THE TANGLED WORLD OF TIM YEO

Christopher Booker's column looks at yet further apparent conflicts between the MP's business interests and his role as chairman of the parliamentary climate change comittee. With all the publicity this has had it seems amazing that he is still in his post, though sadly the public are so fed up with climate change that he may get away with.

WHICH COMES FIRST WARMING OR CO2?

This is the climate science equivalent of the chicken and egg question. There is plenty of evidence from ice cores etc that over the long term the CO2 lags behind temperature by several hundred years, but what about the recent decades? Is it possible to discern any lag with such small increments? This piece on WUWT blog refers to a new paper which claims to do so, and it finds that CO2 still lags behind temperature. This should be a fatal blow to the man made global warming theory, but I don't expect the thing to die quickly, there's too much money and political capital tied up for that.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY ISN'T WORKING - SO WHAT'S NEXT?

This article in the German press looks at the fact that research has shown that increased efficiency does not lead to lower consumption, but rather results in greater use. It's a fascinating discovery, but also means that efficiency gains can never reduce CO2 emissions. If the alarmists accept this then the next logical step would, as the article suggests, be to introduce more direct taxes, and if that doesn't work we can expect cries for rationing. Welcome to the weird world of the green alarmists.

NEW EVIDENCE THAT WATER VAPOUR IS A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

This article gives the details of new research which provides clear evidence that far from amplifying warming, water vapour actually appears to provide a cooling effect on the climate. How much longer can the man made global warming theory last?

MANN v STEYN - POP-CORN TIME

That is the title of the latest post by James Delingpole, which shows him at his very best taunting the pompous alarmist climate scientist, Michael Mann. I do admire Delingpole for his swashbuckling style. It is also interesting to read the comments under the article (over 800 when I looked, and still counting).

ICE CORE DATA SHOWS ANTARCTIC PENINSULA WARMING NOT UNUSUAL

This report puts the recent warming of the anarctic peninsula in context with the past ten thousnd years by looking at the ice core records.

BOOKER REVEALS CORRUPTION AT THE HEART OF UK GOVERNMENT CLIMATE POLICY

The latest article from Christopher Booker makes very concerning (if not unexpected!) news.

LORD MONCKTON EXPLAINS WHY IGNORING GLOBAL WARMING IS THE RIGHT RESPONSE

In this short video clip Lord Monckton uses simple maths to show why we should not try to mitigate the global warming that is forecast by the IPCC. The logic is faultless, as you will see!

HOW FAST IS THE HIMALAYAN ICE REALLY MELTING?

The question in the title of this post is a very difficult one to answer as this article explains. Science is using high tech satellites, but has not yet found a foolproof way of interpreting the data. Where is the humility among scientists? Their problem (if they wish to support the alarmist position) is that any admission of a lack of certainty would lead to yet more scepticism. 

A REAL ENERGY POLICY IS NEEDED

This article looks at the current USA policies of subsidising green energy and compares it with the genuine free market alternatives of direct competition which have worked well in all sectors in the past.

THE ARCTIC ICE MELT SAGA CONTINUES

This piece on the excellent Climate Resistance Blog explains how the unpublished research came to get in the media and gave a dramatic story to millions without even being verified.

ECO-NUTS OPPOSE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

This article examines the behaviour of green groups towards new projects to develop thermal energy. Apparently even though one might expect greens to welcome this fossil fuel free alternative, they do not because it involves fracking. Having already dismissed nuclear, one is left wondering whether their real objective is to ensure the lights really do go out.

APOCALYPSE - NOT NOW!

Here is an interesting piece by Matt Ridley in which he goes through the many scares that have made the mainstream news over the past 50 years. Well worth reading.  

STEVE McINTYRE'S UK LECTURE

Here are some notes on the recent Lecture by the Canadian statistician and climate blogger Steve McIntyre organised in London by the GWPF. By the way regular visitors to the GWPF website will have noticed that it has been offline over recent days due to being hacked by some Islamist miltant group.

DONNA LAFRAMBOISE LECTURE ON THE IPCC

Here (at the end of the post) is a link to her lecture given recently in Melbourne where she highlights some of the finding in her recent book on the IPCC. It really opens up the severe shortcomings of that supposedly august organisation that has for so long dominated the world's debate on climate change.

GREAT Q & A SESSION ON HANSEN'S LATEST 'PROOF OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE'

This piece has a great Q and A with Marc Morano of climate Depot who rebutts the Hansen paper with simple clarity.

CONSULTATION OR BOX TICKING?

Here is a great piece from MEP Roger Helmer, who has consistently talked common sense on this issue. He recently left the Conservative Party and joined the UK Independence Party over disagreements over who should succeed him, as he was considering retiring. What a good job he did not do so, as he is sorely needed on this issue of building thousands of wind turbines to replace fossil fuel power stations.

INADEQUATE SATELLITE DATA USED TO START ARCTIC ICE SCARE

This article discusses the recent piece on the radio 4 Today programme in which a scientists was allowed to sound the alarm about Arctic ice "disappearing" due to global warming. It turns out his claim was based on data from a satellite less than 2 years old.

RARE BIRDS DESTROYED LEGALLY BY US WIND FARMS

This article how US wind farms are allowed to destroy hundreds of birds every year, while other companies are fined many thousands of pounds for unintentionally doing the same to far fewer.It seems that in a pathetic effort to "save the planet" they are in fact destroying some of its precious inhabitants.

HANSEN UNDERMINES GENUINE CLIMATE SCIENCE

This piece considers the publicity given to James Hansen's latest announcement that the USA is having considerable extreme weather compared to the recent past.

EU SPLIT ON ENERGY POLICY

This piece explains the position of Poland and others regarding the EU's Emission Trading Scheme and the proposed changes by the EU Commission which are opposed by Poland.

UK WIND ENERGY POLICY - IS IT STUPIDITY OR FRAUD?

Christopher Booker has again hi-lighted the nonsense of the UK energy policy - rather like lemmings leaping off a cliff in slow-motion.

CHINA'S SHALE GAS REVOLUTION

This article looks at China's attempts to extract it's vast shale gas reserves in order to keep pace with the USA. The EU should take note.

US JULY TEMPERATURES NOT A RECORD

This article by Roy Spencer looks at the temperature records of the last 100 years in the USA and puts the current high temperatures in context.

SOLAR SUBSIDIES A COSTLY WASTE OF TIME

This article gives an excellent argument against subsidies in general and for solar energy in particular.

PEAK OIL A LONG WAY OFF

This piece looks at how the alarmists have got it so wrong in their predictions of peak oil.

IS THE INDIAN DREAM UNRAVELLING?

This article reveals the problems the Indians have in trying to maintain their impressive growth based on fossil fuels. The recent power cuts demonstrate they still have along way to go.

NEW REPORT - WIND POWER EXPENSIVE AND WILL NOT SAVE MUCH CO2

This report has been submitted to a government inquiry into windfarms by the GWPF.

USA GAS RESERVES KEEP ON RISING

This article looks at the proven reserves in the USA. It gives the lie to those who say we are "running out of gas/oil".

UK ENERGY POLICY BACKS AWAY FROM THE ABYSS

As this article says there seems to be a battle not only in the UK, but also in the EU between the green puritans who demand that using fossil fuels is a sin and those who recognise that without them we will be left in the industrial slow lane. The USA is the role model on how to make use of home-produced fossil fuel, and the UK and the EU can see the sense of following suite. 

PROF JOHN CHRISTY TALKS SENSE TO US SENATE COMMITTEE

You can read it all here at WUWT. If only we had more scientists with the courage to emulate him here in the UK.

UK GOVERNMENT PLAN TO BREAK CLIMATE ACT

Christopher Booker explains how this has been announced in as obscure a fashion by the government. There has been no public admission, of course, but reality is slowly dawning even among the government.

LOVELOCK GOES MAD FOR SHALE GAS

James Lovelock, the father of environmentalism and inventor of the "Gaia Theory" seems to have reached some new conclusions regarding wind turbines, shale gas and nuclear power among others. Read this article gives the details. It was passed to me and although it was written in June, I think it is still worth a read.

AUSSIE POLITICIAN TALKS SENSE ON WIND FARMS

This article highlights some good news from Australia, where a politician has made an excellent speech on the negative aspects of wind farms. Let's hope that it starts catching on.

US GW MEASUREMENTS EXAGERRATED BY 100%

Read the paper here on WUWT Blog. This is a ground-breaking study using the latest understanding of surface temperature measurement. I predict it will not appear in our TV news bulletins which will continue to be filled with the Olympics.

TIM YEO MP MAY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

Overseas readers of this blog may at this point be asking who is Tim Yeo? He is the MP who chairs the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee and according to this article by James Delingpole he needs to declare a few interests that seem to be in conflict with his role.

BEING GREEN ISN'T ALWAYS AN EASY RIDE

This article in the Telegraph shows the pitfalls of relying on a battery-powered vehicle. In this case it was the mayor of Brighton, the only council in the country where the GreenParty has a share of power.

ALL SCIENTISTS RUN RISK OF BIAS

That is the gist of this article by the Scientific Alliance. A natural bias towards the hypothesese they have worked on leads to them ignoring things which don't support it.

UK TEMPERATURES FLATLINING FOR 300 YEARS

This piece looks in detail at the climate trends for the UK and despite the warmists dire warning of disruptive patterns emerging of heat waves, floods and drought, there is no such pattern in the actual record.  

UK GOVERNMENT SPLIT ON ENERGY POLICY

The UK Chancellor, George Osborne (Conservative), is at odds with the  Energy and Climate Minister, Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat), according to this article on the BBC website. More splits in the coalition government.

WHICH CAME FIRST, CO2 OR TEMPERATURE?

The answer to that question is to be found in this research which shows it to be temperature by a short head of a few hundred years at most. Yet you will still find a number of scientists claiming that CO2 drives temperature. 

SEA WATER MAY CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE

Here is a summary of a new research paper that looks at the way sea water can suddenly change its content, in particular levels of sulphates. It is an intriguing hypothesis and worthy of consideration.

WATER VAPOUR NOT INCREASING IN LINE WITH CO2

This article from the GWPF explains new findings that contradict predictions made by computer climate models that as CO2 increases they expected the small warming to be amplified by an increase in water vapour. Yet another climate computer prediction that seems to proved wrong.

THE QUIET SUN

This article looks at the new book, "the Quiet Sun" written by a former promoter of Green policies. It is interesting to see his views, even though the translation is a little imprecise.

HAVE SCIENTISTS EXAGGERATED 20TH CENTURY TEMPERATURE RISE?

This paper looks at the way temperature records have been manipulated by statisticians. They have come up with a finding that they believe the temperature rise over the 20th century has been exaggerated. Interesting stuff!

"SCRAP THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT" SAY THINK TANKS

This article looks at a new report from influential UK think tanks calling on the government to change course on its energy policy. Among the suggestions they make is a call to repeal the climate change act, or to suspend it, as its aim will have adverse effects on the UK economy.

NEW COLD WAR OVER SHALE GAS

This article looks at how Russia is joining with environmental groups to suppress the development of shale gas in Europe in order to keep its own gas sales up.

CUT CO2 OR THE CORAL GETS IT

This is the latest scare story emerging from a conference in Australia of so-called coral experts. This report explains why they are crying wolf.

SCIENTISTS BLAME GW FOR US HEATWAVE BUT CAN'T BACK IT UP

Here's the article with the transcript of the questions and answers. Seems a case of mixing weather and climate, which both sides of the debate have been guilty of doing.

CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE CLAIM SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE

This BBC report looks at the report from the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) and the claims which seem to be based on some computer calculations made in the USA. Below is an excellent letter to the members of the CCC by Rev Philip Foster

 Dear MP

 I note what your committee has released about future dangers of flooding and droughts ”due to man-made climate change• according to the BBC [this morning], who prefaced it with the usual ”scientists say•. This last remark is of course just lazy journalism. Which scientists? What are their real qualifications and expertise? Who is paying them?

 Prof. Richard Lindzen (Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate at MIT) states: That the promotion of alarm does not follow from the science, is clearly illustrated by the following example. According to any textbook on dynamic meteorology, one may reasonably conclude that in a warmer world, extratropical storminess and weather variability will actually decrease.

 The reasoning is as follows. Judging by historical climate change, changes are greater in high latitudes than in the tropics. Thus, in a warmer world, we would expect that the temperature difference between high and low latitudes would diminish. However, it is precisely this difference that gives rise to extratropical large-scale weather disturbances. Moreover, when in Boston on a winter day we experience unusual warmth, it is because the wind is blowing from the south. Similarly, when we experience unusual cold, it is generally because the wind is blowing from the north.

 The possible extent of these extremes is, not surprisingly, determined by how warm low latitudes are and how cold high latitudes are. Given that we expect that high latitudes will warm much more than low latitudes in a warmer climate, the difference is expected to diminish, leading to less variance. Nevertheless, we are told by advocates and the media that exactly the opposite is the case, and that, moreover, the models predict this (which, to their credit, they do not) and that the basic agreement discussed earlier signifies scientific agreement on this matter as well.

 Clearly more storms and greater extremes are regarded as more alarming than the opposite. Thus, the opposite of our current understanding is invoked in order to promote public concern. Clearly your 'scientists' don't understand meteorology, which, sadly, would make sense if they are from the Met Office. They are advocates for the alarm about CO2. As has been observed, it is hard to make someone understand something when their job depends on them not understanding it.

 Yours sincerely,

 Rev Philip Foster MA

RECENT PAST TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN WE REALISED

That is according to this report from the excellent GWPF. Again we find evidence that our current climate is not unprecedented and if CO2 wasn't responsible for past warmer periods, why should it be causing any present warming?

SAVE THE BALD EAGLE!

Wind turbines are the villains and this article explains what you should to in the USA to save them. This should cause green activists a few headaches.

THE POLITICAL PERILS OF LOW OIL PRICES

You might think that low oil prices would be good news all round, but not of course for those nations producing it, who apparently according to this article have got so used to the high price that they will struggle to cope if it continues to drop. My answer to them would be - Tough, get used to falling wealth like the rest of us".

LETTER TO NEW BBC DIRECTOR-GENERAL

Senior Conservative MP, John Redwood, has written an open letter to the newly appointed Director General of the BBC. It is very encouraging to see a senior MP who is prepared to publically stand up for those who take an alternative view of the climate change/global warming issue.

BOOKER - UKs MAD ENERGY POLICY

Christopher Booker's weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph. The piece on energy is at the end of the article on the EU.

CLOUDS COOL THE EARTH - NEW PAPER

This article looks at a new paper which claims to prove that increased cloud cover will cool the earth. It seems a logical conclusion that accords with everyone's experience in every day life, and yet the climate alarmists claim the opposite. A very upside down view in my opinion.

SOLAR ACTIVITY POINTS TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES

This paper looks at solar activity, which some scientists claim points to a repeat of the Maunder Minimum, when frost fairs were held on the Thames. The conclusion in the paper points to a more normal kind of temperature for the globe. Neither warming nor cooling.

THIS YEAR'S UK WEATHER COMPARED

So how does this year's weather compare with the past in the UK? This article gives us the Met Office records and compares. From what it says I conclude it's definitely wet, but not unique by any means - we have a wide range of weather, which is why we spend so much time talking about it!

THE TRUTH ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS

This post by Donna Laframboise looks at the truth about electric vehicles compared to the myths invented by those with green tinted glasses.

UK SHALE GAS RESERVES KEEP GROWING

This article gives an up to date look at where the UK shale gas story has reached. While things are looking very encouraging on the ground (or rather under it) the political resolve seems to be lagging somewhat behind.

WORLD AWASH WITH OIL

This article looks at the current situation. It looks as though peak oils is some while away/

RIO TALKS A TOTAL FAILURE

This article in the Toronto Sun looks at what has come out of the recent Rio+20 Climate Conference and concludes it is the dying phase of the recent obsession over global warming. Although I suspect they are right there is still a lot of damage being caused by the policies already enacted. This religion is going to take a long time to die.

IPCC PUBLISHES POLITICS DRESSED UP AS SCIENCE

This article gives an excellent insight into the workings of the IPCC. How much longer will the media and the politicians take it seriously? The following quote from the article neatly sums up the situation, "So it doesn’t matter if total waffle is produced by unheard of academics, on the instruction of Western NGOs and advocacy organisations… The next IPCC report will produce politically correct science, which must surely be nearly as good as ‘truth’. So will this let Greenpeace smuggle its agenda into AR5, on the basis of ‘positive discrimination’? We’ll have to wait and see."

