First-confirmed occurrence of a lambeosaurine dinosaur found on Alaska’s North Slope

Paper published in Scientific Reports describes paleontologists’ unearthing part of a skull, illustrating that there is much to learn about biodiversity and the environments of the Cretaceous Arctic Perot Museum…

Venezuela returns to ‘Middle Ages’ during power outages

Via Yahoo News Maria Lorente AFP•March 28, 2019 Caracas (AFP) – Walking for hours, making oil lamps, bearing water. For Venezuelans today, suffering under a new nationwide blackout that has…

Joe Oliver: The climate alarmists are keeping poor people in the dark — literally

From The Financial Post Special to Financial Post Joe Oliver I recently returned from a Petroleum and Energy Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG), which put into stark…

Green New Deal – Boldest Tactic Yet to Advance U.N. Agenda 21

From Heartland March 28, 2019 By Nancy J. Thorner Most people in America don’t even realize that tentacles of a dangerous United Nations program are being enacted in our nation’s…

EU consumption results in high carbon emissions from tropical deforestation, studies show

It’s a good thing they’re not trying to control lives or central planning or some such~ctm Chalmers University of Technology A sixth of all emissions resulting from the typical diet…

Coal Advocates Warn The US Grid Is Growing More Vulnerable

From The Daily Caller Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) released a white paper Wednesday warning of the U.S. electric grid’s growing instability…

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If Solar And Wind Are So Cheap, Why Are They Making Electricity So Expensive?

 From Forbes Michael Shellenberger Energy I write about energy and the environment Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici Para leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí Over…

Why I don’t ‘believe’ in ‘science’

Reposted from Climate Etc. by Judith Curry ” ‘I believe in science’ is an homage given to science by people who generally don’t understand much about it. Science is used…

Report: Green Energy Economy Is Simply ‘Impossible’

A new report is out from The Manhattan Institute Date: 03/26/19 Mark P. Mills, Manhattan Institute Hydrocarbons—oil, natural gas, and coal—are the world’s principal energy resource today and will continue…

Joe Manchin Explains Why He Torpedoed Democrats’ Green New Deal

From The Daily Caller Chris White | Energy Reporter Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday that he voted against the Green New Deal because the ambitious climate proposal…

The WMO World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases begins provision of data from the GOSAT

National Institute for Environmental Studies These are sample satellite data maps providing a data overview. Credit: NIES The World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG; a World Data Centre (WDC)…

A Space Selfie….Spelfie:Nick Hague Completes First Spacewalk

NASA astronaut Nick Hague completed the first spacewalk of his career on Friday, March 22, 2019. He and fellow astronaut Anne McClain worked on a set of battery upgrades, on…

Methane production and emissions in trees and forests

Lots and lots of implications for climate models and GHG budgets. From New Phytologist Kristofer R. Covey J. Patrick Megonigal First published: 06 December 2018   https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15624 Summary Forest ecosystem methane…

Four fronts for climate policy

Reposted from Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on March 25, 2019 by curryja  by Judith Curry “For decades, scientists and policymakers have framed the climate-policy debate in a simple way:…

Senate Democratic Sponsors of Green New Deal Heroically Plan to Vote ‘Present’

From CEI Myron Ebell • March 22, 2019 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has scheduled a floor vote on the Green New Deal resolution for the week of March…

Experts reveal that clouds have moderated warming triggered by climate change

A new study has revealed how clouds are modifying the warming created by human-caused climate change in some parts of the world Swansea University A new study has revealed how…

‘Green Real Deal’: Matt Gaetz Is Preparing The GOP Answer To Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal

Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter GOP Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is preparing to introduce a “Green Real Deal” resolution to contrast with Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New…

These countries are leading the charge to clean energy

From World Economic Forum Some countries have been more effective than others in their green energy policies. 06 Feb 2019 Ben Assirati Formative Content The Earth is edging ever closer…

Claim: Climate changes make some aspects of weather forecasting increasingly difficult

Stockholm University The ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a new study from Stockholm University. The study, focusing on weather forecasts…

California acknowledges government policy failures in wildfires – not nebulous “climate change” excuses

Guest essay by Larry Hamlin Articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Orange County Register address Governor Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency to allow the…

CEI Supports EPA’s Proposed Revision of Power Plant Rule

Marlo Lewis, Jr. • March 19, 2019 Yesterday I submitted comments on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to dramatically scale back the agency’s…

Rick Perry Draws Ire For $3.7 Billion Nuclear Energy Bailout

Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator A free market energy group is criticizing Energy Secretary Rick Perry after he announced nearly $4 billion in loan guarantees for a beleaguered nuclear construction…

A new book with unexpected good news about polar bears

Larry Kummer, Editor Book, Film, & TV Reviews, Science & Nature 21 March 2019 Summary: This is a fascinating book about science, about the making of public policy, about climate…