“Why do we have so many wildly varying answers to so many of the important science questions of our day? Not only varying, but often directly contradictory.”
Author: Kip Hansen
Reuters Fails Journalism Test — Again
Opinion by Kip Hansen – 17 June 2022 Reuters is one of the largest news organizations in the world. It is considered to be a reliable news source and is…
Climate Propaganda Award Winners
Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen – 16 June 2022 The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) at Columbia University which supports the climate propaganda organ, Covering Climate Now (CCNow), has announced its…
2022 Monarch Butterfly Update
“This last March I reported that …the usual annual census of overwintering Monarchs in Mexico had either nor been completed or had not been reported. Finally, the annual report has been…
The Misguided Meat Vortex
“…land no longer needed for meat production could be used towards progressive ends, such as the creation of worker-owned farms, returning land to Indigenous nations and peoples, rewilding, and other…
Getting ready for another destructive Atlantic hurricane season?
“… many of the other ingredients for a destructive hurricane season are related to human-caused climate change. Hotter ocean water and hotter air create perfect conditions for hurricanes to form,…
Just how crazy are these people?
Exclusive: Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal.
The Floating Life – A Tale of the Vortex
“”To test our hypothesis that garbage patches may also be neuston seas, including the NPGP, we conducted a community science survey through the NPGP …”
What is the Full Cost?
The idea of ‘free energy’ available from solar panels or the wind has had to be abandoned – there simply “ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” (h/t Robert…
Sea Level Rise Acceleration – An Alternative Hypothesis
Having analysed the NASA Sea Level readings over the last 4 years it has been concluded that the accelerations derived by Nerem et al. are a consequence of the methodology…
Sea Level: Rise and Fall – Slowing Down to Speed Up
We estimate a quadratic model of climate-driven global mean sea level (GMSL) change based on the satellite altimetry record (1993–2020), including a rigorous assessment of the errors in the quadratic…
Earth Day Protest a Bust
Only the New York Times could use the word “amassed” for a crowd generously described as “several hundred” climate protesters who gathered in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. for an…
Sinking Cities and Sea Level Rise
“Coastal cities around the globe are sinking by up to several centimeters per year, on average, satellite observations reveal. The one-two punch of subsiding land and rising seas means that…
The Battle of the Trucks: H2 vs. Batteries
“Under pressure to cut emissions, truck manufacturers are choosing between batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. Wagering incorrectly could cost them billions of dollars.”
Extinction’s Yo-Yo – The Ivory-billed Woodpecker
“The history of decline of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is long, complex, and controversial. The last widely accepted sighting of this species in continental North America was 1944. “
NZ helped scrub ‘plant-based’ diets from IPCC climate report
“The most interesting thing about this report is that it shows how clearly the wording that appears in IPCC Summaries for Policy Makers are based on politics and not on…
How Much of the Grid Must Be Upgraded?
The study shows that electricity demand for all-electric homes peaks on winter mornings due to heating, and averages around 3.62 kW per home, or 264% of a mixed-fuel home’s peak…
Twistin’ with Gallup’s Extreme Weather Poll
“One-Third of Americans Faced Extreme Weather in Recent Years, Survey Finds — Hurricanes and winter weather, such as snow, ice storms and blizzards, were the most common events cited, according…
UK: “More Nuclear, More Oil, More Gas”
“Britain bets on nuclear power in its plan to boost energy independence. The government said it aimed to fulfill a quarter of the estimated electricity demand in Britain with nuclear…
Population Bombing
“Japan is ageing so rapidly that if current trends continue, the nation could eventually disappear altogether”, writes Jennifer Sciubba in her data-packed book 8 Billion and Counting.
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