FOSSIL FUEL TO LAST FOR CENTURIES

Roger Helmer's excellent blog post looks at the abundance of methane hydrates as a source of methane. It is a reality that no nation can ignore, and a much more realistic contribution than wind power. This blog also referred to this here

MET OFFICE COMPUTER MODELS ARE RUBBISH

Here is a reminder from the GWPF website just how way out the computer models of the Met Office are this year. No doubt they will tell us that weather and climate are different and they are rubbish at the former but brilliant at the latter. But why should we believe them?

RIO+20 - THE FUTURE WE DON'T WANT

This piece from the Telegraph looks at the agreement coming from the latest environmental conference of world governments being held in Cancun. It finds that the agreement is considered "weak" by the environmental lobby, which is good news for the rest of us, though clearly disappointing for our Deputy PM, Nick Clegg. He, of course, is the leader who promised students no tuition fees, and then went on to back much higher fees - so much for his word. So let us rejoice. For more on the talks go here

CALIFORNIA IN DESPERATE MEASURES

This article shows what has become of the Golden State as increasing bureaucracy and taxation, many of them to follow the green agenda, has whittled away its natural advantages of the pioneering spirit. It is now privatising its national parks which for the environmentalists must be the equivalent of selling the family silver.

THE PEER REVIEW SCANDAL

This article by Prof Bob Carter clearly and succinctly points out the weakness of the peer review process for scientific articles. It shows clearly that we should not regard peer review as some sort of gold standard.

US BANKS FORCED TO FOLLOW GREEN AGENDA

This article tells the story of how banks are being coerced by threats to abandon coal and fund green alternatives.

CHARITIES FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT AND THE EU

This article looks at the way the government lobbyists are actually charities funded largely by the government. It's all a massive merry-go-round using taxpayers money to fund those lobbying the government to do what it intends to do anyway.

WALK OUT AT CLIMATE TALKS

This report in the Guardian tells us that the Rio + 20 climate talks are even more disjointed than usual. No doubt in the end there will be some backroom stitch up that will leave us all worse off.

ANOTHER SCIENTIST SACKED FOR BEING A GW SCEPTIC

Below is an email I came by via another scientist. It reveals a sad and worrying train of events. I just thought readers should see it.

 ----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Gordon Fulks ...>
To:
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 6:01:33 PM
Subject: Oregon State University purges another skeptical faculty member

Hello Everyone,

In theory at least Oregon State University (OSU) seems to be a bastion of academic freedom, diversity, and tolerance.  A wide range of ideas are openly discussed.  The most viable rise to the top and the least viable fade away.  But it is all a fairy tale, because OSU operates under a politically correct regimen that dictates what is acceptable to say and what is not. Transgressors who dare to be different are eventually weeded out so that the campus maintains its ideological purity.

OSU is not yet as swift or efficient as the Soviet system when Joseph Stalin was trying to quash dissent among biologists who refused to go along with Trofim Lysenko.  If warnings to compromise their integrity were not followed, Stalin simply had biologists shot.  That quickly thinned the ranks of all biologists and persuaded the remaining ones to comply with Stalin's wishes.  Of course, it also destroyed Soviet biology, because Lysenko was pedaling nonsense.  And Russian biology has never recovered.

We learned over the weekend that chemist Nickolas Drapela, PhD has been summarily fired from his position as a "Senior Instructor" in the Department of Chemistry.  The department chairman Richard Carter told him that he was fired but would not provide any reason.  Subsequent attempts to extract a reason from the OSU administration have been stonewalled.  Drapela appears to have been highly competent and well-liked by his students.  Some have even taken up the fight to have him reinstated.

What could possibly have provoked the OSU administration to take precipitous action against one of their academics who has been on their staff for ten years, just bought a house in Corvallis, and has four young children (one with severe medical problems)?  Dr. Drapela is an outspoken critic of the theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming, the official religion of the State of Oregon, the Oregon Democratic Party, and Governor John Kitzhaber.

Five years ago, Oregon State Climatologist George Taylor went around quietly saying that he was not a believer.  Then Governor Ted Kulongoski and many faculty at OSU including Dr. Jane Lubchenco made life impossible for Taylor, and he retired.  (Lubchenco is now head of NOAA in the Obama administration.)  Under those currently in charge, OSU climate research has grown to be a huge business, reportedly $90 million per year with no real deliverables beyond solid academic support for climate hysteria.  A small army of researchers ponder the effects of Global Warming on all sorts of things from tube worms living along the Oregon Coast to butterflies inland.  When the climate refuses to warm (as it has for the last twenty years), they just study 'warming in reverse!'  Most of us call that "cooling," but they are very careful not to upset their Obama administration contract monitors with politically incorrect terminology.

Skeptics of Global Warming who oppose the OSU approach and oppose the politicians who make it all possible but do not work for OSU also find themselves attacked.  Dr. Art Robinson who is running against Peter DeFazio for an Oregon Congressional seat found three of his children under attack at OSU.  All were attempting to obtain advanced degrees in the Nuclear Engineering Department and were threatened with dismissal.  Because Robinson fought back, we understand that the OSU administration backed down.

As to the latest victim of political correctness at OSU, Dr. Nickolas Drapela gives us an excellent synopsis of what is going on:

"The fact of the matter is that it is now two weeks since I was fired and no one has had the cajones or the common courtesy to even tell me why.  I have spoken with the Dept. Chair (Rich Carter) who fired me, and he refused to tell me why.  I spoke to the Dean of Science (Vince Remcho) and he couldn't tell me why.  I spoke to HR who set up a meeting with me, then cancelled it an hour before.  Then I went to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (Becky Warner) and she sent me back to Rich Carter, the chemistry chair.

It's just a sad, sad state of affairs that an institution like OSU would fire a good employee for (ostensibly) no reason and then run around and hide from the person they fired.  I had stellar teaching evaluations, I won College of Science awards for teaching, and published textbooks.  My class sections were always full and I was well-liked by students (see ratemyprofessors.com).  I was doing my job very well.  But I guess I didn't march in step with their philosophies.

There were quite a few student protests over this at OSU (Barometer, Facebook, etc.) but to no avail.

I was given no severance and had no warning this was about to happen.  In fact, I was lured into the chair's office under the guise of a fallacious story before being fired.

As you know, I was probably the most visibly-outspoken critic of the Global Warming doctrine at OSU.  I gave several public talks on the topic and did research in the area which I regularly posted on the web.  I was also on a few talk radio shows in the area.  I think they finally just said, we can't have this.

Can it be that a university whose motto is "Open minds. Open doors" cannot abide even one faculty member who disagrees with their dogma?  I suppose I am too naive, but I'm still reeling from it.  Unbelievable.

I should say that they regularly read all my email communications, which is why I am writing from this private email address.  That has been going on for quite some time now.

As far as my options at this point, like I said I haven't even really grasped what has just happened.  I don't know what I'm going to do, or what options I have yet.  I'm sure OSU wants their story to be tight and perfectly identical among all administration before coming out with an official reason why I was fired, hence the long wait and refusal to speak to me.

I truly thank you for your concern, and I hope there is some recourse, even just for the sake of exposing what is happening at OSU."

In a separate e-mail Drapela went on to say:

"Thanks so much for your support and your concern.  That's really nice.  My students were all really upset about it.  They started an email writing campaign to have me re-hired but I guess no one cares what they think.

I find that the people who want to keep things secret all the time are usually the people that have something to hide.  It is certainly ok by me for you to disseminate this story.  But I'm sure OSU would be horrified.

I'm not sure how I will support my family at this point.  We just bought a house in Corvallis.  I have four kids, one of whom has a rare, blood disorder and requires regular trips to Doernbecher's Children's Hospital for treatment.  Now we will be without health insurance."

We can only speculate as to how the decision to fire Drapela was made.  Unlike the decision to force Taylor out (which came from the governor's office), this decision was likely internal to OSU with the implicit backing of Governor Kitzhaber and NOAA administrator Lubchenco.  I would suspect that Dr. Phil Mote (Director of their Climate Change Research Institute) had a hand in the decision, because he has previously been highly intolerant of those who oppose his ideas and could potentially threaten his business empire.

