By EPW Blog Thursday, May 8, 2008
Excerpt: Professor J. Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School says, “To list a species that is currently in good health as an endangered species requires valid forecasts that its population would decline to levels that threaten its viability. In fact, the polar bear populations have been increasing rapidly in recent decades due to hunting restrictions.
Peer-reviewed study finds Antarctic fails to warm as climate models predictedBy EPW Blog Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The real world data continues to debunk the models. See this for report on inconvenient developments for promoters of man-made climate far in 2008 alone.
Also see: Media Hype on ‘Melting’ Antarctic Ignores Record Ice Growth
Climate Justice: Women suffer from global warming more then men!By EPW Blog Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Climate Justice: Women suffer from global warming more then men! (Note: this theme has been around for years - see 2005 article by some guy named Marc Morano: Men Warm Globe, Women Feel the Heat, Group Claims )
Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a ‘Consequence’ of Global WarmingBy EPW Blog Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Gore appears to be unaware of latest studies and data. He is still hyping hurricanes and global warming! (for rebuttal see: Prominent hurricane expert reconsiders global warming’s impact (LINK)
Wreaking Havoc on Global EconomiesBy Dr. Tim Ball Monday, May 5, 2008
Normally an historical review is interesting but has limited immediate importance. This is not true of this review because of emerging events. Policies designed to deal with global warming or climate change, such as the biofuels debacle, are wreaking havoc with global economies and poor peoples’ lives. Sadly, none of these policies were necessary. They all emanate from the incorrect idea that global warming and climate change are due to CO2. Those pointing the finger at the biofuels policy want it stopped and that is necessary for immediate relief, but does not address all the other policies in place or planned that will have more damaging medium and long term effects. It is urgent to understand how world leaders were so misled about CO2, global warming and climate change and to stop them before any more damage is done.
Forecasting Hurricanes. Not!By Alan Caruba Sunday, May 4, 2008
In late April, AccuWeather.com, led by Joe Bastardi, its chief meteorologist, issued a news release that was, to be kind, pure mush. The early warning forecast for 2008’s June to November hurricane season said that conditions like La Nina and a “continued warm water cycle in the Atlantic Basin” held forth the “chance for U.S. landfalling storms.”
Global warming set to fan the HIV fireBy EPW Blog Saturday, May 3, 2008
Source: The Age
Climate change is the latest threat to the world’s growing HIV epidemic, say Australian experts who warn of the “grim” outlook in the fight against the infectious disease.
How NASA is Manipulating Climate DataBy OnTheWeb Friday, May 2, 2008
By Steven Goddard, The Register, 2 May 2008
A tale of two thermometers.
For full report and graphics view full article here
New Jason Satellite Indicates 23-Year Global Cooling
By Dennis Avery Thursday, May 1, 2008
Now it’s not just the sunspots that predict a 23-year global cooling. The new Jason oceanographic satellite shows that 2007 was a “cool” La Nina year—but Jason also says something more important is at work: The much larger and more persistent Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) has turned into its cool phase, telling us to expect moderately lower global temperatures until 2030 or so.
By Dr. Tim Ball Wednesday, April 30, 2008
In previous related articles (Environmental Extremism and Historical and philosophical context of the climate change debate. and How the world was misled about global warming and now climate change) we examined how environmentalism and particularly climate was hijacked to achieve the political goals of Maurice Strong, primarily to cause the demise of industrialized nations. We saw how he established the political vehicle the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the scientific vehicle, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for his purpose. He brought them together at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. The fruits of his efforts and the policies they engendered are now emerging and are hurting the poor and middle-income people of all countries, with rising food and energy costs. They’re hurting the people they were ostensibly designed to help, but more on that later.
Global warming skepticism may end hurricane pioneer’s forecastsBy EPW Blog Monday, April 28, 2008
Excerpt: By pioneering the science of seasonal hurricane forecasting and teaching 70 graduate students who now populate the National Hurricane Center and other research outposts, William Gray turned a city far from the stormy seas into a hurricane research mecca. But now the institution in Fort Collins, Colo., where he has worked for nearly half a century, has told Gray it may end its support of his seasonal forecasting.
Pelosi cites ‘fictional’ Biblical eco-passage, scholars sayBy EPW Blog Friday, April 25, 2008
In case you missed this…
“Global Warming’ is not a Global Crisis”By OnTheWeb Tuesday, April 22, 2008
International Climate Science Coalition releases signatories to the Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change
Global warming tax hikes heading your wayBy Paul Driessen Monday, April 21, 2008
America is in the throes of a major housing and financial downturn, soaring food and energy costs, rising unemployment and near recession. But legislators, bureaucrats and presidential candidates are falling all over themselves to restrict fossil fuel use, advance climate change legislation – and thereby increase energy prices, oil imports, and costs for families and businesses.
How the world was misled about global warming and now climate changeBy Dr. Tim Ball Monday, April 21, 2008
Once you realize humans are not causing global warming and/or climate change, then you need an explanation for how and why so many people appear to think they are. In two previous articles (Environmental Extremism and Historical and philosophical context of the climate change debate.) we examined the philosophical and historical context of climate change and specifically the focus on humans as the cause.
We explained the philosophical concept of uniformitarianism that dominates western science; the incorrect idea that change is gradual over long periods of time. We looked at how the scientific method of testing the theory that human CO2 was causing warming/climate change was effectively bypassed. Now we need to examine how politics took over climate science through exploitation of public fear and lack of knowledge.
