Analysis: Global weather related disaster loss trend is downward from 1990 to 2017

https://theclimatefix.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/weather-disasters-as-proportion-of-global-gdp-1990-2017/ Weather Disasters as Proportion of Global GDP: 1990-2017 JANUARY 4, 2018 ~ By ROGER PIELKE JR The figure above shows the annual costs of weather disasters (data from Munich Re) as a proportion of global GDP (data from the UN), from 1990 to 2017. Takeaways: 2017 ranks 2nd to 2005; The dataset is dominated by US hurricanes […]

Warmists Wheel Out “Record Cold Due To Global Warming” Argument Again

Alarmists Wheel Out “Record Cold Due To Global Warming” Argument Again JANUARY 4, 2018 tags: jet stream, Winter By Paul Homewood     Whenever we get a warm summer, it’s a sign of climate change. And when we get a cold winter, it’s climate change as well! According to Breitbart:   Jonathan Overpeck, a climate scientist at the […]

Bombcyclone — ‘A bad storm with good branding’

Via: http://joannenova.com.au/2018/01/bombcyclone-a-bad-storm-with-good-branding/ “The Bomb Cyclone isn’t a winter hurricane — just a bad storm with good branding” — Vox A “Bombcyclone” off the East Coast of the USA is verging on, or has broken a record for the fastest drops in pressure. It’s now at 965mb. It’s not a bomb, nor a cyclone, just a common winter […]

Global fossil fuel emissions are once again on the rise – China leading the emissions increase

Global fossil fuel emissions are once again on the rise – An end to flat growth for CO2 Despite their “Paris Commitments”, China is increasing emissions – This is a commentary on a report by The Global Carbon Project: “Despite a recent policy shift towards greener thinking, the reports site (sic) China as leading the increase, where emissions are projected to grow […]

Analysis: NOAA Erase ‘Anomalously Cold Winters’

NOAA Erase “Anomalously Cold Winters” JANUARY 4, 2018 By Paul Homewood   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/climate/cold-climate-change.html We looked at this NYT article earlier today. It focussed on this paper by Marlene Kretschmer: ABSTRACT Over the last decades, the stratospheric polar vortex has shifted towards more frequent weak states which can explain Eurasian cooling trends in boreal winter in the […]

New England Wanted To Use All Renewable Energy — Then It Got Cold

By JAZZ SHAW During a recent trip to Maine, my wife and I noticed the large number of wind turbines cluttering the peaks of the ridges around the otherwise scenic New England countryside, particularly in Vermont. There really are a lot of them, and that’s the result of an ongoing push to get the region onto […]

New England Power Plants running out of fuel

Electricity providers and state officials are bracing for widespread power outages and fuel shortages as a powerful storm system roars into Massachusetts today with near-hurricane force winds. National Grid expects nearly 120,000 of its Bay State customers — about 9 percent — to lose electricity sometime today and is making preparations for the tedious, cold […]