As promised, I attended Al Gore’s climate change lecture at Rice University last night. Rice University is one of the most beautiful university campuses I’ve ever seen, so it was…
Month: October 2017
GAO Report: Cost of Climate Change Damage Far Less Than Cost of Decarbonization!
Guest rant by David Middleton H/T to ivankinsman for bringing this to my attention. Government report calls on Trump to act on climate change By Eli Watkins, CNN Updated 1441 GMT (2241…
Lies and Manipulation: The Sorry State of Global Climate Alarmism
Guest opinion by Vijay Jayaraj As a citizen of a third-world country, I bring a different perspective about climate change from that held by most people in wealthy countries. While…
Bill Nye: “I am a Failure”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Bill Nye seems to think he has failed to reach people with his demand for urgent action on climate change, but he blames others for…
Another ‘Manntastic’ modeling claim: sea level rise will cause NYC to flood
From Penn State and the “freaking out about sea level is easy when you don’ pay attention to history” department. (well worth a link click) Sea-level rise, not stronger storm…
NASA follows extra-Tropical Cyclone Lan speeding through northern Japan
From the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Now an extra-tropical cyclone over northern Japan, Lan was a typhoon when it made landfall just south of Tokyo over the weekend of Oct.…
Senate Budget Resolution Creates Pathway to Opening ANWR to Drilling!!!
Guest cheer-leading by David Middleton U.S. Senate passes bill that offers a chance to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling Author: Erica Martinson clock Updated: 3 days ago calendar…
A skeptic attempts to break the ‘pal review’ glass ceiling in climate modeling
Propagation of Error and the Reliability of Global Air Temperature Projections Guest essay by Pat Frank Regular readers at Anthony’s Watts Up With That will know that for several years,…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #288
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week. “The modern world, after all, is not the product of a successful search for…
EPA Staff Still Wasting Time on Climate Change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The New York Times is calling censorship, that EPA management has cancelled a trip by three staff scientists to speak at a climate conference. My…
‘Bottom up’ versus ‘top down’ thinking – on just about everything
Guest opinion by Neil Lock Today, I’m going to look at two diametrically opposed ways of thinking, and at the practitioners of those two ways. One way, I call bottom…
DC Swamp denizens strike back on biodiesel
While demand for biodiesel is down, senators and crony corporatists deep-six proposed EPA reductions in biodiesel mandates Guest opinion by Paul Driessen Despite what I thought were persuasive articles over…
New Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A Scottish wind farm composed of novel design floating offshore wind turbines has officially started generating power. Proponents claim the floating megastructures are cheaper than…
#Geostorm – another climate related disaster movie, crashes and burns
It just opened yesterday, and already Hollywood movie analysts are blasting its plot and performance. IMDB storyline: When catastrophic climate change endangers Earth’s very survival, world governments unite and create…
Ten Psychological Tactics for Avoiding Climate Science Accountability
Guest Post by: Duncan Smith Doing research into a completely unrelated matter to address conflict resolution I stumbled across CHSAlliance, an organization whose mission is “To promote respect for…
Trying to perpetuate alarmist climate “science”
The Obama era “Climate Science Special Report” demands a “red team” analysis Guest essay by David Wojick, PhD Several months ago a brief furor erupted when the New York Times…
Renewables Advocates Trash Talk Nuclear Fusion
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to renewables advocates, renewables will soon be so cheap it won’t be worth pouring more money into researching nuclear fusion. Renewable Energy Threatens the…
Friday Funny: Fish are no longer depressed in the ocean thanks to Prozac
Earlier this week, The New York Times had a story about fish and depression. Apparently, it’s a thing because… Science! “The neurochemistry is so similar that it’s scary,” said Julian Pittman,…
What crisis? Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row
From the EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO2 emissions have…
Deepwater Horizon: EpiLLOG
Guest post by David Middleton The movie Deepwater Horizon is probably the only movie ever made that actually tried to realistically depict oil drilling operations. While it didn’t get every…
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