By Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. Los Angeles Times Amid the energy crisis, Democrats are losing the high ground on the environment to a GOP that is pushing oil drilling. As the election enters its endgame, Democrats and their environmental allies face a political challenge they could hardly have imagined …
Paul Johnson, Forbes Magazine August was one of the nastiest months I can remember: torrential rain; a hailstorm or two; cold, bitter winds; and mists. But we are accustomed to such weather in England. Lord Byron used to say that an English summer begins on July 31 and ends on …
I love it when nature rears it’s ugly head and God shows us who actually controls the weather, Elmer’s 2nd Law of Global Warming. And by the way the Northwest Passage has been open many times over the last century, that’s why it’s called the Northwest PASSAGE. From Peter Alexander, …
Newsminer, Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Community Perspective We still need to study nature’s contribution to trend Recent studies by the Hadley Climate Research Center (UK), the Japan Meteorological Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Alabama Huntsville show clearly that the rising …
By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Environment: The solar wind is slowing, but Al Gore is still spewing hot air. The Oscar winner is promoting civil disobedience to stop energy and economic growth as the first U.S. emissions cap-and-trade program begins. Speaking before Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative, junk science advocate Gore called …
Peter N. Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor With all the focus on human-triggered global warming, it may be hard to imagine that the world is riding a 50-million-year-long cooling trend. But it is, and blame the trend on a continental-scale collision, say geophysicists Dennis Kent of Rutgers University and Giovanni …
By Elmer Beauregard I know this is a Global Warming blog and not a financial blog, but it is hard to ignore what’s going on in the markets, so I in my ignorance am going to put in my 2 cents. In the old Testament every seven years the Israelites …
By Steve Gorman, Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The sun’s winds are less blustery than they used to be, NASA said on Tuesday, revealing data from a solar probe that promises new insights about Earth’s local star but poses few if any consequences for humans — unless you’re an astronaut. …
Steve Watson, Infowars.net Phantom warming still cited as NASA sounds alarm bells on greatly reduced solar activity Unexpected snowfall and freezing temperatures in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa has been described by so called climate experts as a feature of global warming. The country experienced its coldest night on …
wattsupwiththat Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Officially Over; ice up over 9% from last year We have news from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). They say: The melt is over. And we’ve added 9.4% ice coverage from this time last year. Though it appears NSIDC is attempting …
Republicans call the Democratic plan a political sham. The measure’s fate is unclear in the Senate. By CARL HULSE, New York Times WASHINGTON – The House on Tuesday night approved a bill 236-189 that would ease a longstanding ban on offshore oil drilling and try to spur greater use of …
Susan Davis, Wall Street Journal Running mates John McCain and Sarah Palin have touted their similarities on policy matters, but on one controversial issue, the two Republican candidates part ways. McCain has long opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a protected wildlife reserve in Alaska, while Palin—like the …
Randall Hoven, American Thinker The latest Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts cooler temperatures not only next year, but for possibly the next half century. Via USA Today: Based on the same time-honored, complex calculations it uses to predict weather, the Almanac hits the newsstands on Tuesday saying a study of solar …
By Roger Pielke, Climate Science There was a news release by Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer, entitled “Global warming’s toasty water connection to Gustav.” Among the statements in the text are “Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said Sunday, but the …
Michael Asher, Daily Tech Increase twice the size of Germany: “colder weather” to blame. Data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has indicated a dramatic increase in sea ice extent in the Arctic regions. The growth over the past year covers an area of 700,000 square kilometers: …