Friday Funny – Madhouse Mann

Josh writes: Michael Mann has a book out called “The Madhouse Effect” with cartoons by Tom Toles, and which was the subject of a WUWT post back in April. It looks like…

Monday Mirthiness: a new 'Stern version' of 'Hansen's Bulldog'

Over the weekend, David Rose published a scathing expose of Lord Stern’s Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and it’s misuse of scientific literature (claiming works as their own)…

'Global warming vs global greening' GWPF lecture by Matt Ridley

Josh writes: Last night Matt Ridley gave the Global Warming Policy Foundation annual lecture titled ‘Global warming vs global greening’. Here are my cartoon notes. You can read Matt’s text and slides here. Cartoons by…

Friday Funny – CAT5 Alarmism AKA the 'Climate Change' Blame Game

Yesterday, I wrote about how “climate change” was being blamed for Hurricane Matthew and how ridiculous the effort was, given that it’s been over 4000 days since a major hurricane…

'Tiny the Turbine' – a new story illustrated by Josh

Josh writes:  Apologies for the lack of cartoons this summer but I’ve been beavering away on a follow up to the Subisdy Sam story produced earlier in the year. Today we are launching…

Friday Funny: "cottoning up" to skeptics with high pressure commentary

On Monday, I wrote a very personal piece that describes my personal trials and tribulations over the last 18 months. It was very well received and I had hundreds of…

Quote of the Week- Mann parodies science: 'we don't need no stinking data'

With apologies to Alfonso Bedoya in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. once quipped: If Michael Mann did not exist, the skeptics would have to invent…

Friday Funny – the new "AA" class electric Mercedes

I drive an electric car for around town use. It saves gas and is fun to drive. I get lots of complements about it. However, I still enjoy a good…

Friday funny – An update on 'Subsidy Sam'

Josh writes: You may remember a Friday funny post back in April about “Subsidy Sam” a story written by Lyndsey Ward which got a good amount of news coverage at the…

If elected, Hillary plans to install 'climate situation room' in the White House

From the “pandering to your base” department and Climate Nexus: Clinton’s Climate and Energy Plans: Hillary Clinton plans to focus on smaller legislative actions and use executive action on climate…

Friday funny – Framing Climate Change

Josh writes: There is a fairly persistent alarmist idea that if only ‘Climate Change’ was properly communicated then everyone would believe all the hype, spin and misinformation and ignore the politicking,…

Friday Funny – Farmer answers Greenpeace fracking protesters with manure sprayer

This farmer decided to fight B.S. with B.S., literally. Josh writes: Emma Thompson is in the news again with her mobile bake off protest against fracking in Lancashire. The actress…

Hump day hilarity – Told you so!

Josh writes: There’s been a lot of Twittering over an article in Nature Climate Change about the greening of the planet. It might not exactly be ground breaking science, it is after all…

Friday Funny: Earth Day Hate Mail

Letters, I get letters, and even though the WUWT contact page says clearly: Contacts made under this form (especially hate mail and threats) are considered to be fair game for…

Hump day hilarity – Democracy poll toll

Josh writes: There is a delightful story in the UK news this week: After Internet users overwhelmingly voted to christen Britain’s new $300 million research ship “Boaty McBoatface” in an online naming poll, a government official suggested the name…

Friday funny bonus – Green blob feeling the heat

Josh writes:  There is lots of news around about renewables, especially wind and solar, feeling the sharp stab of economic reality and the burn of bankrupcy – see SunEdison, German renewables, more SunEdison, Dutch…

Friday funny – Climate Chat-bot in evidence

Josh writes: As you may know, Microsoft recently launched a Chat-bot called ‘Tay’ as an experiment in “conversational understanding.” “The more you chat with Tay”, said Microsoft, “the smarter it gets, learning…

Hump Day Hilarity – The 97% climate expertise [warning graphic content]

Josh writes: I had an idea with Brandon [Shollenberger] about discovering a secret stupid chart along the lines of the one he found. Shollenberger writes: I think I may have…

Friday Funny – Dr. Gavin Schmidt throws Mann's tree rings under the bus

Readers may remember this Josh classic: In a December 16th Podcast with “Forecast A podcast about climate science and climate scientists” run by Michael White, Nature’s editor for climate science, Dr.…

Friday Funny – the SciFi terror of inadequate anomalies

With this missive from NYT’s Andrew Revkin who is singing the praises of alarmism by AP’s Seth Borenstein, I’ve come to think that climate alarmists are little more than garden…