From American Thinker By Norman Rogers William Happer is one of the most important scientists in the United States. He is an emeritus professor of physics at Princeton and a…
Month: February 2019
Felon arrested after pursuit when stolen Tesla batteries die
Reader Warren E writes: The headline says it all. Stole a Tesla. High speed chase. Battery died. Thief apprehended. An ultimate range anxiety story. From The Riverside County News Source…
Pushback – Trump’s Climate Red Team Forms
White House committee to reassess climate science conclusions: report BY MICHAEL BURKE The Trump administration is planning to create an ad hoc group of federal scientists to reassess and counter the…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #349
The Week That Was: 2019-02-23 (February 23, 2019) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: “Don’t pay attention to ‘authorities,’ think…
Aussie PM Offers $2 Billion Burnt Offering to the Climate Change Movement
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Aussie Prime Minister Scott Morrison appears to be trying to play both sides, promoting coal plants and emissions reduction at the same time. Scott Morrison…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Green New Deal Haters: ‘I’m The Boss. How ‘Bout That?’
From The Daily Caller Speaking at a “Girls Who Code” event in New York City, self-identified democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back against critics of her Green New Deal resolution.…
Strong Arctic sea-ice growth this year
Guest Post by Javier February is not over, and Arctic sea-ice extent is already over half a million square kilometers higher than last year at this day. The growing season…
Children’s Climate Court Case Pushing an Injunction Against Fossil Fuel Extraction
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Ninth Circuit is currently hearing an attempt by the Juliana v. United States plaintiffs to halt all fossil fuel extraction in the United States.…
Study: A Solar Signature in Many Climate Indices
Abstract Jean‐Louis Le MouëlFernand LopesVincent Courtillot We first apply singular spectrum analysis (SSA) to the international sunspot number (ISSN; 1849‐2015) and the count of polar faculae (PF; 1906‐2006). The SSA…
Coral in Hawii recovering from El Nino bleaching
From the “not global warming” department Nearly four years after the worst bleaching event in the state’s history, coral reefs in West Hawaiʽi are stabilizing and poised to recover, according…
Feinstein snubs Green New Deal Kids
Oh this is precious. California’s senator Dianne Feinstein is facing criticism over a video showing her responding to a group of children and teenagers asking her to support the Ocasio-Cortez…
William Nordhaus versus the United Nations on Climate Change Economics
By Robert P. Murphy William Nordhaus was a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics for his pioneering work on the economics of climate change. On the day of…
Time Magazine: Illegal Immigrants are Climate Refugees
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Time Magazine, President Trump’s Climate Change Policies are helping to create the border crisis. The Real Culprit Behind Trump’s Border Emergency? Climate Change…
Study: we don’t have the IQ to prevent ecological disaster
From the “SJW supplements science” department and the University of Central Florida. High IQs aren’t going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It’s going to take social intelligence, too. That’s the conclusion of a…
Data mangling: BoM’s Changes to Darwin’s Climate History are Not Logical
Guest essay by Dr. Jennifer Marohasy The hubris of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology is on full display with its most recent remodelling of the historic temperature record for Darwin.…
Judge tosses kids climate case in Pennsylvania
By Dana Drugmand A federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed a climate lawsuit brought by an environmental organization and two children against the federal government. The lawsuit, Clean Air Council v. United States, claimed…
Pushback on the NYT over “denialist”
Princeton professor emeritus William Happer’s role in forming a White House climate security committee didn’t sit well with a number of media outlets, including The New York Times, which called the…
Mann’s media buddies leave him high and dry – oppose his lawsuit
24 Media Organizations Oppose Defamation Suit Waged by Climate Scientist BY WILLIAM PATRICK Twenty-four media organizations, including The Washington Post, NBC Universal, and Fox News, have sided with the conservative National…
100 Years Later: The Flu
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen One hundred years have passed since the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 swept around the world, circumnavigating at least twice between 1918 and 1920, killing…
First measurable snow in Las Vegas since 1937.
There was 1.3 cm (about 1/2 inch )of snow in Las Vegas today, the first time since 1937 NWS Las Vegas writes: The Las Vegas Valley Snow Event: What happened?…
Weak Solar Cycle: Cosmic rays increase 4th year in a row
Increased exposure for airline travelers at high altitudes. New data released by the Earth to Sky Calculus/Spaceweather.com high-altitude ballooning program show that atmospheric cosmic rays are intensifying for the 4th…
UK Climate Change Chief Demands Ban on Domestic Gas
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Lord Deben, who recently faced calls to resign over a claimed conflict of interest between his role as chair of the UK Government Committee on…
Al Gore Says Ralph Northam Can Atone For Blackface Scandal By Opposing Gas Pipeline
8:32 AM 02/20/2019 | Energy Michael Bastasch | Energy EditorFormer Vice President Al Gore said Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam can fulfill his “racial reconciliation” pledge by opposing the Atlantic…
Shocker: study shows past forest fires occurred mainly in humid, warm periods
Researchers at the University of Bonn used drill cores to trace back the fires of the past 600,000 years – favorable climate induced growth promoting larger fuel loads was the biggest factor. Highlights: Fire intensity and temperature…
You must be logged in to post a comment.