Australia's Victorian government creates seminar to "deal with denialism"

Whoo boy. It must be rough out there when CSIRO has to have seminars on how to deal with us rowdy ruffian “deniers”. I’m surprised though, a 15 million budget,…

Romm's Mosquito Bomb

Most of us just ignore Joe Romm. Because, well, even the fresh prince of Wikipedia, William Connolley, described him once as “foaming”. When members of his shared climate viewpoint say…

Modeling the Polar Bear Tipping Point

After reading this BBC article on modeling the “tipping point” of polar bear populations, it seemed this photo summed it up well, especially since modeling was substituted in lieu of…

Cause for alarm?

Why do scientists and news stories blame everything on global warming? Fortune and glory. Guest post By Paul Driessen, Willie Soon, and David R. Legates We’re often asked, What really…

Now it's caterpillar outbreaks caused by global warming

I recall one summer when I was a boy in the 1960’s where we had a tent caterpillar outbreak in our town. Global Warming wasn’t on anybody’s mind then. This…

Now it's more CO2 that will threaten crops

Sometimes I wonder if science hasn’t been infected with some sort of mass delusion about CO2. Watch this amazing video on CO2 and plant growth from CO2Science.org, then read below…

Now it's lizards going extinct due to climate change

From a press release from Villanova University, more worry. I don’t know about the researchers experiences, but my property is overrun with the Western Fence Lizard. I can hardly avoid…

New bear species discovered: Ursus Bogus

I had been avoiding this photo issue, because well, the whole thing is stupid no matter how you look at it and it’s been been heavily covered elsewhere. But when…

AGW to reach…"The Edge of Wetness"…

Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show used to do a schtick called “The Edge of Wetness” which was a parody of a soap opera called “The Edge of Night” It…

Climate idiocy at the Monterey Bay Aquarium – cow with a gas mask

First let me say I’ve been there many times with my wife and children. When we go, we marvel at the sea otters, jellyfish, and the Mola they had for…

If Sea Level Was Rising, Wouldn't Someone Have Noticed?

Images spanning 130 years show non-effects of sea level rise By Steve Goddard Above, imaginary alarmist imagery: London Drowning from the BBC One of my favorite CAGW climochondrias is worry about…

Climate Craziness of the Week – MSM jumps on alarming headline

From a University of Leeds press release, comes this scary headline that seems to be picked up by the MSM. A Google search yields 16,400 hits on the title below.…

Airlines Blame Flawed Computer Modeling For Up To $1.7 Billion Loss

As a follow up to our 4/19 story about ash cloud modeling: Ash cloud models – overrated? A word on Post Normal Science by Dr. Jerome Ravetz I offer below a…

More Wisdom via Solomon: Global Warming Has Passed The Point Of No Return

Guest Post by Steven Goddard Steve McIntyre points out that NOAA’s Susan Solomon saw fit to exclude a statement of measurements from IPCC WG1. With such certainty then, it’s no…

Climate change and "The Birds"

From the “you can’t make this stuff up” department. Climate change is now blamed for what is called “Gary Larson events” in homage to the famed creator of the comic…

Congressional Tipping Point: Not an April Fools Joke

From the “you just can’t make this stuff up department“, something so outrageously stupid, you wonder how the Navy Admiral being interviewed by congressman Hank Johnson (D) GA kept himself…

If Global Warming Kills Us, Blame the Weatherman?

I thought this might be an April fools joke. It isn’t. I therefore preface it with this maxim: Climate doesn’t kill people, weather does. – Anthony from BNET By Chris…

Energy Star-t Your Engines

Massive fraud in the EPA/DOE Energy Star Program. Automated system allows fake products to get approval. WASHINGTON — Does a “gasoline-powered alarm clock” qualify for the EnergyStar label, the government…

Bengal Island succumbs to global warming nonsense – AP gets nutty over the loss of a sandbar

By Steven Goddard and Anthony Watts From the New York Daily News via  Associated Press reports : Global warming resolves 30-year land dispute between India, Bangladesh: Coveted island sinks By…

ACS: going veggie won't impact global warming

IPCC’s Dr. Pachauri must be having a conniption fit about now, since he’s been an advocate of meat free global warming salvation. From the American Chemical Society: Eating less meat…