Oh no, there goes Tokyo. Go, go Godzilla. Continue reading Brazil plans to zap mosquitoes with radiation to halt spread of Zika virus
Day: February 23, 2016
Claim: Alcohol exposure during pregnancy affects multiple generations
Nonsense. Lamarckism masquerading as “epigenetics.” Continue reading Claim: Alcohol exposure during pregnancy affects multiple generations
Urban soils release surprising amounts of carbon dioxide
The solution is clear: Pave the planet. Continue reading Urban soils release surprising amounts of carbon dioxide
El Niño prolongs longest global coral bleaching event
Then NOAA goes on to gratuitously conflate global warming with El Nino. Continue reading El Niño prolongs longest global coral bleaching event
Lomborg: The Paris climate deal won’t even dent global warming
No, Bjorn it won’t. But neither will your version of central planning. And that’s if anything bad is even happening. Continue reading Lomborg: The Paris climate deal won’t even dent global warming
A flying fairy tale: Why aviation carbon cuts won’t take off
The aviation industry ducked the climate bullet with this phony agreement. Continue reading A flying fairy tale: Why aviation carbon cuts won’t take off
India air pollution is now worse than China
The only cure for this is wealth, which will eventually afford a cleaner environment. Meantime, the poor air quality is killing no one. Continue reading India air pollution is now worse than China
Bill Gates’s Clean-Energy Moon Shot
Pipedream. Barring some unimaginable catastrophic event or large-scale Middle East war, fracking has killed energy prices for the foreseeable future. So there’s no money to be made other than by ripping off consumers. Continue reading Bill Gates’s Clean-Energy Moon Shot
Amid Coal Market Struggles, Less Fuel Worth Mining in US
It’s not that coal reserves have been overestimated, it’s just that rock bottom coal prices (caused by fracking) make much of them not economical to mine. Continue reading Amid Coal Market Struggles, Less Fuel Worth Mining in US
Congress Backs Court Challenge to Obama’s Climate Plan
Imagine: “The attorneys general of West Virginia and Texas are leading the legal fight, backed by 27 conservative states where some officials are openly dismissive of climate science…” Continue reading Congress Backs Court Challenge to Obama’s Climate Plan
NYTimes editors defend right to dissent…
… India, but not for climate skeptics. Continue reading NYTimes editors defend right to dissent…
Claim: Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries
But Miami Beach, for example, is built on a manmade island. Continue reading Claim: Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries