European leaders agreed for the first time today that the price tag for tackling global warming would amount to €100bn (£89bn) a year by 2020, up to half of which would need to come from taxpayers’ money in the developed world. But mired in wrangling over how to split the European share of the bill [...]
Roger Pielke Jr points out that: A very important paper was published today by Chen et al. in the open-access journal Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Science (of the EGU) titled, “Quantifying changes of wind speed distributions in the historical record of Atlantic tropical cyclones” (PDF). The paper should go some way toward resolving disputes [...]
You really couldn’t make this stuff up: Exaggerated and inaccurate claims about the threat from global warming risk undermining efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and contain climate change, senior scientists have told The Times. Environmental lobbyists, politicians, researchers and journalists who distort climate science to support an agenda erode public understanding and play into [...]
A new report (PDF) from the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) reveals the high costs being imposed on British and European consumers by the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The ETS is intended to reduce carbon emissions across Europe by increasing the cost of energy for households, businesses and other organisations. This increases household bills, but [...]
Climate Audit: ‘Briffa on Yamal Impact’
Al Gore says: 2012 The Catlin/WWF Ice Survey Stunt says as little as 10 years: 2019 (to 2029) The Met Office says: 2060 to 2080 Who out there is up for a trip to Al Gore’s mansion in summer 2012 to celebrate him being correct, or to commiserate with him for being wrong?
Science Museum Statement on Prove It! results: Between Friday 23 and Wednesday 28 October the poll associated with Prove It! was manipulated through repeat voting. This was undertaken by those who wanted to be “counted in” and those who wanted to be “counted out” from the statement: “I’ve seen the evidence. And I want the [...]
See Climate Audit: ‘The Kaufman Corrigendum’
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.
The Green Fiscal Commission (GFC), a think-tank supported by the government (what’s new?), is urging £150 billion of new green taxes on businesses and households — including a £3,300 levy on new cars, a tripling of fuel duty over the next decade, and a household energy tax. The plans are being presented by Lord Turner, [...]
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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