Month: August 2017

Bastardi: No Michael Mann — Climate change did not cause Hurricane Harvey

Meteorologist Joe Bastardi takes down fake Nobelist Michael Mann’s lame effort in the Guardian to link climate with Hurricane Harvey.

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Study: Smokers in clinical studies who say they’ve quit often haven’t

A great example of differential misclassification bias that was a criticism of the secondhand smoke epidemiology — i.e., smokers pretending they were nonsmokers. Here’s a quantification of the effect.

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Claim: Air pollution linked to cardiovascular disease; air purifiers may lessen impact

Except there was no heart disease identified in this Chinese study. Note that air purifiers are made in China. I’m sure that’s a coincidence.

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VIDEO FLASHBACK: Obama EPA chief ignorant of basic climate facts

AP blowhard and climate bedwetter Seth Borenstein attacked (headline below) Trump administration officials this morning for their various statements about climate.

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Researcher claims EPA carbon monoxide rules based on fabricated data

Past the scientific misconduct and illegal human experiments with taxpayer dollar, looks like consumers wasted billions on catalytic converters.

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