48 Arrests at Fossil Free Yale Protest…

Guest failing grades to Yale from David Middleton YPD arrests 48 people at divestment sit-in LORENZO ARVANITIS & SERENA CHO 7:55 PM, DEC 08, 2018 STAFF REPORTERS The Yale Police…

Nature: “Global warming will happen faster than we think”… Because it’s happened slower than we thought it would!

Guest short note by David Middleton COMMENT 05 DECEMBER 2018 Global warming will happen faster than we think Three trends will combine to hasten it, warn Yangyang Xu, Veerabhadran Ramanathan…

Permian Extinction… Because Climate Change!

Guest eye roll by David Middleton From Real Clear Science… The Two Great Killers of ‘The Great Dying’ By Ross Pomeroy – RCP Staff The Siberian Traps in northern Russia…

The Houston Chronicle: “Houston can’t afford to accept Trump’s view of climate change”… AEUHHH????

Guest rebuttal by David Middleton Houston can’t afford to accept Trump’s view of climate change [Editorial] By The Editorial Board Dec. 1, 2018 Updated: Dec. 4, 2018 President Trump frequently…

Brown-to-Green Report: “G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry”… Because fossil fuels are good for people.

Guest slam-dunk by David Middleton G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry, climate report finds Coal, oil and gas subsidies risking rise in global temperatures to 3.2C, well beyond…

An Assessment of the 4th National Climate Assessment

By Andy May The U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) Volume II is out and generating a lot of discussion. Volume II, Impacts Risks and Adaptation in the United States to climate…

Since Science and Economics Have Failed, It’s Up To the Arts to Win the Gorebal War on the Weather

Guest AEUHHH??? by David Middleton Opinion, Arts Council England The arts have a leading role to play in tackling climate change Nicholas Serota Cultural organisations are in a unique position to…

“Climate change is going to make life on Earth a whole lot worse, report predicts”

Guest No Schist Sherlock by David Middleton Climate change is going to make life on Earth a whole lot worse, report predicts “The evidence was absolutely mind-blowing to me,” said…

“Scientists” Predict Amazon’s HQ2 Site in Long Island City, NY to Be Flooded by Sea Level Rise by 2020 or 2030 or 2050 or 2100!!!

Guest basic geology by David Middleton 2020, 2030, 2050, 2100… Whatever… It will flood… Climate Central assures us it will flood. Amazon’s HQ2 site in Long Island City, Queens could…

Climate Change Causing Southeast Asia Rice Harvests to “Dwindle”… NOT!

Guest “no it isn’t” by David Middleton Food under threat: Struggle to harvest Climate change pushing the world into hunger? PUBLISHED NOV 11, 2018 As South-east Asia’s population grows rapidly,…

President Trump says our climate is “fabulous” and that “the climate, the hottest in modern human history, can change back on its own.”

Guest amateur climatologizing by David Middleton In my daily search for stupid and/or ignorant news articles about climate change, I ran across a couple of recent “gems” from Business Insider.…

Manntastic Claims Require Manntastic Evidence…

Or at least some evidence… Guest rebuttal by David Middleton From the Hartford Courant: Climate change was behind this summer’s extreme weather By Michael E. Mann November 3, 2018 Summer…

The Fork in the Climate Road: Eliminate fossil fuels by Monday or “we pass on a dying planet to our children.” An Anthropocene Fairy Tale.

Guest philosophizing by David Middleton There are three options in tackling climate change. Only one will work We’re now at a fork in the road: either we cut out fossil…

Back to the Cretaceous! Because… CLIMATE CHANGE!

Guest AEUHHH??? by David Middleton We are heading for a New Cretaceous, not for a new normal Peter Forbes is a science writer whose work has appeared in New Scientist,…

Washington State to Impose Carbon Tax… Because Climate Change and Chicken Little of the Sea!

Guest ridiculing by David Middleton Energy & Environment Washington could be the first state to charge for carbon emissions that cause climate change By Steven Mufson October 28 The bride…

‘Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere’ and kill 40% of the people of Earth.

Guest hyperbole by David Middleton Climate change: Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent 25 October 2018 […] 5 – Biomass energy with…

Hurricane Michael “Knocks Out” 22 F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters… Or Not.

Guest aircraft identification and BDA by David Middleton From Pacific Standard (sounds more like a home builder or railroad than a publication)… HURRICANE MICHAEL REMINDED AMERICA WHY CLIMATE CHANGE IS…

“Climate change endangers dozens of World Heritage sites” – Leaning Tower of Pizza Edition

Guest sciencey schist by David Middleton Yes… I know it’s Pisa, not Pizza… But I’m trying a low-carb diet and I really miss pizza, Among the 1,000+ UNESCO World Heritage…

CNN: “Climate change endangers dozens of World Heritage sites”… Unmitigated horst schist

Guest slam dunk by David Middleton For those with sensitive ears (or eyes):   Climate change endangers dozens of World Heritage sites By Sandee LaMotte, CNN October 16, 2018 (CNN)Pull…

‘There Is No Middle Ground for Disagreements About Facts’… Except When It’s a Straw Man

Guest logic by David Middleton From Real Clear Science… There Is No Middle Ground for Disagreements About Facts By Klemens Kappel Consider how one should respond to a simple case…