Wednesday wit – cartoon by Josh

Josh writes: Last Sunday Christopher Booker wrote a brilliant article “Why are greens so keen to destroy the world’s wildlife?” He says: When Professor David MacKay stepped down as chief scientific adviser to…

Friday funny – a very PC prayer for our times

Dominic Lawson writes in the Daily Mail: Pope Francis’s new encyclical is in stark contrast to the style of his predecessor. While Pope Benedict’s works were in Latin, entirely spiritual in…

Tuesday toon – Mont Doom

Josh writes: There is a hilarious transcript which was posted on BishopHill of a BBC Radio programme on the Lancet’s latest Alarm fest – all, no doubt, part of the run up to Paris in…

Tuesday toon – Cartoona Enciclica

Josh writes: Papal thoughts on the environment have been posted all over the place – here at WUWT, over on Dot Earth, and an excellent Twitter dissection here by JunkScience’s Steve Milloy. You can also read the whole…

Le spin! Cartoon notes by Josh

Josh writes: Last night a few of us sceptics bravely attended the UK’s Walker Institute Annual Lecture given by Sir David King which was titled “The Paris Climate Summit – hopes…

Friday funny – Don't Ever Name It A Lull

Josh writes: Lots of news about science ending The Pause – so what will they call it next? As an extra bonus distraction why not think up what D.E.N.I.A.L. might stand for?…

Tuesday titter – Josh on the Stench of Green Subsidies

Josh writes: H/t Paul Homewood on an interesting story in the LA Times about the subsidies Elon Musk receives from the US Government. Well worth a read – if you don’t mind the smell. Cartoons…

Saturday satire – "Guilty!" cartoon by Josh

Josh writes: So Patchy has been found guilty by an internal review – what next? Cartoons by Josh

Friday funny – The Shy Scientists

Josh writes: Roddy Campbell emailed me to say – The decent mass of scientific society, in a quiet but significant majority, getting on with it in a civilised and peaceful…

Consensus-smensus: 97% of UK voters hiding in the deep ocean

Josh writes: One of the main things we learned from the recent UK General Election was that the forecasters got it catastrophically wrong – catastrophic in that the pollsters reputations…

Turning our backs on the poor? Cartoon by Josh

Josh writes: It is extraordinary to think that Bjorn Lomborg first published The Sceptical Environmentalist 17 years ago in 1998 – that’s as long as The Pause! However there has…

Friday funny – It's election week in the UK!

Josh writes: There is a General Election this next week in the UK. Good luck to everyone especially as it looks like there won’t be a clear winner. So after the…

Remember the poor – a visual epistle to the Pope

Josh writes: I don’t think this cartoon needs any words but many thanks to Cumbrian Lad for an inspiring post  over on the BishopHill blog. Matt Ridley’s excellent article on Electricity for…

Tuesday tee hee – Solar panels with added features

Josh writes: On BishopHill there is a post about a fire caused by Solar panels. The story is also on the BBC news site. “The source of the fire is believed to be an electrical…

Friday funny – or not. Guardian and BBC go abhorrent on fossil fuel divestment

Josh writes: Divesting from Fossil fuels seems to be flavour of the week, see here, here and here, but leaves a bitter taste. The Bishophill troll known as “aTTP” makes an appearence. Cartoons by Josh

Monday mirthness – Gav calls it

Josh writes: Following the correct use of a certain word on Twitter my guess is that Gavin Schmidt will go for a name change for his blog ‘Realclimate’. Go for it, Gav. Cartoons by…

Josh on 'Graunocrisy' – mountains of cash need responsible investing

Josh writes: The Guardian has £600 million invested in stuff like fossil fuels. Well, it’s a lot of money so they have to act kind of responsible. Cartoons by Josh

Hot news, evolution cools!

Steve McIntyre has the scoop: According to the University of Victoria, Andrew Weaver says: the next generation of his climate model will address the influence of climate on human evolution—much like it’s…

Countdown to alarm

Posted by Josh  For UK viewers, last night’s BBC 4 programme ‘Climate change by numbers’ started well (I am a big fan of Hannah Fry). But sadly it descended into the…

Swivel eyed lunacy – posted by Josh

The recent climate skeptic witch hunt, even against people like Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., who ISN’T a climate skeptic but has presented some data on severe weather losses that contradict…

Friday funnies! Cartoon notes from Josh

Josh writes: Here are the cartoon notes of a riveting talk given by Dr Christopher Essex last Wednesday,11th Feb, in the House of Lords, UK Parliament. Chris is Chairman, Permanent Monitoring…

Catastrophic Anthropogenic Vulcanology

Josh writes: Following the hilarious post on how Climate Change now causes volcanoes to erupt “everywhere”, Josh opines, “What next, anthropogenic sunshine?” Cartoons by Josh  

Saturday silliness – the BEST adjustments of temperature

Josh writes: There has been much discussion recently about the adjustments made to past temperatures: see Paul Homewood’s excellent posts on Paraguay, Bolivia and around the world; also from Shub; Brandon at WUWT and on his own blog;…

Saturday silliness – it's the Warmist Year Evah!

Josh writes: By the slimmest of margins, 2014 has been declared the “hottest year ever”. It’s everywhere you look – there’s dodgy numbers, vague impressions and tweets galore – yes, it’s the warmist year evah!…