Guest essay by Ola Røyrvik Can the public have confidence in what is presented as science, or do politicians dictate what scientists can say? Well, if Norwegian scientific and political…
Month: March 2018
Why Ireland Is Green
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s an interesting study over at Climate of the Past entitled “A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the island of Ireland (1711–2016)“ by Conor…
Gallup: Left Became More Militant About Global Warming Under Trump
From Gallup News: Global Warming Concern Steady Despite Some Partisan Shifts by Megan Brenan and Lydia Saad STORY HIGHLIGHTS Partisan gaps across global-warming measures slightly wider than in 2017 Democrats…
Modern Warming – Climate Variability or Climate Change?
Guest Post By Renee Hannon Introduction In the mid-1900’s many scientists were suggesting the Earth was cooling. Now scientists are forecasting global warming. Indeed, instrumental data shows global temperatures warmed…
Study: Ancient Britons Thrived Despite Rapid Climate Swings
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study suggests people in Ancient Britain thrived despite major abrupt changes to their climate. Confronted With Severe Climate Change, Ancient Britons Kept Calm…
NASA finds something else climate models are missing…. forcing from 'Secondary Organic Aerosols'
A new paper published by NASA by Tsigaridis and Kanakidou suggests that climate models have missed the forcing effects of organic aerosols, such as VOC’s from trees, oceans, and other…
"Carbon trading" in the EU fails, emissions on the rise again.
Carbon emissions from power plants and factories covered by the EU Emissions Trading System rose 0.5% to 1,757.3 million mt in 2017, according to a poll of six market analysts…
Judge in #ExxonKnew case accepts amicus brief exposing climatology’s grave error
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Judge Alsup, in the California global warming trial, has accepted the amicus curiae brief from my eight distinguished colleagues and me. The brief now becomes…
New report reveals a 23 year long pause in stratospheric temperature
STATE OF THE CLIMATE REPORT REVEALS 23-YEAR TEMPERATURE PAUSE IN THE STRATOSPHERE London 27 March 2018: A new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) counters media hype over…
The #ExxonKnew hearing – court transcript in full
People send me stuff. We’ve recently reported on the #ExxonKnew court case held in San Francisco on March 21st, 2018. I have received the entire transcript as recorded by the…
Claim: Climate is Endangering the Easter Island Statues
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Union of Concerned Scientists Climate and Energy director Adam Markham is concerned about the impact of climate change on the Easter Island statues – though…
'Orange Snow' invades Eastern Europe
From the “don’t eat that orange snow” department and the NOAA NPP satellite comes this interesting weather effect. Sahara Sand Dirties Eastern Europe’s Snow This side-by-side comparison from the Suomi…
Congenital Innumeracy
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I came across an article that hypes a new “carbon capture” plant with the following headline: The world’s first “negative emissions” plant has begun operation—turning carbon…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #309
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project By Ken Haapala, President California Litigation, General: The public nuisance lawsuits by San Francisco and Oakland against…
Remember when we had to reduce CO2 emissions to zero to save the planet? NCAR says – Never mind.
From the NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (home of Dr. Kenneth Trenbert) and the “backpedaling on climate, it’s a travesty” department comes this story that sure looks like they realize climate…
#ParisAgreement climate accord fails – CO2 emissions growing worldwide- Trump vindicated for pulling out
The Paris Climate Accords Are Looking More and More Like Fantasy By David Wallace-Wells Remember Paris? It was not even two years ago that the celebrated climate accords were signed —…
New "simplified" Russian climate model promises faster results
From KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY and the “Russian Collusion Department” First results were published in Geoscientific Model Development. Professor Aleksey Eliseev, Chief Research Associate at Kazan University’s Near Space Research Lab, comments, “To…
The Conversation: Asthma Inhalers Contribute to Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to The Conversation, people who use asthma inhalers release damaging amounts of greenhouse gasses. Your asthma puffer is probably contributing to climate change, but…
Claim: Global Warming Causing More Icebergs
Guest essay by Eric Worrall From the “Global Warming Causes More Snow” department comes a claim that the substantially increased risk of maritime embarrassment for scientists trying to sail to…
Twenty-One Bad Things About Wind Energy — and Three Reasons Why
Promoting wind is a political agenda that is divorced from real facts and science. By John Droz Jr. Trying to pin down the arguments of wind promoters is a bit…
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