From the “mother nature just won’t cut this town a break” department and Oroville resident Belinda Mcfadden who sends these pictures via Facebook. She notes that the funnel cloud was “Above…
Month: February 2017
Fear of Nuclear – Part 2
Guest essay by Roger Graves In a recent post I discussed the exaggerated fears our society seems to have about nuclear power. One of the primary objections to nuclear power…
The Climate 'Deus ex Machina' is shown to be a false God
Guest essay by Charles G. Battig, M.D. Some say that “God” might reside in a computer…the Deus ex Machina, literally means “god from the machine”. Amongst those individuals are those divining…
What's Coming? A Dramatic Shift in EPA Priorities
Scott Pruitt Signals Dramatic Shift in EPA Priorities The Wall Street Journal, 22 February 2017 Amy Harder In speech before employees, the new chief emphasized giving business certainty about rules Scott…
Meet 'Cheyenne', the coal-powered climate predicting supercomputer
There’s been some buzz in the last week as it was announced that NCAR’s new climate supercomputer was finally online. Back in 2010, I ran a story called “NCAR’s Dirty…
Through The Looking Glass with NASA GISS
Guest essay by John Mauer One aspect of the science of global warming is the measurement of temperature on a local basis. This is followed by placing the data on a…
Why are "utility investors and renewable energy investors… like oil and water"?
Guest post by David Middleton It was supposed to be an easy transition for NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) from utility giant to renewable energy powerhouse. The company had billions in cash…
A likely to be wrong claim: "Colorado River flows will keep shrinking as climate warms"
From the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA and the department of “we are in permanent drought in California… oh, wait” comes this claim that is surely little more than another modeling fantasy from…
Curry: Computer Predictions Of Climate Alarm Are Flawed
New paper explains inherent flaws of computer models predicting future climate change London, 21 February: Claims that the planet is threatened by man-made global warming are based on science that…
Fresh Congressional Probe into Flawed Karl "Pausebuster" Scandal
Guest essay by Eric Worrall In the wake of revelations by whistleblower Dr. John Bates, Congressman Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has renewed…
Risk and Nuclear Power Plants
By Andy May The financial risk is too great. Updated post (2/21/2017) In any discussion of the future of energy, nuclear power generation is brought up. Once a nuclear power…
Short Selling Skeptic Cashing In On Solar Company Collapses
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Gordon Johnson of Axiom Capital Management Inc. is the short selling 3rd Avenue Financial Analyst Solar Energy companies are learning to hate. His business is…
Climate Science and Climatology; Specialization and Generalization; Forest and Trees
Guest opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Many jumped to the defense of Dr. John Bates, the former NOAA employee who waited until he retired to disclose malfeasance in the science and…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #259
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President Sea Level Rise: One disturbing activity by some government entities is using…
Storm: 10 trillion gallons over next 7 days for CA #LakeOroville watershed to get massive amounts of rain
Last week, I said that up to a foot of rain could be seen in the Lake Oroville watershed due to a series of “supersoaker storms” coming through. Now, the…
NASA to Focus on Space Science: Senate Passes the NASA Transition Act
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The NASA Transition Act 2017 has just been passed by the Federal Senate. In the words of Congressman Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science…
How Imminent is the UAH Pause? (Now Includes Some January Data)
Guest Post by Werner Brozek, Excerpts from Barry and Edited by Just The Facts At Dr. Roy Spencer’s site, regular commenter Barry posted seven very interesting comments, begining here, with respect…
Green Panic: Supreme Court Nominee Thinks Government "Experts" Should Sometimes Lose
Guest essay by Eric Worrall At least one green is worried that Judge Neil Gorsuch, a potential replacement for Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, thinks courts…
Five Trillion Dollar Plan to Save the Arctic Ice
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – just in case you thought the climate community had run out of absurd ideas to waste taxpayer’s money, here is an academic…
New 1918 Style Flu Pandemic Fear
Guest essay by Eric Worrall This isn’t a climate article, it is about a real problem. Back in 1918, the infamous flu pandemic killed an estimated 3-5% of the population…
Seminar for a term describing a non-existent problem: "Climagration"
From the UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and the “U.N. disappeared 50 million climate refugees that never happened” department, with a nod to the one actual climate refugee that was asking for…
Oil – Where did it come from?
Guest post by David Middleton Introduction I am a petroleum geologist/geophysicist with about 36 years of experience in oil & gas exploration mostly in the Gulf of Mexico. In light…
Silly PR: Communications expert explains how science should respond to fake news
From the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON and the “fake news is news we don’t like” department comes this press release that made me laugh. While there’s always been tabloids that make up…
Stokes and the "somehow" theory of ocean heat
A Correction – And Much More of the Answer Guest essay by Mike Jonas I think this post is a big deal. It’s not quite the answer to everything but,…
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