Category: Climate & Energy

Now is the time to demand that natural variability be the focus of the U.S. Government’s climate change research program. Continue reading Action item: Demand natural variability included in next round of fed climate research

“Once upon a time climate change was a strictly environment and development issue. Today it has become a matter of national and international security. Efforts to link climate change with violent conflict may not be based on solid evidence, but they have certainly captured the attention of governments,” says the International Institute for Environment and Development. Continue reading Rethinking climate change as a security threat

” When Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman claimed to have stumbled upon a new crystalline chemical structure that seemed to violate the laws of nature, colleagues mocked him, insulted him and exiled him from his research group, reports the Associated Press. Continue reading Nobel Prize winner rejects tyranny of consensus

“Last month, scientists at CERN, the prestigious high-energy physics lab in Switzerland, reported that neutrinos might—repeat, might—travel faster than the speed of light. If serious scientists can question Einstein’s theory of relativity, then there must be room for debate about the workings and complexities of the Earth’s atmosphere,” writes the Manhattan Institute’s Robert Bryce in today’s Wall Street Journal.

Climategate’s Michael Mann plans to rant at next week’s Geological Society of America meeting about skeptics not being part of scholarly debate. But wait a minute, didn’t Mann conspire to bring about that very situation? Continue reading Irony: Michael Mann to rant about skeptics being outside 'scholarly venues'

Are climate alarmists following in the footsteps of 1905 Nobel laureate and chief Nazi physicist Philipp Lenard? Continue reading White-guy-skepticism like 'Jewish physics'?

The Bipartisan Policy Center is convening a roundtable today to discuss geoengineering as a last ditch solution to catastrophic climate change. Oy vey… Continue reading Stoking climate fears through geoengineering talks

“We’re all familiar with the greedy businessman who pushes taxpayer subsidies to enrich himself. Solyndra tells us we might want to start paying more attention to the businessman who’s already rich—but seeks to salve a guilty conscience by putting taxpayers on the hook for his pet causes” — the money line from William McGurn’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal.

Climate alarmist — and government employee — James Hansen made up to $1.2 million last year according to disclosure forms, reports the American Tradition Institute.