By Ronald Stein |March 13th, 2020|Environment More than three decades before Greta Thunberg was born — the Swedish environmental activist on climate change, diagnosed with Asperger’s — more than 20…
Month: March 2020
New research first to relate Antarctic sea ice melt to weather change in tropics
Diminishing sea ice translates to warmer ocean, more rain, and stronger trade winds University of California – San Diego Arctic and Antarctic ice loss will account for about one-fifth of…
How exactly do they plan to replace fossil fuels?
They want to ban coal, oil and gas. Exactly how will they replace them? Who wins? Who loses? Guest post by Paul Driessen Berkeley, CA, Takoma Park, MD and other…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #402
The Week That Was: 2020-03-07 / 14 (March 7 / 14, 2020) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: “Aqueous vapor…
Extinction Rebellion Considering Public Suicide Events to Raise Climate Awareness
Guest essay by Eric Worrall As the Chinese Coronavirus crisis sucks oxygen from XR’s climate campaign, a leaked internal document suggests Extinction Rebellion is considering increasingly desperate measures, including having…
US responds to oil price crash by topping off the tank
Guest “thank you Mr. President” by David Middleton MARKET PULSETrump says U.S. to buy oil to fill up the Strategic Petroleum ReserveBy Myra P. SaefongPublished: Mar 13, 2020 President Donald…
The ‘Climate Emergency’ -Running with the crowds?
Guest post by Tony Brown Addendum: March 12th 2020 This article about the ‘Climate emergency’ was written several weeks ago, before the Corona virus (Covid 19) really hit the headlines.…
Bill Gates Steps Down from Microsoft, to Focus Full Time on Climate Change and Philanthropy
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Bill Gates has announced that he is resigning from the boards of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway, to focus full time on Climate Change and Philanthropy.…
The Guardian: Patriotic “New Nationalism” is Required to Drive Solidarity and Acceptance of Climate Action
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Guardian author, we need to re-awaken the spirit of social imperialism, like Bismark’s German social security programmes or Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Nationalism”, to…
Science takes time, even in a lab moving 17,500 miles per hour
From NASA March 13, 2020 The International Space Station, a microgravity laboratory orbiting Earth at 17,500 miles per hour, has hosted a variety of scientific research for nearly 20 years.…
Changing Climate, Changing Minds
Guest post by David Siegel How do we measure success in helping people understand the climate issue? I don’t think we can measure it by unique visits to WUWT or…
Coronavirus Economic Stimulus: “We have not yet seen similar offers for clean energy companies”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Renewable energy companies are distressed that nobody in the Trump administration has called to offer them a share of Coronavirus economic stimulus cash. Coronavirus could…
Rhode Island Official Admits State’s Climate Lawsuit Is Meant To Wring Money Out Of Big Oil: Court Docs
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter March 13, 2020 1:31 PM ET A Rhode Island official acknowledged in 2019 that the state’s climate lawsuit against Exxon Mobil is…
The 11 gaslighting characteristics of the climate debate
This was originally from Psychology Today by Stephanie A. Sarkis Ph.D. but I immediately recognized how this is wholly applicable to the climate debate. h/t to Joe Bast. 11 Warning…
The Conversation: There is no evidence that ‘global warming’ was rebranded as ‘climate change’
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Conversation suggests there is no evidence climate change was rebranded as climate change. But their flawed effort to refute this argument is evidence the…
First-time direct proof of chemical reactions in particulates
Paul Scherrer Institute Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new method to analyse particulate matter more precisely than ever before. With its help, they disproved an…
The Math Of Epidemics
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Watts Up With That is about more than just the climate. It’s also about interesting things in the world. So if you’re looking for just…
Climate Change Obsessed Britain to Outlaw the “Throwaway Society”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall In an act of near Soviet level micromanagement, new British rules will require mobile devices to be fastened together with removable fasteners like nuts and…
Biofuels
By Andy May According to Exxon-Mobil, 9% of the world’s energy came from biofuels in 2017. They do not expect this percentage to increase by 2040, and it may go…
Fast-track scientific study suggests Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan has been controlled
This new science paper suggests “Considerable countermeasures have effectively controlled the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan”. That suggests that similar countermeasures being enacted worldwide might have an effective result. This paper…
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