Video: Why science reporter Seth Borenstein at the Associated Press is more about 'New Catch Phrases' and less about science

Worth repeating, in their own words on video, from Pierre Gosselin’s “No tricks Zone”: Amazing…AP Reporter Seth Borenstein Emphasizing Value Of “New Catch Phrases” To Hype Up Climate Stories! By…

Slimed by Naomi Oreskes – In Defense of Dr. Fred Singer

Guest opinion by Ron Arnold The Oreskes documentary calling Dr. Fred Singer a “Liar for Hire” is a repeat of a nearly identical attack on him twenty years ago. An…

Red or Blue pill? Light sensitive diatoms may hold key to a big portion of the climate puzzle

From the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research: In between red light and blue light: Leipzig researchers discover new functionality of molecular light switches Diatoms play an important role in water…

FEMA edict to U.S. states: 'Provide a Climate Plan or Lose Funding'

h/t TriplePundit – FEMA, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, has issued draft guidance which demands that states include an assessment of climate risk in their 5 year disaster plan,…

California trees 'smart response' to drought

Via WUWT reader NEO in “Tips and Notes” – Research ecologist Nathan Stephenson crawled around magnificent Giant Forest, checking young giant sequoias for damage from California’s three-year drought. Instead of…

Fire at Didcot power station means the UK power grid is in for a rough ride this winter

Peter Miller writes in WUWT Tips and Notes: There has been a major fire tonight at Didcot B power station in the UK – this plant provides around 3% of…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #154

The Week That Was: 2014-18-11 (October 18, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and…

Study: Improved electricity access has little impact on climate change

From the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Improving household electricity access in India over the last 30 years contributed only marginally to the nation’s total carbon emissions growth during…

Secret Post Facto Changes in the IPCC AR5 Report

Brandon Shollenberger writes: I thought you might be interested to hear the final version of the IPCC AR5 WGII report has been published, and a number of changes were made…

Poland To Veto EU's 40% CO2 Reduction Proposal

From the GWPF and Dr. Benny Peiser: New Unilateral CO2 Targets Would ‘Destroy European Industry’ Poland Warns Climate change scepticism is on the rise in Europe. Governments are not going…

Claim: Cheap energy stimulates the economy too much – Natural Gas will not reduce CO2

Eric Worrall writes: A new study published in Nature has revealed that switching to cheap Natural Gas will not reduce CO2 significantly, because all that cheap energy will stimulate the…

World Disasters Report for 2013 – lowest number of catastrophies and deaths in 10 years

Alexej Buergin writes in WUWT Tips and Notes about a report from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) that puts climate alarmism’s claims of increased…

We weren't lying, we were oversimplifying – the Conversation's latest 'dog ate homework' excuse for climate insanity

Eric Worrall writes about “The Conversation” Austalia’s favorite hangout of climate doomers: As the great unwinding of the more extreme climate alarmist positions gathers momentum, “The Conversation” provides us with…

Climate Dialogue about the sun

Guest blog by Marcel Crok Over at Climate Dialogue we have started a new discussion about the influence of the sun on the climate. People familiar with climate discussions know…

Friday Funny – Renewable Energy Fails Protesters Calling for More Renewable Energy

Oh, this is precious. In Madison, Wisconsin, demonstrators gathered outside the Public Service Commission to protest against a requested rate structure change by the local utility company, Madison Gas and…

With ARGO, There is a Wide Range Warming (and Cooling) Rates of the Oceans to Depths of 2000 Meters

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The KNMI Climate Explorer has added a number of datasets to their Monthly observations webpage, where users select desired data based on global coordinates. (Many…

Backyard Birds Spreading as Climate Changes

By Pat Michaels and Chip Knappenberger In a recent Global Science Report, we posted some good news coming out of California’s Sierra Nevada, where climate change (from whatever cause), has…

A Simple Truth; Computer Climate Models Cannot Work

Guest opinion by Dr. Tim Ball – Ockham’s Razor says, “Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.” Usually applied in making a decision between two competing possibilities, it suggests…

Early snowfall on the big Island of Hawaii seen on satellite

Here is something you don’t see every day, a satellite image showing a sizable amount of snow cover on the big island of Hawaii. While snowfall on the big island…

Major Hurricane Gonzalo Gives an "Eye-opening" Performance

NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing continuous coverage of Hurricane Gonzalo as it moves toward Bermuda. NASA’s Terra satellite saw thunderstorms wrapped tightly around the center with large bands…