Tag Archives: Washington Post

Washington Post’s photo phraud – it’s deja vu all over again

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

Junkscience.com reports this is what the print copy looks like today for this article by Eugene Robinson. Note what looks like black unfiltered pollutants spewing skyward: But when you look at the original photo, you notice something different: About these … 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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Washington Post Headline: “Worlds fish have been moving to cooler waters for decades, study finds”

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

This is an addition to the post Fishy Temperature Proxy by Anthony Watts. INTRODUCTION A new paper about fish migration patterns from 1970 to 2006 is getting some attention by the press. My Figure 1 is Figure 2 from Cheung … Continue reading →

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‘Carbon’ to blame for giant crabs

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

CO2, is there anything it can’t do? Add it to the list. Over at WaPo, they call them “supersized”. From Counsel and Heal News (h/t to Gene Doebley): Carbon To Blame for Oversized Blue Crabs The use of genetic engineering … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post Eilperin emissions trick

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

Dave Burton, via his Facebook page writes: The Washington Post’s caption says “…emissions spew from the smokestacks at… coal-fired power plant…” Do you want to know what propaganda looks like? Take glance at this article from the Washington Post. The … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – blaming Nature for poor model performance

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

There’s not much I can say about this quote from the Washington Post’s Joel Achenbach as it stands on its own quite well. The context of this quote is article on the bust of a forecast that was to be … Continue reading →

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Juliet Eilperin out at Washington Post environment beat

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

It seems shakeups in green reporting are all the rage this year. First we heard that NYT is closing its environment desk:  New York Times Dismantles Its Environment Desk Then last Friday late in the day (5:10PM EST) we got … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week: The end is Nye for Bill Nye being a ‘weather expert’

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Earlier today I pointed out how Bill Nye “The Science Guy” couldn’t even explain the most basic tenet of meteorology, the Coriolis Effect, among other things. It seems the Washington Post agrees. Jason Samenow writes:

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Great moments in failed predictions

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

UPDATE: New table added below. While searching for something else, I came across this entertaining collection of grand predictive failures related to resources and climate change, along with some of the biggest predictive failures of Paul Ehrlich. I thought it … Continue reading →

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WaPo’s Juliet Eilperin retracts false Heartland claims

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

From the Heartland Institute. Her’s a case where the alarmist side of the debate automatically seems to think it is “big oil” central, until such time they have to admit to their mistakes. Washington Post Corrects Lies About Heartland Institute, … Continue reading →

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Review of Cato’s ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

Earlier this week I pointed out how the atmosphere went beserkers over this report in Unable to effectively refute the contents, the alarmosphere resorts to calling a new report ‘counterfeit’. That’s still going on, for example in the Washington Post … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – what planet does Michael Mann live on?

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Via Tom Nelson: Dr. Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, responds to last week’s attacks from Dr. Richard Muller. On the Green Front – Dr. Joseph Romm and Dr. Michael Mann – 08/15/12 at On … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – a warm lesson on ethics from the experts

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

I have to laugh at the juxtaposition of rhetoric today. It’s like a gift from the universe. While Joe Romm launches yet another angry and hateful rant over at Climate Progress because of a poor editorial choice I made two … 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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Mann -vs- ATI case–unsettled

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Prince William climate case judge already anticipating the appeal By Tom Jackman Washington Post The e-mails of climate researcher Michael E. Mann are at the heart of a Freedom of Information Act case that will almost certainly wind up in … Continue reading →

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Ben Santer’s “damage control” on UAH global temperature data

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

The post below on Dr. Roy Spencer’s blog that contains responses from Spencer and Christy deserves wide distribution and attention, because it shows just how badly Ben Santer and John Abraham want to squelch this dataset. Particularly amusing is the … Continue reading →

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Why BEST Will Not Settle the Climate Debate

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

By S. Fred Singer (first published in American Thinker) Global warming has re-entered public consciousness in recent days, partly because of the buzz surrounding the release of warming results from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project. The reaction of … Continue reading →

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