Please join with me in supporting Nick Drapela.  Please join with me in supporting objective science, as well as academic freedom, diversity, and tolerance.  The issues here go far beyond just Global Warming and strike at the very heart of who we are as scientists and Americans.

Gordon J. Fulks, PhD (Physics)
Corbett, Oregon USA

P.S. Please circulate this e-mail far and wide.  The world needs to know what is going on here.

RIO CLIMATE TALKS - MAD DEMANDS COULD IMPOVERISH THE WEST

This report contains the details of what is at stake in the Rio + 20 talks. Most commentators predict deadlock, which is not surprising, given what is at stake.

UNFCC WANTS IMMUNITY FOR ITS ACTIONS

This report gives the details of how the United Nations Framework on Climate Change is trying to get immunity for its actions. This hardly seems the behaviour of a body that believes its activity is beyond reproach. On the contrary it knows that a lot of its activity is underhand if not reprehensible.

RATIONAL DEBATE ON GW BY BOTH SIDES

Here is an interesting exchange on the causes of global warming which is well worth reading for the wide use of links as well as being carried out in a measured and reasonable tone as befits any serious scientific discussion. It is also done in a way that is easy to follow by those not immersed in the minutiae of climate science.

WIND POWER - AN EXPENSIVE FAILING POLICY

This report from the GWPF takes a close look at wind farms and concludes that they will not reduce carbon emissions and they are very expensive, while damaging the environment and not delivering sufficient electricity.

GLOBAL TEMP ROSE FASTER IN THE PAST

Here is a very interesting post by Roger Helmer MEP who rebuts the words of a prominent climate alarmist by quoting peer-reviewed science showing that earth's surface temperature rose much faster 12,000 years ago than it is today, which puts a very different complexion on our current climate. We must not allow alarmists to get away with their doom-laden pronouncements.

NEW PAPER - PAST CLIMATE WARMER WITH LOWER CO2

This article looks at the new paper which appears to show that ten million years ago temperatures were warmer than today and yet CO2 levels were lower. Clearly this indicates that other factors must have warmed the planet.

CHINESE WINTERS WARMED 3x AS FAST AS GLOBAL AVERAGE

This article looks at the new paper and its findings. What it shows is that the climate is behaving differently in different places, so talking about global average temperatures is fairly meaningless in the context of what is happening in a particular place at a particular time.

DISLIKE WINDFARMS - BBC THINKS YOU ARE A MAD DENIER

This article in the Mail highlights a piece on the BBC's current affairs radio4 programme "Today" in which a county council leader was given a very rough ride for saying that his county, Lincolnshire had enough wind farms and would make it tougher for more to be built. The article points out the BBC bias in favour of wind farms, and of course man made global warming.

SCIENTISTS FORCED TO BE TRANSPARENT BY COURT

This article by a scientist looks at the case in which BP is asking for full disclosure of scientists working for the US government measuring oil flows from the Deepwater Horizon spillage. The same reasoning applies to government research into global warming.

UN ADVOCATES GREEN POVERTY

This article by Bjorn Lomborg looks at the real priorities for the third world, and why the UN's alternative to growth will not deliver.

GREENLAND GLACIERS RETREAT IN 1930'S

Old photographs have been discovered which show that Greenland's glaciers were retreating faster in the 1930's than they are today. See here

for the article. It seems nothing happening now is without a precedent.

UK LOOK BOTH WAYS ON CLIMATE

This article from the Guardian has found evidence that the UK government is trying to water down EU policies on reducing CO2 emissions while claiming the opposite in public. At least they seem to be showing common sense in private, but why do they not have the courage to acknowledge it in public. Presumably because they believe there are more votes in being "green". They should look to Canada as an example.

MORE SCIENCE TRAINING MAKES YOU A CLIMATE SCEPTIC

This is according to a new report - see here. The article reveals that the people carrying out the research did not expect to come to this conclusion, but having done so they then, hilariously, try to find ways of overcoming this "incorrect" answer. You could not make this up!

UK POLITICIAN SPEAKS OUT ON CLIMATE POLICY

It is very unusual for any prominent UK politician to speak out against the alarmist position on climate change and so I am delighted to bring to readers attention this speech to the Heartlands Institute Climate Conference in Chicago a few days ago by MEP Roger Helmer. His message is clear and well reasoned and covers both the climate issue and the euro issue, before his speech there is a brief look at the small band of protestors outside the conference which shows them to be a motley crew.

UK VILLAGE WINS LANDMARK WIND FARM VICTORY

This report in the Daily Mail gives the details of a landmark court victory in which a judge ruled that local landscape was more important than government renewable energy targets. At last common sense is starting to come through.

CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREMISTS ARRESTED FOR DISRUPTING COAL TRAINS

This report explains how about a dozen extremist protestors, including a university lecturer and IPCC author were arrested in Canada for disrupting coal supplies.

UK SHALE GAS ESTIMATES HIGHER THAN THOUGHT

This article explains that a British Geological Survey (BGS) report due to come out later in the year will give a much higher figure for the reserves of shale gas in the UK. This again begs the question of why a recent government briefing did not invite the BGS to give their expert opinion. Surely it could not be that the government is looking for an excuse not to exploit the UK reserves of a cheap and reliable source of energy?

CAUGHT OUT FIDDLING THE DATA

This article gives the clearest description of the cherry-picking of tree-ring data by a leading climate scientist in the notorious Hockey-Stick temperature graph. This article exposes yet again the feebleness of the Inquiries into the ramifications of the exposed emails of the leading climate scientists, as the inquiries were supposed to look into any wrong-doing exposed by the emails. It is interesting to compare the current Leveson Inquiry into press behaviour and phone-hacking with the Inquiries into the leaked climate emails; the former is a robust and thorough examination given ample coverage in the news night after night, whereas the latter was a white-wash given minimal coverage.

WILL OBAMA GET BURNT BY HIS WAR ON COAL?

This article looks at the pain being felt in parts of the USA by the closure of coal-fired power stations as a result of Obama's war on CO2 emissions conducted through the EPA (environmental protection agency).

UK ENERGY POLICY IS SIMPLY A GESTURE

This article by Simon Jenkins in his Guardian blog comes to that conclusion and he is quite right. It is the same conclusion as that reached by New Forest District Council when they debated the matter last October.

THE HERETIC CREATES A STIR

The Heretic is a play about a climate scientists who is sceptical about the global warming claims of alarmist scientists. It is currently being put on by a Melbourne theatre company and seems to be causing quite a stir, as can be seen from this review. An alarmist scientist has followed up by writing to the theatre director as follows. With all this publicity the play is almost assured of success.

NEW REPORT SAYS ELECTRICITY PRICES SET TO RISE BY 25% BY 2020

This article looks at the details of this new analysis of the government's own figures, and whereas the government claim that prices will fall, the new report suggests a 25% rise to pay for all the subsidies to wind farms and other renewables.

IS UK GOVERNMENT GOING COLD ON SHALE GAS?

This article in the Independent suggests that the UK shale gas reserves are not as extensive as first thought and the cheap gas boost hoped for may not emerge. This seems a bit strange as it contrasts sharply with the original press reports of massive reserves. I understand this report emerged from a seminar given to the Prime Minister and others to which Cuadrilla, the firm doing the actual drilling was not invited. How odd!

OZ CLIMATE TEMP INCREASE NOT REGULAR

This paper gives an alternative way of interpreting the data that shows that the increase in surface temperature was not as regular as the government scientists have tried to make out. What this paper shows is that much of the increase occurred as a step change between 1976 and 1981. Of course such an irregular change does not fit well with CO2 being the main cause as CO2 is shown to be increasing in a very regular way.

WIKILEAKS - UN CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMMES A FRAUD

This article tells us that wikileaks documents reveal that the Clean Development Mechanism looks like fraud. This will be no surprise to those who have followed the carbon trading regime in the EU.

UK CLIMATE COMMITTEE WANTS COUNCILS TO BE ORDERED TO CUT EMISSIONS

This Guardian article gives the details. It seems that the UK Government's Committee on Climate Change thinks that issuing orders is the way forward, but they seem to forget that we still live in a democracy (just!) and so the voters will have the final say, and most either regard climate change as a very low priority, or they regard it as nothing more than an expensive hoax; that number is growing by the day as they uncover yet more increases to their cost of living.

