Though we still have four years to go, TV has ironically become the wasteland. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-16-93 — Earth Day TV special forecasts natural disasters turn U.S into wasteland by 2017
Month: April 2013
Flashback: James Hansen agrees that Science, Nature mags put out propaganda on global warming
Common ground with Hansen is attained. Continue reading Flashback: James Hansen agrees that Science, Nature mags put out propaganda on global warming
Missing NASA docs on Hansen may be at Hansen’s house?
As posted earlier, CEI is concerned that NASA may be destroying James Hansen docs that have been FOIA-ed. Check out this interview of Hansen from 2000 — the docs could very well be at Hansen’s home. Continue reading Missing NASA docs on Hansen may be at Hansen’s house?
Depression, stress higher in people with lower salt intake
“Data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey demonstrated that depression and stress was higher in individuals who consumed less salt, a trend more prevalent in women than men.” Continue reading Depression, stress higher in people with lower salt intake
The Economist: EU carbon credits will rate below junk bonds for years
“EUROPE’S flagship environmental policy has just been holed below the water line. On April 16th the European Parliament voted by 334 to 315 to reject proposals which (its supporters claimed) were needed to save the emissions-trading system (ETS) from collapse. Carbon prices promptly fell 40% (see chart). Some environmentalists fear that the whole edifice of European climate policy could start to crumble.” Continue reading The Economist: EU carbon credits will rate below junk bonds for years
Is NASA destroying records related to the retiring Jim Hansen?
Now that warmist Jim Hansen is retiring from NASA, the Competitive Enterprise Institute worries that NASA may be destroying records that are part of litigation over Hansen-related Freedom of Information Act requests. NASA’s response to CEI’s concern is less than reassuring. Continue reading Is NASA destroying records related to the retiring Jim Hansen?
NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘It’s also critical that we don’t give the skeptics more ammunition’
NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘If the draft cannot get these facts right and if it glosses over model capabilities and limitations, then one must be skeptical of its outcomes’
NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘Without any estimates of uncertainty, its doubtful whether any policy maker could use this information’
“An example of how the report misses an opportunity to be informative. It gives a huge range of possible rises in sea level, using words like ‘reasonable’ and ‘useful.'” Continue reading NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘Without any estimates of uncertainty, its doubtful whether any policy maker could use this information’
NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘By overemphasizing the role of climate change, the report may encourage one-sided solutions’
“Multiple stressors are critical, but by taking such a climate-centric perspective, the report distorts the reality of these complex stressors and inadvertently sets up a perspective that reducing emissions will “solve” these problems.” Continue reading NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘By overemphasizing the role of climate change, the report may encourage one-sided solutions’
NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘The report is amazingly optimistic about the quality of the regional-scale projections’
“The present CMIP process shows that the variability between the models within a scenario is as large as the variations between scenarios. When you go beyond temperature into variables such as precipitation, the models diverge even more and that they cannot replicate the observational record on a regional scale.” Continue reading NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘The report is amazingly optimistic about the quality of the regional-scale projections’