Leaked document: Europe’s climate change goals ‘need profound lifestyle changes’ to occur
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/15/europe-climate-change-goals-need-profound-lifestyle-changes-european-commission European countries should prepare for a far-reaching debate on the “profound lifestyle changes” required to limit climate change, according to a leaked European commission document. The commission will tell foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday that a Europe-wide debate is needed on how to limit global warming to 1.5C, according to a staff working […]
Another Little Ice Age Re-Discovered
Sen. Whitehouse says climate action need not be painful, trade your Mercedes for a Tesla
Speaking on climate change at the Munich Security Conference, Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says that ‘mankind’ does not have to suffer in order to fight global warming. Senator Whitehouse: “…I don’t want to leave the impression that mankind must suffer in order to make these changes. The changes in consumption can actually be enjoyable […]
Here’s What Scalia’s Death Means For Obama’s Global Warming Agenda
Scalia was the fifth vote the conservative bloc of the court needed to finally strike down the Clean Power Plan, but without him (or any replacement) the court will likely be deadlocked in a four to four vote — meaning their decision sets no precedent, and the lower court ruling stands. Indeed, without Scalia’s vote […]
MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen Mocks 97% Consensus: ‘It is propaganda’
Dr. Richard Lindzen, atmospheric physicist, MIT professor emeritus, and lead author of the “Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks” chapter of the 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, attributes climate hype to politics, money, and propaganda. Lindzen particularly takes issue with the “97% consensus” claim that is being used to stifle debate and demonize skeptics. […]
Greenie Academic Says ISIS And Global Warming Should Be Placed On Same Foothold
We should blame evolution for our inability to place climate action on par with the fight against terrorism, an environmental scholar argued Sunday. Evolutionary responses tend to move toward real, imminent threats such as terrorism, not those that happen in the long term, Ruth Greenspan Bell, a scholar associated with Columbia University’s Center for Decision […]
Academia Cashing in on Climate Scare: MIT announces $300 million five-year plan ‘for action on climate change’
October 21, 2015 MIT is launching a multifaceted five-year plan aimed at fighting climate change, representing a new phase in the Institute’s commitment to an issue that, the plan says, “demands society’s urgent attention.” Citing “overwhelming” scientific evidence, “A Plan for Action on Climate Change” underscores the “risk of catastrophic outcomes” due to climate change […]
Warmist Claim: ‘Scalia’s Death May Have Saved the Planet’ – ‘In his death, Scalia has scored a win for the planet’
All Earth’s Evils Blamed on ‘Global Warming’
If you believe the headlines, virtually all of the world’s ills could be solved by stopping the planet from its alleged warming. A review of the past couple of years of headlines from The Drudge Report shows how “global warming” is being scapegoated at every opportunity. It’s being blamed for a variety of weather problems, […]
Flashback 1903: Scientists were aware of Arrhenius’s theory but CO2’s effect ‘was assumed to be benign’
Via: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/02/15/3749652/climate-presidential-history/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds Father Of Global Warming (Prof. Arrhenius) Believed That Doubling CO2 Was A Good Thing – Flashback 1910: It ‘has been called to our attention by Prof. Arrhenius….that the present proportion of carbon dioxide in the air is about one part in 2,500. This would be about doubled, if it were not modified by vegetable life, by […]