Day: January 10, 2013

NYTimes: Heat, Flood or Icy Cold, Extreme Weather Rages Worldwide

“Eastern Russia is so freezing — minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and counting — that the traffic lights recently stopped working in the city of Yakutsk.” But if it was CO2-caused global warming, Eastern Russia ought to be warmer. Continue reading NYTimes: Heat, Flood or Icy Cold, Extreme Weather Rages Worldwide

Anti-Soda Jerks: Pepsi’s ‘Live for Now’ campaign is the Joe Camel of soda marketing to youth

Imagine complaining that teenagers are drinking soda. Continue reading Anti-Soda Jerks: Pepsi’s ‘Live for Now’ campaign is the Joe Camel of soda marketing to youth

Another glitch on the NCDC State of the Climate report

“by including landfalling tropical cyclones in the Climate Extremes Index for 2012, NOAA lowered the ranking, but gives the public the impression that landfalling tropical cyclones contributed to the high ranking—when, in reality, tropical cyclones lowered the 2012 ranking.” Continue reading Another glitch on the NCDC State of the Climate report

Delingpole: The Met Office – defending the indefensible, as per usual

“The Met Office is very cross with me. Well you can hardly blame it given that I’ve just published a big piece explaining what a spectacular waste of taxpayers’ money it is.” Continue reading Delingpole: The Met Office – defending the indefensible, as per usual