True to form, the media have gone totally mental over a few flash floods in London last month, where the highest daily rainfall total was less than 2 inches. As…
Polar bear attack in Greenland gratuitously blamed on recent ‘heat wave’
There is no specific evidence of cause and effect, of course. The news outlet reporting the incident cites some non-specified ‘experts’ as providing the generic ‘warming makes polar bears starve…
Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The X-ray images of the giant rings have…
Science Journal Demands “Hate Crime” Laws to Shield Scientists from Public Criticism
Could criticism of government science be outlawed? A science journal paper appears to have equated Republican attempts to fire Dr. Fauci with physical intimidation and NAZI oppression of science, and…
Debate: Is Global Warming an Emergency
Kudos to the podcast hosts at Newsweek for giving this topic a fair and even-handed airing.
The knife through the heart of COP26
Any prospect that China would play ball at COP26 have surely now vanished with their latest power generation numbers.
Your Tax Dollars At Work
A few quotes about taxpayer money spent on useless climate studies from a fascinating site called Open The Books. Quote The First — Bogus Warnings From The Future (emphasis mine…
Guardian’s Hamilton Nolan Blames Capitalism for the G20 Climate Negotiation Fail
I love the smell of climate activist despair before the big COP26 conference. Smells like hope for a better future, in which nobody important even tries to pretend that climate…
UK MPs Condemn Government’s 2030 Ban on New Fossil Fueled Car Sales and The Ill-Informed Push for Us All to Drive Electric
In producing probably one of the most authoritative reports on the subject ever written, we have listened to thousands of road users, from cyclists, bikers, motorists, through to our vital…
Gratitude for CO2: It Continues to Feed the World
CO2 added to the atmosphere since the industrial era has had no observable impact on rainfall patterns whilst directly helping plants to grow better. In the big climate conferences no…
Save the Penguins!
“Our results show that if sea ice declines at the rate projected by climate models under current energy system trends and policies, the 3Rs would be dramatically reduced and almost…
The 50th Anniversary of the Genesis Rock
Guest “How about that, geology fans?” by David Middleton 50 Years Ago: Apollo 15 on the Moon at Hadley-Apennine CrewDavid R. Scott, CommanderJames B. Irwin, Lunar Module PilotAlfred M. Worden,…
John Kerry Blames President Trump for his Lack of Progress Negotiating Climate Agreements
John Kerry believes President Trump shattered global trust in the USA’s climate action commitment. But Kerry claims “more and more” Republicans are starting to take the climate crisis seriously.
How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch With Reality
A failure of self-correction in science has compromised climate science’s ability to provide plausible views of our collective future.
NASA Identifies Likely Locations of the Early Molten Moon’s Deep Secrets
Recently, a pair of NASA studies identified the most likely locations to find pieces of mantle on the surface, providing a map for future lunar sample return missions such as…
Boston Ties “Green” Jobs to the Pandemic and Future “Climate Shocks”
I’ve been an environmental professional for over 40 years and have yet to figure out what is a “green” job, unless it is one guaranteed to lose money and fail…
California Electricity Woes: More Intervention, Higher Prices, More Emissions (the back side of wind and solar)
Facing a 3,500 MW shortfall in power generation capacity to meet current peak demand, and predicting a 5,000 MW deficit next summer, California is adding regulation to regulation, reports Rob…
Toxic Horror Show Geelong Grid Backup Battery Fire Finally Extinguished
Imagine if people were crazy enough to install these difficult to extinguish battery incendiary devices in their homes or automobiles, or near populated areas. Imagine what such foolishness could do…
Guardian: Covid-19 Lockdowns are Driving Up CO2 Emissions
Ditching the commute might seem an easy climate win, but other factors such as the relative inefficiency of home heating outweigh the CO2 savings.
Are Climate Feedbacks Strongly Non-Linear?
Is it possible that the Earth’s system is strongly buffered with strong positive ice and dust feedbacks prevailing at colder temperatures, and strong negative convection/evaporation feedbacks prevailing in warmer times?
Comments On Federal Scientific Integrity
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe. It is quite another to do so when the environmental…
The New Pause lengthens again
You can be quite sure that the unspeakable BBC and the now-unreliable Economist will somehow fail to report the surely not uninteresting fact that there has been no warming in…
UAH Global Temperature Update for July, 2021: +0.20 deg. C
The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for July, 2021 was +0.20 deg. C, up from the June, 2021 value of -0.01 deg. C.
EIA: “Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020″…
Guest “That’s not how I would have phrased it” by David Middleton JUL 28, 2021Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020 In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar,…
