One of the issues being debated in the UK election is the potential expansion of Heathrow airport, and air travel in general in the UK as a part of “green” policies. On this issue Labor seems to have it right, as they argue that economic growth requires expanding air travel capacity. Looking at the graph [...]
ABC News reports: It was once a centrepiece of the Federal Government’s election strategy, but now the emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been relegated to the shelf until at least 2013. Delaying the scheme means the Government could save $2.5 billion from its budget over the next three years, because it would not be paying [...]
Frustrated by the climate change conference in December, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is quietly moving away from her goal of a binding agreement on limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius. She has also sent out signals at the EU level that she no longer supports the idea of Europe going it alone. Der Spiegel: [...]
Over at Pajamas Media, Chris Horner reports: Surprising documents …reveal that Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi has a huge financial stake in companies likely to profit from the Obama administration’s “green” policies. Zoi, who left her position as CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection — founded by Al Gore — to serve as [...]
Shortly after the Climategate emails broke, a guest article was posted at Climate Audit. The article is important, but was rather overlooked by the sceptic community in all the excitement over the emails. “The Hockey Stick and the Milankovitch Cycle” uses some of the Climategate files to solve one of the remaining mysteries of the [...]
Donna Laframboise of ‘No Frakking Consensus’ has discovered that the IPCC cited the Stern report no less than 26 times, even though the report missed the cut off date for inclusion: The conclusion here isn’t pretty: by citing the Stern Review, the IPPC broke not one, not two, but three of its own rules. First, [...]
Journalist Keith Kloor has posted up an interview with Georgia Tech climate scientist Judith Curry on his Collide-a-scape blog. She has much to say on UEA CRU, Climate Science in general, the IPCC, and the Oxburgh Climategate whitewash. UPDATES: Curry: The Backstory Curry: The Finale
Understanding how the climate has changed in the past is essential if we are to put today’s warm climate into its proper perspective. There is a key question in the post-hockey stick era, and that is how warm was the Medieval Warm Period of a thousand years ago and how warm was the Roman Warm [...]
It may seem the ultimate irony in the age of environmentalism, but genetic modification – still anathema to many activists – could provide a sustainable solution to the problem of how to provide a reliable supply of clean energy. And, to reinforce the contribution which new technologies can make to environmental issues, nanotechnology may also [...]
Douglas Keenan has finally succeeded in his quest via the FOI Act for Irish Oak tree ring data collected by Mike Baillie of Queen’s University, Belfast. (Details on keenan’s website here.) Steve McIntyre of Climate Audit fame observes in his blog post Mann of Oak : Responses to the decision from Baillie, Rob Wilson and [...]
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.
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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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