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Archive for February 13th, 2009

Interesting Talk by IPCC 1st Author of 1st Draft of Summary for Policymakers

There was briefly a “part 3″ video, where Rutu Dave admits that she was “thrown in” to her IPCC job; her focus had been “trade policy”. To learn about climate, she read some books on a train.
I’d be surprised if these two Rutu Dave videos (below) are still publicly available in six months.
Early on, she [...]

Australian Bushfires

It wasn’t climate change which killed as many as 300 people in Victoria last weekend. It wasn’t arsonists. It was the unstoppable intensity of a bushfire, turbo-charged by huge quantities of ground fuel which had been allowed to accumulate over years of drought. It was the power of green ideology over government to oppose attempts [...]

Alarmist Met Office Attacks ‘Misleading Apocalyptic Climate Predictions’

The Guardian ran a lead story with the headline, ‘Apocalyptic climate predictions’ mislead the public, say experts
Experts at Britain’s top climate research centre have launched a blistering attack on scientific colleagues and journalists who exaggerate the effects of global warming.
In an article published on the Guardian website, Dr Vicky Pope, head of climate change advice [...]

Nature Commentary on Silencing Scientists

A commentary in the journal Nature (12/02/09) concludes with the following paragraph:
“When scientists are silenced by colleagues,
administrators, editors and funders who think
that simply asking certain questions is inappropriate,
the process begins to resemble religion
rather than science. Under such a regime, we
risk losing a generation of desperately needed
research.”
Unfortunately, it apparently is only meant to apply to scientific [...]

BBC Report on Pielke Jr’s Aston University Talk

BBC Environment analyst Roger Harrabin surprisingly manages to report on Roger Pielke Jr’s Aston University talk:
The UK’s plans to cut emissions by 80% by 2050 are fundamentally flawed and almost certain to fail, according to a US academic.
Roger Pielke Jr, a science policy expert, said the UK government had underestimated the magnitude of the task [...]

 

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New Booker Book: The Real Global Warming Disaster
Christopher Booker has a new book out entitled: The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is The Obsession With `Climate Change` Turning Out To Be The Most Costly Scientific Blunder In History? Available from Amazon UK here: More from Booker himself here. (1)

Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not Collapsing
Read the AIG News paper here. (1)

Global Warming Ate My Data
We’ve lost the numbers: CRU responds to FOIA requests. The Register (3)

Climate Depot's Arctic Fact Sheet
Climate Depot Arctic Fact Sheet (for additional updates on the Arctic see new articles tagged Arctic) (0)

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