Global versus Greenland Holocene Temperatures

By Andy May Last week, I posted a global temperature reconstruction based mostly on Marcott, et al. 2013 proxies. The post can be found here. In the comments on the…

Lindzen responds to the MIT letter objecting to his petition to Trump to withdraw from the UNFCC.

Apparently, MIT didn’t like its name being used in petition to Trump. Dr. Richard Lindzen responds to that letter. March 9, 2017 President Donald Trump The White House Washington, DC…

Claim: forget CO2, it's the Methane and CFC's that will drown us in the ocean

From the “it’s that Methane and Ozone Emergency again” department, comes this breathless headline, for a kitchen sink press release that even includes the obligatory faux sinking atoll of Tuvalu. I…

Record heat despite a cold sun

By Sebastian Luening, Frank Bosse and Fritz Vahrenholt Introduction On 14th November 2016 Stefan Rahmstorf (“stefan”) of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) published on the climate blog…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #247

The Week That Was: 2016-11-05 (November 5, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Solar Cycle Mystery Solved ?

Guest essay by David Archibald In the time before the current period of faith-based science, much good work was done on the role of the Sun in controlling climate. One…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #244

The Week That Was: 2016-10-08 (October 8, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Quote of the Week: facts against the Mann

While ramping up his own invective to fit as much ad hominem as possible into a single sentence: Mr. Sauer parroted baseless talking points that have their origin in fossil-fuel…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #197

The Week That Was: 2015-09-19 (September 19, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project   THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Mt. Baker glaciers disappearing? A response to the Seattle Times

by Don J. Easterbrook The headline of the September 8, 2015 Seattle Times states: ‘Disastrous’: Low snow, heat eat away at Northwest glaciers “Glaciers across the North Cascades could lose…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #192

The Week That Was: 2015-08-15 (August 15, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #180

The Week That Was: 2015-05-16 (May 16, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project   THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #155

The Week That Was: 2014-11-08 (November 8, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: it is “certain that the number…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #148

The Week That Was: 2014-09-06 (September 6, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #146

The Week That Was: 2014-08-16 (August 16, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: If you put feedback into a…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

The Week That Was: 2014-08-02 (August 2, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than…

Newly Discovered Siberian Craters Signify End Times (or Maybe Just Global Warming); Mystery of the Siberian crater deepens: Scientists left baffled after two NEW holes appear in Russia's icy wilderness

Guest essay by Don Easterbrook A crater in northern Siberia, spotted by a passing helicopter, has received worldwide attention and continues to be a top news story. Since then, two…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

The Week That Was: 2014-07-12 (July 12, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: Nature is full of infinite…

Day-Three Live Stream of International Climate Conference Features Lifetime Achievement Award to S. Fred Singer

Skeptic Conference Ends with Discussions of Latest Science Challenging UN Reports, Recognition of Professional Courage and Honesty LAS VEGAS (July 9, 2014)— Today, the last day of the Ninth International…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

The Week That Was: 2014-24-05 (May 24, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: The greatest enemy of knowledge is…

Scientists Respond to the Obama Administration's 2014 National Climate Assessment

The National Climate Assessment – 2014 (NCA) is a masterpiece of marketing that shows for the first time the full capabilities of the Obama Administration to spin a scientific topic…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

The Week That Was: 2014-17-05 (May 17, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project  Quote of the Week: “It is dangerous to be right…

Sanity Checking The National Climate Assessment Report Against Real Data Reveals Major Discrepancies

Guest essay by Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Dept. of Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA How well do claims and assertions in the just-released 800+-page report by the National Climate…

What caused a 1300 year deep freeze 12,800 years ago? New PNAS paper says it wasn't an impact

About 12,800 years ago, the last Ice Age was coming to an end, the planet was warming up. Then, inexplicably, the planet plunged into a deep freeze, returning to near-glacial…