Global Warming off the hook? Alien species are primary cause of recent global extinctions

Alien species are primary cause of recent global extinctions Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, according to a new study by UCL…

Critique of the new Santer et al. (2019) paper

From Dr Judith Curry’s Climate Etc Posted on March 1, 2019 by curryja by Ross McKitrick Ben Santer et al. have a new paper out in Nature Climate Change arguing…

A February to remembrrr in L.A.: It never even reached 70 degrees

From The LA Times Home restaurant’s sprawling outdoor patio in Los Feliz, set under a canopy of large trees, was designed to take advantage of California’s temperate climate and typically…

No, Increasing CO2 isn’t going to trigger a hot world without clouds.

From Dr. Roy Spencer’s blog, March 1st, 2019 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. I’ve received many more requests about the new disappearing-clouds study than the “gold standard proof of…

California’s San Bernardino County slams the brakes on big solar projects

From The LA Times By Sammy Roth Feb 28, 2019 | 4:35 PM A view of a smaller-scale commercial solar project in Lucerne Valley, Calif., seen on Feb. 25, 2019.…

Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet

Michael Shellenberger has an article up on Quillette Excerpts. In 2002, shortly after I turned 30, I decided I wanted to dedicate myself to addressing climate change. I was worried…

Irish climate plans fall short of urgent action needed

From Green News (.ie) Greens and the EU are fretting that Ireland just doesn’t do enough. The Commission’s 2019 Country Report for Ireland states that we are “falling further behind”…

Old stone walls record history of Earth’s magnetic wanderings

From AGU 27 February 2019  Posted by llester By Liza Lester https://youtu.be/G3OTG3_ih3c Under the forests of New York and New England, a hidden tracery of tumbledown stone walls marks the…

Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Is Breaking Russia’s Grip On Poland

From The Daily Caller Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter Natural gas from the U.S. is flooding Polish markets as the European country seeks to loosen Russia’s grip on its energy…

Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue

The degree of precision of these “projections” makes my jaw drop to the floor~ctm Public Release: 27-Feb-2019 University of British Columbia Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect…

Not Enough Dems Showed Up At This Climate Hearing So Republicans Pulled This Power Move

From The Daily Caller Chris White | Energy Reporter House Republicans scuttled a climate change hearing Tuesday before it began after too few Democrats showed up to contest adjournment. The…

Ice Tsunami Forces Residents To Evacuate Along Lake Erie

From CBS Pittbsurgh PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — High winds continue to cause chaos across the East coast, and residents near Lake Erie are dealing with another problem caused by the winds,…

How power-to-gas technology can be green and profitable

From the “you can wish in one hand…” dept Public Release: 26-Feb-2019 Economists map out economically viable path to renewables-based hydrogen production Technical University of Munich (TUM) Hydrogen production based…

Striking study finds a climate tipping point in clouds

From ARS Technica We aren’t likely to see it happen, but it’s still sobering. Scott K. Johnson – 2/25/2019, 6:13 PM Stratocumulus clouds, like those in the lower two-thirds of…

Evidence that humans are responsible for global warming hits ‘gold standard’ certainty level

An article from Apple news notes: OSLO – Evidence for man-made global warming has reached a “gold standard” level of certainty, adding pressure for cuts in greenhouse gases to limit…

Report: Green New Deal Could Cost Every US Household $65,000 A Year

From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor The Green New Deal could cost up to $93 trillion over a decade, according to a new report by the right-leaning…

How to make use of the world’s most accurate surface temperature data

Steve, in Seattle writes: I began this project out of both frustration and a specific curiosity. I have, over the years, studied many excellent articles at WUWT. The articles that…

Climate Science, Red in Tooth and Claw: Yapping Hyenas Attack a Lion

From American Thinker By Norman Rogers William Happer is one of the most important scientists in the United States.  He is an emeritus professor of physics at Princeton and a…

Felon arrested after pursuit when stolen Tesla batteries die

Reader Warren E writes: The headline says it all. Stole a Tesla. High speed chase. Battery died. Thief apprehended. An ultimate range anxiety story. From The Riverside County News Source…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Green New Deal Haters: ‘I’m The Boss. How ‘Bout That?’

From The Daily Caller Speaking at a “Girls Who Code” event in New York City, self-identified democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back against critics of her Green New Deal resolution.…

Al Gore Says Ralph Northam Can Atone For Blackface Scandal By Opposing Gas Pipeline

8:32 AM 02/20/2019 | Energy Michael Bastasch | Energy EditorFormer Vice President Al Gore said Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam can fulfill his “racial reconciliation” pledge by opposing the Atlantic…

Political and policy feedbacks in the climate system

Political and policy feedbacks in the climate system Climate Change: Understanding feedback from nature, culture and society From the University of California – Santa Barbara Two graphs outlining Democrat vs.…

Video: Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind & Solar Energy

Date: 2/18/19  GWPF TV When the world’s richest entrepreneur says wind and solar will never work, it’s probably time to listen. HT/GWPF  

Virtue Signaling and Tax (subsidy) Equity Investors

In the elaborate article for Bloomberg, the author delves in to complex financial structure used by mega investors to harvest solar subsidies, while weaving in the appropriate smattering of virtue…