Climate Resistance » Not So Ipso Facto…

So why did the NYT pick this story a month later? Why did they claim it was a ‘study’ by scientists — when it was little more than an activist talking shop? Everybody else knows it.

Ignaz Venetz - Climate Change Pioneer

The fact that our planet's climate has always changed is now a foundation - and a very sure foundation - of modern climate science.

Al Gore’s Shameful New Campaign « NoFrakkingConsensus

In 2006 Pielke helped organize an international workshop on climate change and disasters such as floods and storms. Twenty-four papers were presented at the workshop, spanning a range of analyses and opinions. In the end, after two days of discussion and debate, the participants jointly agreed to a series of consensus statements.

According to these experts, there is currently no evidence that human-generated greenhouse gas emissions are making storms – or floods – worse. Moreover, they think it’s unlikely such evidence will become available in “the near future.”

So why, in the name of heaven, is Al Gore now spending time and money on a campaign that claims the exact opposite?

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds global cyclones have reached a historical low

A paper published today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds, "In the pentad since 2006, Northern Hemisphere and global tropical cyclone ACE (cyclone energy) has decreased dramatically to the lowest levels since the late 1970s. Additionally, the global frequency of tropical cyclones has reached a historical low."