The Solar Storm That Nearly Sparked A Nuclear Confrontation

On May 23rd, 1967, a solar storm took place that was so powerful, it jammed radar and radio communications in polar regions and the US Air Force actually began to…

Osman et al. 2021: a Flawed Nature Paleoclimate Paper?

In my view, Osman 2021’s preprint proxy-only reconstruction appears credible, although a lower SST multiplier than they used is appropriate.

What Would Happen if They Threw a War and it Upset Europe’s Climate Plans?

Guest “Is anyone else annoyed every time the Soviet invasion of Ukraine and climate change appear in the same sentence?” by David Middleton This NPR article isn’t as awful as…

How Climatologists Forgot the Sun Was Shining: Your Questions Answered

Their error was so large that, after correction, the near-certainty of future global warming large enough to be catastrophic vanishes, and the tawdry notion of “climate emergency” with it.

Reality Cannot Penetrate Into The Fantasy World Of Climate Campaigners

In any rational world, this Report would have to have dashed any remaining dreams of climate campaigners that overall world CO2 emissions would see anything but large ongoing increases for…

Did You Know? US Oil & Gas Drilling Up 60% This Year

Guest “Shedding light on the Big Lie” by David Middleton While most of my recent posts have focused on Biden’s lies about the oil & gas industry, there is one…

Biden Continues to Lie About the Oil & Gas Industry

Guest “This is getting repetitive” by David Middleton For U.S. oil companies that are recording their largest profits in years, they have a choice.  One, they can put those profits…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #491

“To defeat relativity one did not need the word of 100 scientists, just one fact.” – attributed to Einstein

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #488

When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.”― Jonathan Swift

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #483

“It is as fatal as it is cowardly to blink facts because they are not to our taste.” – John Tyndall, 1877.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #479

We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #478

“I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way – by rote, or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!” –…

Weekly Energy and Climate News Roundup #474

Quote of the Week: “Nullius in verba” – The Royal Society [UK]

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #473

One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool. – by George Orwell

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #469

“America’s leadership must be guided by learning and reason.”  John F. Kennedy, Speech not delivered in Dallas, Nov 22, 1963

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #468

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” – Voltaire

Cost Comparison: Decommissioning a Wind Turbine vs. Plugging & Abandoning an Oil Well

Guest “Coin toss” by David Middleton A recurring theme in comments sections of WUWT posts are arguments about the costs of decommissioning wind turbines vs the costs of plugging and…

Comments On Federal Scientific Integrity

It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe. It is quite another to do so when the environmental…

‘One of the most damaging invasive species on Earth’: wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each year

Whether you call them feral pigs, boar, swine, hogs, or even razorbacks, wild pigs are one of the most damaging invasive species on Earth, and they’re notorious for damaging agriculture…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #463

“Nobody understands quantum mechanics.” – Richard Feynman

Weekly Climate and Energy New Roundup #461

“All men are born free and equal,…” – Opening phrase, Part the First, A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth, in the 1780 Constitution of the…

CMIP6 ECS

It is apparent that those who believe in anthropogenic global warming do not understand the intractable fundamental problem with their climate model approach. They are digging themselves a deeper hole.…

Western US Drought Implications

Neither California nor Las Vegas will go dark because of the current drought, which itself provably isn’t attributable to anthropogenic climate change.

The Injustice of Blowing-Up Turtles, for Convenience

Reposted from Jennifer Marohasy’s Blog June 8, 2021 By jennifer It is World Ocean Day, an opportunity to learn more about the Great Barrier Reef and also artificial reefs in the Gulf…