There is a new white-paper out from The GWPF that illustrates the damage being done to people in poorer countries by environmentalists’ obsession with decarbonization in their imaginary quest to…
Month: May 2018
The tower of power falls short -produces only 30% of capacity
Solar Tower with Thermal Energy Storage: A “Consolidated” Technology with a Single Plant of Decent Size Built on Earth Producing Less Than 30% of the Planned Electricity Guest essay by…
New drought record- no tornadoes so far this year in Oklahoma
Oklahoma tornado drought to start 2018. By Tom Di Liberto If there is one state in the country that immediately conjures up images of tornadoes, it has to be Oklahoma. After…
Study: Greens Believe they have a "Moral License" to Pollute
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study suggests that most greens believe that by virtue of their support for environmental issues they earn the right to ignore their personal…
NASA Mars rocket launch may produce spectacular early morning display over SoCal
Remember this fantastic view from a launch in 2015? We might see one that looks similar this weekend in Southern California. NASA is about to do something it has never…
“Tick and Mosquito Infections Spreading Rapidly”, is not linked to 'climate change' by study, despite what the NYT says
Guest Commentary by Kip Hansen Science News treated us to an interesting quip on 2 May titled “Tick-borne and mosquito-borne illnesses are on the rise in the United States”…
Friday Funny: European Union's failing grade on CO2 emissions
But, but, THE PARIS ACCORD! BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels increased in 2017, statistics office Eurostat said on Friday, indicating that the reduction of…
A look at the workings of 'Climate Propaganda Inc.'
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: Left and Right in America are in thrall to propaganda. Here is the latest in climate doomsterism. This shows how it…
Uniformitarian Impact Craters, Part Deux: Carolina Bays Edition
Alternate title: Carolina Bays are as antithetical to impact craters as any dents in the ground possibly could be. Guest essay by David Middleton Introduction In my previous essay, we…
Coral Before People: Hawaii Bans Popular Sunscreen Products
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Tourists beware – green zealots in the Hawaii legislature have just passed a bill which bans safe, effective sunscreen products. From January 2021, sunscreen products…
Ruling Brings Exxon Closer to Deposing Key Players Driving Climate Lawsuits
A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change…
AGU Responds to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt–battles ‘publicly available’ data requirement
From the “this is going to quash our grant money gravy train” department. I never thought I’d see the day where science argues against open data requirements. From an AGU…
'Climate models predict' – women, minorities, and children hit hardest, film at 11.
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER and the “opportunity to raise attention to this issue” department comes this bit of drivel. Note the map. Temperature swings to hit poor countries hardest Temperature…
Claim: Woolly Mammoth Resurrection will Defuse the Climate Methane Bomb
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Vast hairy beasts tramping the Arctic Tundra will help save the world. Scientists Hope Mammoth ‘De-extinction’ Will Save Earth Kashmira Gander 1 day ago ……
Climate Change, due to Solar Variability or Greenhouse Gases? Part B.
By Andy May In a previous post, Part A here, we discussed the role of oceans, the Earth’s orbit, and human greenhouse gas emissions on climate change. In this post…
New paper from Judith Lean estimates Solar Irradiance Since 850 CE
Estimating Solar Irradiance Since 850 CE J. L. Lean Abstract Solar total and spectral irradiance are estimated from 850 to 1610 by regressing cosmogenic irradiance indices against the National Oceanic…
UN Climate Secretariat Releases its First Annual Report
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Listed amongst this year’s achievements is the climate gender action plan and an initiative for technology sharing. UN Climate Change Secretariat Releases First Ever Annual…
'Spider lightning' seen from space
From NOAA/NESDIS: When you spend 24/7/365 staring at Earth, you see some strange things. The NOAA GOES East satellite (GOES-16) witnessed a frightening display of stratiform, or ‘spider’ lightning as…
'Mt. Trumpmore': Eco group seeks money to carve Trump's face into glacier
A Finnish climate action group is raising $500,000 to carve President Trump’s face into an arctic iceberg according to a press release I received. In an attempt to prove global…
The 'Population Bomb' (that bombed) Turns 50
Essay by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. This month marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most destructive books of the last century, The Population Bomb, by Paul Ehrlich. The 1968 doomsday bestseller generated…
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