It is unfortunately typical that when government actions harm the environment, agencies spend more time deflecting blame than addressing the problem or being held accountable.”
Tag: Oregon
CFACT Blasts Fed’s “Floating Wind” Fantasy
…this silly game is being played around the world. Several countries have launched similarly speculative large-scale floating wind projects, and many more are talking about it.
Increased Wildfire Danger over the Western U.S. from Wet and Cold Conditions
A cool, wet winter has created an increased wildfire threat by producing a bountiful volume of flammable grasses.
Bloomberg: Nowhere is Safe from the Climate Apocalypse
The recent resurrection of the “Day After Tomorrow” warming causes cooling scenario has panicked climate alarmists, who until recently thought they could ride out the apocalypse by moving somewhere cold.
Was Global Warming The Cause of the Great Northwest Heatwave? Science Says No.
The evidence for a predominantly natural origin of the high temperatures records of last week is compelling, with global warming marginally increasing the peak temperatures by perhaps a few degrees.…
Over 150 fire scientists urge the US West: Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July
With this combination of extreme drought, heat and dry vegetation, all it takes is a spark to ignite a wildfire.
Update 2 on Northwest US Heat Wave Predictions
Surface temperatures will get above 112F over and near the western slopes of the Cascades. Large portions of western Oregon and Washington away from the water will be above 104F.
Evidence of COVID Herd Immunity, Why COVID is Increasing In WA and OR, And Why It May Soon Decline Here.
There is a lot of talk about the need to get herd immunity, in which enough of the population will be vaccinated or have had COVID so that the virus…
The Real Toll of Oregon Forest Losses.
There are other losses to our forests, however, that may not have been fully reported so far. Nearly one million acres burned in Oregon’s west-side Cascade forests. These were some…
Washington State Lacks a Rational Coronavirus Testing Approach: Can We Follow Oregon’s Lead?
From the Cliff Mass Weather Blog
Oregon’s Dem Governor Signs A Climate Executive Order After GOP Lawmakers Flee For Idaho
From The Daily Caller, Chris White Tech Reporter March 11, 2020 1:47 PM ET Oregon Gov. Kate Brown took a page out of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s playbook Tuesday as she…
Two major storms impacting the nation this week
Guest post by Paul Dorian, The latest satellite image of the powerful storm over the eastern Pacific which will have a major impact on Oregon and California over the next…
The Oregon Standoff Continues
From ABC via MSN News We covered this story a couple of days ago. Republican state senators have gone into hiding to avoid capture. It’s TV drama time. Without a…
Hansen's Death Trains – now with extra scary 'coal fallout'
WUWT readers surely remember this: NASA’s Dr. James Hansen once again goes over the top. See his most recent article in the UK Guardian. Some excerpts: “The trains carrying coal…
Climate skeptic instructor fired from Oregon State University
Gordon Fulks sends this summary of the situation and asks that it be distributed. I’m happy to oblige. For some background on Dr. Drapela’s skeptical views, this slideshow “Global Warming…
Oregon State Climatologist to be on heated panel April 10th
WUWT readers may remember the fiasco from the Oregon State Museum of Science and Industry where they invited, then dis-invited the AMS Oregon Chapter to have a panel because they…
All-Time Snowfall Records Fall Across Western Oregon & SW Washington
Vancouver, Washington (March 22nd 2012) – “Many cities across Western Oregon and Southwest Washington are setting all-time cold and snowfall records for this late in the season. Since Tuesday night,…
Historic March Snowstorm Along Oregon Coastline
From Steve Pierce, President, Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society Vancouver, Washington (March 13th 2012) – “Many residents along the coastline of Oregon awoke Tuesday morning to no power,…
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry denial backfires – big crowd in Portland hears all about climate change skepticism
Readers may recall when I took OMSI to task for being debate deniers. That didn’t work out so well for OMSI what with the negative publicity and the packed room…
Stupid: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry cancels climate talk due to skeptics being on panel
I guess nobody wanted to “properly debate” skeptics. They couldn’t even get David Appell? From Oregon Live: The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has pulled the plug on a…
Renewables forcing consumer energy price rise in Oregon
Rates set to jump for Pacific Power, PGE customers in January. Published: Friday, December 17, 2010, 9:24 PM Updated: Friday, December 17, 2010, 9:24 PM By Ted Sickinger, The…
Commentary: Why Global Warming Lawsuits Deserve to Fail
In truth, the environmental groups are engaged in propaganda and made false claims to advance the agendas of their funders while groups funded by the fossil fuel industry did not.