If You Thought 2012 Was Hot, Just Wait a Few Years | Climate Central

[Alyson Kenward] if we keep emitting CO2 at the current rate, it won’t be long before years like 2012 feel cold.

Alyson Kenward | Climate Central

Dr. Kenward manages the Climate Science research program at Climate Central. Her research interests include the connection between climate change and wildfires, as well as the potential of clean-energy technologies, including wind and solar power.
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Dr. Kenward holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Calgary and a Masters in Science Journalism from New York University.

Twitter / skepticscience: .@weatherchannel publish ...

.@weatherchannel publish debunkings of top 10 climate myths by @skepticscience http://wxch.nl/11h3Lk4

[Revkin]: Climate models challenged by PNAS paper

Climate models challenged by PNAS paper showing Pacific & Atlantic cycles driving monsoon trends during recent warming

Steven W. Running On Empty | Watts Up With That?

So in summary, despite Mr. Running’s best efforts at Malthusian alarmism, he’s come up empty

Prediction Failed Miserably? Just Make a New One | NoFrakkingConsensus

The Sierra Club blogger who wrongly predicted that this winter would be “less wintery” & snowy than last now says Arctic sea ice won’t “survive this summer.”

Twitter / lucialiljegren: @clim8resistance @AJCorner ...

@clim8resistance @AJCorner @richardabetts @wattsupwiththat @aDissentient The rule is: "criticism of Lewandowsky" = "Conspiracy ideation"

All thumbs, none green : Columbia Journalism Review

When the Green blog closed, a farewell post encouraged readers, “Please watch for environmental policy news on the Caucus blog and energy technology news on the Bits blog.” As of Monday afternoon, however, the Caucus had posted four pieces about the environment out of 60 total since the Green blog folded, and Bits had posted four out of 81 total. By comparison, in the last couple weeks of its life, the Green blog (which didn’t get a lot of traffic, according to my sources) was averaging three to four posts per day.

Even scientists are cooling on climate change | Former Tory Minister Ann Widdecombe

We were the only MPs to vote against the 2008 Climate Change Bill, which is to say we had by then considered all the evidence and found it wanting.
For years we have endured insults.
...Well the dissenters have now been proved right.
Heaven knows how many billions of pounds later the world is now being told that actually the warming is so far off predictions that all bets are off and indeed the world’s temperature is static or falling.
So all those wind farms were in vain, as were all those expensive carbon-saving measures inflicted on industry and passed on in costs to you and me.
If I could tell that from the published Hadley Centre figures, the scientists must have known for years yet only now do they admit it. Why?

California FOIA decision could be bad news for EPA on Windsorgate | WashingtonExaminer.com

A Santa Clara County, California, judge's decision ordering local officials there to turn over their private emails linked to their conduct of official business could have significance for Washington's Windsorgate scandal at the Environmental Protection Agency, according to one of the central players in the continuing case.

Twitter / KHayhoe: What better way to spend a ...

What better way to spend a day than talking #climate with @IamDonCheadle in a coffeshop in Plainview Texas pic.twitter.com/8VSCls7xE1

Movie star films documentary in Plainview - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

Movie star Don Cheadle, made a brief stop in Plainview Tuesday and Wednesday to film part of a documentary focused on climate change. The eight-part documentary, which will air later this year on Showtime is called Years of Living Dangerously and features Don Cheadle along with Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Plainview portion of the documentary will focus on the recent drought, which led to the Cargill plant closure and the effect it's having on the city of Plainview.

[Mansion-dwelling Thomas Friedman on why we allegedly need a new $125 billion bad-weather-prevention tax] - NYTimes.com

Experts believe that the mere signal of a carbon tax would get companies to become more energy efficient. And that’s the point.

Twitter / DrShepherd2013: Refreshing when policymakers ...

