Tag Archives: United States

Another meme bites the dust – jellyfish and global warming

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

WUWT readers may recall seeing news stories like this one: From the CSIC, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , it seems like we are just noticing these things more. They find no “conclusive evidences” that point to global increase in … Continue reading →

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Sea level still not cooperating with predictions

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

The university of Colorado has recently updated their sea level graph from the TOPEX satellite data. The 60 day smoothed trend is still stalled and shows no rise over what was seen since the peak in mid 2010: Data Raw … Continue reading →

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Oh, Canada!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

From Penn State: Environment Canada cuts threaten science, international agreements Recent cuts to the scientific workforce of Environment Canada, a government agency responsible for meteorological services and environmental research, threaten scientific research related to the ozone layer in the upper … Continue reading →

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Green pee « The Daily Bayonet

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

A Florida school has learned a hard lesson about green technology and green math. The plan was to save water, and the planet, by installing waterless urinals in the boys washrooms. Each green urinal would save the school $100 per … Continue reading →

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Heh.

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

From Tom Nelson Email 600, Sept 2007: Watts expose makes NOAA want to change entire USA method Email 600

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Bitter cold records broken in Alaska – all time coldest record nearly broken, but Murphy’s Law intervenes

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Jim River, AK closed in on the all time record coldest temperature of -80°F set in 1971, which is not only the Alaska all-time record, but the record for the entire United States. Unfortunately, it seems the battery died in … Continue reading →

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It’s “dead heat” – Americans rate global warming last

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

It appears that only the zealots care much about global warming anymore, yet it doesn’t stop them from making grand pronouncements of gloom and doom or taking fossil fueled publicity stunt boat trips to Antarctica. The Pew Research Center released … Continue reading →

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NOAA and “climate disasters” – made up words?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

I got a chuckle out of this new buzzword that NOAA has created in this press release: “climate disasters”. Personally, I think they’ve been caught up the disaster hype. Why? Well, because the term is undefined. It isn’t even in … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Disaster | Tagged , , , , , , | 69 Comments

We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Thanks to all who supported the SOPA/PIPA blackout which was the main page of WUWT for 24 hours. The thread is here, should you wish to comment further. It appears to have been a success, as many dropped support. A … Continue reading →

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Oh noes! Doomsday clock 1 minute closer to midnight thanks to global warming, other concerns

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, where worry about climate change gets equal time alongside their original mission; nuclear holocaust, apparently they haven’t noticed that the Fukashima incident is over and no lives were lost and that there been … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists issues 2011 FUD report

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Via SAGE Publications The nuclear, biological and climate threat – 2011 reviewed In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in … Continue reading →

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Even with a busy tornado year, still no upward trend in tornadoes

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

US Tornado Trends–Updated to 2011 Guest post by Paul Homewood 2011 has obviously been a disastrous year for tornadoes in the USA, but does this reflect an increasing trend in either the number or severity of tornadoes? The NOAA graph below … Continue reading →

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Mercury fingered in Permian-Triassic extinction

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Hmmm. This sounds a bit like a sales pitch against “dirty coal” in support of the recent EPA Mercury ruling instead of regular geological research. I question this research claim because they only have evidence that there were spikes of … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 104 Comments

Price-Driven US Energy Independence

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Guest post by David Archibald Mike Jonas’ recent post (http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/03/peak-oil-the-rp-ratio-re-visited/#more-54146) has prompted me to revisit the subject of US energy independence. The best report on the subject of peak oil was produced by the Australian Government and then suppressed by … Continue reading →

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Bad electric Karma

Posted on January 1, 2012 by
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WUWT Year End report

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

About 2,500,000 people visit the Museuem of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York every year. This blog was viewed about 31,000,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at MoMA, it would take about 12 years for that many … Continue reading →

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NOAA issues tsunami debris alert from model

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Source here. Mind the caveat though: The Japanese government estimated that the tsunami generated 25 million tons of rubble, but there is no clear understanding of exactly how much debris was swept into the water nor what remained afloat. Tracking … Continue reading →

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NRDC’s ridiculous weather IS climate “sound the general alarm” map

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

People send me stuff. Today it is this web page from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), another official sounding NGO modeled in the WWF funding style of wail n’ beg. The first thought that went through my head when … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, records, weather | Tagged , , , , , , , | 84 Comments

Shutting down power plants: Imaginary benefits, extensive harm

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

EPA mercury rules for electricity generating units are based on false science and economics Guest post by Craig Rucker The Environmental Protection Agency claims its “final proposed” Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules will eliminate toxic pollution from electrical generating … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Environment, modeling | Tagged , , , , , , , | 200 Comments

UK police seize computers of skeptic blogger in England

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

UPDATE: 12/21/11 4PM  -BBC covers Tallbloke, finally, Richard Black still silent-  Norfolk constabulary to share hand-off Climategate investigation, and  Greg Laden caves – see below Dec 14th -The first blogger to break the Climategate2 story has had a visit from … Continue reading →

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China Warns EU’s Green Fanatics Of Global Trade War

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Via the GWPF, the great war of flying carbon credits appears to be massing on the border. China has warned the European Union to abandon its controversial carbon tax on airlines or risk provoking a global trade war. Adding weight … Continue reading →

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Congressman Rohrabacher’s speech on climate issues

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

Remarks given by Mr. Rohrabacher of California on December 8, 2011 on the floor of the House, a matter of public record. Mr. Speaker, tonight, as a strong advocate of human progress through advancing mankind’s understanding of science and engineering, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 132 Comments

Don’t sell your coat!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

This guest post is well worth a read – Anthony Guest post by Harold Ambler What follows is an excerpt from my new book Don’t Sell Your Coat, available here: I want to examine the moral component of meteorological journalism. As … Continue reading →

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To the Guardian: You cannot make good public policy on mistaken premises

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

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 would be a better word—has been addressed previously at WUWT. … Continue reading →

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Study: Getting the S out of jet fuel may cool the climate

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

This study from Yale University  seems contradictory to what we know about aerosols. Generally more aerosols like SO2 cool the climate, but in this case they are saying “it’s offset by the cooling effect of nitrate that forms from nitrogen … Continue reading →

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