IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN GLOBAL WARMING AND CONFLICT?

This article looks at the possibility of this and comes to the conclusion that it is unclear. My question is, how can we test this hypothesis when there has been no discernible global warming for the past 18 years? They actually used the term climate change in the article, but I am assuming they mean climate change based on human-caused global warming.

CLIMATE TALKS STALL AGAIN AS SOME START TO PANIC

"Don't panic", should be the advice to those attending the latest climate talks. Here is the report about this latest boondoggle in which no agreement was reached. Apparently there is only one more attempt before the long-awaited Paris meeting at the end of next year. It looks as though there will have to be a fudge with some sort of vague commitment which only the UK will actually take seriously.

"GOVERNMENT POLICY MAY HAVE SLOWED GLOBAL WARMING", SAYS GOVERNMENT MINISTER

Here's the article giving the details. I could hardly believe it when I read it. A government minister actually claiming that the paltry cuts in CO2 emissions, a tiny fraction of a percent of the world's total emissions, could have had any effect on global warming - what hubris. A short while ago this blog had this article which showed that the UK's efforts so far had prevented 0.0004 degrees of warming. Hardly an amount that could be noticed, or even measured by the most sensitive thermometer. 

BILLIONARES FUND GREEN GROUPS TO INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT POLICY ON EMISSIONS

Here's a good piece in the Mail on Sunday which highlights the huge sums of money being given to groups like WWF, Greenpeace and Friend of the Earth by very wealthy businessmen and their trust funds. Against this massive funding there is only one serious sceptic organisation, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, funded by a relatively modest £300,000. Of course the GWPF is supported by the facts, and that is worth more than all the millions stacked up against it.

CLIMATE TALKS KEEP THE GREEN BLOB HAPPY

This report explains the real purpose of climate negotiations, which is to appear to be making commitments, while in reality achieving very little. There is something in this, though even the feeble commitments can prove to be very costly.

EU AGREES TO CONDITIONAL TARGETS ON EMISSIONS AND RENEWABLES TO 2040

Here are the details of the EU deal. I suspect it will only be achieved if the economies continue to under-perform. This is looking quite likely at the moment. The sooner the UK can get a referendum and vote to leave the better!

HUGE FRACKING BOOST FOR LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST IN THE BALANCE

This article looks at the huge economic boost attainable from fracking in the south east UK. It also explores the things which are preventing the exploitation of the oil. Boris Johnson is being suggested as the leader of the charge to get the project going.

WELCH NHS SPENDS MONEY ON "CARBON MANAGERS" WHILE PATIENTS ARE LEFT TO DIE

Here is the story of the list of politically correct non-jobs being filled by the Welch NHS, currently part of a major story in the Daily Mail. Clearly this will undermine the Labour Party's claim to be the guardians of the NHS.

UK ON THE BRINK OF AN ENERGY CRISIS

This report in the Telegraph explains the situation that has just been made worse due to a fire in a large gas-powered power station. Whether the lights go out will now depend on how severe the winter is. An extended cold spell with little or no wind would be a nightmare for the government, specially with a General Election next spring. Mind you the alternative Prime Minister would be a much worse disaster for our energy policy - so it would be a bit of a catch 22 for the voters.

ABBOTT PUTS THE ECONOMY BEFORE GREEN ALARMISM

This article shows the attitude of the Australian Prime Minister towards jobs in the fossil fuel industry - he supports them and will not allow green ideology to sacrifice them in order to reduce CO2 emissions further than his 5% target. Meanwhile the UK government seems still to be set on its pathway towards an unachievable target of 80% reductions by 2050. By which time they will be a faint memory in the minds of the voters.

REST OF THE WORLD CARRIES ON INCREASING CO2 EMISSIONS AND IGNORES THE UK

Here's the bottom line which shows that the UK, the EU, and the USA are all being ignored, not only by China and India, but also by a whole lot of other medium- sized industrial nations. Not only will we not be likely to achieve our targets on CO2 reductions, but even if we did (while at the same time destroying our economy), it would make no noticeable difference to total emissions and so could not possibly affect climate.

