Category: Climate & Energy

At least one other similar bad storm struck South Africa — in 1928! Continue reading Update: Deadly storm strikes Durban as climate talks open

“The fundamental tendency of lithium-ion batteries is that they are inherently unstable,” said Jeremy Anwyl, chief executive of car-research firm Edmunds.com.” Continue reading NHTSA backtracks on Volt safety

A UN spokesman sorta blames global warming. Continue reading Deadly storm strikes Durban as climate talks open

James Delingpole on the significance of the Climategate e-mails. Continue reading Delingpole: Climategate 2.0

“The general prediction is that the COP-17 conference in Durban will not produce any binding agreement on reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Let’s hope this is true,” writes in South Africa’s Business Day. Continue reading Kenny: Climate change ushers in a new age of superstition

Skeptics aren’t alone in thinking that Hansen has jumped the shark. Continue reading Climategate 2.0: Even alarmists think Hansen is over the top

Perhaps “padding” has some technical meaning? Continue reading Climategate 2.0: ‘[Mann] did pad his data a little’, says Jones

Yet another damning admission from a top alarmist. Continue reading Climategate 2.0: Wigley — ‘Quantifying climate sensitivity cannot be done’

… simply for publishing a paper with a different view than his. Mann also fantasizes about action by the National Academy of Sciences! Continue reading Climategate 2.0: Mann suggests Harvard take action against Soon, Baliunas

Don’t bother Michael Mann about his suspect statistics unless you want to get your head chopped off. Continue reading Climategate 2.0: Mann’s ‘unpleasantness’ and ‘suspect’ statistics

Columbia dendrologist Ed Cook knows how much Michael Mann et al. knows — and ever will know — about historic global temperatures. Continue reading Climategate 2.0: ‘We know f***-all’

Chevy Volts must be really HOT! Continue reading 2nd Volt catches fire