Tag Archives: Global warming controversy

A step in the right direction? Major shift in the UK’s government attitude to climate change

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Story submitted by D.McNeil I’d like to bring some points to the attention of your readers that were raised in an article in the Independent published on 11th May 2013  It would appear to indicate a major shift in the … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny: Prince Charles struck by irony meteorite

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Apparently, Prince Charles recent pronouncement has created a riff in space-time, and an irony meteorite was ejected, striking the prince in the head. A photo follows. From Raw Story: Prince Charles criticizes ‘corporate lobbyists’ and climate change skeptics for turning … Continue reading →

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Rebuttal to the attack on Dr. Don Easterbrook

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

[author's note: this article was originally submitted as a "letter to the editor" to the Bellingham Herald, a newspaper that published an attack on Dr. Don Easterbrook. The Herald refused to publish my rebuttal. The executive editor, July Shirley (julie.shirley@bellinghamherald.com) … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – Dear Paul Krugman: ‘I’ll see you in hell’

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Krugman as usual, considers himself to be a judge of other people’s views, morals, and conscience. I find the column title amusing. Here’s what is so amusing and at the same time troubling about his column.

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A must watch – Greening the Planet – Dr. Matt Ridley

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

I met Matt Ridley for the first time in person last month on his trip through California. We shared lunch in Novato on a Saturday, it was a pleasant and enlightening conversation. Dr. Ridley “gets it”; he gets what climate … Continue reading →

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Mann overboard! Pot, kettle, conspiracy edition

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

While dodging the issue of his own ten thousand dollar speaking fees this past week, Mike Mann thinks its all a big hugely funded conspiracy (like those WUWT calendar sales). From a hilarious interview at The Independent: A climate scientist … Continue reading →

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Global Warming Skepticism and the New Segregation

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

Given the shameful pedophilia labels that were recently applied to climate skeptics by the Merchants of Hate Robyn Williams and Stephan Lewandowsky on Australia’s ABC radio, I thought this essay from the Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio) said something that needed to … Continue reading →

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BBC to feature Climategate for Halloween

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

No word on whether Supermandia will appear in costume I was surprised to learn of this new program from the NNB scheduled for Wed 31 Oct 2012 21:00 on  BBC Radio 4. Nice touch on the gloved hand there folks. … Continue reading →

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The Unknown Skeptic – Journalism, awaiting to be freed

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Guest post by Maurizio Morabito 1-Introduction What is the topic where a team of experienced journalists can write a report containing great insights and surprisingly clear expositions alongside stunning simplifications, abysmal naïvetés and incredibly one-sided analyses based on a fundamental … Continue reading →

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Is global warming just another ‘End-of-the-World’ delusion?

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

UPDATE: less than 24 hours after posting this, we already have an end of the world prediction naming global warming, see below. New end of the world book treats climate change just like many other end of times worries that … Continue reading →

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Some progress on the skeptic -vs- denier ugliness

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Readers may recall this WUWT story:  Nature’s ugly decision: ‘Deniers’ enters the scientific literature. Meanwhile, the discussion continues at John Nielsen-Gammon’s Climate Abyss website on Skeptics are Not Deniers, with part 3 now posted. Part 4 will likely be at … Continue reading →

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By this logic, Chris Mooney should be blaming Obama for not seizing the opportunity to talk about global cooling last winter

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Sigh. This is so bad… it’s funny. For the record, it is now official; Chris Mooney is a paid political hack disguising himself as a science writer. I’m going back to calling him a “kid blogger”, because no adult could … Continue reading →

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Text of Václav Klaus Heartland Institute Conference Speech

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Many thanks for the invitation and for giving me the opportunity to address this distinguished audience. I am not for the first time in Chicago. It is also not for the first time that I am attending a conference organized … Continue reading →

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On the climate, the holocaust, denial, billboards, and all that

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Over at Climate Depot, Marc Morano wonders why Andrew Revkin is calling attention to an article linking Holocaust denial to “climate denial”. He writes: What’s up with NYT’s Revkin? He touts essay: ‘A look at denial, from Holocaust to climate … Continue reading →

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Heartland’s Billboards and Joe Romm’s stunning hypocrisy

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

UPDATE5: 5/5/10:30AM Donna Laframboise pulls out of the conference. http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2012/05/05/why-i-wont-be-speaking-at-the-heartland-conference/ Instead, those of us who had accepted Heartland’s invitation to take part in its conference found ourselves blindsided – a mere two weeks before the conference is set to begin … Continue reading →

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Climate Craziness of the Week: ‘$300 gets you a hockey stick signed by Mike Mann’

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

You just have to laugh. Scott Mandia aka “SuperMandia” (seen at left) outdoes himself with a new level of craziness. And here we thought Mike Mann really didn’t like hockey stick icons: “I always thought it was somewhat misplaced to … Continue reading →

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Diminished Climate Alarmism: Lessons from L’Affair Heartland

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Guest post by Robert Murphy, reposted from Master Resource with permission “Without being a trained climate scientist, I can read the various blogs and try to parse the academic papers, but ultimately I have to rely a lot on the … Continue reading →

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Climate skepticism blamed on the economy, stupid

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Of course, things like lack of any warming trend for a decade couldn’t have anything to do with it. Could it? Climategate? Glaciergate? Fakegate? Naw. It’s the economy, stupid. Source: http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/hadcrut3gl/from:2001/plot/hadcrut3gl/from:2001/trend Climate Change Skepticism Stems from Recession, UConn Study Finds … Continue reading →

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Germany in skeptical turmoil on both Climate and Solar/Windfarms

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

I have two major stories out of Germany to report, one on the rise of Climate Skepticism into the mainstream, as Germany’s Top Environmentalist Turns Climate Sceptic, saying “I couldn’t take it any more. I had to write this book.” … Continue reading →

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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry denial backfires – big crowd in Portland hears all about climate change skepticism

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Readers may recall when I took OMSI to task for being debate deniers. That didn’t work out so well for OMSI what with the negative publicity and the packed room last night. Wish I could have been there. If anyone … Continue reading →

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