Al Gore Attacks Trump’s ‘Clean Coal’ Remarks, Claims there’s ‘No War On American Energy’
By MICHAEL BASTASCH Former Vice President Al Gore was quick to criticize President Donald Trump’s declaring an end to the “war on American energy,” suggesting that Trump should pay attention to the growth of the solar industry. “We have ended the war on American Energy — and we have ended the war on clean coal,” Trump said in […]
UN Paris Futility: During Era of ‘climate diplomacy’ — global fossil fuel consumption increased 57%’
Illustrating the failure of the climate movement – in one graph By Anthony Watts People like Bill McKibben of 350.org make a big deal out of the “successes” of carbon divestment, where the 350.org organization bullies convinces some hapless organization to divest from coal and petroleum stocks in investment portfolios. Besides the fact that this has no […]
Early Holocene polar bear skeleton from Norway vs. other ancient remains
Early Holocene polar bear skeleton from Norway vs. other ancient remains http://polarbearscience.com/2018/01/24/early-holocene-polar-bear-skeleton-from-norway-vs-other-ancient-remains/ A press release issued yesterday (23 January 2018) by the University of Stavanger tells the story of decades of work on the most complete ancient polar bear skeleton in the world, found in 1976 in southern Norway, that culminated in an articulated museum […]
Green Myth Exposed: China’s CO2 Emissions Jumped By 4% Last Year
Green Myth Exposed: China’s CO2 Emissions Jumped By 4% Last Year http://www.thegwpf.com/green-myth-exposed-chinas-co2-emissions-jump-by-7-last-year/ “The widely reported flattening of China’s emissions while economic growth continued apace was misleading. Emissions had flattened because of the slowed economy.” DAVOS — Chinese President Xi Jinping galvanised supporters of the climate-change fight last year when he told an audience at the […]
John McLean: The IPCC Wobbles Over Climate Models
John McLean: The IPCC Wobbles Over Climate Models http://www.thegwpf.com/john-mclean-the-ipcc-wobbles-over-climate-models/ All IPCC Climate Assessment Reports have the same three key features. They contain a summary of observations of various climate factors, which on the whole are well-regarded at least until they start trying to attribute changes. They contain an emphasis on greenhouse gases, caused initially by […]
World Bank Wants Us All To Be Poor
World Bank Wants Us All To Be Poor https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2018/01/28/world-bank-wants-us-all-to-be-poor/ By Paul Homewood https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/chart-countries-where-over-80-electricity-renewable Apparently the World Bank thinks that having 80% of renewable electricity is a good thing. This is the map: Now shoot me down in flames if I am wrong, but it seems to me that the one thing that most of these […]
Greenland Is Getting Colder–New Study
Greenland Is Getting Colder–New Study https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/greenland-is-getting-colder-new-study/ By Paul Homewood When cooling proves global warming! Using satellite data, a group of scientists has studied the development of temperature over the past 15 years in a large part of Greenland. More precisely, they looked at surface temperatures (the temperature close to the Earth’s surface) in a part […]
Trump administration yanks funding for “Climate-Related Fellowships”
Trump administration yanks funding for “Climate-Related Fellowships” https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/01/30/trump-administration-yanks-funding-for-climate-related-fellowships/ From the AGU, tales of woe. Prestigious Climate-Related Fellowships Rescinded Reduced program is one of several that usually support climate science postdoctoral research but have eliminated or suspended funding opportunities. Last March, Katie Travis, who was finishing a Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry at Harvard University, got what […]
Chinese Astronomers Discover 500-Year Solar Cycle
Chinese Astronomers Discover 500-Year Solar Cycle http://www.thegwpf.com/chinese-astronomers-discover-500-year-solar-cycle/ New research by Chinese astronomers shows a quasi ~500-year cycle in solar activity. Quasi ~500-year Cycle Signals in Solar Activity Earth Science Research; Vol. 7, No. 1; 2018 Lihua Ma, Zhiqiang Yin & Yanben Han – National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Abstract Direct observations […]
Eucalyptus trees cope fine with extreme heatwaves, defy climate models, survive 50C temps
Eucalyptus trees cope fine with extreme heatwaves, defy climate models, survive 50C temps http://joannenova.com.au/2018/01/eucalyptus-trees-cope-fine-with-extreme-heatwaves-defy-climate-models/ What happens to a poor tree when you withhold rain for a whole month, then hit it with four days in a row of 43C temperatures? It was so hot, some of the leaves on these trees got close to 49-50 […]