Kum Ba Yah

by John Goetz I just ran across the following news article from Pitchfork Media: Jarvis, Feist Sail to Arctic to Investigate Global Warming Laurie Anderson, Robyn Hitchcock, Martha Wainwright, and…

A Canadian's View: "the global warming brigade lost much of its sizzle in the past year"

Under-achieving B-team players fumbling on climate change too Wednesday, September 17, 2008 By john Martin, The Province  As evidence to the contrary started rolling in and one prominent scientist after…

Spencer on AGW: "If you're paid to find something, you're going to find it,"

From the Raleigh News and Observer – Scientist: Warming is natural http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1221488.html Published: Sep 17, 2008 12:30 AM Modified: Sep 17, 2008 02:03 AM  RALEIGH – Scientist Roy Spencer thinks…

I am a Skeptic

Posted by Dee Norris skep·tic One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. from Greek Skeptikos, from skeptesthai, to examine. I have been…

Note to NASA: Fire Dr. James Hansen, now.

I’ve been wrestling with this topic for hours now as to how to best present it in this forum.  I finally decided to simply just write it as I see…

"CO2 – less" coal power plant draws green ire anyway

I’ve always thought that the biggest issue with greens was not CO2 and AGW, but “progress in general”. This story seems to support that notion. Maybe they’ll get James Hansen…

An Inconvenient Youth – Updated

Posted by Dee Norris Teach children the path to follow, and even when they are old, they will not stray from it. (Proverbs 22:6) Childhood indoctrination.  It’s a dirty word. …

Pachauri's at it again – shun meat, he says (but what about the buffalo?)

Shun meat, says UN climate chief By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website   Livestock production has a bigger climate impact than transport, the UN believes   People should…

Irish (UK) Environmental minister on AGW: 'hysterical psuedo-religion'

From the BBC: Wilson row over green ‘alarmists’ The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a “hysterical psuedo-religion”. In an…

NOAA: China to Warm U.S. Heartland

Posted by John Goetz CNN had the following AP article on their website today. NOAA says that shorter-term pollutants from Asia may raise U.S. heartland temperatures by three degrees in…

Obese People to Blame for Accelerating Global Warming?

(Posted by John Goetz) Saturday, August 30, 2008 by: David Gutierrez NaturalNews.com The weight and consumption habits of the overweight and obese are worsening the pace of global warming, said…

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's op-ed on polar bears and climate change in the NYT

WOW look at the SIZE of that seal! (photo added by Anthony, not NYT) Bearing Up By SARAH PALIN Published: January 5, 2008, Juneau, Alaska ABOUT the closest most Americans…

Democrats find 'green' political convention tough to enforce

Idling limos and SUV’s waiting for delegates (Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET News) From CNET News by Declan McCullagh DENVER–The Democratic Party has boasted that its convention here will be “the most…

McCains rumored VP pick says "don't spend time on [skeptics]"

I’ll point out that this is just a rumor. Last week many people were sure that Obama’s VP was going to be Evan Bayh based on bumper sticker printing rumors.…

Skeptics win one! NOAA/NCDC to hold the CCSP report

NOTE: In the headline, the word “pull” has been replaced with the word “hold” which better represents the process that will now occur. My thought for that word was “pull…

Democrats planning everything but the weather in Denver

From USA Today: Democrats planning everything but the weather in Denver  By Chuck Raasch, GNS Political Writer WASHINGTON — Democrats are hoping for an open-air sendoff of Barack Obama on…

AMS Linking Weather Events to Climate Change

One of the most vocal criticisms I get is when I write about weather events around the globe. For example one commenter, “beaker” recently wrote this criticism to my story about…

NCDC: Photoshopping the climate change report for better impact

Last week on Friday August 1st you may recall that I commented on the release of the Draft report Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States In that post…

Hey kids! Be a "Climate Cop" – rat on your family, friends, and classmates

Note: I don’t normally allow the discussion of things related to Nazi Germany here, including discouraging the use of the word “denier” due to it’s “Holocaust Denier” connotations. But this…

Climate Change – Who is allowed to opine?

Guest post by John Goetz A story appeared briefly yesterday on the CNN homepage titled Ruthless drought in West Timor puts children in crisis. There is no doubt that this…