Recently, a pair of NASA studies identified the most likely locations to find pieces of mantle on the surface, providing a map for future lunar sample return missions such as…
Month: August 2021
Boston Ties “Green” Jobs to the Pandemic and Future “Climate Shocks”
I’ve been an environmental professional for over 40 years and have yet to figure out what is a “green” job, unless it is one guaranteed to lose money and fail…
California Electricity Woes: More Intervention, Higher Prices, More Emissions (the back side of wind and solar)
Facing a 3,500 MW shortfall in power generation capacity to meet current peak demand, and predicting a 5,000 MW deficit next summer, California is adding regulation to regulation, reports Rob…
Toxic Horror Show Geelong Grid Backup Battery Fire Finally Extinguished
Imagine if people were crazy enough to install these difficult to extinguish battery incendiary devices in their homes or automobiles, or near populated areas. Imagine what such foolishness could do…
Guardian: Covid-19 Lockdowns are Driving Up CO2 Emissions
Ditching the commute might seem an easy climate win, but other factors such as the relative inefficiency of home heating outweigh the CO2 savings.
Are Climate Feedbacks Strongly Non-Linear?
Is it possible that the Earth’s system is strongly buffered with strong positive ice and dust feedbacks prevailing at colder temperatures, and strong negative convection/evaporation feedbacks prevailing in warmer times?
Comments On Federal Scientific Integrity
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe. It is quite another to do so when the environmental…
The New Pause lengthens again
You can be quite sure that the unspeakable BBC and the now-unreliable Economist will somehow fail to report the surely not uninteresting fact that there has been no warming in…
UAH Global Temperature Update for July, 2021: +0.20 deg. C
The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for July, 2021 was +0.20 deg. C, up from the June, 2021 value of -0.01 deg. C.
EIA: “Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020″…
Guest “That’s not how I would have phrased it” by David Middleton JUL 28, 2021Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020 In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar,…
“Greenflation”: What Happens When Climate Activist Politicians Oppose New Mines
The comedic spectacle of activist politicians choking off the supply of raw materials required for their precious green revolution, then wondering at the lack of progress.
Green Deal: Fear of yellow vests rebellion spreads across Europe
Nevertheless, there is concern in Europe’s national capitals that the EU’s ambitious climate policy could cause social unrest. The Italian government, for example, fears rising electricity prices. The EU climate…
Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’
“In planetary science, we often are just inching our way closer to the truth,” Plaut said. “The original paper didn’t prove it was water, and these new papers don’t prove…
GHGs, California, and the EPA: a golden braid of off-the-rails
The unavoidable conclusions are that the SAFE Vehicle Rule serves no ameliorative purpose because the EPA CO2 endangerment finding has no scientific merit.
Surge in Survival Courses for Manhattan Climate Change Worriers
Urban high-rise dwellers are increasingly flocking to survival skill camps, to learn how to trap game and light fires by rubbing two sticks together.
Sow the Wind Turbine, Reap the Wind Turbine Noise
As wind farms proliferate they are bound to invade residential areas and noise sensitive facilities with increasing frequency, making arguments over nuisance and health concerns increasingly acute and acrimonious. Yet,…
ECOSTRESS Data Incorporated Into New Wildfire Response Tool
ECOSTRESS measures surface temperature from the vantage point of the International Space Station, and its ability to observe fires of the Northwest US often twice per day at a high…
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