MERKEL SACKS CLIMATE MINISTER

This article explains why he had to go. He had the impossible task of de-carbonising the German energy sector while de-commissioning all the nuclear power stations and keeping prices affordable.

HOW THE CANADIAN PM NEUTRALISED THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE

There is a lesson here for other political leaders. We all know that politics is a dark art and, unfortunately, this means politicians making promises that they have no intention of fulfilling.

THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE

This article explains where methane hydrates are found in abundance - sufficient for thousands of years. So don't let anyone get away with saying that carbon-based fuels are a thing of the past, or about to run out. Once we have faced up to the fact that the global warming hypothesis is wrong we can look forward to abundant energy for the foreseeable future.

NEW HYPOTHESIS ON GLOBAL WARMING

Here it is, and this one looks at the role of ozone and the sun. It fits the temperature record very well and seems better able to predict the current lack of rise in temperature.

UK'S GREEN DEAL FAILING SAYS NEW REPORT

This BBC report explains that the UK Government's flagship policy to improve the insulation of homes is likely to fail. It is also very expensive and as the costs are added to electricity bills it will drive even more poorer people into fuel poverty.

US TO POWER AHEAD ON CHEAPER ELECTRICITY AS EU FACES BLACKOUTS

This article looks at the US policy on power plants compared with those in Canada and Europe and sees US energy prices falling while the rest are set to rise while at the same time the energy supplies are set to become more unreliable due to over-reliance on the vagaries of the wind.

GOVERNMENT AND EU POLICY IS TO KEEP US SHORT OF WATER

Christopher Booker explains in his latest Sunday Telegraph column what is going on. Clearly the government are not doing the common sense thing and collecting more water to save for when rainfall is reduced. They would rather spend £18 billion a year to "combat climate change". The trouble is that Labour is just as daft, leaving us with no choice in the matter.

WHO HAS MADE THE BEST PREDICTIONS ABOUT CLIMATE?

This article gives a comparison of a number of scientists and compares them with the IPCC and James Hansen.

GREEN CHARITY WAR WITH CANADIAN GOVERNMENT

This article highlights the Canadian government's battle with wealthy green charities. The charities are accused of "laundering their funds" and the government are determined to examine their funding. 

UK ENVIRONMENT AGENCY SUPPORTS FRACKING

This BBC Report confirms that the UK Environment Agency chairman, Lord Smith, is supportive of the new controversial gas extraction process. However the report mentions that he believes rather onerous conditions should be imposed, including carbon capture and storage in gas power stations. This is an unproven and costly process which would make big cost increases on energy from gas.

LITTLE ICE AGE WAS WORLD-WIDE EVENT

A new paper shows that the little ice age was not confined to Europe, as many alarmists asserted. This report looks at the evidence which confirms that our climate can change independently of CO2 levels. More proof that CO2 does not control our climate.

UK ENERGY BILL TO PUSH PRICES EVEN HIGHER

This article in the Telegraph looks at the damaging policy on energy still being pursued by the UK government unveiled in today's Queen's Speech. This seems at odds with the main aim of the government which is to stimulate economic growth. With this energy policy it is going to be much harder.

TREES USED FOR PROPAGANDA

This has been going on for many years as this article from 2009 shows. The latest revelations are just published here on WUWT blog. The detail of the treatment of the data from these trees is rather a specialised area, but that should not distract from the important conclusion, which is that some high-profile climate scientists have manipulated and cherry-picked data to reach a pre-determined result, and that is the opposite of true science.

WWF HAS LOST ITS WAY - BOOKER

This piece by Christopher Booker looks at the way the WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature) is run and the policies it pursues. It has certainly moved along way from its original purpose - caring for endangered species.

GREENLAND GLACIERS MELTING SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT

This piece looks at the latest research into the melting of Greenland's glaciers and the finding that they are not melting as fast as predicted.

THE REAL REASON FOR THE WATER SHORTAGE

Here in the south east of England we are facing a water shortage, despite having the wettest April for many years. The reason we are told is because we have experienced drier than normal weather over the past couple of years. Even if the overall rainfall has been a little below average, it has been well within the variation that has been experienced over tha past 50 years. The real reason is not the mythical "climate change", but much more to do with a massive increase in our use of water due partly to the widespread increase in things like power-showers and pressure jet washers, but also to a large increase in the number of households fuelled by immigration and family breakdown. This article on EU Referendum blog looks at the failure of governments to get to grips with the problem. 

OCEAN HEAT - NEW PAPER

This piece from David Whitehouse of GWPF looks at a new paper on ocean heat content and compares it with earlier information. It says that we are still unable to show whether or not the oceans are warming any faster as there is no reliable data from before about 1950. An interesting piece and well worth reading.

CENSORED SCIENCE

This article looks at a number of interesting new developments in climate science that have not been prominent in the mainstream media. It seems that either there is a conspiracy to keep the sceptic global warming news out or the press just do not think these items are worth reporting.

WIND FARMS CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING SAYS STUDY

According to this article wind farms are responsible for global warming. The study claims that the surface beneath the turbines is warmer due to the blades stirring up the atmosphere. It seems daft to me as they seem to ignore the fact that the heat has not been gained but merely moved from the surface to the atmosphere. No extra heat has been produced.

CARBON CAPTURE ON THE CHEAP?

Here is an interesting piece on the UK government's carbon capture plans. Readers may recall that the UK government has offered a billion pounds to companies to set up a pilot power plant which is able to capture and store all the CO2 it produces. So far none has been built, and yet as the article says, the government is going to give £60 million to developing nations for them to do this same thing. How very strange.

THE COMING AGE OF NEAR INFINITE RESOURCES

This article looks at the future supply of minerals from space. I doubt that such a venture to mine asteroids is going to be feasible today, but I would not bet against it being so at some point. What it does indicate is that the doom merchants are almost certainly wrong; as minerals become scarce the price increases and new sources of supply become viable. This is how the free market operates.

ROYAL SOCIETY REPORT ON FUTURE GROWTH

This article by the excellent Scientific Alliance looks at the report by the Royal Society on the way the world population must change if human society is to survive. It is a very lengthy report and makes difficult and at times  inconsistent reading.

US TRUCKERS TURNING TO SHALE GAS

This article explains how the economic advantage of shale gas is so compelling that it is making inroads into US transport. No subsidy required as prices are being driven down - that is how capitalism works. Take note European governments!

IS OUR CLIMATE CONTROLLED BY SUPERNOVAE?

Here is a new hypothesis linking the Earth's climate with the timings of nearby supernovae. The paper by Henrik Svensmark has just been published and seems certain to cause much controversy. Like Darwin's Theory of Evolution it is impossible to prove, yet it seems to fit the known facts.

WARM MARCH NOT CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING

This article by Roy Spencer explains that the warmer than usual weather in March experienced both in the USA as well as the UK was simply that - "weather", as opposed to climate change.

GERMANS TO BUILD NEW COAL & GAS FIRED POWER STATIONS

This report gives details of many new coal fired and gas fired power stations being built in Germany to replace the Nuclear stations that are being closed early as a result of the Japanese tsunami scare. The German greens seem more frightened of nuclear accidents than they are of climate change.

ODD BEHAVIOUR OF THE SUN

Here is a look at the behaviour of the sun which some solar scientists are predicting may lead to a significant drop in global temperatures.

PURE PROPAGANDA WITH MENACE

Here is an article from the well known Forbes magazine that was passed on to me as an example of the kind of vicious propaganda that is out there. I would not normally read such garbage through to the end, but occasionally it is useful to see if there is any merit in the opposing view, and having read it, it is clear there is not one piece of scientific information in the whole article, not a shred, and yet the author suggests that those with a different view should be persecuted. 

UN AIMS REVEALED IN LATEST REPORT

I suppose many of us are already aware that the agenda behind the climate change front are much more far-reaching than simply reducing CO2 emissions and every now and then the truth is revealed, though curiously it never seems to make headlines in the mainstream news. In fact the true agenda is so far-fetched that it seems completely unbelievable, which is very convenient. However here is an article with links to the actual UN report which seems to make it absolutely clear. Whether the world's governments will sign up to it is not clear, though if they did I doubt if they would admit to it to their people. What tends to happen is that these sort of proposals are brought in by stealth bit by bit in the hope that people will not notice - which is what is happening now with stealth taxes on CO2 and "green" energy subsidies.

