“Rapid entry into force would help strengthen the deal and insulate it from possible challenges – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said last week he would seek to renegotiate the pact if elected.” Continue reading Russia at odds with Chinese, US push for fast approval of climate pact
Month: May 2016
Donald Trump to Speak on Energy After Contradictions and Stumbles
NYTimes nit-picks Trump. If only it ever did the same to Obama, Clinton, Sanders et al. Continue reading Donald Trump to Speak on Energy After Contradictions and Stumbles
Study: Zika and the Risk of Microcephaly
The increased risk of microcephaly from Zika is guesstimated to range form 0.88% to 13% — anywhere from 0 to 4 extra cases per 10,000 live births. Continue reading Study: Zika and the Risk of Microcephaly
Claim: Women cooking with biomass fuels more likely to have cataracts
Cataracts? I thought they were dying. Hard to know what’s going on in this study. Weak associations make it results questionable. Continue reading Claim: Women cooking with biomass fuels more likely to have cataracts
Claim: Global economic downturn linked with at least 260,000 excess cancer deaths
No question that the poorer are unhealthier than the richer — but this statistical nonsense is just advocacy for government-paid health insurance. Continue reading Claim: Global economic downturn linked with at least 260,000 excess cancer deaths
Claim: Canadian oil sands mining has strong impact on aerosols
The media release is below. Continue reading Claim: Canadian oil sands mining has strong impact on aerosols
The Truth Warming Alarmists Don’t Want You To Know About The Climate Models
“In short it looks like less than 4% of the science, the climate change part, is doing about 55% of the modeling done in the whole of science.” Continue reading The Truth Warming Alarmists Don’t Want You To Know About The Climate Models
Following tricky triclosan: Antibacterial product flows through streams, crops
Don’t know how much good antibacterials do on a household level but I’m still waiting for all the harm they were supposed to cause to public health. Continue reading Following tricky triclosan: Antibacterial product flows through streams, crops
Navy ‘worried’ global warming may affect sonar
‘Sound travels faster through cold water and slower through warmer water.’ Continue reading Navy ‘worried’ global warming may affect sonar
Supreme Court Carelessness: The two words that rewrote American water policy
The strange tale of how a Supreme Court justice accidentally triggered the biggest new water rule in a decade.
From Politico:
Hungary becomes first in EU to approve Paris climate deal
The U.S. Congress will be just about the only national legislatiure not have the chance to vote on the Paris climate deal. Continue reading Hungary becomes first in EU to approve Paris climate deal
Kim Kardashian v climate change: There’s only one winner
Media coverage of the US reality TV star blows Planet Earth out of the water, but the number of platforms following climate change is growing finds study. Continue reading Kim Kardashian v climate change: There’s only one winner