From The BreakThrough Institute, a progressive environmental think tank that thankfully does not walk the now-crumbling mainstream path of climate change politics.
One of the country’s most respected liberal foreign policy voices, Walter Russell Mead, blames Al Gore for the magical climate thinking that led to the contrivance and ultimate failure of Copenhagen
Here’s some of [...]
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The climate change movement is dead. Al Gore killed it
Tracking a drop of water down the Mississippi by canoe
The Race2theGreen Project will leave Minnesota by canoe in June for a three month trek down the Mississippi tracking environmental changes and meeting with green groups and scouts along the way.
They will have weekly podcasts tracking how clean water turns into sludge, and pass through Cancer Alley, an area where rare forms of [...]
California climate change law, job loss, and disruptive technology
The independent and nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) in Sacramento says there will be some economic disruption and higher energy costs if the 2006 climate change law is implemented.
Why? There are multiple reasons. Among them, energy prices will rise, and that will impact all businesses. Increased vehicle fuel standards means higher prices for vehicles [...]
National Hurricane Center disagrees with IPCC about global warming and hurricanes
“We have come to substantially different conclusions from the IPCC,” said Chris Landsea, a lead scientist at the American government’s National Hurricane Center, who co-authored the report.
He added: “There are a lot of legitimate concerns about climate change but, in my opinion, hurricanes are not among them. We are looking at a decrease in frequency [...]
The climate movement is dead: Long live the climate movement
Rising Tide North America on their free publication, which is absolutely worth reading.
“A particular model of dealing with climate change is dying. It is revealing itself before the world as nothing more than a final scramble for the remaining resources of a planet in peril.” –Naomi Klein
CMID:LLCM delivers a timely critique of the failures of [...]
Climate Encounter #2: Save energy, save money
Saving energy not only reduces CO2 emissions, it also saves money, sometimes a lot of money. So saving energy seems like a no-brainer. Here are some ideas.
Climate change skeptics and proponents can work towards common goals
From my current article on CAIVN
Climate change proponents want renewable energy and lots of it. Climate change opponents often want freedom from having to import oil and being dependent on other countries for fuel and energy. Those goals are not incompatible. In fact, they are quite similar. In both cases, renewable energy and clean tech [...]
Synthetic crystals captures greenhouse gases 400% more efficiently
UCLA chemists report creating a synthetic “gene” that could capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming, rising sea levels and the increased acidity of ocean.
Climate change data used by IPCC can not be verified
“The temperature records cannot be relied on as indicators of global change,” said John Christy, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a former lead author on the IPCC.
Phil Jones, keeper of the records, has refused FOIA requests and it may well be his records are such a mess that he [...]
Utah House passes resolution implying climate change conspiracy
“IPCC admits mistakes,” but just barely. But it was the obstinacy, and let’s face it, deliberate evasions that can bolsters climate change skeptics and leads to actions like that of the Utah House.
Top climate adviser calls for more openness in global warming debate
In the wake of a string of embarrassing blunders by global warming researchers, the chief scientific adviser to the British government has said scientists must be more “honest and open” about the uncertainties surrounding climate change.
Professor John Beddington said that although it is “unchallengeable” that carbon dioxide is warming the planet, climate researchers should be [...]
Climate change research at East Anglia yet again found flawed
The Guardian, the left leaning UK paper, has examined thousands of hacked emails from the University of East Anglia’s climatic research unit and found that measurements concerning Chinese weather stations were flawed and there was no backup documentation for them. The data was used in a 1990 paper which is still cited today.
Worse the University [...]
Is chilly Europe due to climate change?
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Arctic oscillation fails, chilling Europe to Florida
This is a natural phenomenon, not related to climate change. Celcias, whose slogan is “climate change is not a spectator sport” uses the Arctic Oscillation as an example of how complicated climate change is. For example, some think climate change could be triggered by sunspots or that our warming [...]
Ontario continues converting coal plants to use biomass as fuel
What a great idea. Use existing coal plants to burn biomass as fuel instead. Ontario will have one plant completely converted by 2012, with more coming. The biomass comes from leftovers from foresting and agriculture, with switchgrass a possibility as a crop too.
Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen
Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists.
East Anglia broke law by refusing to make climate data public [...]
