Featured image from Retro Thing Guest commentary by David Middleton From the American Association for the Advancement of Science of America… Obama official would have led EPA’s climate science debate—if all agencies took part By Robin Bravender, E&E NewsJun. 13, 2018 , 4:05 PM Originally published by E&E News Scott Pruitt’s top aide wanted to…
(Note: The is a reply to Warren S. Warren’s guest post here – Anthony) By Roger Cohen First I would like to say that I respect Warren greatly. He has been very energetic in his support of the APS Topical Group on the Physics of Climate (GPC) and contributed substantially to its development. There is…
Guest post by Warren S. Warren A reply to Roger Cohen from a fellow Executive Committee member In a recent posting on your web site, Roger Cohen, who was on the Organizing Committee for the APS Topical Group on the Physics of Climate and just resigned from the Executive Committee, posted his resignation letter with…
I was sent this today by Roger Cohen, a respected fellow of the APS. He writes: Dear Anthony, Since you have previously carried items relating to the American Physical Society, I thought you might be interested in the attached. It concerns my experience with the Society over the past three years. The “Recollection” document explains…
From the University of Oregon a wacky idea to refrigerate smokestacks. Cooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs EUGENE, Ore. — (Aug. 27, 2012) — Refrigerating coal-plant emissions would reduce levels of dangerous chemicals that pour into the air — including carbon dioxide by more than 90 percent — at…
This press release was provided by Sandia National Labs: In an effort to shed light on the wide spectrum of thought regarding the causes and extent of changes in Earth’s climate, Sandia National Laboratories has invited experts from a wide variety of perspectives to present their views in the Climate Change and National Security Speaker…
Readers may recall this story: Nobel laureate resigns from American Physical Society to protest the organization’s stance on global warming. He’s back. From the Observations, Scientific American Blog Network Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: From the Big Bang to the Big Controversy (aka Climate Change) Ivar Giaever, who shared the 1973 prize for work on tunneling…
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Quote of the Week: “…it is an established rule of the Society, to which they will always adhere, never to give their opinion as a Body upon any subject either of Nature or Art, that comes before them. The ‘advertisement’ to The Philosophical Transactions, 1753 – on establishing the Royal Society [H/t Andrew Montford] –…
Guest Post by Alec Rawls When German ex-climate-alarmist Fritz Vahrenholt came out last week as a climate skeptic, he related his moment of epiphany, when he was firsthand witness of the alarmists’ sheer disregard for error: Vahrenholt’s skepticism started when he was asked to review an IPCC report on renewable energy. He found hundreds of…