A bit of refreshing news, via The GWPF: London, 6 September: The General-Secretary of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the alarmist narrative on climate change has gone off the rails and criticised the news media for provoking unjustified anxiety. Speaking to Finland’s financial newspaper Talouselämä (“The Journal”) on 6 September 2019, Petteri Taalas called for cooler…
Dr. Peter Ridd sens this update via email: The court just announced that we have been awarded around $1.2 million (provisional on submissions). This case was always about academic freedom.It was a fight that should never have started in the first place. I have worked for 35 years on the Great Barrier Reef, and my…
Well, now that I’ve boarded, and there were no extinction rebellion/climate protestors at the dock in Vancouver (a hotbed of climate activism) to shout hateful messages at us, (which wouldn’t go over well with the cruise line at all) I can tell you about it. I’m on a week long cruise to Alaska with Mark…
Since Dorian didn’t cause any significant U.S. death and devastation that the MSM was looking forward to covering in the vein of “See, climate change!”. NPR had a go at it though, citing a NOAA study that is nothing more than an exercise in cherry picking data. The slow movement of Hurricane Dorian prompted the…
Bjorn Lomberg writes on Facebook: Oops, remember that viral sled-on-water picture showing “our ongoing climate catastrophe” (CNN)? Turns out it is entirely normal, happened in the 1800s, and will probably happen *less* with higher temps. But Al Gore wants permission to use it in his slideshow. In the article Lomborg cites, it says: Spring in…
By Dr. Roy Spencer from his website Atlantic hurricane activity is notoriously variable, not only from year to year, but decade to decade. In fact, based upon studies of overwash sediments in coastal lakes stretching from the Florida panhandle to eastern Louisiana, it appears that the period from 1,000 to 3,800 years ago had a considerably higher…
When we announced the results of the lawsuit between Michael Mann and Tim Ball, one of the commenters, Serge Wright, came up with this witicism that was a twist on the old phrase “Play the ball, not the man”, applicable when it comes to arguments. Wikitionary says: To object to someone’s argument by attacking the…
From Gizmodo: DNC Votes 222-137 Against Allowing Candidates to Participate in Climate Debate Democratic National Committee delegates in San Francisco voted against allowing candidates to participate in a primary debate focused on climate change, per the Mercury News, in a contentious 222-137 vote that comes amid ongoing devastation in the Amazon rainforest and growing evidence that scientists have…
PRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE TO LIVESTREAM REBUTTAL TO U.N. ‘CIVIL SOCIETY’ SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE Rebuttal Will Explain How U.N. ‘Solutions’ to Climate Change Harm World’s Poorest The Heartland Institute, the world’s leading think tank promoting climate realism and free-market solutions to environmental challenges, will livestreama panel discussion on August 26 from Salt Lake City, site of the United Nations Civil…
From the “let them eat cake, but we’re saving the planet” department comes a new level of hubris unmatched in modern times. [Superyacht] owner Leonardo DeCaprio has nothing on this, and he probably wishes he’s said it. There’s an article in this glossy magazine testament to snobbery called Luxury London that cries out for a…