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WOTUS Woes
The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should have finally relinquished their claim made under the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rules…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #565
In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”
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
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #563
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates mysteries of eternity, of life, of…
That’s Why They Call It Death Valley…
Commentary by Kip Hansen — 7 August 2023 The month of July 2023 was a hot one – really hot and really hot in many places. Not even Roy Spencer…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #562
“To know when you know something, and to know when you don’t know, that’s knowledge.”
The Best of WUWT — Nominations Now Open
In the WUWT Archives there are a lot of really good, even important, pieces that have unfortunately become buried in the “mists of time” – and are now only partially…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #558
On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. So do not take the lecture too seriously, feeling that you really have to understand…
Is NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Scientific?
If NASA’s SVS had wanted to be realistic and scientific, they could have used my animation below—it shows 30 years of Sea Level Rise at the American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial…
Anniversary Issue: the Crichton CalTech Michelin Lecture
It is not strictly the 20th anniversary of this repeatedly-quoted lecture – that would have been the 17th of January, but I am not a strict by-the-calendar guy. I post…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #555
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions…
Good News? Lifetime contraception for female cats.
Simple injections would certainly speed up the Trap-Neuter-Release programs and injections are far safer, for the cat, than surgery. Both surgical neutering and this new injection provide permanent contraception in…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #552
“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” – W. Edwards Deming
California: from Mega-Drought to “The Big Melt”
The plentiful rain that fell in California through the last few months have ended California’s long-term drought for now, but has also left the mountains covered in snow, tens of…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #550
“If we could create the universe from scratch, we’d all make sure that no one ever suffered misfortunes or disadvantages. The problem is that we don’t get to create the…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #546
The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda
The Great Salt Lake — Losing Its Greatness?
For 13,000 years, the lake has existed with no outlet to the sea, her large deposits of salt left behind through evaporation. Lately, evaporation from heat and drought accelerated by…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #545
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles.
E.P.A. Tells States: Clean Up Your Smokestacks
“The Biden administration is strengthening the ‘Good Neighbor’ rule, to cut pollution from power plants and factories in the West and Midwest that wafts east.”
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…
Is the NY Area Seeing an Explosive Growth in Electric Car Ownership?
“Ownership rates of electric cars have more than doubled in New York City and the surrounding area, propelled by more varied models, more charging stations and lower prices.”
Doubts About Droughts
“Drought is a complicated phenomenon, and can be hard to define. One difficulty is that drought means different things in different regions. A drought is defined depending on the average amount…