I went back and forth yesterday with NYTimes op-ed page staff over Swamp King Trent Lott’s failure to disclose his conflicts of interest in his NYTimes op-ed advocating for a carbon tax. What an experience.
Category: Climate & Energy
Swamp king Trent Lott forgets to disclose clients in NYTimes op-ed advocating a CO2 tax
Will the New York Times fix Lott’s failure?
CLAIM: Antarctica ramps up sea level rise. REALITY: Sea level rise NOT accelerating.
The claim is not supported by tide gauges.
Study: Ancient Greenland was much warmer than previously thought
More than 10F warmer.
Continue reading Study: Ancient Greenland was much warmer than previously thought
Claim: Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest point in more than 1,500 years
Two questions: 1. How do they know? (Unverifiable guesswork based on the size of sediment grains — really?) 2. Assuming the claim is true, why was it so weak 1,500 years ago?).
Continue reading Claim: Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest point in more than 1,500 years
Claim: Cutting carbon emissions sooner could save 153 million lives
False. Duke’s Drew Shindell knows nothing about air quality epidemiology — at least that is a charitable explanation for this junk science.
Continue reading Claim: Cutting carbon emissions sooner could save 153 million lives
Claim: Coral reef experiment shows acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth
Nah.
Continue reading Claim: Coral reef experiment shows acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth
Milloy quote on Pompeo is NYTimes headline
The quote in the NYTimes headline is mine. Who’d a thunk that would ever happen?
Claim: Sinking ground in San Francisco Bay will worsen flooding from rising sea levels
Sinking, yes. Sea level rise, no.
Claim: Models show how to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
Russkies meddling in US energy and climate policy, says Congress
Paging Robert Mueller…
“It is clear that Russian agents are using social media to influence and impact U.S. energy markets. Regardless of one’s political or ideological views surrounding U.S. energy policy and climate change, the American people deserve to be free from foreign political interference.” Click here for the report.
FLASHBACK: 25 years ago… when businesses defended themselves and their products
Mobil ‘op-ad’ in the New York Times on February 25, 1993 questions global warming hsyteria. Cites Fred Singer and Robert Balling. Observes global warming may be beneficial.