MANN PROVED WRONG AGAIN!

This article refers to a new paper on tree rings as a proxy for past surface temperatures and the conclusion seems to be that the sensitivity of the climate to changes in CO2 is not as high as was previously predicted by Mann. After his hockey stick temperature graph was de-bunked this will come as another blow for Mann.

EX-ENVIRONMENT MINISTER'S SPEECH RATTLES CLIMATE ALARMISTS

This article looks at response of the UK's Climate Change Committee (CCC) to the recent speech by the government's former Environment Minister, Owen Paterson, in which the CCC try to deny that there is a serious problem over the government seeking to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050. It is clear that they are unable to provide strong reasons why continuing along the path set by the CCC will not result in disaster.

LOONEY BOOK BY SO CALLED CLIMATE EXPERTS

Here is a link to a review of a book which purports to give a scientifically-based prediction of life in the future for a world affected by global warming. It is quite a long review, but considering it is given by a person who is a declared believer in serious problems associated with global warming, it is a damning review. The book's authors, Oreskes and Conway, are, supposedly, widely noted experts in the politics and intellectual history of the climate change controversy. They teach, respectively, at Harvard University and the Cal Tech, and the book in question was published by Columbia University Press, one of the world’s most esteemed academic presses. Such widely respected public figures as Elizabeth Kolbert and Timothy E. Wirth provide effusive endorsements on the back cover.

On reading the review you will learn just how foolish the book is. At only 52 pages, one wonders just who the book is aimed at. Could it be young impressionable children? You will also read a more sinister aim of the book, which is to denigrate the free democracies of the West and praise the harsh and repressive regime of China as somehow superior. I am not sure if the authors are totalitarians first and see climate change as a vehicle to reach that goal, or are they simply climate alarmists who see the only way to reverse their perceived Armageddon is by invoking totalitarianism. Either way, as the reviewer shows us, they are completely nutty in so many ways. Their thinking is superficial and incoherent. 

CARNEY - "OIL MUST REMAIN IN THE GROUND"

This article highlights a worrying concern, in that a man in a very senior position, Governor of the Bank of England, is actually talking down some of the UK's biggest companies. He is entitled to believe what he wants, but when his beliefs are contrary to the interests of our biggest companies it is surely better if he keeps quiet, or finds a better way to express them. Oil companies are in business to find and extract and refine oil and sell it. That is what they exist to do. If Carney believes they should not be doing it then he is not in the right job.

"SCRAP THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT", SAYS EX MINISTER WHO VOTED FOR IT

This article explains why Owen Paterson has changed his mind, and now realises what a disaster the 2008 Climate Change Act was. What a pity he and his fellow MP's did not give it a bit more thought before voting for it. It is a startling example of what can happen when groupthink takes over from individual rational thought. It is similar to a lynch mob mentality. Owen Paterson should nevertheless be congratulated for having the courage to admit he was wrong. What is now needed is for a lot of his colleagues to do the same.

THE GREEN JOBS MIRAGE

This report looks at the predictions by the government of 400,000 new green jobs made in 2009 and how this has worked out in practice. Yes, you've guessed it - the reality has been rather feeble, with the cost of each job an eye-watering sum of over £600,000 each. No wonder the public has lost trust in government predictions.

TIME TO RE-ADJUST CLIMATE POLICY TO MATCH REAL DATA - ROSS McKITRICK

Here is a link to the article. Surely governments will soon have to re-visit their policies in the light of the 18 year pause in global warming. If the West continues on its current path then its policies will become increasingly unpopular as fuel and energy costs rise ever higher.

STUDENTS ATTACK FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY

Here is the latest attempt by student activists to get their universities to sell their shares in the fossil fuel industry. In this case the students of Glasgow University have persuaded the Board to go along with it, and more universities are to follow, according to the article. But is this in the best interests of the fund? Surely the fund should have the best investments if the university is to balance its budget and keep the cost of tuition down. Maybe some more rational students ought to mount a challenge in the courts to reverse this?

