“There has been a historic shift in the UN climate talks in Qatar, with the prospect of rich nations having to compensate poor nations for losses due to climate change.” [BBC]
Category: Climate & Energy
“Ocean Acidification”: A Sweet or Sour Talking Point FAIL?
There’s the science of man-caused global warming and there are the semantics of the issue. A major global warming talking point label begs for a deeper look into why it has every appearance of becoming an exceedingly inconvenient wipe-out, when it implodes under a simple exercise in common sense. Continue reading “Ocean Acidification”: A Sweet or Sour Talking Point FAIL?
Encana calls on EPA to abandon Pavillion test wells
“Hydrocarbons have always been there… That’s why we drilled there in the first place.” [Casper Star Tribune]
Monckton of Arabia disrupts climate conference, gets tossed by security
MoA speaks truth to hot air and corruption — and gets punished. Continue reading Monckton of Arabia disrupts climate conference, gets tossed by security
Inhofe: Obama Quietly Handing Over Billions of Dollars to the UN in the Name of Global Warming
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Act 3: Global warming crusader
The Austrian Oaf is producing a documentary miniseries to air next year, called “Years of Living Dangerously,” brimming with Hollywood’s A-list –- from producer James Cameron to narrators Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Alec Baldwin. [Christian Science Monitor]
Watson: It’s too late to limit the world to 2°C of global warming
Good thing Climategate 2.0 showed (via Phil Jones e-mail) that the 2-degree goal was arbitrary. [QZ.com]
Monckton of Arabia
Lord Monckton goes to Qatar.
Quinnipiac Poll: Voters Don't Blame Hurricane Sandy on Climate Change
Bill McKibben needs to work harder. Continue reading Quinnipiac Poll: Voters Don't Blame Hurricane Sandy on Climate Change
Sen. Whitehouse Debunks Himself in Hysterical Anti-Denier Speech
“When the scientific research doesn’t work out for the skeptics, they turn to straw man arguments. One straw man is that extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, aren’t proof of climate change. Let’s be clear. No credible source is arguing that extreme events are proof that our climate is changing.” [Sen. Whitehouse web site]
CFACT: Environmentalist power trips harm poor countries
“The real danger is treaties, laws, regulations and taxes imposed in the name of preventing global-warming catastrophes that exist only in computer models, horror movies and environmentalist press releases. These political schemes will exacerbate and perpetuate poverty, disease, unemployment and economic stagnation. That is neither just nor sustainable.” [Washington Times]
UN chief: Extreme weather threatens human race
“[Climate change] is an existential challenge for the whole human race – our way of life, our plans for the future.” [Chicago Tribune]