In light of the recent announcement by Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan that the chances of avoiding power cuts looks very slim in the UK, Dr. John Brignell, proprietor of…
Month: February 2013
Wuebbles gone wild – hilarious claims of 'wall to wall' severe weather on cable news is not science
A couple of days ago there was this PR from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I decided it was just too ridiculous to get any traction. I was wrong,…
Gold Fever
Guest post by Willis Eschenbach I first met my friend Mel in the Army nuthouse. I wrote about him before, and the nuthouse, in a piece called “It’s Not About…
Boulder Escapes Global Warming
Guest post by Sam I. Outcalt Abstract: The historic record of the mean annual air temperature record at Boulder does not display the major “global” climate transitions detectable in the…
New paper from NOAA demonstrates that El Niño has more impacts than climate on winter weather in the USA
While AP’s Seth Borenstein cites opinions of activist scientists in erroneously claiming that ‘climate change’ increasing atmospheric moisture is the main driver for winter weather events, it turns out that…
BREAKING: 'Richard Windsor' EPA scandal spreads, EPA Administrator James Martin resigns over hidden email accounts
From a press release: Vitter: New Richard Windsor Emails Show EPA’s Transparency Problem More Widespread New emails show acting Administrator Perciasepe used non-official email to conduct official business. EPA Region…
Whac-a-moling Seth Borenstein at AP over his erroneous extreme weather claims
Comments on Yesterday’s paean to Global Warming Guest post by Dr. Richard Keen, Meteorologist Emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder It’s like playing whac-a-mole. After every major storm or unusual (or…
Russian Chelyabinsk Meteor largest since 1908 Tunguska event
Image credit: Google Earth, NASA/JPL-Caltech › Larger view From the WSJ (NASA JPL Statement follows): The meteor that crashed to earth in Russia was about 55 feet in diameter, weighed…
The Captain’s Daughter
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I come by my storytelling habits honestly—mostly I credit my grandmother for my love of a well-turned tale. I grew up way out in the…
Masters of disasters and Captain Uncertainty
From Stanford University Preparing for climate change-induced weather disasters The news sounds grim: mounting scientific evidence indicates climate change will lead to more frequent and intense extreme weather that affects…
350.org fudges the numbers again
Via Tom Nelson: “For “the biggest climate rally in history,” attendance was remarkably sparse. Those of us in the Light Brigade guessed 5,000” The Light Brigade Shines at the Shivering…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
The Week That Was: 2013-02-16 (February 16, 2013) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: “As long ago as 1994,…
Blackmailing the Japanese Ambassador
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I got to talking and laughing with my lovely lady today about old Billy Bennett. Billy was a rascal and a rogue and an erstwhile…
Global Warming Consensus Looking More Like A Myth
Image Credit – Wood For Trees and Werner Brozek From the Investor’s Business Daily: The global warming alarmists repeat the line endlessly. They claim that there is a consensus among…
Overhyped: The Human Cost of Climate Alarmism
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I do love tracing down how numbers kind of ricochet around the web. This investigation started when I ran across a book review in the…
Freighted With Memories
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In my mind, freight trains have always held some kind of special mojo. As a kid, I’d read about them, and sung about them. I…
Another document refusal from NOAA via FOI
Your tax dollars at work….wait, not “at work”, but, um… Guest post by Christopher Horner, CEI Funny how so many people at NOAA have the same hobby they work on…
The Missing Cashbox and the Nguru Patrol
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach This is a tale about one of the most beloved people in the Solomon Islands, my good friend Phil Palmer. Phil was white, but he…
Home Invasion
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach At some point, the ocean rolls in and out of many of my tales like a slightly demented uncle who lives upstairs who you only…
Open thread weekend
I have some other things to attend to this weekend, posting will be light from me. But I’ve arranged for some entertainment.
Bill McKibben is not what he seems to be – I catch him in a lie
While Bill McKibben tries to portray himself as just a concerned citizen out to change the world due to his fears of global warming, by running a “grassroots organization”, the…
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