Tom Karl appeared on the NewsHour 7/11 on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to describe how “climate change, including human factors, has increased the odds of extreme weather”. But what are the odds that his appearance there was among three hundred+ other instances where the idea of man-caused global warming was met with not one word of rebuttal from any scientist holding a skeptical viewpoint? Continue reading
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Failing the Acid Test – Jane Lubchenco
In the whole panoply of distortion and disinformation surrounding the claims of global warming, few can be more dishonest than the claims of Ocean Acidification. Head of NOAA, Jane Lubchenco, is currently on the Australian circuit to try and convince people that the new Carbon tax is valid and necessary to save the planet and of course, as it’s Australia, to save the Great Barrier Reef from extinction. Ocean acidification first saw the light of day in 2003 and found its way into AR4. It is now embedded in AR5, based on the shakiest of science.
Read on, to find out how the claim of a “30% increase in ocean acidity since the industrial revolution” came into being and check out the NOAA video, where Jane Lubchenco tries to fool the public with “The Vinegar Trick” and a piece of chalk.
Posted in Agenda 21, Climate Change, Coral reefs, Environmentalism, IPCC, Ocean Acid.
Tagged acid seas, climate hysteria, co2 emissions, coral reefs, global governance, IPCC, Lubchenco, NOAA, shellfish, Stanford
Pachauri, McKibben to speak at BIG Green Week in Bristol, UK
Bristol’s leading reputation as a green city will take centre stage this June when it hosts the UK’s first world class festival of sustainable development.
Confirmed speakers include: Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud, (UK TV presenter and WWF “ambassador”), US activist and author Bill McKibben, IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri, chief executive of the Eden Project Tim Smit, the National Trust’s Fiona Reynolds, Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, and author and activist Tony Juniper, (former CEO, Friends of the Earth UK.)
Presumably Pachauri and McKibben will then have to hot-foot it to Rio to take part in Rio+20, where they will tell the world to cut down on air travel and live a simpler, more sustainable life style.
Posted in Eco-imperialism, Green hell, Green Hypocrisy, Sustainability, UN, World resources
Tagged 350.org, Agenda21, aviation tax, carbon footprint, IPCC, McKibben, Pachauri, rio+20, sustainability
Economic Times: 14% spurt in US emission likely to raise fresh global warming concerns
Under the Kyoto Protocol, the US was expected to lower its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 6% below the 1990 levels. Instead the world’s largest emitter’s (sic) emissions of climate-changing carbon dioxide increased by 14% between 1990 and 2010, according a draft report of the US government. Continue reading
Clive Best: Day of reckoning draws nearer for IPCC
Global temperatures measured since 2005 are incompatible with the IPCC model predictions made in 2007 by WG1 in AR4. All subsequent temperature data from 2006 to 2011 lies between 1 and 6 standard deviations below the model predictions. The data show with > 90% confidence level that the models have over-exaggerated global warming. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, IPCC
Tagged climate models, IPCC, PlayStation® climatology
Any excuse to strangle global commerce
If ships were obliged to immediately cut their speeds, they could also slash 15% of their carbon emissions and save billions in lower ship fuel bills, according to a new report. Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax
Tagged carbon tax, co2 emissions, global trade, global transport, government cash grab, hot air scam, IPCC, kyoto protocol
Sen. Inhofe: Climate change science relies on ‘rigged’ data
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) denounced claims that the earth is experiencing human-induced global warming on Wednesday, accusing proponents of using “rigged” data and claiming climate science was an excuse to redistribute wealth in the United States. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged cap & tax, carbon tax, climate change, co2 emissions, hot air scam, IPCC, PlayStation® climatology
Skewered! William D. Nordhaus says we’re wrong!
I say earth has been rangebound at 288 ± 0.5 K for as long as people have seriously been trying to measure it (say, since 1850). I further say the great fuss over graphed “anomalies” of a statistical monthly base ± 0.01 °C increments is obsessing over trivia – the earth warms about 4 °C from January to July and cools as much back to January each and every year. So what?
In the words of Nordhaus et al that would make me a “global warming skeptic” although I would call that a misstatement.
I will go on record as saying global warming is an annual fact – there’s absolutely no denying earth warms almost 4 °C every year (annual global cooling is a fact too, July to January every year).
What am I then, that I am so often in contention with warming worriers?
Well, I am highly skeptical of claims of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming. I do calculations like this using the IPCC’s most alarming numbers only to find that all the CO2 emissions from the United States’ entire coal-fired power generating fleet to end of century can only possibly add one-sixth of one degree at most to global mean temperature.
Do I care if the globe averages 288.15 K rather than 288 K in 90 years time? Not at all. It just doesn’t qualify as “catastrophic” to me, how about you?
It certainly does not justify crashing the global economy and radically disrupting the global energy supply when no human will be able to tell the difference without a sophisticated temperature sensing network and a great deal of number crunching.
So, CAGW skeptic? Yes I am, proudly so, in fact.
I’m also a PlayStation® climatology skeptic – climate models are process models helping us understand what we see, they are categorically not predictive models and have no known prognostic ability.
Global warming skeptic? Nah, this soggy ball of dirt and snow does that every year, fortunately – imagine how inhospitable it would become after just a couple of years of the July to January trend.
Nonetheless, here’s William D. Nordhaus telling you how wrong I and other skeptics are: Continue reading
The IPCC May Have Outlived its Usefulness – An Interview with Judith Curry
As the global warming debate increases in its intensity we find both sides deeply entrenched, hurling accusations and lies at one another in an attempt to gain the upper hand. This divide within the scientific community has left the public wondering who can be trusted to provide them with accurate information and answers. Continue reading
Posted in IPCC
Tagged climate science, corruption of science, dioxycarbophobia, IPCC, PlayStation® climatology, political advocacy, UNFCCC
Roger Pielke Sr.: An Example Of The Reasons That Skillful Multi-Decadal Predictions Of Climate Change Has Not Been Achieved
“Long Tails In Regional Surface Temperature Probability Distributions With Implications For Extremes Under Global Warming” By Ruff and Neelin 2012 Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, climate models, IPCC, PlayStation® climatology, unpredictable climate
Bob Tisdale’s Book “If the IPCC was Selling Global Warming as a Product, Would the FTC Stop Their Deceptive Ads?”
Bob Tisdale has published a book based on his insightful weblog posts, titled and available from
If the IPCC was Selling Global Warming as a Product, Would the FTC Stop Their Deceptive Ads? Continue reading
Posted in Books & media, Climate Change, IPCC
Tagged bob tisdale, climate books, climate change, climate data, IPCC
