Climate Heretic: Judith Curry Turns on Her Colleagues: Scientific American

In a sense, the two competing storylines about Judith Curry—peacemaker or dupe?—are both true. Climate scientists feel embattled by a politically motivated witch hunt, and in that charged environment, what Curry has tried to do naturally feels like treason—especially since the skeptics have latched onto her as proof they have been right all along. But Curry and the skeptics have their own cause for grievance. They feel they have all been lumped together as crackpots, no matter how worthy their arguments. The whole thing has become a political potboiler, and what might be the normal insider debates over the minutiae of data, methodology and conclusions have gotten shrill. It is perhaps unreasonable to expect everyone to stop sniping at one another, but given the high stakes, it is crucial to focus on the science itself and not the noise.

Ron Arnold: Anti-oil Big Green wealth funds California's No on Prop 23 campaign | Washington Examiner

“Wealthy environmentalists” is not a word combination you usually see in reports of a ballot fight – it’s too revealing. But $2 million for the NO on 23 campaign came from venture capitalist John Doerr – Forbes net worth,$1.7 billion – and his wife Ann, a trustee of the Environmental Defense Fund (assets, $145.7 million).

Doerr’s contribution is chump change compared to the $5 million pumped into NO on 23 by campaign co-chair Thomas Steyer, founder of the San Francisco hedge fund Farallon Capital Management ($2.2 billion under management).

Freshwater Consumption Causing Oceans To Overflow

Drawing attention to potential groundwater depletion problems is legitimate. But claiming it is leading to sea level rise sounds absurd.