Some have said in the past that Jim Hansen of NASA GISS is no longer a scientist, but an advocate. Today, by his own hand, I believe that description rings…
Category: Politics
Ike's second warning, hint: it is not the "military-industrial complex"
We’ve all heard about Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning to us about the “military industrial complex”. It’s practically iconic. But what I didn’t know was that same farewell speech contained a…
William Schlesinger on IPCC: "something on the order of 20 percent have had some dealing with climate."
This is a bit disturbing, though in retrospect, not surprising. One of our local IPCC wonks at Chico State University, Jeff Price, is a biologist, but lectures me about climate…
Hansen on "death trains" and coal and CO2
NASA’s Dr. James Hansen once again goes over the top. See his most recent article in the UK Guardian. Some excerpts: “The trains carrying coal to power plants are death…
WaPo pundits the Goracle
This is not the sort of op-ed we are used to seeing in the Washington Post. But I found it funny nonetheless. – Anthony With Al Due Respect, We’re Doomed…
James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic – Says Hansen 'Embarrassed NASA', 'Was Never Muzzled', & Models 'Useless'
UPDATE 1/28: Full text of Dr. Theon’s letter has been post on the Senate website and below. This is something I thought I’d never see. This press release today is…
New Study Shows Climate Change Largely Irreversible, Climate Modelers Given $140 Million Bonus
From NOAA News, Susan Solomon predicts the future with certainty. In other news, on the same day Caterpillar, Sprint, Texas Instruments, and Home Depot announce massive layoff plans to the…
Meet "deep black" the Met Office supercarbon footprint climate computer
The original press release from the Met Office that started this story is here. There’s no mention of a carbon footprint in it, but they did manage to provide a…
Inauguration day and climate change politics
Inauguration day 2005: 35 °F Mostly cloudy with some sunny breaks. Northwest wind 14 mph. Around 1″ of snow lay on the ground. More inauguration day weather history is available…
Jim Hansen's AGU presentation: "He's 'nailed' climate forcing for 2x CO2"
I received this presentation of the “Bjerknes Lecture” that Dr. James Hansen gave at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union on December 17th. There are the usual things…
Litigious Lunacy
This is quite something. Darn those Canucks. As we saw with his defense of eco-vandals in England, I wonder if Dr. James Hansen will rush to The Hague to testify…
Obama's energy plan: bankrupt coal power plants, skyrocketing electricity rates
I’ve held off as long as I can with commenting on the presedential election, as it tends to suck all the oxygen right out of the room, but this issue…
"Sustainability" runs amok in my town of Chico
About two years ago I was asked by my local city councilman Larry Wahl to serve on the city of Chico “sustainability task force”. I was initially enthusiastic, but the…
Gore using his "We" website to "get out the vote"
I remember once having an argument on this blog with someone who claimed Al Gore was “no longer political” but now was “all about science”. Erasing all doubt, Gore’s “We”…
Obama to Declare Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Pollutant
In my opinion, this is lunacy – Obama’s thinking is completely off the rails now. He cites a new energy plan in August, then cripples it from the start with…
Is Global Warming Starving Science?
Posted by Dee Norris This article concerning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry caught my attention this morning: Twenty years ago, Douglas Prasher was one of the driving forces behind research…
Gore demonstrates he doesn't understand basic meteorology, much less climate
Gore links Iowa floods and tornadoes to climate change, but makes a basic error on global temperature to evaporation linkage, plus he misses the real reason behind imagined tornado increases. [Excerpt:…
House passes $700B "bailout bill" – CO2 Tax issues included –
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED CARBON TAX House passes “bailout bill”, with Carbon Tax credits and an entire buffet of pork attached. See Yahoo News See who voted…
Sneaky: Current credit bailout bill contains carbon tax provisions!
If you look at page 180 of the 451-page monster bailout bill that easily passed the Senate yesterday (PDF here), you will see that it includes at Section 116 language…
Happy Halloween: Climate change could haunt humanity forever
Click for print sized Al Gore Halloween Mask, courtesy Forbes.com SAFETY NOTE: Please don’t use this image to frighten children, oh wait, that happens in schools everyday when AIT is…
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