Refreshing when policymakers show deep knowledge without notes/staffers. Was impressed with Sen. Whitehouse #climate knowledge at briefing

Poll: President Obama voters don't want Keystone - POLITICO.com Print View

Opposition is especially strong among Obama voters age 18 to 29, according to the survey conducted by Public Policy Polling. More than 60 percent think he would be breaking his promises if he OKs the pipeline — and 16 percent would feel betrayed.
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For the electorate as a whole, 50 percent of people surveyed said they approve of Keystone after being read a series of facts [what "facts", specifically?] concerning the pipeline, Karnas said, while 42 percent disapproved and 8 percent are unsure. That’s much different from a recent Fox News poll that said 70 percent of registered voters support building the pipeline.
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More than 60 percent of young Hispanic voters said they weren’t that concerned about the pipeline’s environmental, climate change, greenhouse gas or water and wildlife impacts.

Budget and climate change: Five key facts | Greenpeace UK

No to renewables

Osborne isn't exactly known for his green rhetoric and today was no exception. The Chancellor failed to even mention renewables in his speech and they barely made an appearance in the budget documents. Instead he focused on supporting gas and nuclear

World Bank to prioritise support for climate vulnerable states

Speaking to ABC Radio in Australia she said: “It means as an organisation that it’s focused on helping countries end poverty and helping countries build a shared prosperity for the future that we understand that that is not going to be possible. If climate change continues at the rate at which we and the science predict.”

Natural Disasters Are Hitting Harder, And Not Because Of Global Warming

“Many cities, especially in developing countries, are very quickly expanding, and often expanding in hazard-prone areas,” explained Francis Ghesquiere, manager for the World Bank's Disaster Risk Management Practice Group.

He noted that climate change has certainly led to an increase in adverse weather events. But the main reason economic costs of natural disasters have tripled over the last three decades? “First and foremost, the growth of population and assets.”

allAfrica.com: Nigeria Among Top Countries Where Climate Change Mortality is Expected to Rise

"It is carbon emissions that are the big killer in Nigeria with approximately 150,000 people dying each year due to indoor smoke ingestion, tuberculosis and lung cancer. the reason for the indoor smoke is partially because of uneven electricity distribution, which forces many Nigerians to heat their homes and cook by burning fuels," the report said.

Twitter / [Greenpeace chief] kuminaidoo:

Let's not buy anything on the International #Happiness Day. Nothing greener than not consuming.#kumiwill @earthhour http://goo.gl/Tm6p7

UEA CRU Lawyers Going After Tallbloke’s TalkShop

Luckily Lord Christopher Monckton is watching out for the bloggers, and has kindly provided some legal advice, which I am taking the privilege of disseminating further.

Carbon Tax Proposition as a Trade-off for Keystone XL Pipeline is a Crazy Idea for Canada say Friends of Science - Press Release - Digital Journal

Fuel poverty deadly in northern climes

"I have quit my job to fight climate change" | RTCC - Climate change news

I’ve got some ideas for publicity stunts to draw attention – how about a mass walk to London, or a very public open bet on the reality of climate change?

Climate Change Is Here, Home Elevation Specialist Tells Audience of Hundreds - Berkeley, NJ Patch

Latest informational session focused on the art of raising homes

Your SUV Retroactively Caused The 1917 Drought | Real Science

24 Nov 1917 – DISASTROUS DROUGHT IN TEXAS WASHINGTON, Thursday.

Global Weirding In The Pre-Hayhoe Era | Real Science

01 Sep 1953 – FLOODS ROUT TEXANS FROM HOMES

Scientific American : Global Warming Happening Faster Than Expected Ten Years Ago | Real Science

Cooling temperatures over the past decade, are rock solid proof that the planet is warming faster than was expected ten years ago.

- Bishop Hill blog - Lewandowsky and Cook in spectacular carcrash

There has been great hilarity overnight, with Stefan Lewandowsky and Skeptical Science's John Cook making complete fools of themselves again.

Roy Martin: How do the planets affect the Sun – Updated | Tallbloke's Talkshop

The barycentric motion of the Sun and the tidal forces acting on the Sun are both caused by the motion of the orbiting planets.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds effect of natural variations on monsoon rainfall 9 times more important than greenhouse gases

The paper finds that natural climate oscillations have accounted for more than 9 times the effect of greenhouse gases on monsoon rainfall over the past 30 years. "These natural swings in the climate system must be understood in order to make realistic predictions of monsoon rainfall and of other climate features in the coming decades,"requiring "a knowledge of natural long-term climate swings, about which little is known so far."

