The amplification of the radiative effect of the addition of CO2 and other human-emitted greenhouse gases into the atmosphere requires the addition of water vapor to the atmosphere which is assumed to occur primarily from warmer ocean surface temperatures (thus elevated evaporation). However, this increase of water vapor, at least in recent years is either not occurring or is very muted from the predictions made by the IPCC multi-decadal global model predictions. Continue reading
Daily Archives: February 12, 2012
Roger Pielke Sr.: New Paper That Further Documents A Muted Atmospheric Water Vapor Trend
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Green Economy: 15 Landowners To Receive £850 Million In Wind Subsidies
Analysis of UK wind farms shows that the 15 biggest owners will between them receive almost £850 million in subsidies that are added on to household electricity bills. The total consumer bill for wind subsidies by 2030 estimated to amount to a staggering £130 billion. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Economics, Energy efficiency, Green hell
BBC’s Weather Test Washout
A row between weathermen threatens to wreck a BBC-funded project to test the accuracy of Britain’s weather forecasts. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Media
BBC: Met Office Global Forecasts Too Warm In 11 Out Of Last 12 Years
2011 is the 11th year out of the last 12 when the Met Office global temperature forecast has been too warm. Continue reading
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“IPCC Ignored An Entire Field Of Science”, Die Welt Reports. Slams “Intergovernmental Panel On CO2″!
The online DIE WELT has a leading commentary here on the fallout of Fritz Vahrenholt’s and Sebastian Lüning’s skeptic book that has delivered a body blow to the German global warming movement. Continue reading
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Jo Nova: Skeptics are winning: “The carbon market is dead”
The collapse of the Man-Made Myth continues apace. You may not read headlines as such (at least not in major dailies) but all the signs are there. Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax
Lawrence Solomon: The fallout of the Nobel scam of 1946
Scientist’s radiation cover-up might have cost thousands of lives Continue reading
Peter Foster: Political science at the academies
The perversion of science by the Royal Society and its Canadian counterpart Continue reading
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Effect of Environmentalists Crying Wolf Over Ozone Thinning Appear
Adoption of environmentalism for political and religious agenda falsely identifies good and evil. Worst is the claim that humans are evil and don’t belong on the planet. Anti-humanity is a fundamental theme typified by the Club of Rome’s 1974 comment that “The Earth has cancer and the cancer is man.” The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says we must act even with inadequate evidence. Continue reading
Posted in Green hell, Ozone depletion, UN
Climate experts say warm U.S. winter is due in part to Arctic Oscillation
While Europe suffers a brutal winter of record proportions, the weather has been so mild in the United States that you can slip out some sunny afternoons to the golf course or bike path. Continue reading
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Pro-oil lobby retreat urges feds to deliver climate-change solutions
Now why would they want to do that? Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax, Climate Change
David Miliband: Don’t let the age of austerity be the age of inaction
“There is not much good news when it comes to managing the global system. The euro is (still) in crisis; trade talks are stuck; the Group of 20 has run into the sand; and then there is climate change – the greatest global challenge met by the greatest global short-sightedness. Or are we missing something?” Why yes, Dave, you really are Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Shine light on money for oilsands debate
The oilsands are Alberta’s advantage, and while no further proof is needed, it’s right there in a provincial budget that predicts unrivalled revenue and royalties for the industry and the province respectively. Continue reading
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Posted in Green hell, Oil and gas
Terminology aside, Pennsylvania natural-gas levy became inevitable
You say “fee.” I say “tax.” Continue reading
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Posted in Fracking, Oil and gas
Bonnie Erbe: Komen’s ‘Race for the Cure’ is a misnomer
“But the “race for the cure” is a misnomer. After 30 years and literally billions of dollars collected in donations, there still is no cure for breast cancer nor is there one on the horizon.” Continue reading
Posted in Breast cancer
Battling The Bottle: Students And Industry Face Off Over Water
“Bottled water is trickling away from college campuses nationwide, thanks to the efforts of student activists and the non-profit groups that support them with campaigns like Ban the Bottle.“
And just why are they doing something so stupid? Continue reading
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Posted in Bottled water
IATA calls for UN deal to avert carbon trade war
“Global airlines called on Sunday for a deal brokered by a United Nations agency to avoid an impasse between China and the European Union over jet pollution spilling into a trade war.“
Here’s a deal: The EU can pull their fuzzy little heads in – we will not accept extra-sovereign taxation Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax
Environment ministers of BASIC to discuss climate strategy
For the first time since the December climate change meet in Durban, environment ministers from the BASIC countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – will come together in New Delhi this week. The meeting will be focused on working out a common and concerted strategy on the proposed new global climate change regime. Continue reading
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Did someone hit UCAR with the stupid stick?
Check out their simpleton analogy and false claim of increasing weather extremes Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change, Junk scientists
NCAR Logic: Does striking out mean a baseball player isn’t taking steroids?
Alarmists can repackage climate alarmism anyway they want — they’re the ones whiffing. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
