Guest essay by Eric Worrall Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein story was conceived in a washout of a Summer on Lake Geneva. Does this make Frankenstein a metaphor for a homeless climate…
Month: August 2016
$2 Billion Volkswagen Electric Car Investment Squabble
Guest essay by Eric Worrall As part of a legal settlement for last year’s Volkswagen emission test scandal, Volkswagen agreed to invest two billion dollars in US electric car infrastructure.…
Introducing the global-warming exaggeration factor X
Guest essay by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Recently I provided – based on a characteristically interesting email from Roger Taguchi – a demonstration that IPCC has at least doubled true…
Letter shows #ExxonKnew Attorneys General caught up in unlawful collusion
AG Letter Reveals #ExxonKnew AG Campaign about Defending Obama Climate Legacy Washington, D.C. – On the heels of the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) releasing the copy of…
Solar physicist sees global cooling ahead
Via the GWPF: Recent research by Professor Valentina Zharkova (Northumbria University) and colleagues has shed new light on the inner workings of the Sun. If correct, this new discovery means…
Interesting and positive changes in Arctic sea ice volume
Are we seeing an Arctic change? Three out of the four most recent years show increase in ice volume not seen since 2003. Guest essay by Frank Lansner DMI publishes daily…
Another example of PolitiFact's climate propaganda
By Larry Kummer. From the archives at the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: This vignette illustrates important aspects of the climate change debate, and why it has failed to gain sufficient…
Study: Leonardo DiCaprio's Impact on Climate Communication
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A scientific study has attempted to analyse the impact of a recent Leonardo DiCaprio climate speech on Twitter and other social media – and has…
A new paper from Richard Betts shows land use change is a significant component of the global climate heat budget
From the Roger Pielke Sr. has been saying this for years department comes this paper where Dr. Richard Betts of the UK Met Office is a co-author. h/t/ to Betts…
Zombie Science, the worst example of climate data torturing – ever: withdrawn Gergis 2012 becomes Gergis 2016
I missed this article from July, and it deserves wide distribution. Steve McIntyre writes (excerpts): In 2012, the then much ballyhoo-ed Australian temperature reconstruction of Gergis et al 2012 mysteriously…
Will 2016 Set Satellite Records? (Now Includes June and July Data)
Guest Post by Werner Brozek, Edited by Just The Facts: The above bar graph shows the RSS bar heights for 2016 in blue and the corresponding heights for 1998 in…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #235
The Week That Was: 2016-08-06 (August 6, 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…
Sporting News: "Buzzkill" Global Warming Message Had No Place at Rio Olympics
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Sporting News has published a scathing critique of Brazil’s attempt to prop up its rather shaky green credentials by wedging a “buzzkill” climate message into…
Balance of Power Aussie Senators Clash over WHY a Carbon Tax is Bad
Guest essay by Eric Worrall It is a good day to be an Aussie climate skeptic. Two key small party senators, part of a group which holds the balance of…
PolitiFact or Politi-fiction?
Guest essay by Andy May This is a critique of the coverage of the man-made climate change debate by Politifact.com. It’s an update of a post I wrote last year.…
NSIDC on Arctic Sea Ice: 'A new record low September ice extent now appears to be unlikely."
From the National Snow and Ice Data Center. A cool and stormy Arctic in July An extensive area of lower than average temperatures in the Central Arctic and the Siberian…
More Renewable Wriggling: Don't say the 'C' word
Guest essay by Eric Worrall What do you do if your catastrophic renewables policies cause power spot price spikes up to $14,000 / MWh ($14 / KWh)? What happens when…
Climate Change Agenda and the Role of Bureaucratic Scientists
Guest opinion; Dr. Tim Ball I began this article before the resignation of NCEI director Tom Karl was announced. His replacement will, like James Hansen’s replacement at NASA GISS, Gavin…
California's drought tolerant landscaping may make heat waves worse
From USC and the evapotranspiration cools locally department: Hidden, local climate impacts of drought-friendly vegetation New research by USC Viterbi researchers explores the climate impact of drought vegetation efforts To…
Monbiot: The Climate Crisis has Arrived – but the Media are Keeping it Secret
Guest essay by Eric Worrall George Monbiot, a prominent Guardian Environmental Reporter, has accused the “corrupt” media establishment of not telling anyone that the world just ended. The climate crisis…
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