More Fascism from a Warmist

A bacteria expert, Helen Camakaris, explains neurology to us, writing on a site called "shaping tomorrow's world", an aspiration very reminiscent of Pol Pot's. He knew it all too

Most of southern Canada buried beneath 40-50 or more inches of snow

“I notice the Ice Age map shows all of Canada under ice,” says reader Joe Blogh.

1930 Record Drought Could Have Been Prevented By A Carbon Tax | Real Science

Droughts are known to be extremely responsive to government stealing money from the citizenry.

BHO is the new LBJ: Left-wing activists to protest Keystone XL at upcoming posh SanFran Obama fundraisers | JunkScience.com

The Keystone XL is Obama’s Vietnam. His decision on the pipeline could be as momentous for his presidency as the Tet offensive was for LBJ. No wonder he put it off until his second term.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Bjorn Lomborg: Earth Hour Is a Colossal Waste of Time—and Energy

Even if you believe man-made CO2 has any significant effect upon climate, turning off your lights for Earth Hour is a colossal waste of time and energy, which will actually cause CO2 emissions to increase. Plus, it ignores how electricity has been a boon for humanity.

Stupidity Is The New Normal For Obama Bureaucrats | Real Science

What a load of garbage. Tornado fatalities have been in sharp decline for 90 years.
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Droughts used to be much worse.
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The ten deadliest US floods all occurred below 350 ppm. Louis has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.

Promising Crop of Climate Denial BS for 2013 | Planet3.0

They’re wheeling them all out, much of it in desperate response to the compelling Marcott et al graphics coming out

The Beast Humbled - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

How do you immobilize the President of the United States? Put diesel fuel in his tank.

One of the eight-ton, armor-plated Caddy limos — Secret Service codename, “The Beast” – in our green president’s fleet had to be towed in Israel this week after the vehicle was mistakenly filled with diesel fuel. While the sequester-panicked president’s $300,000-per-vehicle fleet is worthy of ridicule (“It’s embarrassing, our entourage. My wife, Michelle, teases me mercilessly,” Obama told his Israeli host), Americans can feel his pain.

Lewandowsky – Strike Three!! What a riot! « the Air Vent

This absolutely made my day. What a riot Lewandowsky has been. I literally laughed to tears that he would pick up this comment and label the head of the Met Office Climate Impacts as well as a lead author for the IPCC a conspiracy theorist.

Look out Lewie, they are all around you!!!

Quark Soup by David Appell: The Greening Arctic

Saskatchewan will move to Houston. Fairbanks, Alaska will move to Portland, Oregon, and Portland will move somewhere equivalent to Miami's latitude. Unless someone can find a way to alter the molecular properties of carbon dioxide.

STP Suntech Power (solar) Bankrupt | Musings from the Chiefio

One of the larger players, in China no less, so loads of low cost labor, declared bankruptcy:

March Comes In Like A Lion – Out Like A Polar Bear | Real Science

Paralyzed cities, buried cars and lots of snow - Poland

Photos and videos taken in eastern Poland, near Polish-Ukrainian border. Also from Southern Poland.

Missing Heat Located! | Real Science

The missing heat has abandoned the Antarctic Peninsula, and has moved to South Australia.

Mt. Rainier Washington - 63-81" (160-206 cm) of snow in next 48 hours

That’s 5 to 7 feet! In two days.

Environmentalists regarded as ‘borderline communists’ « Australian Climate Madness

Hoffman has flipped the argument 180 degrees. Sceptics doubt the pronouncements of environmentalists and climate change activists because of their political leanings AND because they fudge data, massage results, “offer up scary scenarios” as Stephen Schneider once said, delete emails (ClimateGate) and avoid FOI requests.

