Joanne Simpson (1923-2010) « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

It is with sadness that I report on the passing of Joanne Simpson. Joanne is a giant in the science of weather and climate.

Flashback: Dr. Joanne Simpson turns heretic!

One by one, an increasing trickle of climatologists is turning into a river of dissent against the political orthodoxy dominating the notion of man-made global warming. The HAFs might sneer at the likes of Steve McIntyre who never claims to be a meteorologist but they can hardly turn on the likes of Dr. Simpson who until very recently was pre-eminent in her field.

Barton Asks Clinton, Pachauri to Detail Taxpayer Funding of Climate Panel

Congressman wants halt to U.S. contributions to IPCC pending full audit
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WASHINGTON – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Joe Barton, R-Texas, today wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, asking for an accounting of U.S. taxpayer support for the panel.

Since fiscal year 1994, the United States has provided roughly $50 million to the panel. Contributions from the United States have more than doubled during the Obama administration, with additional spending proposed for the upcoming fiscal year.

NSIDC Confirms WUWT Ice Forecast « Watts Up With That?

Compared to the best year for Arctic sea ice in the past decade, March 3rd this year looks quite solid. The setup for 2010 having more ice looks good.
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The Arctic continues to recover, and one of the last CAGW talking points continues to look weaker and weaker. It wasn’t very long ago when experts were forecasting the demise of Arctic ice somewhere between 2008 and 2013. And it is not the first time that experts have done this – they were claiming the same nonsense in 1969, right before the ice age scare.