WHY YOU CANNOT TRUST THE IPCC

Here is a very good piece from the excellent Climatelessons blog. Evidence discrediting the IPCC is now becoming more and more convincing as it stacks higher.

BOOKER HIGHLIGHTS ALARMIST PROPAGANDA IN NATURE

"Nature" the scientific journal, that is. Here is the link to the piece in the Telegraph. Booker is one of the few journalists to reach a wider public with the truth on this on a regular basis.

SEA LEVEL SATELLITE DATA CORRUPTION

Here is the article which looks at the way the satellite data has been manipulated resulting in a completely different conclusion to that of the original data.

PROF. LINDZEN REPLIES TO CRITICS

Here is the full reply by Professor Richard Lindzen to criticism of his recent lecture at the House of Commons - see the top of the side bar for the lecture itself.

BERING SEA ICE AT ALL TIME RECORD HIGH

This article gives the details of what is seen of the ice in the Bering Sea, which is completely opposite to the alarmist predictions of organisations like Greenpeace.

GREEN DEAL - A BAD DEAL?

This article from Conservative Home looks at the government's Green Deal and finds it full of problems. Here is an extract: "Liberal-controlled Sutton Council, in Surrey, was provided with generous government funding to carry out a trial scheme. Of the 400 householders applying to take part in the project, only 67 finally went ahead; the average spend per home was £13,000. Home owners who opted to pay back their loans in 10 years found that their repayments actually exceeded their prospective cut in energy bills by some £256 a year – so their notional energy savings were completely wiped out. This was despite the fact that, to encourage take up, Sutton Council provided 40% of the cost of the works through a non-repayable grant, and made the rest available on an interest free loan." It looks as though the average voter may feel a bit fed up when he discovers how much coercion the government is now about to use on him/her.

ASTRONAUTS AND SCIENTISTS ACCUSE NASA OF UNSCIENTIFIC BIAS

Here is an article detailing this. It clearly shows once again that the global warming science is far from settled. NASA's James Hansen has played a big part in the advocacy of global warming alarmism.

MORE REGULATION TO FORCE US TO GO GREEN

It was always obvious that there was no way that the public would implement all the requirements to our homes that the government would need in order to meet its pledge to reduce the nations CO2 emissions by the target it had set. In fact it is pretty clear that there is no way it can meet its target at all. The whole project is doomed from the start, but that isn't going to stop them from introducing some increasingly draconian measures to try to force compliance as Christopher booker points out. At what point will the public start to realise that they are being fleeced by all the red-tape, all to achieve no measurable gain. See Tuesday's post here

See Ann Widdecombe's View in the Daily Express. Remember when she was an MP she was one of only five to vote against the Climate Change Bill.

CLIMATE RECORDS IN STALACTITES

Here is an interesting piece showing how a scientist has found a way of extracting past climate data from stalactites and stalagmites. He claims the results show that natural variability of the climate has been much larger than claimed by the IPCC and the hockey-stick scientists.

UK GOVERNMENT PLANS TO FORCE HOUSEHOLDERS TO GO GREEN

This article in the Mail gives a snapshot of the government's plan to compel householders to carry out insulation work to the latest standards in order to be able to carry out any improvements to the property, even replacing a boiler! (Even though a new boiler itself would save energy) These plans are apparently out for consultation, so let's hope that common sense will prevail, otherwise a whole new black market will be created.

TAMPERING WITH THE TEMPERATURE RECORD

This article demonstrates how just a few small alterations can make a big difference to the look of a graphic representation of the temperature anomaly record. The point is that the anomalies are so small to begin with. Scientists who have so publicly proclaimed that we are facing alarming temperature rises seem to be up to any trick to prove that their claims are justified. They must be held to account for making these alterations to the record, and not allowed to get away with it.

WORLD'S BIGGEST WIND FARM PROPOSED FOR UK SOUTH COAST

Here is the report in the Telegraph, complete with the astonishing subsidy figures.This proposal is right in my back-yard. I'm sure the full cost of these wind farms is not being given to the public, but the eye-watering cost of the subsidy is real enough and we will all be paying for it in higher energy bills whether we like the look of it or not.

PATIENT TOLD TO FIND NEW DOCTOR TO REDUCE HER CARBON FOOTPRINT

Here is the article on the Telegraph. It sounds as though the GPs were using this as an excuse to get rid of a patient, but it just shows how climate alarmism can be used as an easy excuse. No doubt the doctors thought that this was legitimate enough not to cause a challenge. By the look of the comments on it they have misjudged the public mood.

COURSES FOR ECO POETS

This article looks at new courses for children to make up "eco poetry" and for older students to take up writing about climate to distribute the message about the dangers of climate change. It all points to an insidious infiltration into mainstream education of this climate propaganda.

DAY OF RECKONING DRAWS NEAR FOR IPCC

This post looks at the predictions made in the 2007 IPCC Report which used data available up to 2005, and compared these with the actual data available to date. The result shows that the predictions are not being met. How long can the IPCC maintain credibility in the face of its predictions proving to be so inaccurate.

AN UPDATED GREENHOUSE THEORY

This short paper looks at the current greenhouse theory with some perceived shortcomings which the author claims to have overcome. This is a readable paper and at only 8 pages is an interesting idea.

SHALE GAS - DESTINATION UK

This article looks at the extent of shale gas throughout the UK. It looks as though our good fortune could save our industry and might save our countryside from even more wind farms.

EU STICKING TO AVIATION EMISSIONS POLICY

This report gives the details of EU leaders' thinking on their proposed policy of charging all airlines for their emissions when landing at EU airports. It will be ineresting to see what, if any, action is taken by foreign governments.

AUSSIES STEP BACK FROM CLIMATE BRINK

This article from the excellent Jo Nova, shows the change taking place in Australian politics with big implications for climate policy. When one major player changes its stance others will start to re-visit the issue. The whole climate change issue is beginning to unravel.

CHIEF SCIENTIST WANTED

See here for the advertisement. You have until the end of April to get your application in. I suspect a strong belief in climate alarmism may be required, so sceptics should keep their scepticism to themselves.

EXTREME EVENTS NOT INCREASING

See this article explains that alarmist reports that extreme weather events are on the increase and that this is caused by global warming due to increased CO2 are simply incorrect. There is no discernible increase in these events. (Even if this could be shown to be true, the "global warming so far has been very small, and there is no clear link to CO2)

MIXED MESSAGES ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE

This piece from the excellent Scientific Alliance spells out the problems faced by the UK and EU policies of CO2 emissions reduction while the rest of the world carries on regardless.

EU AVIATION EMISSIONS SCHEME CAUSING TROUBLE

This article in the UK Telegraph highlights the growing opposition to the EU's aviation emissions reduction scheme. Now India has joined China, Russia and the USA in rejecting to take part. It looks as though there is going to be a trade war unless the EU backs down.

"CO2 THE EARTH'S SUPER COOLANT"- NASA

Yes you did read that correctly, CO2 is one of Earth's super coolants which prevents heat pulses from solar ejections from penetrating the atmosphere.

Here is the NASA article which explains it.

AUSSIE STATE ELECTIONS - CARBON TAX PARTY ROUTED

Voters do not like politicians who tell blatant lies, and it looks as though the voters of Queensland have gained revenge by kicking out the ruling Labor Party by a landslide. Read all about it on Jo Nova. Things not looking too good for PM, Julia Gillard's party at the next general election.

EPA LOSES LANDMARK CASE

This article shows that sometimes we little people can take on the over-mighty bureaucracy of the state and win. Congratulations to them.

THE FUTILITY OF CARBON TAXES

Here is another good article in the UK Daily Mail which shows the futility and huge cost of imposing emission taxes on CO2. Of course governments like them as they are massive revenue raisers. Only people power will stop them through the ballot box.

WORLD FUEL SUPPLIES - THE FUTURE

This article by a leading expert paints a rosy picture; on the other hand this article by another expert is rather pessimistic. Just another example of the problem of deciding who to believe. You choose.

