Quote of the week #9 – “negative thermometers” « Watts Up With That?

Yet, we have ample evidence of negative thermometers (actual surface stations measuring air temperature where the resultant data is inverted after processing) in the Steig et al “Antarctica is Warming” paper, ( Nature, Jan 22, 2009) thanks to the careful analysis of Jeff Id and RyanO

More Liberal Environmentalist Fraud

Fraud is rampant, but here's one rip-off scam the FTC will never investigate or charge. In fact they will probably get government funding or an award of some kind at least, but don't give them your money.

The scam? World Wildlife Fund. They are running TV ads much like the 'feed the children' ads begging for donations to save the polar bears whose poor cubs are starving because the ice cap is melting.

World Climate Report » Sulfates and Global Warming

It is high time that people start getting their heads out of their models and start looking at the observations. The picture grows clearer every day—carbon dioxide emissions have much less climate impact than advertised by those folks clamoring for their regulation.

Prometheus » Blog Archive » No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Of course, Japan could have gone along with Europe and now the U.S. in making fictional commitments to fictional targets and timetables, and everyone would have praised their commitments. We have seen how well that approach has worked out in Australia.