SEA LEVEL RISE SLOWING DOWN SAYS NEW STUDY

This report looks at a recent study into sea level rise. Its findings show that the rate of rise is slowing down, which is the opposite of what climate alarmists keep saying. Here we see, once again, a situation where there is controversy and clearly no settled science. It just shows how difficult it is to measure the tiny changes in sea level which are being measured against the massive movements of the oceans due to currents, wind and other factors.

CARBON STORAGE AND CAPTURE - WORKING PLANT REVEALS THE HUGE COST

Here are the facts fully exposed by Richard North. I hope that this gets an airing in the MSM, as it is scary stuff. Surely our government would never allow this to happen in the UK, or the USA, Would they? 

MORE CLIMATE DATA FIDDLING IN AUSTRALIA

This piece explains what is happening. It looks as though the government weather agency, or Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is now under strong pressure to respond to the evidence that some very intrepid sceptic scientists have found. This story is worth watching.

See our earlier report here.

LIB DEM MINISTER, VINCE CABLE, ADMITS GREEN TAXES ARE HURTING INDUSTRY

This article relates comments made by the UK Minister for Business that higher green taxes in the UK are causing difficulties for energy intensive businesses, making them less competitive than other EU nations. Finally the government are getting the message, but will they act? 

WILD FIRES ARE NOT LINKED TO CO2 OR GLOBAL WARMING SAYS EXPERT

This article contains a lot of facts about large wild fires in the USA which categorically show that there is no link between the fires and CO2. Many of the biggest fires were in the past before CO2 levels had increased by much.

DRAX, BIOMASS AND CO2

Here is an interesting article on the value of changing from coal to wood chips as a fuel for the Drax power station in the UK. The quantities of fuel are staggering and the logistics also deserve a lot of thought. In the end is it worth it? The answer is - only because of the government subsidy.

"GREENHOUSE GASES" ARE BENEFICIAL TO OUR CLIMATE SAYS REPORT

This article makes a powerful case for CO2 and H2O being beneficial to climate and not a likely cause of global warming. It is a plea for us to look at the actual results as opposed to theoretical calculations. With such a complex thing as climate this is a very valid point.

MEDICAL JOURNAL SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE IS MORE URGENT THAN EBOLA

If you thought that the medical profession should focus on healing the sick, then you ought to read this article published by the BMJ (British Medical Journal). My reaction was to wonder why on earth the BMJ would be focusing its attention on the climate change debate instead of informing its members about the latest research into the world of medicine. When I visit a doctor I do not want to be lectured about global warming, but perhaps I am old-fashioned.

WHAT A WONDERFUL CLIMATE WE HAD IN THE PAST!

Here's another excellent post from Paul Homewood. He shows just how "wonderful" the climate used to be, in this case in China. He has looked at other examples in previous posts. His point is well made, there never has been a perfect climate. We simply have to accept the climate we have and learn to adapt to it.

ANTARCTIC ICE - RECORD HIGH CONTINUES

Here is a story that seems to have escaped the mainstream media. I have not seen it mentioned once on the TV news bulletins. I wonder why? Could it be that it might make the public ask a few awkward questions about the global warming narrative? Perhaps we will be told that it is caused by global warming, ah but there hasn't been any for 17 years someone might reply. "Oh, yes there has," an alarmist would reply. "Oh, no there hasn't," say the records!

REPORT ON THE LATEST CLIMATE SUMMIT

This report in the Telegraph by Christopher Booker shows that the nations of the world are still a very long way from agreeing about what to do to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In fact Booker seems doubtful that any useful agreement will be reached at all. It is the expected response in light of the fact that reducing CO2 by any meaningful amount would cause severe negative economic consequences, and no political leader really believes otherwise. When you add on the proposed wealth transfer from richer nations to poorer ones the consequences are simply nuts. Booker has summed it up very well.