Ridley's Riposte to John Abraham

Guest essay by Dr. Matt Ridley On a blog called Desmog Blog, John Abraham has criticized my recent article in the Wall Street Journal on climate sensitivity. Here’s my piece…

Spencer, Ridley, and Gavin on Fox tonight

Readers may recall that Dr. Mann had an unprofessional visceral reaction to the invitation. Kudos to Dr. Gavin Schmidt for taking the invitation and to follow through with it in…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #591

“The cavemen had the same natural resources at their disposal as we have today, and the difference between their standard of living and ours is a difference between the knowledge…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #586

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #580

“I apologize for writing such a long letter, but I didn’t have time to write a short one.” – Mark Twain

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #573

It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost [tossed] upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of the castle and to…

Select Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #568

I fully agree with you concerning the pseudo-science of astrology. The interesting point is that this kind of superstition is so tenacious that it could persist through so many centuries.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #567

What is necessary for the very existence of science and what the characteristics of nature are, are not to be determined by pompous preconditions, they are determined always by the…

The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken for the World’s Top Climate Expert

Date: 10/14/2011 Link copied to clipboard Sorry, your browser does not allow copying links Author: Donna Laframboise Topic: Climate Change Debate Organisation: Book Length: Date: 10/14/2011 Link copied to clipboard…

Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19

Date: 01/03/2022 Link copied to clipboard Sorry, your browser does not allow copying links Author: Matt Ridley Topic: Covid-19 Organisation: Book Length: Date: 01/03/2022 Link copied to clipboard Sorry, your…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #564

Mathematics may be defined as the subject where we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true

How Fossil Fuels are Greening the Planet

Date: 03/13/2013 Link copied to clipboard Sorry, your browser does not allow copying links Author: Matt Ridley Topic: Global Greening Organisation: Reason Magazine Video Length: 18:59 Date: 03/13/2013 Link copied…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #560

“Under this method, the theory that the world is flat is true if one uses only eyesight data and does not consider the voluminous other evidence that it is round.”

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #559

“I don’t think there is a climate crisis. I think the key processes are exaggerated and misunderstood by a factor of about 200.”

Putting a Fork in South Fork Wind

…is about the failure of BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management), to uphold legal principles of environmental review and oversight, water quality assurance, due process, and compliance with the National…

Luxury Beliefs And Energy Policy: The Fatal Conceit

Today’s luxury belief of choice, net zero and the climate crusade, seems to be coming apart in front of our very eyes.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #546

The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda

BBC Rejects Guardian Right Wing Backlash Attenborough Censorship Claims

The Guardian claims a David Attenborough episode of “Wild Isles” will not be publicly aired, because of fears of a right wing backlash.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #543

The Week That Was: 2023-03-11 (March 11, 2023Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org)The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: “So I hope you can accept Nature as…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #542

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. — Richard P. Feynman

Svalbard walrus thrive in the face of sea ice decline, mocking predictions of future catastrophe

In other words, the Svalbard population of Atlantic walrus increased 109% between 2006 and 2018, even as summer sea ice declined markedly in the Barents Sea.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #531

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”― Albert Einstein

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #528

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – Marie Curie

Weekly Climate and Energy New Roundup #519

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. Thomas Huxley