Guest post by David Middleton MARCH 22, 2017 Record precipitation, snowpack in California expected to increase hydro generation in 2017 For the first time since 2011, California’s drought is significantly…
Month: March 2017
Oh noes! Last remnant of ancient North American ice sheet on track to vanish
From the UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER and the “300 years out canary in the coal mine meme” department, comes this press release with absolute certainty. I tend to ignore any…
#ExxonKnew and Schneiderman get hoisted by their own petard
Schneiderman Continues Media Strategy in Court Hearing with Meaningless “Bombshell” Claim by Katie Brown, PhD New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office attempted once again to manufacture an email controversy,…
By the numbers: Lifetime Performance of World’s First Offshore Wind Farm
Decommissioning of world’s first offshore wind farm offers an opportunity to see how industry costs have changed over the past 25 years. Guest essay by T. A. “Ike” Kiefer, CAPT, USN…
Is there a Linux specialist in the house?
In the attached picture you’ll be able to see what’s happening to one of my most important servers containing some irreplaceable climate data. I’m at a loss and understand what’s…
A Bureaucrat Says: “Market Argues Against Arctic Ocean Oil Development.” The Market Seems to Disagree.
Guest post by David Middleton From Real Clear Energy: Really? Firstly, how can reopening the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea OCS areas to leasing be disrespectful to “market forces”? Opening…
The silver-tongued liars’ playbook for coal
Coal ash scare stories are the latest tactic in their long war on coal-fueled electricity generation Guest essay by Paul Driessen Foreword: People routinely accept risks of dying from activities…
Climate Models Wipe out Life in Trappist-1 Solar System!!!
Guest post by David Middleton They must have used the RCP 8.5 Death Star… The announcement of the Trappist-1 system in February, with seven rocky planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf…
Science is making killer (tasting) tomatoes again
From the “Day of the Killer Tomatoes” department comes this curious story from the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY about food science and making tomatoes great again…at least the store bought ones.…
Good news! Study says the foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER The foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere…
Government websites break their own rules to cater to ‘climate cult’
When will .GOV Domains be Reset to Comply with the First Amendment? Guest essay by Leo Goldstein Government publications, including websites, must be free of partisan propaganda. The Obama administration…
Claim: Climate Increases Diabetes Rates
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study claims a warmer climate is associated with higher rates of diabetes. But even if the authors are right, obesity, diet, age and…
Lack of correlation between tornadoes and temperature increase in the USA
Guest essay by Alberto Z. Comendador Temperatures in the USA have generally increased since the 1950s. Of course, anything that mostly increases over time will have a positive correlation with…
“No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and just leave them there.”
Guest post David Middleton Multiple Choice Quiz “No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and just leave them there.” a. Chairman of BP Capital Management,…
Solar Slump: The Sun has been blank for two weeks straight
Over the weekend, we reviewed the state of the solar data for March 2017. Now, there’s a two week straight lack of sunspots, the longest stretch since 2010. Overview The…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #263
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President False Precision: In their early education, many students of science faced the…
Great News! “The fossil fuel industry’s invisible colonization of academia”
Guest post by David Middleton Note: The original version of this article included a significant error. The post has now been edited accordingly (DHM 3/21/2017). On February 16, the Harvard…
A serious climate opportunity
Why does government refuse to do the one thing that would help our forests and climate? Guest essay by Greg Walcher For years, politicians have waged war on coal, stifled…
Aussie Climate Scientist: Having a Baby is an “ethical entanglement”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall For a climate activist, having babies is apparently a troubling ethical dilemma, a distressing personal contribution to the global anthropogenic carbon footprint. But somehow they…
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Sux
Guest Post By Willis Eschenbach Bizarrely, and unlike almost every other industrialized country, the US has fuel efficiency standards for cars. Each corporation (Ford, Chevy, etc.) has to meet certain…
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