Daily Archives: January 17, 2010

New Scientist magazine asleep at the wheel?

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New Scientist magazine deserves credit for admitting an error from over 10 years ago. But the question is, what took so long?  Here’s their recent opinion piece:  Sifting climate facts from speculation  IT WAS a dramatic declaration: glaciers across much … Continue reading →

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Carbon trading the next scam?

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Patricia Adams writing for The National Post has an eye opening story on carbon trading: The next big scam: carbon dioxide Some highlights: Deloitte Forensic calls it “the white collar crime of the future.” Kroll, a business risk subsidiary of Marsh & … Continue reading →

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NASA emails released by Freedom of Information Act

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Chris Horner recently received 300 pages of emails from NASA GISS in response to his Freedom of Information Act request. The issue was NASA’s continual doctoring of data in an attempt to show 1998 as the hottest year on record. … Continue reading →

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Rajendra Pachauri: Conflicts of Interest

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The story of Rajendra Pachauri and conflicts of interest continue to build. The head of the U.N. IPCC appears to have many interests that would benefit from decisions he oversees. Richard North, Christopher Booker and Robert Mendick have been leading the … Continue reading →

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Google gate?

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In a recent post on the manipulation of Wikipedia, I noted the following: As an aside, Bing.com currently shows 50,700,000 hits for “Climategate”, while Google.com shows 4,230,000 hits.  Does Connolley have friends there as well?  Hmm…content for another post? Lawrence … Continue reading →

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Dilemma for the insurance industry

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Here’s an interesting dilemma for the insurance industry.  Can the science of the IPCC be trusted? The story linked below by Evan Lehmann recently ran in the New York Times: Insurance Group Says Stolen E-Mails Show Risk in Accepting Climate … Continue reading →

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