Tuesday titter – Carbon trading by Josh

Josh writes: here’s my take on that well known scam that’s been in the news this week. Astonishing. Cartoons by Josh [Apologies – posted Tuesday not Monday!]

Two Cape Verde lows following path of hurricane Danny may develop into tropical storms

From NASA Goddard: Danny has become a degenerate, that is, the tropical depression weakened. Satellite and Hurricane Hunter aircraft data showed that Danny degenerated into an elongated area of low…

If only Lewandowsky, Cook, Nuccitelli, Hayhoe and others could learn from their OWN mistakes…

From the “It’s science Jim – but not as we know it” department. (h/t Foxgoose) Sheesh. Another shedload of 97% consensus, spun to fit Paris COP21. The hubris here is…

13 year study claims severe weather is causing longer power outages, but not more of them

From the “ignore all the severe weather outbreaks in the prior century, we’ve got something to prove” department. Imagine if a climate skeptic skeptic scientists released a 13 year study…

Stockholm Environment Institute: Carbon credits undercut climate change action

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A report by the Stockholm environment institute claims that a UN carbon credit scheme “significantly undermined” efforts to tackle global warming. According to the BBC;…

As predicted: Alarmists blame "global warming" for mystery lights in the sky

Guest essay by Eric Worrall An increase in Noctilucent clouds, strange illuminated streamers of light at the edge of space, has been blamed on global warming. According to the SFGate;…

Wrong Again, Again

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach One of the best parts of new tools is new discoveries. So the tools to calculate the heat constants of the ocean and land as described…

The easy solution to the looming monster methane apocalypse

Guest essay by Larry Kummer of the the Fabius Maximus website. Summary:  The looming disaster from the powerful greenhouse gas methane has become a standard part of alarmists’ shtick. It…

Hurricane expert: 10 years after Katrina, North Atlantic hurricane activity well below normal

Noted hurricane expert Dr. Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University has had some interesting discussion and stats on his Twitter feed, for example: 10 years ago today, TD 10’s remnants brewed…

Collusion exposed between Governors, White House, and Tom Steyer's climate advocacy groups

E&E Legal Releases Report Exposing Coordination Between Governors, the Obama White House and the Tom Steyer-“Founded and Funded” Network of Advocacy Groups to Advance the “Climate” Agenda Washington, D.C. —…

Lags and Leads

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve been thinking about thermal lags in the climate system. Everyone is familiar with thermal lag in everyday life. When you put a cast-iron pan…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #193

The Week That Was: 2015-08-22 (August 22, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Will BBC really fire the Met Office ?

WUWT reader Tony Brown writes: BBC to fire the Met Office from supplying its forecasts and end its 92 year old relationship The Met Office is close by me in…

Sunday sketch – BBC splits from the Met Office

Josh writes:  In the news today (The Sunday Times “BBC pulls plug on Met Office”) we learn that the BBC is not going to renew the Met Office’s contract to…

Realities Of Climate Change, Politics And Public Knowledge.

Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball The minute a small cabal hijacked climate for a political agenda it determined that setting the record straight required political answers. Naomi Klein admitted it…

Meet the Climate Survivalists: the new Consumer Demographic

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new group of climate entrepreneurs has arisen to service the needs of true believers. Climate action might be a fading priority for most people.…

Climate Crisis, Inc.

$1.5 trillion and Larry Bell book explain how profiteers of climate doom keep the money flowing Guest Essay Paul Driessen No warming in 18 years, no category 3-5 hurricane hitting…

Apple and Google Pour Billions Down a Green Drain

Guest essay by Steve Goreham Originally published in Communities Digital News, republished at WUWt by request of the author. Business has been captured by Climatism, the belief that humans are…

Claim: Global warming makes frost damage worse

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Australian CSIRO has claimed that global warming increases both the incidence of frost, and the amount of damage frost causes to crops. According to…

Claim: For trout fishermen, climate change will mean more driving time, less angling

Looks like a hilarious positive feedback loop, more driving, more emissions, less trout, more driving… From PENN STATE When trying to explain the potential effects of climate change on plants,…

Europe hit by one of the worst droughts since 2003

From the EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Much of the European continent has been affected by severe drought in June and July 2015, one of the worst since the drought and…

Dueling press releases – one says GHG's 'caused' end of last ice age, other says 'lead factor'

I noticed these press releases for the new “ramp up to Paris” paper at Eurekalert today. One is from Boston College, the other is from Oregon State University. The headlines…

Claim: You need science fiction to make sense of climate change

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian thinks climate change is so “dire”, people can only make sense of it with the help of science fiction. According to The Guardian;…

Throwback Thursday #4 – IPCC's Pachauri says '2012 will be too late' to stop climate change

The U.N.’s top railroad engineer sexual harasser “climate scientist” said in 2007 we only had four years to save the world. Rajendra Pachauri, the former head of the Intergovernmental Panel on…