Back to Basics on Climate for The Australia Institute

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Richard Denniss, Chief Economist of The Australia Institute, has written a rather patronising “back to basics” attack on coal, one of Australia’s major export commodities.…

Watch the UK Supreme Court wriggle, then help it come clean

Britain’s highest court apologizes for breaking the law but dodges questions about its widely-broadcast September 2015 climate-change propaganda event urging national and international courts to “scotch” the “claims” of skeptical…

Is NOAA About to Crack? 'Pausebuster' study under intense scrutiny

Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), who is leading a Congressional investigation into the infamous Karl et al 2015 “Pausebuster” study, NOAA…

A Dalton-like Amplitude for Solar Cycle 25

Guest essay by David Archibald The most accurate method for predicting the amplitude of the next solar cycle is to use the strength of the solar polar magnetic fields at…

New urban heat island study shows surprising variation in air temperatures

From the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA and the “any motorcycle or bicycle rider can tell you this” department comes this study on UHI in Minneapolis. Results provide valuable insights into efforts…

Avoid Red Lipstick: the Latest tip for Saving the Planet

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Forbes tells us that the latest hot tip for saving the planet from climate change and unsustainable resource usage is to avoid red lipstick. According…

Spot the trend: $100,000 USD prize to show climate & temperature data is not random

Ross McKittrick writes via email: A UK-based math buff and former investment analyst named Douglas Keenan has posted an intriguing comment on the internet. He takes the view that global temperature…

Britain Officially Demotes Climate Change

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Amber Rudd, Britain’s Energy Secretary, has officially stated energy security is Britain’s top energy policy priority, ahead of Climate Change. According to The Guardian; The…

1709; The Disparate Economic And Political Impact of Weather And Climate

Guest opinion: Dr. Tim Ball The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2001 Report claimed that neither the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) nor the Little Ice Age (LIA) occurred. They…

Claim: Fungus Can Help Plants Tolerate Heat

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Scientists studying mechanisms by which plants growing in hot geothermal soils like Yellowstone National Park tolerate extreme heat, claim they have discovered symbiotic fungi which…

New horror-fiction book about polar bears pokes fun at wild climate claims

Dr. Susan Crockford has written a “jaws style” novel about people being eaten by polar bears. Here’s what she emailed to me earlier today. – Anthony This is a polar bear…

Lomborg pushes back against Joe Romm's over the top screed about the lack of impact of #COP21

Guest essay by Bjørn Lomborg My research paper, “Impact of Current Climate Proposals” published in Global Policy (and discussed on WUWT), is the first peer-reviewed analysis of the impact of 2016-2030…

Is the Current El Niño Stronger Than the One in 1997/98? In a word, 'no'

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Yesterday, NOAA published its weekly update of the sea surface temperature data for the NINO regions (data here), and because the sea surface temperature anomalies…

Claim: Paris Terrorist Atrocity was a Big Oil Plot

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – The Ecologist speculates that the aim of the ISIS terrorists, who have claimed responsibility for the recent Paris terrorist atrocity, might have…

Tuesday titter – Alarmism in a Huff

Josh writes: Breibart reports on an extraordinary Huffington Post article arguing that the response to the terrorism in Paris should be “a successful Climate Change Conference”. Gosh. Cartoons by Josh

October 2015 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly & Model-Data Difference Update

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale As one might expect in response to a strong El Niño, the GISS global Land Ocean Temperature Index jumped 0.24 deg C from September to October 2014, raising…

A new "End of Snow" Prediction

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study has emerged predicting the end of snow, along with melting glaciers and water shortages – though this study is cautious enough to…

Claim: Earth's climate more sensitive to CO2 than previously thought

From BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY and the “worse than we thought, doubling down on CO2 for Paris” department, comes this claim that we are well on our way to a hothouse Earth.…

Lawsuit filed in the #RICO20 case against GMU for 'denying' records exist

Via press release: CEI Files FOIA Lawsuit Against George Mason University for Denying Existence of Records Related to RICO-20 Letter George Mason University (GMU) faculty claimed “no records” existed in…

Back to Basics Part 2 – What is Climate Change?

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This is the second part of a two-part series of posts that present chapters from my recently published ebook On Global Warming and the Illusion…

Memo to Paris: don’t base policy on overblown prediction

Halfway to 2°C – halfway to hell on Earth or just a number? Guest essay by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley The Met Office is at it again. Just in time…

Green Tech and the climate crisis syndicate

Manufactured climate crisis fears and renewable energy schemes create gold mine for the rich Guest essay by Paul Driessen Renewable Portfolio Standard advocates recently held their 2015 National Summit. The…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #205

The Week That Was: 2015-11-14 (November 14, 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 Project…

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders: Climate Change is STILL the Number One Security Threat

Guest essay by Eric Worrall In the aftermath of the horrific events in Paris, you would think some politicians might have been jolted into reconnecting with reality, regarding the relative…

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