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Ice forces earliest closure EVER of upper Mississippi

Ice forces earliest closure EVER of upper Mississippi http://iceagenow.info/2014/11/ice-forces-earliest-closure-upper-mississippi/ Halts shipments of corn, soybeans, wheat, fertilizer, salt and other goods from the most northern reaches of the nation’s busiest waterway. 20 Nov 2014 – Ice surrounding locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River near Minnesota’s Twin Cities have forced the earliest winter closure on […]

That Epic, Fickle, Shovel-off-to-Buffalo Snow: An All-Time U.S. Record?

That Epic, Fickle, Shovel-off-to-Buffalo Snow: An All-Time U.S. Record? http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/11/that-epic-fickle-shovel-off-to-buffalo-snow-an-all-time-u-s-record/ I have a special place in my heart for lake effect snow. Living in Sault, Michigan as a teenager is what got me interested in weather and started me down my career path. But it’s hard to compete with what Buffalo, New York gets for […]

Flashback: Scientists said global warming decreases lake-effect snows – but have changed their tune with the recent record-breaking lake-effect snow in the Buffalo area to claim global warming increases lake-effect snowfall

Flashback: Climate scientists said warming decreases lake-effect snows http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2014/11/flashback-climate-scientists-said.html Flashback: Climate scientists said warming decreases lake-effect snows …but have conveniently changed their tune with the recent record-breaking lake-effect snow in the Buffalo area to claim global warming increases lake-effect snowfall. Four papers below collected by commenter Kenneth Richard find otherwise: Global warming causes lessmore snow Kenneth Richard November […]

‘Poo bus’: Human Poop-Powered Bus Hits UK Roads

As of today, Britain’s first “poo bus” will be shuttling passengers between the city of Bath and Bristol Airport. And yes, you guessed it: it’s powered by human waste, alongside food waste. This “Bio-bus” runs on biomethane gas, which is produced from the treatment of human sewage and food that is unsuitable for human consumption. It […]

Newspapers Mislead Public About Polar Bear Numbers

Newspapers Mislead Public About Polar Bear Numbers http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/11/19/newspapers-mislead-public-about-polar-bear-numbers/ Press release from the GWPF: “The main story of new study is the remarkable recovery of Arctic polar bear population” Earlier this week, the Guardian newspaper ran a headline claiming that the ‘polar bear population in frozen sea north of Alaska falls 40% in 10 years’ – […]

Claim: Reindeer suffering in Arctic due to ‘extreme weather’ supposedly caused by global warming

Claim: reindeer suffering in Arctic due to ‘extreme weather’ supposedly caused by global warming http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/11/20/claim-reindeer-suffering-in-arctic-due-to-extreme-weather-supposedly-caused-by-global-warming Remember the last time somebody claimed the Arctic was flooded with water? Above: The worst kind of ugly climate propaganda: David Suzuki targets kids at Christmas in the name of climate change This item from the: Norwegian University of Science […]

Why Google halted its research into renewable energy – It ‘wasn’t going to work out as planned’ – Now say: ‘Today’s renewable energy technologies won’t save us.”

Back in 2007, Google had a very simple idea for addressing global warming — we just need to take existing renewable-energy technologies and keep improving them until they were as cheap as fossil fuels. And, voila! Problem solved. GOOGLE REALIZED ITS CLEAN-ENERGY PROJECT WASN’T NEARLY AMBITIOUS ENOUGH That was the logic behind the company’s RE-C project, […]