And then what happens? Another online poll that might go horribly wrong

UPDATE: At first I was concerned about this poll and the language involved. Now from comments I’m seeing a number of people whom aren’t worried and see an opportunity to…

Sustainable living now includes "edible pets" to curb global warming

In my opinion, this over the top idea isn’t sustainable at any level. On a personal note, my cat eats with a footprint more like a Volkswagen microbus. I think…

"Proof" that media is hyping AGW shamelessly without asking basic questions like: "did you check the lake for DDT"?

From news.com.au this “stunning” development citing lake sediment and some midges “proves” everything. Glad that’s settled. See thoughts at the end. This is the title of the story at news.com.au,…

Hurricane Katrina Victims Have Standing To Sue Over Global Warming

I say BRING IT ON. Finally we’ll get to put this absurdity about the connection between global warming and hurricanes to rest, because, it doesn’t exist. I hope the defense…

Maldivians sink to new low with an underwater publicity stunt

Cross this place off my tourist list. I don’t care how inviting, it will be now the “island of stupid” in my memory. Watch the video below the “read more”…

IQ Test: Which of these is not upside down?

This is a simple IQ test anyone should be able to complete easily. Here are four images, which one of the images has elements that are not upside down? You…

The Top Ten Reasons why I think Catlin Arctic Ice Survey data can't be trusted

First, I loathe having to write another story about Pen Hadow and his Catlin Arctic Ice expedition, which I consider the scientific joke of 2009. But these opportunistic explorers are…

The new urban future: stilt houses to manage global warming's rising sea levels

This is definitely climate progress. Next up:  urban rickshaws to reduce emissions? From a Newcastle University press release: Growth versus global warming Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and…

When atmospheres attack: Aussies don't see the threat

We’ve all seen John Kerry’s claims that global warming is now a “national security issue”. Kerry’s new TV commercial says: “Scientists and military experts agree: The next global hot spot…

More goofery: UN Climate Report Confuses Arctic and Antarctic

Yesterday I pointed out how the hockey stick graph had been removed from the United Nations Climate  Report. Now Harold Ambler shows us the document has even more errors. Guest…

Wheel! – – Of! – – Silly!

I thought I’d seen the end of this after we first saw it back on May 26th of this year. I wrote then: How not to make a climate photo op…

NASA Goddard climate scientist charged in nepotism money scheme

h/t to WUWT reader Keith.  Excerpts from: NASA scientist pleads guilty to directing contracts to wife’s firm By Robert Brodsky rbrodsky@govexec.com September 30, 2009 An award-winning NASA scientist has admitted…

Oh no! Global Warming to end Olympics

And I was so looking forward to seeing Gavin Schmidt on the USA Olympic Hockey Team when they try to beat the Canadian. From Reuters: Olympics-2016 Games could be the…

Washington Times: Porn surfing rampant at National Science Foundation

Now we know why they like global warming so much – it’s hot. Excerpts below of the original story here: Porn surfing rampant at U.S. science foundation Jim McElhatton EXCLUSIVE:…

The Age of iStupid: Using the iPhone to terrify people about nuclear power

While looking at some of the organizations that our “amateur Wikipedia grapher cum UNEP cited as peer reviewed source” belongs to I came across the German webpage of “Friends of…

United Nations Environment Programme uses unreviewed graph from an anonymous Wikipedia author for official report.

We’ve been lectured time and again about the importance of having climate science work come from peer reviewed papers, saying that the work of dedicated amateurs has no place in…

Climate Alarmists stoop to new low – create "fake" newspaper and website to push climate agenda

UPDATE: From Daily Finance Activists behind NY Post parody detained by police The New York Post does not have a sense of humor about itself, it would seem. Early this…

California hoses its energy future – again

According to the New York Times, a major solar power project in California has been canceled. It seems that even creating solar power in the middle of nowhere in a…

Carbon offset kiosk at SFO sells carbon credits at 60 times the market rate

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the SFO airport has now installed carbon offset purchase kiosks so that you can remove the guilt from your flight. Only one problem. The…

Man to walk 350 miles to highlight climate change – no mention of how he's getting there and back

This is a 350.org effort to highlight the perceived need to get below 350 ppm of atmospheric CO2. At left is the list of luminaries that make up the 350.org…

"This is barking mad. We're an island – how else are we going to leave it from time to time? By rowing boat?"

The title was from a comment in the London Times on this story about Carbon Taxes on air travel to/from Britain. h/t to Leif Svalgaard. Passengers face new tax to…

Guardian: Global warming to trigger "earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches and volcanic eruptions."

You can’t make this stuff up. It’s worse than we thought. Related: Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not Collapsing Climate change: melting ice will trigger wave of natural…

More imagery from WWF

WWF is on a roll lately. Guess what this is? So schnell kann’s gehen… © Rosa Merk / WWF (Image from a WWF press release) Answer below.

Earth-awareness run amok: WWF's ad company apparently produced 9/11 "respect the planet" video in June 2009

You may have seen this on other blogs in the last day or so, a print ad apparently for the WWF out of Brazil. It is beyond tasteless. I wasn’t…