If the global warming era started in June 1988 with Jim Hansen’s drama-queen congressional testimony, then atmospheric temps have been flat 67% of the time since. Continue reading Satellite temps flat for 200 months now
Month: August 2013
Alarmist ocean acidification study self-debunking: Mollusks obviously survived high CO2 250 million years ago, why not today?
“We compared our results with the widespread deaths of species around 250 and 55 million years ago when CO2 concentrations were also elevated. Despite the relatively rough statements we were able to make with the assistance of sediment samples from the past, we discovered similar sensitivities in the same animal taxa”, explains Prof. Hans-Otto Pörtner. The spread of the corals and the size of the reefs slumped drastically 55 million years ago whilst fish exhibited a great adaptive capacity and were able to further extend their dominance.” Continue reading Alarmist ocean acidification study self-debunking: Mollusks obviously survived high CO2 250 million years ago, why not today?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: EPA transparency — and lack thereof
The Tribune-Review editorializes: Continue reading Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: EPA transparency — and lack thereof
Michael Mann: ‘Hockey stick most certainly has not been disproved’
Neither have unicorns. Continue reading Michael Mann: ‘Hockey stick most certainly has not been disproved’
Vitter demands congressional investigation into EPA fraud case
Uh… which EPA fraud… oh, that one. Continue reading Vitter demands congressional investigation into EPA fraud case
Climate hard line costs IPA support
Kudos to the IPA. Shame on funders that deserted. Continue reading Climate hard line costs IPA support
Minneapolis weatherman blames Minnesota heat wave on global warming
Paul Douglas begins his post on the Minnesota heatwave with this Kevin Trenberth quote: Continue reading Minneapolis weatherman blames Minnesota heat wave on global warming
FLASHBACK: Climategaters assail intellectual honesty of Michael Mann’s hokey stick
An article in The Week Magazine resurrecting Christopher Bretherton’s attack on Richard Lindzen’s “intellectual honesty” prompted this review of some choice Climategate 2.0 moments. Continue reading FLASHBACK: Climategaters assail intellectual honesty of Michael Mann’s hokey stick
NO… wind and solar are not viable without subsidies
Past the generation-consumption distinction, U.S. wind and solar are subsidized 88 times and 1,211 times, respectively, more per megawatt-hour than coal. Continue reading NO… wind and solar are not viable without subsidies
WaPo columnist Dana Milbank: ‘ Gore not killing the effort on global warming because it’s dead already’
No Joke: Empty-headed New York Times food columnist Mark @Bittman attacks nuclear energy as unsafe
Mark Bittman writes at the NYTimes: Continue reading No Joke: Empty-headed New York Times food columnist Mark @Bittman attacks nuclear energy as unsafe
Ohio Public Health Nanny: Only elites ‘grasp the immediate and local threat of a matter as vast as climate change’
The Chillicothe Gazette reports: Continue reading Ohio Public Health Nanny: Only elites ‘grasp the immediate and local threat of a matter as vast as climate change’