The ultimate 'Godwin effect' – Science In 1941: ‘Global Warming Caused Hitler’

For those who don’t know: Godwins law Via the GWPF and the department of “global warming causes everything” comes this blast from the past. It sounds just about as ridiculous as some…

The Paris effect: 97% Of Americans Don’t Believe Climate Change Is Top Concern

From the “magic number is always 97%” department US Survey: 97% Of Americans Don’t Believe Climate Change Is Top Concern Via Dan Joseph, MRC TV News A new Fox News poll finds…

Claim: 500 million children "at risk" from Climate Change

Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to UNICEF, 500 million children will suffer, unless America hands all its money to the UN. Children will bear the brunt of climate change…

Tuesday titter – Prince Charles in The Greenhouse

Josh writes: Prince Charles famously talks to his plants – nothing wrong with that, of course. BishopHill suggested a cartoon where we listen in to what he might be saying (H/t Climate Expert…

Climate Change and a Subtropical Canada?

Guest essay by F.J. Shepherd Real climate change could be realized by having a region with a cold temperate climate transforming into a warm temperate climate. This article will explore…

Super Coral – the Latest Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Dr. Ruth Gates has a plan to protect coral from global warming – a selective breeding program to produce “super” coral – stronger, better, tougher,…

Open Thread – travel day

I’m traveling today, so updates will be few and far between, so here is the opportunity to have a broad discussion. Our usual caveats apply which you can review here.…

Chaos & Climate – Part 2: Chaos = Stability

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen     “…we should recognise that we are dealing with a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore that the long-term prediction of future climate states…

Prince Charles: Climate Change is to blame for War in Syria

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, has stepped in the climate issue again, by suggesting that climate change in Syria is the root cause…

How not to measure temperature, British facepalm edition

I had to share this “laugh out loud” moment from Bishop Hill and the photo of this weather station. Andrew Montford writes:   Settled science Much amusement is to be…

Claim: France Terror Attacks Improved Chances of a Climate Deal

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Environmental activists have suggested the brutal terror attack in Paris has improved the chances of getting a climate deal at the COP 21 meeting. ……

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

The Week That Was: 2015-11-21 (Nov 21, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP www.sepp.org The Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Quote of the Week: “It must be remembered that…

Russian Power Assets Attacked – How long will the Trans-Siberian Pipeline last?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Power pylons supplying regions of the Crimean have been blown up, causing significant economic disruption to disputed territory currently occupied by Russian backed Ukrainian rebels.…

Volkswagen: Crass Crony Corporate Capitalistic Capitulation

Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Winston Churchill famously defined an appeaser as someone who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. In the debate about global warming, business,…

Update on El Niño: Gaia disappoints the climate activists

Guest essay by Larry Kummer, from the Fabius Maximus website Summary: Climate alarmists have run wild with predictions about the “monster” “Godzilla” El Niño, a last throw of the dice…

Are Stringent Vehicle Emissions Standards Driving a Surge in Coal?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The pressure to conform to tightening vehicle emissions standards and fuel efficiency specifications is intense. Everyone knows about the recent Volkswagen Emissions Scandal, in which…

Keeping up the heat on the UK Supreme Court

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley On September 17, 2015, the UK Supreme Court held a climate-change propaganda event in its no. 1 and no. 2 courtrooms, in which only one…

John Kerry channels Paul Ehrlich with doomsday predictions of climate change and threats to national security

Guest essay by Eric Worrall US Secretary of State John Kerry has just cranked up the rhetoric on Climate Change, by mixing statements about National Security threats and Climate Politics.…

Realclimate.org goes dark – is it permanent?

While few have noticed, since hardly anyone but the handful of extreme faithful visit there anymore, it seems that the website run by the climate alarmist cabal of Dr. Gavin…

The Differences between Sea Surface Temperature Datasets Prevent Us from Knowing Which El Niño Was Strongest According NINO3.4 Region Temperature Data

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale In the November 17, 2015 post here (WattsUpWithThat cross post here), we discussed the recent alarmist claims by the mainstream media and members of the…

Washington State Judge: Constitutional Obligation to Act on Global Warming

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A Washington State Judge has found in favour of petitioners demanding action on Climate Change. According to The Blaze; In what environmentalists are calling a…

Friday Funny – the root of all problems is climate change

There’s a famous cartoon by XKCD titled “Duty calls“, where someone is obsessing over something they’ve seen “wrong on the Internet”.  This Josh cartoon is a bit like that, in…

Exposing the well funded & manufactured campaign of blame on the 'Exxon knew climate change would be dangerous' fiasco

New Disclosures Help Pull Back Curtain on Who’s Funding Manufactured Climate Investigation by Steve Everley energyindepth.org , Dallas, Tex. A letter reportedly being circulated among a handful of Democrats this…

Terrorism and a cold winter refugee crisis

A brutal cold spell could kill refugees. Paris COP21 delegates need to discuss this climate issue. Guest essay by Paul Driessen and Joe D’Aleo Even after the latest Paris massacres…