Getting Cool On Global Warming Claims

The fact is that there has been some small degree of warming during the last century, and CO2 and other trace greenhouse gases play some role in atmospheric warming. It is also a fact that there have been varying degrees of warming and cooling in past centuries when there were little if any man-made CO2 emissions occurring. There is growing evidence that the alarmist predictions of the IPCC and other agencies regarding catastrophic climate change are not being reflected in the temperature record.

The earth is a fascinatingly complex ecosystem. Some 70 percent of its surface is covered by water, and those oceans have a significant impact on temperature. (Compare average temperatures in San Francisco and San Diego to Las Vegas.) The sun has a tremendous effect on the Earth’s climate as well. Clouds and the absence of clouds play a huge role in heating and cooling of the earth. What we know about climate science is dwarfed by what we don’t know at this juncture. Yet governments worldwide are rushing to impose costly regulations on businesses and individuals, regulations they justify by scientific models that as of yet are not matching their predictions with reality.

by Dan Juneau, President and CEO of Louisiana Business and Industry (LABI)

[Mr David "Climate Nuremberg" Roberts jets to Brazil] | Grist

Last week, I attended the C40 summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Obama Goes Green and Detroit Goes Black - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Is there a better metaphor for the Obama administration’s utopian transformation of America than the Detroit power blackout of 2011?

Like Obama nationally, Michigan has ignored its biggest city’s power infrastructure and instead poured money into quixotic wind projects on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to feed the state’s Renewable Power Standard and the ideological demands of Washington.

Dengue Fever Creeps Back Into the U.S. — and Climate Change Isn’t Helping – TIME Warmist Bryan Walsh

But it would be a mistake to assume that climate change is the only risk factor behind dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases — or even the most important one. Proper public health measures — spraying to kill mosquitoes, clearing out stagnant water, even using mosquito-eating fish — can stop the spread of the disease even in tropical areas that are welcoming to the insects.

That's why wealth may be as important as temperature; dengue and malaria are relatively rare in tropical Singapore, thanks to the government's military mindset on the disease, but the disease is far more common in nearby Kuala Lumpur, which is much poorer. Malaria was a hazard of living in Florida through the middle of the 20th century, but pesticides and public health effectively eliminated the disease.