THE FATE OF SUBSIDISED WIND FARMS

This article in the Mail shows the fate of subsidised wind farms when the subsidies run out. In the end you can't buck the market. I hope PM, David Cameron is watching.

CLIMATE ESSAY COMPETITION

For a chance to win a cash prize of £8,500 you can enter this competition to write an essay of between 1000 and 2000 words to debunk some environmental alarmist nonsense. The link gives you the details, and good luck.

CLIMATE LESSON FROM CALIFORNIA

This article is from a Californian businessman who expects their climate change legislation to lead to an exodus of businesses from the state which is currently going through an economic downturn. The same problem exists here in theUK.

NUCLEAR - GOOD OR BAD?

 

The arguments are reviewed in this article from the excellent Scientific Alliance. Clearly there are some who are against nuclear power on ideological grounds, whatever the logical case may say.

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

This article looks at the predictions of climate models since 1990 and the comparison of those predictions with the real data. It makes very interesting reading.

MORE BIG BROTHER POLICIES FROM GREEN PROFESSOR

Here is an interesting post at Haunting the Library blog. In fact its the first post on there since last June - so welcome back! What it highlights is the sheer authoritarian approach of those on the "green left", such as environmental professors. This one wants to control population and the freedom of people to enjoy a lifestyle of their own choice. It is people like this who, if they ever exercised power, would condemn us all to a third world existence - so watch out! 

BIG BROTHER GETS A STEP CLOSER

Here is an article which should disturb all those who cherish our freedom to speak or write our thoughts. Much of the article relates to Australia which many people see as a relaxed place where people's freedom is secure. The plain fact is that authoritarianism is only a short step away. In fact when I read that the Australian press inquiry report suggests controlling any website with more than 41 hits per day, I realised that this blog is under threat as it gets around 200, which is tiny in comparison to the big boys which get many thousands. It seems unbelievable that they could even think of controlling the internet in this way. I doubt whether they would succeed, though even suggesting it is worrying for the future of free speech.

THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE

Here is an excellent article looking at politics of climate change and how the big corporations line up with government and the media. Despite the shaky science it is hard to overturn this massive group, though the cracks are emerging.

CANADIAN SENATOR TALKS COMMON SENSE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

This ought to be a normal state of affairs, but such is the grip of climate change orthodoxy that it is a very rare event indeed for a member of any state parliament to speak about the subject in a sensible practical manner; but that is what happened in the Canadian Senate, as can be seen here Surely any rational person can only applaud the senator for having the courage to make such a speech. Let's hope that others will be prepared to follow her example and speak out.

CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR CARBON PRICE TO BE SCRAPPED

This article shows how the Consumers Association is now calling on the government to scrap its policy of having a "floor price" for carbon which will drive energy prices even higher.

TREES NOT FOLLOWING COMPUTER MODEL PREDICTIONS

Here is an article which shows that predictions of advancing tree lines towards the Arctic are not progressing as suggested by climate computer models. In fact the advance is far slower and in some places it is not happening at all.Yet another examples of models exaggerating the true picture.

SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY HAVE BEEN STATIC SINCE 1856

According to this paper the errors in producing the figures for the world temperature anomaly are bigger than the anomaly itself. In other words the figures are meaningless. Now tell that to a climate alarmist and when he says "rubbish" point him to the scientific study at the above link. He won't like it, but he will find it hard to ignore it.

PACIFIC ISLANDS PLAN EVACUATION

You have to congratulate the rulers of Pacific island states on their far-sightedness. Here is a good example. Even though the scientific evidence shows that they have so far been unaffected by sea level rise, these island rulers are preparing to evacuate their citizens. Is this yet more hype in order to increase aid? Anything is possible in this new world of hyperbole!

THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF WIND?

The above title is that of an article by Matt Ridley which highlights the dilemma facing the UK government which has already committed huge amounts of money to the wind farms, and even if they have now seen the error of their ways will find it difficult to extricate itself from committing even more. No government likes to reverse policy for obvious reasons.

CLOSE SCRUTINY OF GHG THEORY

Climate alarm is based on the hypothesis of global warming which relies on greenhouse gas theory. This article examines in detail the science of greenhouse gases (GHG). The scientists examining this came to the conclusion that GHG theory does not make scientific sense. this is a controversial conclusion. What this shows, is that, at the very least, the science is definitely not settled.

AUSSIE DEVELOPER TO SUE OVER SEA LEVEL SCARE-MONGERING

This article from the Australian media explains how a property developer is getting together a 'class action' to sue the local council over its new restrictive rules about building on the coast which are preventing development and putting a blight on coastal property.

CLIMATE WAR - IS IT REALLY ALL OVER FOR ALARMISTS?

According to this piece the writer is saying yes (though using quite a few eloquent words to do so). I personally think this monster is one that will need to be killed several times before it finally lies down.

COSMIC RAYS AND CLIMATE - LATEST RESEARCH

Here is the latest news about research into the effect of cosmic rays on the earth's climate. It is a very interesting new branch of science, showing just how much we have still to learn about the subject, which is just what climate alarmists don't want you to hear. It just shows how meaningless the terms settled consensus are.

CANADIAN UNIVERSITY CLIMATE COURSE "EXPOSED" FOR SCEPTIC LINK

Climate activists have tried to expose a canadian climate course for not adhering to the alarmist viewpoint. This is reported here at WUWT. When reading this report you cannot fail to be struck by the hopeless one-sidedness of the alarmist as opposed to the logical openness of the course provider, Tom Harris. I think that these activists actually do their cause a disservice by showing themselves up as so completely biased. See what you think.

CLIMATE PROPAGANDA IN SCHOOLS - LATEST

This piece in the GWPF highlights a play touring schools in Yorkshire pushing the alarmist message. It is this kind of 'drip feed' that can be very effective at getting a message home, which is exactly why it is so wrong to allow it for unproven and controversial matters like man-made climate alarmism. Well done to MP Philip Davies for trying to do something to stop it.

THE FUNDING IMBALANCE

This piece on the excellent EuReferendum blog highlights the quite vast amounts of money that are being used to to further climate alarmist propaganda. They say that money talks - well it certainly can talk a lot better with these sorts of sums!

EXPERIMENT TO SHOW IF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT WORKS

Here is a link to the details. I recommend the PDF as the phtographs are included and give a much clearer account. This is a most interesting experiment that replicates one first carried out in 1909. So, if you think you know how a real greenhouse works, then have a look, you maye be surprised.

HAS IPCC OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS?

For many people the answer has to be "yes", but this is one of many questions put to the high profile climate scientist Judith Curry in this interview. Judith is an authoritative voice who has won many friends for her even-handed approach, so her interview is well worth reading.

MORE ON PROF LINDZEN

This article gives more on the House of Commons seminar with Prof. Richard Lindzen. The comments at the end are also quite revealing. For those who would like to view the entire lecture Here is the link, which is also on the side bar.

THE DECLINE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY

This booklet by Andrew Montford, published by the GWPF gives an in depth account of the transformation of the Royal Society from being a highly respected Scientific Body to its present status as a political campaigning organisation for the climate change bandwagon.

UK GIVES AROUND £1.5 BILLION IN "CLIMATE AID"

Christopher Booker in today's column in the Sunday Telegraph highlights the huge sum being spent by the government in its "overseas aid" programme to help to "fight climate change". No longer does the government regard aid as a means of alleviating poverty and disease, as you will see when you read the article. This is apart from the money given directly to fight climate change. As Booker says, the UK government seems strangely obsessed with this objective, despite its enormous national debt and a flat-lining economy.

BRITISH GAS BLAMES GREEN TAXES FOR PRICE RISE

British Gas has come out publicly and blamed the government's green taxes for the steep increase in gas and electricity bills according to this report in the Sun newspaper. They join a growing band of prominent businesses and organisations to question the government's green energy policy. The consensus seems to be shifting away from renewables at any price toa much more pragmatic one of considering the economy as well.

WSJ CLIMATE DEBATE HOTS UP

This reply by the writers of the original letter warning against accepting that the science of global warming was settled. It is an excellent rebuttal and contains some very persuasive arguments.

PROFESSOR LINDZEN COMES TO TOWN

Professor Richard Lindzen is a heavyweight in the global warming debate. He has a record of achievement which means he cannot be ignored. This week he came to Westminster to give a lecture. This article gives an account of the lecture and its impact on the author. We need to hear more from people like Professor Lindzen who is a voice of sanity in a world of half truths and exaggeration.

