An inconvenient fact from a new study attempting to bolster the 97% consensus myth. Continue reading What Consensus? Two-thirds of climate studies (8,000) from 1991-2011 take no position on cause of global warming
Day: May 14, 2013
Study: Benefit of cycle helmet laws to reduce head injuries still uncertain
Even with a helmet, cyclists who choose to mix it up with cars are playing a dangerous game. Continue reading Study: Benefit of cycle helmet laws to reduce head injuries still uncertain
Warmists Retreat: Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared
“This is good news” for those who have feared sharper rises, David Vaughan, of the British Antarctic Survey who led the ice2sea project, told Reuters in a telephone interview. Continue reading Warmists Retreat: Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared
Another Green Setback: US, EU backtrack on cap-and-trade to reduce shipping emissions
The greens want cap-and-trade (aka “market-based mechanism”) while countries that value shipping trade are would rather stick with efficiency measures. Continue reading Another Green Setback: US, EU backtrack on cap-and-trade to reduce shipping emissions
Green Humanity: Nuremberg-for-Skeptics Guy — ‘Now that Gosnell has been convicted, I’m moving from Not Caring Phase One to Not Caring Phase Two’
Almost makes you wonder why Dave Roberts is so worried about the planet reaching 180-degrees F by the year 2300. Continue reading Green Humanity: Nuremberg-for-Skeptics Guy — ‘Now that Gosnell has been convicted, I’m moving from Not Caring Phase One to Not Caring Phase Two’
Soros-backed ProPublica admits to receiving from IRS confidential docs on conservative groups — last November!
Appalling… and what took the holier-than-thou ProPublica so long to ‘fess up? Continue reading Soros-backed ProPublica admits to receiving from IRS confidential docs on conservative groups — last November!
Delingpole: 400 ppm! We didn’t listen!
“So, it has finally happened. The tipping point.” Continue reading Delingpole: 400 ppm! We didn’t listen!
Claim: Sea levels in Europe could rise up to 1m by 2100
… when storm surges are factored in… even then the risk is low and intermittent. Continue reading Claim: Sea levels in Europe could rise up to 1m by 2100
Report: US shale oil supply shock shifts global power balance
“A steeper-than-expected rise in US shale oil reserves is about to change the global balance of power between new and existing producers.” Continue reading Report: US shale oil supply shock shifts global power balance
Study: Waist to height ratio ‘more accurate than BMI’
“Measuring the ratio of someone’s waist to their height is a better way of predicting their life expectancy than body mass index (BMI), the method widely used by doctors when judging overall health and risk of disease, researchers said.” Continue reading Study: Waist to height ratio ‘more accurate than BMI’
Medical expert on IOM salt report: ‘Earth-shattering,’ ‘Changed the paradigm’
A very bad day for salt nannies continues. Continue reading Medical expert on IOM salt report: ‘Earth-shattering,’ ‘Changed the paradigm’
Food Police join dead-enders on salt: “It would be a shame if this [expert] report convinced people that salt doesn’t matter”
What can one expect? The Center for Science in the Public Interest has been attacking dietary salt since its inception in the 1970s. Continue reading Food Police join dead-enders on salt: “It would be a shame if this [expert] report convinced people that salt doesn’t matter”