket of funding compared to all the billions of money poured down the … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Carbon Tax bill coming Thursday to Senate

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Senators Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer will outline the legislation on Thursday morning. They are even going to let that wacky 350.org activist Bill McKibben speak. Sheesh. Billed as “major” and “comprehensive” legislation, it will have a carbon tax. Here … Continue reading →

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Propagandist Brad Johnson of ‘Forecast the Facts’ tries to make the pending East Coast blizzard about the ocean ‘warming’ – Fails

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

You knew it was coming from shameless people like him. Unfortunately, Mr. Johnson doesn’t know the difference between what the Gulf Stream pattern looks like and the rest of the sea surface temperature. I had to laugh when he tweeted … Continue reading →

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Low information opinion: weather rules, climate drools

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

From the University of British Columbia , and the “weather is not climate, except when we say it is” department comes the reason why alarmists are trying to make people fear “extreme weather” events – it helps their cause. Paid … Continue reading →

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Weepy Bill gets Wapo’d

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Heh, even the liberal mouthpieces think the 350.org campaign led by Bill McKibben against the Keystone XL pipeline is stupid, calling it “bizarre”. They write in a forceful editorial today:

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Why social media is important in the #climatewars

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

I noted today that WUWT just passed 6000 followers on Twitter, and 15,000 followers of the blog by email. About the same time, WUWT reached 5000 likes on Facebook. A few years ago, I never much thought social media was … Continue reading →

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Too funny! Even Joe Romm’s bosses don’t think climate is an issue worth mentioning for 2013

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Romm must be fuming. After disappearing his formerly independent “Climate Progress” blog and merging it with the main Think Progress website, where he’s lucky to get a dozen comments a day. His parent organization, Think Progress, utterly fails to mention … Continue reading →

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Masters, McKibben, and droughting Thomases

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Every once in awhile you see something in the “it’s worse than we thought” meme that deserves some clarification for those that want to look at all the data, rather than those who want to push gloom and doom. A … Continue reading →

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Tornadoes at Christmastime – Note to McKibben and Romm – not that uncommon

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Before alarmists like Bill McKibben and Joe Romm start caterwauling about the tornadoes in the south yesterday as being a signature of “global warming”, I caution them not to make fools of themselves but instead note this from the National … Continue reading →

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More bad news for alarmists – no trend in global hurricane landfalls

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

This excerpt from Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. on his blog likely will cause Bill McKibben and the McKibbenites at 350.org to ramp up the rhetoric over the post Sandy “new normal” yet again, because as we’ve learned, new factual information … Continue reading →

Posted in 350.org connect the dots, hurricanes, Weather | Tagged , , , , , | 53 Comments

Introducing The New WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

(Photo credits: NOAA) By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” We are pleased to introduce WUWT’s newest addition, the WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page. Realizing the difficulty in selling “Global Warming” when the globe hasn’t warmed in the last 16 years, … Continue reading →

Posted in 350.org connect the dots, Alarmism, Announcements, extreme weather, hurricanes, snowfall, tornadoes | Tagged , , , , , | 184 Comments

Another inconvenient truth – 2012 US tornado count well below normal

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Somewhere, weepy Bill McKibben is weeping and Al Gore is raging, because they won’t be able to say “2012, the hottest year ever, caused more tornadoes” So much for “dirty weather” Heh. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center just updated their … Continue reading →

Posted in Weather, tornadoes, Al Gore, extreme weather | Tagged , , , , , | 84 Comments

It’s a planetary emergency!

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben joins Jennifer Granholm in Al Gore’s CURRENT TV  “The War Room” to talk about the impact that climate change will have during the president’s second term and just how much we’re affecting our planet. McKibben … Continue reading →

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Bill McKibben’s ‘Tabloid Climatology’ claims about Sandy are easily debunked

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

McKibben must have set some sort of record for the number of absolute lies in a single paragraph in this LA Times story: It’s time for fossil fuel companies to do the right thing – latimes.com Sandy was off-the-charts terrible, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, hurricanes, Weather | Tagged | 53 Comments