From the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Auto industry experts predict that more than 50 percent of cars on the road by 2020 will use a relatively new type of fuel-efficient engine. This transition, however, has raised questions about its ultimate effect on the climate. A study published in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology has found that…
From the “Kenji is not pleased” department. Can you imagine the wailing and caterwauling if say, Heartland or The Competitive Enterprise Institute tried something like this? In my opinion, the only thing related to “science” at UCS is their name, but clearly by their actions they are a political organization, and nothing else. After all,…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian is worried that if Donald Trump is elected as US President, he will reject demands for climate action which are supported by tyrants, war criminals and genocidal maniacs. Donald Trump would be world’s only national leader to reject climate science Sierra Club report finds science of climate change…
From Friends of Science Newsletter by Albert Jacobs Kenneth Richard has compiled a list of 770 papers published since January 1, 2014 that contradict the IPCC consensus statement, see here. This includes 240 papers published during the first half of 2016, as shown here. The list of papers includes 43 on solar influences, 27 on…
From the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY El Niño played a key role in Pacific marine heatwave, as did potentially climate change The Northeast Pacific’s largest marine heatwave on record was at least in part caused by El Niño climate patterns. And unusually warm water events in that ocean could potentially become more frequent with rising…