Category Archives: Politics

Politics in the climate debate?

EPA response is political, not scientific

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

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

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

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

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

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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Tom Fuller on a roll again

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

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

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

  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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Yale Environment 360: Freeing Energy Policy From The Climate Change Debate

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Take a look at the excellent article on Yale Environment 360 by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger: Freeing Energy Policy From The Climate Change Debate Some excerpts: The reality is that both sides abuse the science in the service of their political … Continue reading →

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IPCC Report Card

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

Donna Laframboise and her group of citizen volunteers recently did a thorough examination of references in the IPPC report: Climate Bible Gets 21 ‘F’s on Report Card READ THE CITIZEN AUDIT REPORT HERE The Water Cannon of the Climate Debate … Continue reading →

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Another “investigation” concludes with a whitewashing

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

The result of the Oxburgh Panel as expected found no wrongdoing by the climate scientists at CRU.  The panel designed the inquiry so as to not find anything wrong.  Read the report here, read some analysis here: Oxburgh’s 5 page … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace not so peaceful?

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

I was reading Tom Fuller’s piece this morning on the Greenpeace fiasco: Global warming: Greenpeace abandons reality–lies, libel and scummy behaviour are more fun, I guess I suggest you pay a visit to the Greenpeace site and read the article … Continue reading →

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UK House of Commons investigation a snowjob

Posted on April 3, 2010 by

The recent probe by the UK House of Commons resulted in the expected: a snowjob, whitewash, coverup, or pick your favorite adjective. It is available here: The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of … Continue reading →

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