How We Know They Are Complete Frauds | Real Science

The claims being made that they “predicted the US heatwave” based on climate science are complete BS. The models didn’t predict it, and the heatwave covered about 1% of the planet

In the future, your clothes could be made of bacteria poo | Grist

The nice way to talk about Suzanne Lee’s garments is to say that they’re “biocouture” — biodegradable clothes that required no animal products in the making. The grosser to way to talk about them is to say that they’re made of bacteria excretion...

It’s all cool in theory but Lee admits that “There are serious problems if the clothes are left in damp conditions as the material will absorb water and turn into a jelly mush.”

Twitter / PaulREhrlich: Morons on the march. New

Morons on the march. New attempts to discredit climate science. ‪#climate‬ disruption. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/20  …

Is the washout summer proof of climate change? Could Radio 5 have made a worse programme? | Carbon Brief

Given that a scientist probably wouldn't give a definitive answer on whether climate change is causing this rain now, Radio 5 appears to have decided against asking any climate scientists. Instead it got its researchers to call up green campaigners and climate skeptics to battle the simplistic question out. Ding ding!

In the green corner, the Green Alliance's Dustin Benton and Greenpeace's Doug Parr. Parr has a DPhil in atmospheric chemistry, but isn't a practicing climate scientist. Appearing for the skeptics, Telegraph columnist James Delingpole, who is great for trotting out as many controversial views as possible but also freely admits to not reading scientific research on the subject, and climate skeptic blogger Richard North, a sometime research partner of the Telegraph's other skeptic-in-chief, Christopher Booker.

Adjudicating was Radio 5 presenter Rachel Burton - who, to be fair, may not have known she was going to be presenting on this topic today and certainly didn't seem particularly clued up about climate science. She hosted it just as she would any other talk radio discussion, trying to goad the greens into saying that climate change is causing the rain, and reiterating that the skeptic theory that sunspots are causing global warming is "what some people think" even after Benton had explained that it isn't what most scientists think.