It was essentially dead when we announced on WUWT Chicago Climate Exchange(CCX) was halting carbon futures trading last year. Note the flatlined final price of 5 cents per ton: My…
Month: August 2011
GE's vision of Coal Miners Daughters – too hot to handle
Since we’ve talked about peak oil and nuclear energy today, we may as well add coal to the daily roster. This showed up as a link on my Facebook page…
Biggest X-class flare of cycle 24
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center reports sunspot 1263 burped a big one: 1400Z, August 9, 2011– The largest flare of the solar cycle, an R3 (Strong) Radio Blackout, alternatively classified…
Further on Thorium
While Matthew Nisbet opines on peak oil being a uniting cause, this short essay on thorium power is instructive and relevant. – Anthony Guest post by David Archibald Early in…
Peak oil – platitude or pragmatism point?
From American University via Eurekalert, professor Matthew Nisbet demonstrates that the impact of peak petroleum on public health may be a way to unite conservatives and liberals in an effort…
Quote of the week – death of the Arctic "death spiral"?
We all cringed, then laughed when Dr. Mark Serreze of NSIDC first said it, then marveled about it as it got a life of its own, being the buzzphrase for…
Don't take your science fair project to the airport
Last week it was Don’t try nuclear energy experiments at home. This week it’s Altoid tins with dangerous electronics and alligator clips. From Oregon Live: Science project closes Omaha airport terminal…
Antimatter belt discovered around Earth
This has been covered widely today, here is a sampling of stories and reference: From the BBC: Antimatter belt around Earth discovered by Pamela craft A thin band of antimatter…
Study: Severe low temperatures devastate coral reefs in Florida Keys – attributed to North Atlantic Oscillation
From the University of Georgia, Athens(UGA) Athens, Ga. – Increased seawater temperatures are known to be a leading cause of the decline of coral reefs all over the world. Now,…
The polar bear poster that launched a thousand quips
Much has been made of the revelation that Charles Monnett is under suspension and investigation related to the issues swirling around drowned polar bears and dubious statistical license used to…
It's official: Al Gore is a prophet
Tim Blair of the Telegraph catches this little slip, which is rather telling. He writes: Jeff Young interviews Maggie Fox, President and CEO of Al Gore’s latest scam, the Climate…
Climate and Early Asian Immigrants
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has issued a new report (PDF) asserting that the Early Asian Immigrants (incorrectly referred to as “Native” Americans) are hit…
Source of "hide the decline"? New paper finds that tree height shrinks with increased temperature
This new paper by Kempes et al published in the journal Plos One adds uncertainty to the already uncertain science of dendrochronology dendroclimatology and the attempts at tracking temperature from…
Worldwide CO2 emissions and the futility of any action in the West
Guest post by Ed Hoskins Prof Richard Muller in a presentation made last October [1] made the dilemma facing the warmists abundantly clear: The developing world is ‘not joining-in with…
Arctic "death spiral" or dead sensor?
As many readers have noted, one of the Arctic sea ice extent plots on our WUWT sea ice page took a Serreze style nosedive today: Source: http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/plots/icecover/icecover_current.png According to DMI…
The extraordinary collapse of Jatropha as a biofuel
Story submitted by Ronald C. Henry The current American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology has a most amazing story demonstrating the foolish, indeed outright dangerous, application of the…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
Quote of the Week: “… there’s the social dominance orientation of conservatives, who see social life as following the law of the jungle. One’s choice is to dominate or be…
U.S. East Coast is the next wild weather target
By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow, Weatherbell co-chief Meteorologist This is August and the east coast season peaks in September with activity in October. August systems often provide just a…
McIntyre: From Climategate To Guardiangate
The Guardian Is “Bemused” by Steve McIntyre, Climate Audit, 6 August 2011 David Leigh of the Guardian has been added to the list of UK journalists who’ve engaged in phone hacking…
Gore FAIL – Gore starts cussing in climate talk
The fact that he has started cussing while addressing audiences(even supportive ones) clearly shows that he has lost the battle. “There’s no longer a shared reality on an issue like…
Australian government prepares for massive climate disruption
This film, being shown all throughout Australia, and now available here at WUWT shows what the Gillard government is doing to prepare for the worst unstoppable effects of climate change.…
The Big Sky "drill baby drill" project – just another dry hole into which taxpayer money is sequestered
From Montana State University, news of a big drilling project, except this one produces nothing. MSU moves forward with U.S. Department of Energy backed carbon dioxide storage project in northern…
Montana's new big sky discovery – El Niño casts a wide net
From Montana State University and the “weather is not climate” department: Montana State researcher discovers link between Montana weather, ocean near Peru BOZEMAN, Mont. – A Montana State University researcher…
Pat Michaels on aerosols, China coal, and lack of recent warming
The Current Wisdom: The Lack of Recent Warming and the State of Peer Review by Patrick J. Michaels Boston University’s Robert Kaufmann and colleagues recently published a paper in the…
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