“The 5th Circuit had little patience for a repeat suit brought by Gulf Coast residents who blamed major emissions producers for fueling Hurricane Katrina.” Continue reading Appellate court again sinks Katrina-related claims against oil companies
Category: Climate & Energy
Obama approves controversial natural gas export project
“The Department of Energy gave the green light to Freeport LNG Expansion and FLNG Liquefaction’s proposal to send 1.4 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas overseas from a terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, for 25 years.” Continue reading Obama approves controversial natural gas export project
UK court cites ‘very great potential’ of ‘selection bias,’ ‘misleading results’ from Climategaters’ tree-ring data
The Court stated:
We accept that the potential for misleading results arising, for example, from selection bias is very great in this area of research…
UK Court denies access to Climategaters’ tree-ring data
Secret science prevails. Continue reading UK Court denies access to Climategaters’ tree-ring data
Enviro: ‘Zombie climate sceptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV’
… and in the atmosphere, too! Continue reading Enviro: ‘Zombie climate sceptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV’
Enviro: Obama Arctic development strategy a ‘climate time bomb’
Obama’s plan “will condemn all of humanity to unimaginable disaster.” Continue reading Enviro: Obama Arctic development strategy a ‘climate time bomb’
Hansen Disconnect: Says CO2 past is prologue, but NOAA disagrees
James said during today’s BBC interview:
Our understanding of how sensitive the climate system is based on the Earth’s history, not on climate models. We have good data on how the Earth responded in the past when carbon dioxide changed and other forcing factors changed. So there’s no reason to change any forecasts for the long term.
Hansen admits: Sun important in climate change
Hansen notes that solar brightness has decreased and the effects are “not negligible.”
[You can’t expect global temperature to increase at a constant rate because] there’s too much natural variability. There are otehr forcing factors. It’s not only CO2 that’s changed. The sun’s brightness changed, ah decreased slightly over the last 10 years, about 0.1 watt/m2. That’s not as large as the climate forcing that you get from CO2, but it’s not negligible.
BBC Laugher: Less warming may cause more damage
From BBC Radio’s Today program. Continue reading BBC Laugher: Less warming may cause more damage
Hansen: Stall in global warming a ‘diversionary tactic’ from ‘deniers’
“Suggestions that global warming has stalled are a “diversionary tactic” from “deniers” who want the public to be confused over climate change, according to the world’s best-known climate scientist. Prof James Hansen.” Continue reading Hansen: Stall in global warming a ‘diversionary tactic’ from ‘deniers’
Barbara Boxer, David Vitter wage verbal war at Gina McCarthy vote
“[Boxer] barreled over Vitter’s attempt to respond and pushed on to hold a vote, adding harshly, ‘Well then, can you hold your remarks until after we vote? Because there are certain senators that must leave. If you please, I will sit here for hours and listen to you.'” Continue reading Barbara Boxer, David Vitter wage verbal war at Gina McCarthy vote
Vitter: EPA FOIA scandal ‘no different than the IRS disaster’
“Shortly after the IRS admitted to targeting conservative groups, it was reported that the EPA has routinely denied fee waiver requests from conservative groups seeking government records, while at the same time, approving such requests to environmental groups.” Continue reading Vitter: EPA FOIA scandal ‘no different than the IRS disaster’