What the “Skeptics” of Climate Catastrophe are Skeptical Of: Nordhaus Reconsidered — MasterResource

The object of our skepticism, catastrophic global warming, means warming caused by greenhouse gasses that would so dramatically heat up the earth that despite the proven climate adaptability of hydrocarbon-powered civilization (see “How Capitalism Makes Catastrophes Non-Catastrophic”), populations the world over would experience impoverishment, mass suffering, and death.

Why are we skeptical of this claim? Because there is radically insufficient evidence for it.

USA Today gets one right: Far-away climate patterns fuel warm-up | JunkScience.com

As office workers from Chicago to New York City enjoy lunches outdoors this week, let’s all give a hearty thank you, in part, to … the Madden-Julian Oscillation.

Andrew Bolt: One dry year is worth more than two wet | JunkScience.com

One dry year was evidence enough of man-made warming for David Karoly in 2003:

The End of the Enlightenment | Planet3.0

The first of our current challenges is to admit that we will not stop climate change. Prevention is no longer an option.

Clean Your Plate, Save The World? | JunkScience.com

Cue the screaming of the anti-obesity lobby: three; two…

Meltdown In Barrow At -24F | Real Science

Warm weather in DC unequivocally proves global warming.

Minneapolis Heatwaves Were Much More Severe Below 350 ppm | Real Science

Minneapolis five worst heatwaves took place in the 1930s and 1940s. Hansen says this is impossible.