The recent nor’easter (blizzard to some) here in New England reminded me that I better get moving on a post here about the 300th anniversary of what was likely the…
Month: March 2017
Scientists try to restore Pluto’s planet status
From the “Make Pluto Great Again” department, new definition raises number of planets in solar system to about 110 Johns Hopkins University scientist Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing…
Solar Update March 2017 – still slumping
Guest essay by David Archibald Our divination of solar parameters is aimed to elucidating two things – the length of Solar Cycle 24 and the amplitude of Solar Cycle 25.…
If only we had listened to climate scientists back in 1979…here’s what would have happened
Guest essay by Alberto Z. Comendador In two previous articles I made a point that seems inarguable but that advocates of emission cuts seldom acknowledge: the only worthy metric of…
Response to the New York Times primer on climate change: ‘Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change’
Guest essay by Lance Wallace For several months, the New York Times has been running a permanent feature on climate change. They direct their readers to this feature with the…
Exergy and Power Plants
By Andy May Key question: Can renewables ever replace fossil fuels and nuclear? Understanding the value of renewables, vis-à-vis fossil fuels and nuclear power, requires that we consider that all…
The G-20 Drops Climate Change From Communique
Opposition from the United States, Saudi Arabia and others has forced Germany to drop a reference to financing programs to combat climate change from the draft communique at a G20…
Study: Extensive ice cap once covered sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER A new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia — famous for its wildlife — was covered by a massive ice cap during the last…
On the Reproducibility of the IPCC’s climate sensitivity
Guest essay by Dr. Antero Ollila The highest ranked scientific journal Nature published on the 28th of July 2016 an article based on the survey for 1,576 researchers. More than…
Shocker: little known ‘Financial Stability Board’ has huge climate deceit
FSB, Climate Cabal expand power and wealth, by targeting financial and insurance industries Foreword: A powerful international organization, the Financial Stability Board, includes a task force that is helping to…
White House Budget Director: Climate Spending “a waste of your money”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney answering questions at a press conference, explained that the reason the President wants to slash…
Trump’s budget to “hammer climate programs” across the Federal government!!!
Guest post by David Middleton The Promise Keeper keeps delivering… President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 can be read as a political document, a statement of his…
‘Scientists have to take to the streets’: Climate alarm goes past 11, now up to 12!
Professor John Joachim Schellnhuber, Climate Adviser to the Pope dials up the alarm, not to 11, but to TWELVE. “Planet could warm by 12 degrees, I have all the evidence”…
Obama’s $77 Billion climate funds stash found – will be gutted
To Protect $77 Billion Climate Funds, Obama Stashed It Where It’s Hard to Find Bloomberg, 15 March 2017 Christopher Flavelle President Donald Trump will find the job of reining in…
Outwitting climate change with a plant ‘dimmer’?
From the TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH (TUM) and the “dim and dimmer” department comes this finding that suggests GMO tweaking of plant DNA is the way to “outwit” the apparent…
Claim: China’s severe winter haze tied to effects of global climate change
From the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and the “never mind that industrial pollution it’s climate change driving sea ice loss wot dun it” department. Note the bolded section of the…
Green Policy Drama: Political Clash at a Federal News Conference
Guest essay by Eric Worrall High Drama in Australian Green Politics – The Premier of the failed energy state of South Australia has publicly clashed with Federal Energy and Environment…
Discounting Away the Social Cost of Carbon: The Fast Lane to Undoing Obama’s Climate Regulations
Guest post by David Middleton Trump to Drop Climate Change From Environmental Reviews, Source Says by Jennifer A Dlouhy March 14, 2017, 1:06 PM CDT Directive to reverse Obama-era mandate…
South Australia – a Renewable State?
Guest essay by Paul Miskelly and Tom Quirk With $90 billion spent on batteries and 4,000 MW of more wind farms, South Australia could be a totally renewable state, at…
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