Will Trump name Dr. Will Happer as Science Czar? As for now, a poli-sci grad runs the show

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060073811 A job that’s been held by some of the nation’s top scientists is now occupied by a 31-year-old politics major from Princeton University. And it’s unlikely to change soon, observers say, leaving President Trump without a science adviser as the administration wrestles with a severe outbreak of the flu, lead-poisoned drinking water and record-breaking […]

Rush Limbaugh Touts Climate Depot: Run by Morano who ‘used to be — when I had the TV show — Our Man in Washington – Warmist ‘arguments blown to smithereens’ on Depot

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/02/14/student-asks-for-advice-on-climate-sources/ CALLER: So I wanted to call and I wanted to ask you, what’s the best place for research or resources and what are your general suggestions? RUSH: Okay. I’m gonna give you two websites here, and they both are wide-ranging. You can go as technical as you want or as untechnical. The first website […]

Matt Ridley: Britain Needs To Embrace The Shale Revolution

Matt Ridley: Britain Needs To Embrace The Shale Revolution http://www.thegwpf.com/matt-ridley-britain-needs-to-embrace-the-shale-revolution/ Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are the biggest energy breakthrough of the century. Gas will start flowing from Cuadrilla’s two shale exploration wells in Lancashire this year. Preliminary analysis of the site is “very encouraging”, bearing out the British Geological Survey’s analysis that the Bowland […]

Record 2018 snowfall continues increasing snowfall trends showing UN IPCC AR5 report is flawed

Record 2018 snowfall continues increasing snowfall trends showing UN IPCC AR5 report is flawed https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/02/13/record-2018-snowfall-continues-increasing-snowfall-trends-showing-un-ipcc-ar5-report-is-flawed/ Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The record snowfalls of 2018 that are sweeping across the Northern Hemisphere and continuing the growth trend in winter snowfall levels provide yet more compelling evidence that the UN IPCC AR5 WG1 climate report and […]

How a Descent into Climate Fanaticism Wrecked a Family

How a Descent into Climate Fanaticism Wrecked a Family https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/02/14/how-a-descent-into-climate-fanaticism-wrecked-a-family/ Guest essay by Eric Worrall How does climate change obsession affect families? A NYT post about the Valve Turners provides an unexpected insight into the tragic consequences of what happens when someone truly believes in climate doomsday. ‘I’m Just More Afraid of Climate Change Than […]

Exxon Sues The Suers In Fierce Climate-Change Case

Exxon Sues The Suers In Fierce Climate-Change Case http://www.thegwpf.com/exxon-sues-the-suers-in-fierce-climate-change-case/ As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It’s going after the lawyers who are suing it. The company has targeted at least 30 people and organizations, including the attorneys general of New […]

Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3: “It’s difficult to describe all the ways this is stupid.”

Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3: “It’s difficult to describe all the ways this is stupid.” http://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/02/14/orbiting-carbon-observatory-3-its-difficult-to-describe-all-the-ways-this-is-stupid/ Guest Op-ed of an Op-ed by David Middleton A really stupid Op-ed by John Timmer of ARS Technica… NO OBSERVATIONS, PLEASE — Op-ed: The story behind the satellite that Trump wants dead It’s difficult to describe all the ways this […]

Tim Ball wins — Andrew Weaver drops libel case after 7 years

Tim Ball wins — Andrew Weaver drops libel case after 7 years http://joannenova.com.au/2018/02/tim-ball-wins-andrew-weaver-drops-libel-case-after-7-years/ Great news (though how low is our bar, that it’s “great” that after seven long expensive years Tim Ball can speak freely?). As reported on WUWT: Tim Ball’s free-speech victory over Andrew Weaver – all charges dismissed! Anthony Watts: I got word […]