“The Tar Sands will be a mere sideshow and future investment in it will have to fight shale oil, a battle they already lost.” Continue reading Will shale stop the Keystone XL pipeline?
Overhyped: The Human Cost of Climate Alarmism
“When I see an unsupported figure like an annual death toll of 300,000 from “climate change”, my urban legend detector starts like ringing like mad. Where have they been hiding the bodies?” Continue reading Overhyped: The Human Cost of Climate Alarmism
Exxon Cease-And-Desist Order Gets Climate Change Ad Pulled From State Of The Union Coverage
Exxon-Mobil rightly forced Comcast to kill the “Exxon Hates Your Children” ad. Continue reading Exxon Cease-And-Desist Order Gets Climate Change Ad Pulled From State Of The Union Coverage
‘Waste heat’ from cities affects atmosphere
“The researchers say around 40 percent of the world’s total energy consumption comes from just 86 metropolitan areas in the Northern Hemisphere.” Continue reading ‘Waste heat’ from cities affects atmosphere
Climate models are failing
“According to our calculations, in the coming years, it should get warmer by leaps. But we do not trust that prognosis. Because the simulations should also have been able to predict the current standstill of the temperature increase – which did not happen.” Continue reading Climate models are failing
Boston prepares for climate change effects
Mitigation (foolishness) gives way to adaptation (practicality). Continue reading Boston prepares for climate change effects
Monckton: Sanders-Boxer carbon tax will be 15 times costlier than letting warming happen
An “inter-temporal investment appraisal of the Sanders/Boxer carbon tax bill.”
Photo: Mann with Noam Chomsky
This will certainly de-politicize Mann? Continue reading Photo: Mann with Noam Chomsky
The Guardian: Beijing pollution causes a ‘cough’
900+ micrograms/m3 of PM2.5 and that’s all? Where are the deaths? Show us a body! Continue reading The Guardian: Beijing pollution causes a ‘cough’
Audubon Global Warming Horror Story: 177 bird species move winter ranges north
Statistics help clear fog for better climate change picture?
Not really. It would take reliable data for the most important variables in an appropriate model — this is not likely to be developed anytime soon. Continue reading Statistics help clear fog for better climate change picture?
AAAS meeting: No harm from BPA
“Diseases associated with exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) could be more simply explained by an unhealthy diet of pre-packaged fast foods that come in plastic wrapping containing the chemical.” Continue reading AAAS meeting: No harm from BPA