Sen. Cruz says he would withdraw U.S. from Paris climate accord if elected

Sen. Ted Cruz, who has questioned the existence of global warming, said Tuesday that if he were elected president, he would withdraw the United States from the landmark climate agreement reached in Paris earlier this month. “Barack Obama seems to think the SUV parked in your driveway is a bigger threat to national security than […]

‘Climatarian’ Makes New York Times List of Top New Food Words for 2015

Via: http://ecowatch.com/2015/12/22/what-is-a-climatarian/ The New York Times published its list of the top new food words for 2015. Words and phrases that made this year’s list range from “beer o’clock,” one’s personal assessment of the right time of day to start drinking, to “hangry,” the state of being so hungry that you become angry or irritable. But, the one […]

Conrad Black: ‘How the Post-Soviet Left Latched Onto the Climate For Crusade on Capitalism’

http://www.nysun.com/foreign/how-the-post-soviet-left-latched-onto-the-climate/89372/ What seems to have happened is that the international far left, having been decisively routed with the collapse of the Soviet Union and of international communism, has attached itself to the environmental movement, usurped the leading positions in it from the bird-watching, butterfly-collecting, and conservation organizations, and is carrying on its anti-capitalist and anarchist […]

‘Is Naomi Oreskes Using the Same Merchant of Doubt Tactics She Criticizes?’ she smears fellow warmists as ‘deniers’

http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/is-naomi-oreskes-using-the-same-merchant-of-doubt-tactics-she-criticizes Oreskes attacks four world renowned climate campaigners as “deniers” … because they argue that nuclear power must play a role in decarbonizing energy production, and they don’t believe renewable energy alone will be enough to stave off serious climate change. Here’s how Oreskes uses the loaded language of denialism; “A strange form of denial […]

Obama ups ‘consensus’ to 99.5% ‘Mr. President, Here’s Why That Claim of a 97% Climate Change Consensus Is Bunk’

http://www.mrctv.org/blog/no-mr-president-claim-climate-change-consensus-bunk Recently, President Obama scrapped the “97% consensus of scientists believe in climate change” claim – andraised it 99.5%: While the president noted that “99.5 percent of scientists and experts [and] 99 percent of world leaders” agree human-caused climate change needs to be reckoned with. If the President relied on facts rather than hyperbole, he […]

What’s Really Going On With the Earth’s Climate

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/12/whats-really-going-on-with-the-earths-climate.php The most accurate record we have of modern temperatures comes from satellites. Their readings are, in fact, the only transparent, uncorrupted temperature records in existence. Surface temperature records are unreliable because of siting issues, poor coverage of the oceans, failure to recognize the urban heat island effect, and deliberate falsification by alarmist climate scientists, […]