Category: Climate & Energy

The 19th century development of oil saved the whales who were being hunted for their blubber to light lanterns. Now an Icelandic fisherman has brought us full circle. Continue reading Irony: Whale oil as biofuel

“In 2010-2011, climate deniers used this graph to say that sea-level wasn’t going up. What do they say now?” Continue reading A sea-level challenge from Peter Gleick

What about the rest of us? Continue reading UN Climate Chief: Climate policy a matter for business and government

“The asteroid that finished off the dinosaurs probably sent global temperatures plunging and then soaring, a leading US planetary scientist believes.” Continue reading Claim: Roller-coaster climate killed dinosaurs

It’s a pity they don’t demand better economic policies from political leaders. Continue reading Investors worth $87 trillion demand companies reveal carbon data

But clouds aren’t part of climate models. Continue reading UWyoming Prof on Predicting Climate: ‘Clouds are so important’

Aside from collectivists and rent-seekers, does anyone really want Congress and President Obama to determine how we use energy? Continue reading Schwarzenegger: Lack of national energy policy in the US is ‘pitiful’

Have the Aussie wildfires doused skepticism or is this just a new warmist con to shift public opinion? Continue reading Claim From Down Under: Hostility over climate change cools off

“The new study… is the first to quantify how shipping deposits iron in parts of the ocean normally deficient in it.” Continue reading Sooty ships may be geoengineering by accident

Were unsubstantiated claims from Al Gore’s movie, 25 minutes would need to be cut. Continue reading BBC removes climate claim from repeated final Africa episode

Welfare works… in the short-term at least. Continue reading Wind power capacity grew 20% globally in 2012

Global warming blamed for fire in heretofore burn-free Colorado area. Continue reading After 800 years of isolation, warming opens a valley to fire