A new paper argues that there is no real grounding to the idea that the world could display true tipping-point characteristics. Continue reading SciAm: Do Global Climate Tipping Points Exist?
Category: Climate & Energy
Keystone Public Comments Won’t Be Made Public, State Department Says
While government secrecy is always a serious problem, no doubt the State Dept. is being inundated with comments like “yeah, what Bill McKibben said.” Continue reading Keystone Public Comments Won’t Be Made Public, State Department Says
AP: Obama not likely to heal planet
Nomination speech redo: “This was won’t be the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal…” Continue reading AP: Obama not likely to heal planet
Democratic New Mexico senator worked closely with convicted eco-terrorist
Sen. Martin Heinrich’s partner “pled guilty to conspiring to sabotage a nuclear power plant and has openly advocated for monkey-wrenching and other forms of ‘environmental espionage,’ according to documents.” Continue reading Democratic New Mexico senator worked closely with convicted eco-terrorist
Michael Mann implies that skeptics might have weaponized anthrax and would commit bioterrorism
Watch for the butterfly net to overtake the hockey stick in global warming symbolism. Continue reading Michael Mann implies that skeptics might have weaponized anthrax and would commit bioterrorism
Stanford Prof: ‘It’s absolutely not true that we need natural gas, coal or oil — we think it’s a myth’
ClimateProgress: We are 80 ppm of CO2 away from extinction
Does Joe Romm know that the next 80 ppm of atmospheric CO2 will have less effect on the atmosphere than the previous 80 ppm? Continue reading ClimateProgress: We are 80 ppm of CO2 away from extinction
Al Gore also spurned in Senate vote
Not just carbon taxes. Continue reading Al Gore also spurned in Senate vote
Hansen-made retroactive global warming: Over the past year, Hansen caused 0.15 degrees C of warming from 1910-2012
Jim Hansen has created about 0.15 degrees C of warming all by his lonesome. Continue reading Hansen-made retroactive global warming: Over the past year, Hansen caused 0.15 degrees C of warming from 1910-2012
Not a Joke: Disgraced Thief Peter Gleick Poses for ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award
Amazingly, not for stealing e-mails or forging documents! Continue reading Not a Joke: Disgraced Thief Peter Gleick Poses for ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award
Britain gets worst snow in 30 years; Flashback to March 2000 — ‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is’ Climategater said
That’s what Climategater David Viner told The Independent in March 2000. Continue reading Britain gets worst snow in 30 years; Flashback to March 2000 — ‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is’ Climategater said