It’s About Politics, Not ClimateBy Alan Caruba Saturday, April 19, 2008
If you think global warming is about climate, think again.
Swiss journalists pan Gore secrecy - Media Ban at CeremonyBy EPW Blog Thursday, April 17, 2008
Excerpt: Reporters take exception to a media blackout of the ceremony in the Vaud capital that confers an honorary degree on the Nobel prize winner.
Hunger from harvest failures fault of Global CoolingBy Dr. Tim Ball Tuesday, April 15, 2008
People tolerate incredibly bad government most of the time. What generally drives them to revolution is a failure of the food supply or food costs beyond reach. Riots in Haiti and elsewhere are already occurring and potential for more increase every day.
Traditionally, it was bad weather, such as the harvest failure in 1789 that became a catalyst for storming the Bastille and triggering the French Revolution.
Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming’s impactBy EPW Blog Sunday, April 13, 2008
[Note: A prominent hurricane scientist (MIT’s Kerry Emanuel) has publicly reversed his view on global warming’s impact on hurricanes. This is a very important new development in the climate debate. First, 2007 turned out to be the “tipping point” for global warming fears, 2008 continued appears to be the year of vindication for skeptics as many prominent scientists reversed their climate views and more and more skeptical scientists speak out and new data debunked man-made climate fears. Now another major scientist reconsiders his views on a significant aspect of man-made climate fears. MIT’s Kerry Emanuel’s views on hurricanes and global warming have been prominently cited by Gore and other promoters of climate fear. With the new evidence based data flowing in, it is no wonder Gore is being forced to spend $300 million to attempt to once again scare the public. An Oscar, a Nobel and a compliant media all proved woeful at convincing the public to believe in Gore’s “climate crisis.” ]
International Climate Science Coalition appoints New ChairmanBy OnTheWeb Saturday, April 12, 2008
Paleoclimatology Expert Professor Tim Patterson of Carleton University to chair climate realist non-profit
Biofuel Madness: Environmentalism exploited for political purposesBy Dr. Tim Ball Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The rush towards biofuels is threatening world food production and the lives of billions of people, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser said yesterday. Professor John Beddington put himself at odds with ministers who have committed Britain to large increases in the use of biofuels over the coming decades. In his first important public speech since he was appointed, he described the potential impacts of food shortages as the “elephant in the room” and a problem which rivaled that of climate change.
--The Times, 7 March 2008
The biofuel madness is gathering steam, and it’s not good news for the world’s poor and hungry. Putting one man’s dinner into another man’s car hardly seems like a sensible or ethical way of solving any of the world’s problems.
--Graham Young, 2 August 2006
By OnTheWeb Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Some of them do not intend to stop at taxing cows and sheep. If you think that’s just my wild imagination, see this from the Medical Journal of Australia Web site
“All cows are green”
By OnTheWeb Sunday, April 6, 2008
The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on all farmers and those who eat farm products to raise their voices in opposition to the silly proposals of Australian and New Zealand governments to include emissions and motions from farm animals as a taxable carbon emission.
Polar Bears Potential ESA Listing Called ‘Regulatory Monster’By EPW Blog Thursday, April 3, 2008
Excerpt: “It would be a mistake to list the presently healthy and sustainable polar bear populations as a threatened species under the ESA. Such action will produce a variety of adverse consequences including (1) creating an ESA listing precedent that opens Pandora’s Box in the form of other unwarranted listings that will diminish resources available for bona fide wildlife conservation and recovery efforts, (2) setting the stage for new rounds of litigation and judicial activism to turn the ESA into a regulatory monster of unprecedented proportions, and (3) harming existing successful polar bear conservation and management programs
Al Gore’s Last Gasp?By Alan Caruba Wednesday, April 2, 2008
I admit it is daunting to know one is up against people who have millions of dollars to spend on the global warming hoax and, as Al Gore announced, are ready to spend $300 million in a three-year campaign to convince politicians to impose all manner of legislation that will ultimately ruin our economy and destroy a lifestyle we take for granted.
Ultra-Rich Cash in on Global Warming HoaxBy Alan Caruba Sunday, March 30, 2008
Recently I emailed a gentleman who is highly regarded, nationally and internationally, as one of the top strategic, military and economic long-range thinkers of our times. He is the author of several bestselling books about the way globalization is impacting the lives of the Earth’s population.
“Dark Hour - a Sign of the Times”By OnTheWeb Friday, March 28, 2008
The Carbon Sense Coalition today came out in support of “lights out” during Earth Hour (Saturday 29th ) but claimed the time should be renamed “Dark Hour” and suggested that consumers should also forgo the consumption of gasoline and diesel during this period.
The Oceans Have Stopped Warming!By Dennis Avery Wednesday, March 26, 2008
This year of 2008 is starting out cold—but according to the “consensus” climate watchers it’s still likely to be one of the “top 10 warmest” in the thermometer record before it’s over. After all, the Greenhouse gasses continue to accumulate in the atmosphere.
THE IPCC: ON THE RUN AT LASTBy OnTheWeb Tuesday, March 25, 2008
UN climate body in panic mode as satellite temperatures turn down and a hard winter lashes both hemispheres
Reduce tax on incomes and put tax on pollution: Al GoreBy EPW Blog Monday, March 17, 2008
Original Post: Hindu.com
New Delhi (PTI): Reduce tax on incomes and institute a tax on pollution was a suggestion environmental crusader Al Gore had for India to tackle the issue of global warming effectively.
