Guest essay by Eric Worrall The World Economic Forum, which hosts the annual $71,000 / ticket private jet party in Davos, has published an article which urges climate action be made a UN Security Council issue. A short history of climate change and the UN Security Council 19 Jan 2020Karolina Eklöw Global Shaper, Stockholm Hub…
Guest “who fracking cares?” by David Middleton What is so newsworthy about peak oil predictions? The latest is from someone named Adam Waterous and it’s all over the news. This is a typical example: MarketsPeak Permian Oil Output Is Closer Than You Think, Investor SaysBy Simon CaseyJanuary 14, 2020 -Adam Waterous says U.S. shale is…
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach My last two posts, one on Gavin’s claims and the other on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, have gotten me to thinking about the various groups producing historical global surface temperature estimates. Remember that the global surface temperature is the main climate variable that lots of folks are hyperventilating…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens usually try to sidestep questions about the cost of their proposals, but occasionally they slip up and reveal the true pain their agenda would inflict on ordinary working people. Behind the smokescreen, the Coalition’s stance on climate change hasn’t changed at all Greg Jericho … Saying you agree with…
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter January 16, 2020 1:30 PM ET Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Thursday, citing concerns that the trade deal doesn’t adequately address global warming. The Senate passed the deal by a margin of 89-10. The USMCA‘s supporters say the bipartisan…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova; According to a former regional forest manager with over 60 years experience managing bushfires, government incompetence, fuel load and local green activists are responsible for Australia’s 2020 bushfire disaster, not climate change. An Inferno of Incompetence and Obfuscation 17th January 2020Roger Underwood The most frequent question I have…
Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s site January 15th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The increasing global ocean heat content (OHC) is often pointed to as the most quantitative way to monitor long-term changes in the global energy balance, which is believed to have been altered by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The challenge is…
Popular products generate significant ‘post-catch’ emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caught University of California – Santa Cruz Processing Alaskan pollock into fish sticks, imitation crab, and fish fillets generates significant greenhouse gas emissions, a new study reveals. Credit: UC Santa Cruz Fish sticks may be a tasty option for…
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Gavin Schmidt is a computer programmer with the Goddard Institute of Space Sciences (GISS) and a noted climate alarmist. He has a Ph.D. in applied mathematics. He’s put together a twitter thread containing what he sees as some important points of the “testable, falsifiable science that supports a human cause…
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. by Ross McKitrick Challenging the claim that a large set of climate model runs published since 1970’s are consistent with observations for the right reasons. Introduction Zeke Hausfather et al. (2019) (herein ZH19) examined a large set of climate model runs published since the 1970s and claimed they…
From The Earth Institute at Columbia University. No, not a cult. No. no. no.~cr They are at home coring trees in the backcountry of Mongolia, flying airborne missions over polar ice caps, or drilling sediments while dodging icebergs off the coast of Antarctica. They are leaders in their fields and always know exactly what to…
By Ronald Stein Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California California’s green crusade direction and actions are increasing the costs of electricity and fuels which guarantees growth of the homeless, poverty, and welfare populations, and further fuels (no pun intended) the housing affordability crisis. It’s scary that our…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Clarky of Oz; Australia’s parched Eastern states are finally seeing a little rain, but this is bad news for climate change according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Drought-breaking rain likely to cause greenhouse emissions to rise By Mike FoleyJanuary 16, 2020 — 9.30pm Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are likely to…
Reposted from The Savvy Street By Vinay Kolhatkar I still remember 1994. My wife and I drove through the Royal National Park in Sydney’s south, several weeks after bushfires (or wildfires as they are known in the U.S.) had ravaged its heritage-listed insides. The 16,000 hectare park, the second oldest in the world, boasts of…
The Ninth Circuit on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by a group of children who say the federal government’s failure to act to curb climate change is endangering their future, finding the legislative and executive branches of government are the only ones with the power to redress the kids’ alleged injuries. The 2-1 ruling says the…
