Category Archives: Climate Change

Climate Change, formerly known as Global Warming

EPA response is political, not scientific

EPA announcement on 7/29/2010: EPA Rejects Claims of Flawed Climate Science Roger Pielke Sr. responds: Comment On The Denial of Petitions for Reconsideration of the Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings For Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) Of The Clean … Continue reading

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Interesting discussion at Revkin’s Dot Earth blog

There’s an excellent dialog at Andy Revkin’s Dot Earth blog in the post: Next Steps on Climate and Energy There appears to be a rash of realists posting on this topic.  For example: coddington.morton “Yeah, well, we had one back … Continue reading

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Newsweek surprises me again

I can’t believe that Newsweek is again moving in the direction toward balanced reporting, at least on climate. Consider this recent article: A Green Retreat: Why the environment is no longer a surefire political winner “Yet above all, it is climate … Continue reading

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Pacific islands not drowning from climate change

Who knew? After all the fear mongering telling us that islands in the Pacific were going to succumb to climate change, a new study shows this not to be the case.  New Scientist has this recent story: Shape-shifting islands defy … Continue reading

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Tom Fuller on a roll again

Tom Fuller has had a few excellent pieces in the last few days: Global warming: Climate crimes Global warming: Looking in the wrong direction Global warming: The science is settled, the debate is over Tom has hit the nail on … Continue reading

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Newsweek gets real

  I can’t quite believe I read this in Newsweek: Uncertain Science: Bickering and defensive, climate researchers have lost the public’s trust. “Very few scientists dispute a link between man-made CO2 and global warming. Where it gets fuzzy is the … Continue reading

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Alex Miller: Sickening me with alarmist propaganda

Update 5/26/2010: Alex Miller replies in comments and defends name calling. “As for name-calling, what else to label those who simply can’t see this glaring truth right under their noses? Flat earthers seems all too kind.” – Alex Miller, Managing … Continue reading

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Where’s the heat? Pielke Sr. has started an interesting dialog

I first noticed commentary on a paper by Kevin Trenberth on the blog of Roger Pielke Jr. about 10 days ago: The Missing Heat Pielke Jr. wrote about Kevin Trenberth’s (of “it’s a travesty” Climategate fame) recent paper about the … Continue reading

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Fox News Exclusive: Citizen’s Group Plans Extensive Audit of U.N. Climate Report

It appears that Donna Laframboise is following up with a more detailed review of the IPCC report.  I’ve written about her blog recently here and here,  and a link to her blog can be found in the Blogroll to the right (or … Continue reading

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Whale poo could help oceans absorb CO2

It’s amazing some of the drivel you find in the mainstream media: Whale poo could help oceans absorb CO2 – scientists How many whales are needed for the task?  Too many, I’m sure. For a real laugh, be sure the … Continue reading

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