PROMINENT ALARMIST SCIENTIST ADMITS FAKING EMAILS

This article gives the details of the deception that was made. Desperation drives people to do desperate things. Clearly this will not do his cause any favours.

LITTLE ICE AGE CAUSED BY VOLCANOES

That is according to a new study written about in this article. On reading the article it seems that the "study" is largely speculation rather than proper science.

QUESTIONS TO COMPUTER CLIMATE MODELERS

Below is a very interesting comment by a senior Canadian climate scientist on how computer climate models should be tested.

"1. Why DO climate models have NO error bars (confidence intervals, say 95%) based on real observations?

2. I know the UK met office answer, that is: We have to just wait till say 2050 or 2100 to verify that "our models are right!"

3. NO that is NOT true! Let me explain;

The UK Met office and other climate modeling centres can do the following experiment:

Let them take their BEST AVAILABLE MODEL TODAY and let it be started in a PURE FORECAST MODE from about say 1950 or 1975.

yes it can be done! I did it for ocean wave models while at Env Canada , we call it a hindcast mode.

Let the UK met office run their best climate models from say 1950 till say 2010 (again in a purely fcst mode, NO adjustment of any kind) and then obtain fcst products say mean temp trends for five continents and three ocean basins and then do some error analysis using observed mean temp trend for five continents and three ocean basins for say 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Using these error stats, let them then obtain error bars for their fcst for 2050 and beyond.

My hunch is: the error bars will look like this:

For 2050: mean temp increase: 2C +/- 10C

For 2100; Mean temp incerase 3C +/- 15C ( something like these)

So you see these mean temp increase will be OF NO USE FOR ANY CLIMATE POLICY! Such fcsts will be TOTALLY USELESS! (right now all climate models give error bars based on so many climate model outputs, that is they compare model to model NOT model to real observations!)

Kindly allow me to give my personal experience:

Two years ago I gave a seminar on the GW science at York University here in Toronto. My seminar was arranged by my former good friend at Env Canada (Kaz Higuchi a good scientist and now on the Editorial Board of the Journal "Theoretical & Applied Climatology") and I gave a talk for over 40 minutes and during Q&A session, I said that "it would be useful for climate modelers to do this experiment and obtain error bars based on observed data"

Kaz told me that "the Canadian climate modelers DID EXACTLY THAT some few years ago and obtained such wide error bars they NEVER BOTHERED TO PUBLISH THOSE RESULTS!"

That is the problem with all climate models!

These modelers CAN do the experiment I suggest above BUT will NOT do it!"

Update:
I have just been told that in Chapter 8 of IPCC Report AR4, 2007 section
8.1.2.2 "Metrics of Model Reliability" it says:
What does the accuracy of a climate model's simulation
of past or contemporary climate say about the accuracy of its projections of climate change? This question is just beginning to be addressed, exploiting the newly available ensembles of models."
Did you get that? "This question is just beginning to be addressed"! So now we know!

ASK THE EXPERT

The Met Office were invited to answer questions from the public on any climate or weather related topics, so I gave them a question - see here for the question followed by their answer. Unfortunately there was no opportunity for a follow-up question, but some colleagues have made the following observations :- "From what I can see,
there's now so many climate models, each being
tweaked and run with different scenarios, that
the range of outputs is so broad that they
encompass the entire spectrum of possibilities.


Also being "consistent with" is not much better
than implying that correlation shows
causation. "Consistent with" suggests just one
explanation, which doesn't sit very well with the
IPCC 4AR table 2.11 (WGI, chapter 2, page 201) in
which the level of scientific understanding of 13
of the 16 listed forces is shown as on the "poor"
side of medium. To put that another way, if
science doesn't understand a bunch of natural
forces then it's deceitful not to say that
perhaps these forces account for some or all of the observed variation."

SEA LEVEL FALL LEAVES ALARMISTS HIGH AND DRY

Sea level appears to be falling according to this article which is quite comprehensive. So next time you meet an alarmist it is worth throwing this new information into the discussion. Has anyone told the Maldive government? I bet this won't be on the news anytime soon!

A LETTER TO SIR PAUL NURSE

This piece replicates a letter written by a senior chemist and a member of the Royal Society to Nurse when he took over the Presidency of the Royal Society in 2010. He never received a reply. It was an excellent letter and is well worth reading.

THE UK WIND FARM PROPAGANDA MACHINE

This article is a real eye-opener. The billions of pounds that wind farms get from energy bills from the hard-pressed public must be what keeps this upopular bandwaggon rolling.

SHALE GAS COULD SOLVE OUR ENERGY PROBLEMS

This article in the Spectator looks at the great opportunity presented by shale gas, but, as they point out the shale gas conflicts with the hard-line green policy of renewables.

THE CHILL OF REALITY BITES THE EU WIND FANTASY

This article looks at the small part played by wind farms in the EU and the problems they cause.

HOW THE ROYAL SOCIETY BECAME A PROPAGANDA ARM OF GOVERNMENT

This piece by the excellent Donna Laframboise, highlights a new report by Andrew Montfort on the behaviour of the once highly regarded institution, the Royal Society. What it shows is that once you become dependant on government money for your survival then you lose your independence, and ultimately the respect you once had for impartiality. Climate alarmists often talk about the way "big oil" is buying opposition to the global warming bandwaggon, though this myth is evident from the fact that oil companies gain to profit massively from renewables as well as oil; however what is clear is that institutions like the Royal Society are now completely under the patronage and power of big government in a way that never happened under royalty.

MET OFFICE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE FORECASTS TOO WARM IN 11 OUT LAST 12 YEARS

That is according to this report by the BBC, no less! Of course the temperature change from year to year is minute and so the errors are only small, but the fact that they are virtually all on the warm side tells you something - that they are biased towards fulfilling their own prophecy.

CLOUD HEIGHT FOUND TO BE REDUCING IN NEW STUDY

This study indicates there may be a negative feedback to global warming. The lower level clouds will act to reflect more radiation and so counter-act any global warming due to increased CO2.

UK EMISSIONS INCREASE BY 3% IN 2010

This article gives the details of the increase in CO2 emissions due partly to the cold winter, as well as a partial revival of industry from the recession.

TOP GERMAN ENVIRONMENTALIST TURNS SCEPTIC

Imagine that Chris Huhne was still our climate change minister and that he announced that he had now become sceptical of the global warming hypothesis. Well that is what this story is telling us has happened in Germany, where the Greens are a much more powerful force than they are here in the UK.

WARMER OCEANS GOOD FOR CORAL - STUDY SHOWS

This report shows that warming has been good for the corals, contrary to the alarmist reports.

EXTREMISTS IN CHARGE OF US EPA

This article explains how the USA Environment Protection Agency has now brought out new stringent rules about mercury emissions from fossil fuel power stations. The reductions in mercury emissions are so small as to be practically of no use. It is another example of a lot of financial pain for many, leading to no practical gain.

NEVER HAS SO MUCH BEEN SPENT TO ACHIEVE SO LITTLE

This article by Lord Christopher Monckton relates to the demise of Climate Minister, Chris Huhne, but the most interesting thing in it is the calculation of the actual cost and effect of the Climate Change Act. If only the government would be confronted with such material on a regular basis.

"BIO FUEL WORSE THAN FOSSIL FUEL" - LEAKED EU REPORT

This report looks at the details. It seems that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, not that there is any evidence that CO2 reduction is necessary.

UK SOLAR SUBSIDY - "ONE OF THE MOST RIDICULOUS SCHEMES DREAMED UP"

That is according to government minister, Lord Marland. See this article in the Telegraph for details. There is still legal action going on to reverse the cut in subsidy which has been declared illegal in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. We now await the verdict of the Supreme Court.

GLOBAL WARMING - A SERIOUS THREAT IN 1947

This article from a 1947 paper reports the concerns af a professor about the effect of global warming, and this wasn't the first time concerns have been expressed (see here).

OBAMA STOPS MENTIONING CLIMATE CHANGE

This piece in the Washington Post looks at the change in rhetoric of the US President, which seems to refelect the increasing scepticism of the subject. Instead he now talks about sustainable energy and fuel security, while pursuing the same policies.