Why the Media’s Portrayal of Carbon Dioxide Is Often Wrong

http://dailysignal.com/2016/09/06/why-the-medias-portrayal-of-carbon-dioxide-is-often-wrong/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpGallqTTNZMk5rTm1WbSIsInQiOiJwZkdZdW90SDBaN05YdTFDWVJRNEdiV1NmTFFHRkM4YllBbGxlNThqQWJHekxIU2x0NjArejN4c1Z4ZEJMcWJ0VkJRbm1JT2t0cnQ2RjFWSmhKSXJaUUVYVXFtTlNwZ0t3bnBBZk02VzVVcz0ifQ%3D%3D But the entire story is about reducing carbon dioxide emissions and combatting man-made global warming. Carbon dioxide is a colorless, odorless, nontoxic gas. We exhale it. Carbon dioxide is a necessary component for photosynthesis and the growth of green vegetation. The reason behind the regulatory agenda to close existing coal-fired power plants in the […]

UN Paris climate deal ‘is likely to be history’s most expensive treaty’ – ‘Cost of between $1 trillion and $2 trillion annually’

http://www.wsj.com/articles/about-those-non-disappearing-pacific-islands-1476400840?mod=djemMER Bjorn Lomborg: Even more insidiously, doom-mongering makes us panic and seize upon the wrong responses to global warming. At a cost of between $1 trillion and $2 trillion annually, the Paris climate agreement, recently ratified by China, is likely to be history’s most expensive treaty. It will slow the world’s economic growth to force […]

Bjorn Lomborg About Those Non-Disappearing Pacific Islands – ‘Total land area of the islands has actually grown’

http://www.wsj.com/articles/about-those-non-disappearing-pacific-islands-1476400840?mod=djemMER Hype and exaggeration serve no one. Their peer-reviewed study, published in the September 2015 issue of Anthropocene, revealed that since the middle of the 20th century the total land area of the islands has actually grown. Telling viewers in the U.S. starkly that they’re “making this island disappear,” as a report from CNN’s John […]

Leaked memo between top Democrats about climate change explains why their crusade failed

Summary: A leaked memo from the highest levels of the Democratic Party leadership discuss how to build public support for large-scale climate policy initiatives. It shows why their efforts failed, and raises questions about the coming Hillary Clinton administration. “We don’t even plan for the past.” — Steven Mosher (member of Berkeley Earth; bio here), […]

India To Overtake U.S. And China As World’s Biggest Coal Miner

India is set to surpass the U.S. as the world’s biggest coal producer after China by 2020, as state-miner Coal India Ltd. ramps up output to meet demand from domestic power producers, according to BMI Research. The South Asian nation’s share of world output will increase to 12.7 percent by 2020 from 9.8 percent in […]

18 New Papers Link High Solar Activity To Medieval And Modern Warmth, Low Solar Activity To Little Ice Age Cooling

Via: http://notrickszone.com/2016/10/17/18-new-papers-link-high-solar-activity-to-medieval-and-modern-warmth-low-solar-activity-to-little-ice-age-cooling/ 18 New Papers Link High Solar Activity To Medieval And Modern Warmth, Low Solar Activity To Little Ice Age Cooling By Kenneth Richard on 17. October 2016 “It is generally accepted that the climate warms during periods of strong solar activity (e.g., the Medieval Warm Period) and cools during periods of low solar activity […]