Obama Enacts "Permanent" Ban on Arctic Oil Drilling

h/t Robert from oz – President Obama has stepped up efforts to sabotage Trump’s mandate from the American people, this time by attempting to mess up Trump’s commitment to open…

Claim: Electoral College "Thwarting" the Ability to Combat Climate Change

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Yale Lecturer Todd Cort wants to discard the electoral college system, because it gives rural voters the voting power to challenge the dominance of the…

Detection and Attribution of Man-made Climate Change

By Andy May Chapter 10 of the 2013 IPCC Working Group 1 Assessment Report (WG1 AR5) report on climate change deals with how man-made climate change is detected and how…

A must read: Obsolete Climate Science on CO2

Obsolete Climate Science on CO2 by Richard A. Epstein, Stanford University Tuesday, December 20, 2016 The incoming Trump administration has promised dramatic transformations on many vital domestic issues. The best…

Another fantastic claim shot to hell: weather begets climate belief

Americans believe climate change connected to location and local weather Researchers found local experiences and temperatures drive belief or non-belief in climate change GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY A new study finds…

Surprising Results From Study: Moderate Cold Kills More People Than Extreme Heat

Guest Post  by Kip Hansen Science is a wonderful thing.  As time moves on, in a single direction,  Science, as an endeavor, discovers new things and improves our lives. With…

California Climate Secession Threat

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A small but vocal group of Californians want to secede from the Union, to avoid President-elect Trump’s climate policies. Climate Change Secession Some private citizen…

Kindness- paying an old debt forward

I have been blessed with many, many friends around the world due to my creating WUWT, now in it’s 10th year. I have friends in many countries, and people reach…

A bad day for Younger Dryas comet impact climate theory

Studies refute hypothesis on what caused abrupt climate change thousands of years ago Two new studies in the Journal of Quaternary Science refute the hypothesis that one or more comets/bolides…

Outgoing EPA Chief: Trump has "Limited Room to Manoeuvre"

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Outgoing Obama EPA Chief Gina McCarthy thinks President-elect Donald Trump will not be able to change EPA policy towards CO2, because it will be too…

Claim: Rubbish Dump Polar Bears are "Climate Refugees"

Guest essay by Eric Worrall NYT brings us this heartrending story about polar bears on the verge of extinction fooling people into thinking they are fine, by looking overweight, and…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #252

The Week That Was: Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project By Ken Haapala Data Manipulation: As twice-elected president of a science society formed in…

U.S average temperature 16°F – colder than any time last winter, and winter hasn't started yet!

If you think it is colder than you remember last year, your’e right. Winter hasn’t officially started yet, it begins on Wednesday, December 21st. But the numbers tell a cold…

Vox: Popular Clean Energy "is toast" Without Government Enforcement

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Vox has written a hilarious article about how giving people who love clean energy a choice about whether to use renewables would destroy the industry.…

Can the Left adapt to the Trump era? Watch their climate activists for clues.

By Larry Kummer. Posted at the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: Can the Left effectively oppose Trump, making arguments that mobilize public opinion? Their actions since the election suggest not. Climate…

Modern Scientific Controversies Part 4: The Obesity Epidemic

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   Prologue:  This is the fourth in a series of  essays that will discuss ongoing scientific controversies, a specific type of which are often referred…

Greens Request Private Sector Keep the Cash Flowing

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens have requested that Private Businesses step in and top up an anticipated funding shortfall of in excess of ten billion dollars per annum, when…

Limestone Dust: The Latest Climate Geoengineering Favourite

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A US study has suggested hurling crushed limestone into the stratosphere to halt global warming, on the grounds that it would do less damage than…

Climate change debate – latest results

Guest essay by Bevan Dockery Here is 38 years of empirical data clearly showing a relationship between the satellite temperature and the rate of change of atmospheric CO2 concentration at…

How to communicate science

From the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON What makes influential science? Telling a good story It turns out that even in the world of scientific writing, your eighth-grade teacher was right: how you…