Guest essay by David Nabhan Many long-established families in El Paso and Juarez have stories about Pancho Villa to relate—mine is no different. My great uncle, Massoud, brought before the…
Month: April 2016
Teaching People Climate Science "Dampens Public Concern"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Why would teaching people more about science, tend to reduce concern about Climate Change? The obvious explanation is there is something wrong with the science,…
The new climate spin: trying to reach conservatives by making fighting climate change 'patriotic'
Framing discourse around conservative values shifts climate change attitudes From OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Conservatives’ attitudes toward climate change and other environmental concerns shift when the issues are reframed in terms…
More Burning Water Fracking Hype: Aussie CSIRO says Methane Emissions are "Natural".
Guest essay by Eric Worrall An Aussie Green politician has attracted publicity, by “setting fire” to water in an Australian river, as part of a propaganda attack against local gas…
The Solar Plane – a Perfect Metaphor for What is Wrong With Renewables
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Solar Impulse 2 has finally completed completed the latest leg of its round the world flight. In engineering terms, a round the world flight…
AGU Continues to Take Money from Oil Companies
Guest opinion by James Wanliss When I first attended the Fall American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in 1995 it was undoubtedly one of the goals of many of the PhD…
My review: Skeptic Film 'Climate Hustle' to appear in theaters Nationwide one week from tonight
One week from tonight on May 2nd, CFACT’s groundbreaking film Climate Hustle will be shown in movie theaters across the United States for a special one-night event. I’m in the…
Inconvenient Study: CO2 fertilization greening the earth
International team reports CO2 fertilization prompted plants and trees to sprout extra green leaves equivalent in area to two times the continental USA, or nearly 4.4 billion General Shermans (largest…
Another modeling claim where measurements are really needed: 'Researchers discover "fate" of melting glacial ice in Greenland'
From the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, I’m thinking about how climate models have become the new perception of certainty Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It’s certainty. – Stephen Colbert…
Climate Craziness of the Week: Palestinian President blames Israeli "Occupation" for Causing Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thinks Israeli settlements are causing dangerous global warming. At the UN Earth Day ceremony in New York on Friday, Palestinian…
For Those Watching the Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies of the Equatorial Pacific and the Decay of the El Niño
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Many readers are keeping an eye on the sea surface temperature anomalies of the eastern equatorial Pacific. The latest sea surface temperature anomaly map from…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #223
The Week That Was: 2016-04-23 (April 23, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…
Particulates, Aerosols, And Climate: The More Important Story
Guest opinion: Dr. Tim Ball [1] The article “US Senate Considering Albedo Modification Geoengineering Proposal” appeared as I finished this article. It commented on the plan to introduce particles into…
Letter: Are these politicians lying or just stupid?
Editor, Times-Dispatch, Richmaond, VA Napoleon Bonaparte’s quote, “In politics stupidity is not a handicap,” survives since politicians continue to validate the observation. On March 29, New York’s Attorney General Eric…
Sunday Silly – Please don't talk to the bus driver
Like Anthony, I get mail. Only he gets much, much more. A few days ago, a Canadian reader sent me this photo and asked how he could display it on…
UPDATED: Do the Adjustments to Land Surface Temperature Data Increase the Reported Global Warming Rate?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This is an update of the post published a week ago here (WattsUpWithThat cross post is here). That earlier post included “raw” unadjusted data based…
UK Hydrogen Madness: "Does the Committee on Climate Change want to blow us all up?"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Most UK households use natural gas for home heating, largely because green policy inflated electricity costs are so high. But the Carbon Worriers in the…
Saturday silliness – Gavin loses it
Josh writes: When Steve MicIntyre writes “In the past few weeks, I’ve been re-examining the long-standing dispute over the discrepancy between models and observations in the tropical troposphere.” you might…
Open Thread Saturday – "What Could We do Better"?
I’m traveling today, and my ability to connect to the Internet will be hit and miss. Therefore, I’ve decided to run an open thread along with this question: What Could We…
"A Lighter Shade of Gray"
Bill Gray at the ICCC9 conference at Las Vegas in 2014. In WUWT’s announcement of the passing of Dr. Gray, Phil Klotzbach commented that he and a colleague were writing…
Climate science might become the most important casualty of the replication crisis
The replication crisis in science has just begun. It will be big. By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: After a decade of slow growth beneath public view,…
Friday Funny: Earth Day Hate Mail
Letters, I get letters, and even though the WUWT contact page says clearly: Contacts made under this form (especially hate mail and threats) are considered to be fair game for…
Seven Earth Day predictions that failed spectacularly
Never Trust The Doom-Mongers: Earth Day Predictions That Were All Wrong The Daily Caller, 22 April 2016 Andrew Follett Environmentalists truly believed and predicted that the planet was doomed during…
Friday funny – Subsidy Sam in the news!
Josh writes:’Subsidy Sam’ is a children’s story written by Lyndsey Ward to counter the shameless pro-wind propaganda allowed in schools. Lyndsey asked me to help out with a cartoon and I…
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