Month: September 2013

Warmist: ‘Sea level rise is one of the most visible effects of climate change’ — Really? At 0.1 inches per year?

The Washington Free Beacon reports: Continue reading Warmist: ‘Sea level rise is one of the most visible effects of climate change’ — Really? At 0.1 inches per year?

Twisted: St. Louis Post-Dispatch quotes Nixon on bipartisanship to attack skeptics, and bolster IPCC report, EPA coal rules

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorializes: Continue reading Twisted: St. Louis Post-Dispatch quotes Nixon on bipartisanship to attack skeptics, and bolster IPCC report, EPA coal rules

Insurer: Climate not a main driver of rising losses; ‘Main drivers are increases in population and in wealth’

The Financial Times reports:

However, the role of climate change in contributing to the rise in insurance losses remains contentious.

Economic growth has played a much more important role, say several scientists and insurance executives. Rising insurance losses driven by development are not necessarily problematic as they should be accompanied by a corresponding increase in premium income.

“The main drivers of the [rising] losses are mainly increases in population and in wealth,” says Ernst Rauch, head of the corporate climate centre at the reinsurer Munich Re.

He says in some regions – the US and parts of Europe – “it is likely there is a connection between the changing weather patterns and the losses”, but adds that the effect is impossible to quantify.

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Don’t read this if you’re a climate bedwetter — China says drastic cuts in CO2 are impossible — ever

The Guardian reports: Continue reading Don’t read this if you’re a climate bedwetter — China says drastic cuts in CO2 are impossible — ever