Yesterday, I was saddened to learn that Dr. Judith Curry had resigned her position at Georgia Tech. At the same time, I was impressed by her reasoning, and with her candor.…
Year: 2017
Obama's Parting Gift: EPA to fine Alaskans who Burn Wood to Stay Warm
Guest essay by Eric Worrall As Alaskan winter temperatures drop below -30F, the EPA is considering fining and prosecuting entire towns for breaching clean air laws, because of smoke from…
Wind and Solar to Provide 4% of Global Primary Energy by 2040!
Guest post by David Middleton They may need to nudge the Doomsday Clock a bit closer to midnight, if ExxonMobil’s 2017 Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 turns out to be an…
Study: Doomsday clock is ticking – Green tech is 10x behind in meeting Paris Climate agreement
Tenfold jump in green tech needed to meet global emissions targets Green innovations must be developed and spread globally 10 times faster than in the past if we are to…
2016 edges 1998 as warmest year in satellite record – by 0.02°C
Global Temperature Report: December 2016 Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.12 C per decade December temperatures (preliminary) Global composite temp.: +0.24 C (about 0.43 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year…
Who'll Stop The Rain?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I haven’t posted here at WUWT in a bit. I’ve been preoccupied writing for my own blog, Skating Under The Ice. It’s a work in…
"Heating Empty Buildings": Billion Pound British Biomass Subsidy Scandal
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart – The Times reports that a badly designed British biomass subsidy has led to a gold rush of people cashing in, by heating…
Study: Fossil fuel formation enabled life as we know it to evolve
From the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, comes this study sure to cause some left-leaning anti CO2 heads to explode. The bold in the PR is mine. Fossil fuel formation: Key to…
MIT: 'more extreme storms' for California due to warming – but history mocks the claim
From the “models can make you believe anything” department comes this breathless doom-laden press release from the same school that brought you the big wheel of silly climate model results.…
Documenting the Global Extent of the Medieval Warm Period
Guest essay by Angus McFarlane Introduction In this article I pose the following questions: Was the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) a global event? Where the MWP temperatures higher than recent times?…
John Christy Climate Video
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – The following is a video presentation by John Christy from 2015 (published a few days ago), in which Christy uses his tremendous…
Aussie Chief Scientist: Renewable Energy Push Hurts the Poor
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel has strongly criticised the impact of renewable energy policies on the poor, working class people and migrants. Renewable energy push…
Modern Scientific Controversies Part 5: Common Elements
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Prologue: This is the fifth, and last, in a series of essays discussing ongoing scientific controversies—each one a so-called “science war”. This essay attempts to…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #253
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Updated US Climate Change Financing: A…
Cold is Deadlier than Heat: NY Times Warning About the Winter
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The New York Times has taken the unusual step of publishing something factual about the relative risks of cold and hot weather. Beware: Winter Is…
More Obama Climate Giveaways: $30 Million Grant to Jamaica
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Jamaica Gleaner reports that Jamaica has just received a $30 Million under the US Clean Energy Finance Facility, to pay for legal, consultancy and…
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