Even Forbes, whose deep green editors recently censored Michael Shellenberger for criticising the climate movement, has sharply criticised California’s headlong rush into a new dark age of unreliable electricity.
Month: August 2020
The Green New Deal means monumental disruption
Not just for energy, but for every aspect of our lives, living standards, culture and freedoms David Wojick and Paul Driessen Kamala Harris co-sponsored the Senate resolution to support the…
Arctic ocean moorings shed light on winter sea ice loss
The eastern Arctic Ocean’s winter ice grew less than half as much as normal during the past decade, due to the growing influence of heat from the ocean’s interior, researchers…
An Industry Out of Control: 13 Major Climate Reports in 2020, and 42 Minor Reports
Yale Climate Connections has listed 13 major climate reports published this year, like it is a good thing. But at least 6 of the major reports received funding from US…
Algorithms in Ocean Chemistry: a review
For those wanting a deep dive on ocean physical chemistry, this new ebook is a much better and more detailed explanation than I could ever hope to provide
Gizmodo Blames Natural Gas for California’s Rolling Black Outs
Guest “too fracking funny” by David Middleton CLIMATE CHANGERenewable Energy Isn’t to Blame for California’s Blackouts Dharna NoorWednesday On Friday and Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Californians had their power cut for…
Study Calls for Ban on Gas Appliances, Misleads Californians
But the study, Effects of Residential Gas Appliances on Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality and Public Health in California, lacks accuracy and perspective, as discussed in my paper criticizing the…
A lightning barrage puts the western U.S. on fire
During the last few days, hundreds of fires have been ignited by an extraordinarily unusual barrage of thousands of lightning strikes over the western U.S. Major fires are burning all…
Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth, study shows
Imagine reading by the light of an exploded star, brighter than a full moon – it might be fun to think about, but this scene is the prelude to a…
Californian Blackout Fury: “It’s Not Just the Heat, It’s Also the Anti-Nuclear Power Stupidity”
The utter failure of renewables to deliver during the Californian heatwave appears to be creating a surge of interest in reliable energy.
Emergent constraints on TCR and ECS from historical warming in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models
I note that Earth Systems Dynamics published the paper despite one of the two peer reviewers recommending against acceptance without further major revisions. But neither of the reviewers appear to…
Fossil leaves show high atmospheric carbon spurred ancient ‘global greening’
A 23-million-year-old leaf preserved in a onetime New Zealand lake bed, key to past atmospheric conditions. One can see veins, glands along the teeth, and holes gnawed by insects, with…
Wildfires, Blackouts And High Gas Prices: Californians Fight Familiar Foes Amid Pandemic
Californians are struggling with raging wildfires, roving blackouts, and sky high gas taxes while simultaneously dealing with government-imposed economic lockdowns and a pandemic that has so far killed more than…
Global Warming Crop Resilience? Aussie Farmer Helps CSIRO Develop Long Coleoptile Wheat
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Faced with a lack of interest from commercial grain producers, an Aussie farmer has stepped in to help the CSIRO test a new strain of…
Study: 1970s Dam Construction Paused Global Warming Sea Level Rise
A JPL led study has suggested construction of water reservoirs in the 1970s held back so much water from running into the sea it paused sea level rise.
Death of Shale Postponed… Again
Guest “oils well that ends well ” by David Middleton The Red Chinese coronavirus has led to a lot of wishful thinking on the part of “journalists” over the past…
Risk to Alaskan polar bear cubs from oil exploration in coastal Wildlife Refuge is small
A bill recently introduced to US Congress (30 July 2020) is supposedly meant to “safeguard the Beaufort Sea polar bear’s denning habitat”. However, the bill is named the “Polar Bear…
Cold weather kills more people than hot weather because… global warming.
Guest “No schist Sherlock” by David Middleton Cold-weather accounts for almost all temperature-related deathsAugust 18, 2020 With the number of extreme weather days rising around the globe in recent years…
Are tipping points suitable concepts for developing environmental policies?
This suggests that environmental pressures should remain below a certain threshold to keep the ecosystem in a safe operating space. An international team of scientists led by the biodiversity expert…
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