If the science were genuinely impartial and beyond reproach, then “sceptics” wouldn’t need to search for ulterior motives to explain the environmentalists’ desire to railroad through their agenda.

Does CBC censor contra climate change messsages? | The View From Here

The volume of emails precludes publishing all comments? In this day and age?! How very convenient. Well, convenient for a medium that is striving to (censor and/or) control the message.

What’s Up in Bear Country | Polar Bear Alley – Guide to the Polar Bears of Churchill

Hunters in Tuktoyaktuk mentioned that they are seeing more tracks of mothers and cubs than usual – some claims of a banner year over there as well.

Hypocrisy and Bill McKibben | hauntingthelibrary

McKibben’s plea that we not waste time pointing out the incongruity of those who urge us to cut back on our meat consumption, or change to energy efficient light bulbs whilst they enjoy the most opulent and extravagant lifestyles themselves (no matter how many solar panels they may have on their roof) is the most brazen hypocrisy of all. It would allow the Gores, Kleins, and Chris Martins of this world to continue their jet-setting around the world, their fat incomes and their huge homes. As McKibben would have it, when those of us who work, pay taxes and struggle to heat our homes as the cost of electricity soars, point to the hypocrisy of being told by the man in 33 room mansion (Coldplay’s Chris Martin) or the man in the private jet (James Cameron) that our actions are destroying the world, we will be met with a reassuring verbal pat on the back and the assurance that all of that doesn’t really matter. What matters, if we were to believe McKibben’s redefinition of hypocrisy, is that they care. They get it. They’re working to change the system.

Global Warming Memes: Bill McKibben. | hauntingthelibrary

Bill McKibben and the Rockerfeller family money, made from Standard Oil.

Did February Traumatize Hansen? | Real Science

It is almost April, and Hansen hasn’t published his February numbers yet. It is hard work figuring out how to jack up plummeting temperatures.

The Great Miami Hurricane Of 1926 | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

it is possible that nearly half of Miami’s population was left homeless.

Anasazi Liberated By Marcott | Real Science

The Anasazi returned to Chaco Canyon today, upon receiving news that Marcott has proven that the MWP never happened.

Worst winter storm in 150 years - Belarus grinds to a halt

This region suffered especially from heavy snow falls and wind: 82 cars were freed from snow drifts. 320 persons, among them 37 children were in the cars.

Berlin Sets 100-Year March Snow Record…High Profile German Meteorologist Turns Skeptic

Jung’s skepticism is now being reported in major media outlets all over Germany. For example Germany’s no. 1 daily by circulation numbers Bild quoted Jung’s wetternet.de website in bold print yesterday:

“Winters clearly have gotten colder,” says meteorologist Dominik Jung of the weather portal wetter.net. Moreover: “In the year 2000 the climate experts prophesied that winters with ice and snow in Germany would no longer exist. That this claim is false is shown by current facts, and in many regions with just a glance out the window!”

Coloring Between The Lines | Real Science

Climate experts tell us that unless the ice extends exactly to the officially decreed orange line, the climate is going to do some really really bad shit and kill us all.

The Washington Post Eilperin emissions trick | Watts Up With That?

Do you want to know what propaganda looks like?

Take glance at this article from the Washington Post. The photo at the top is purest propaganda, blatantly and deliberately deceiving readers and smearing a private company

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Only 1.4% Lower Than 1981-2010 Mean | sunshine hours

Wow. Only 1.4% below normal. Has that made the news?

Cook & Lew label senior Met Office climatologist a ‘conspiracy theorist’ « Australian Climate Madness

In John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky’s twisted version of reality, anyone who disagrees with them is a conspiracy theorist.
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[Richard Betts] is also a Lead Author for IPCC AR4 WG1 and a Contributing Author for IPCC AR4 WG2… and Cook and Lew think he’s a climate conspiracy theorist. Bahahahahaha! Epic fail!

Where Does Katharine Get This Tripe From? | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

She was also quoted as saying:-

“The Northeast is particularly vulnerable to heavy precipitation events, not just rainstorms, but snowstorms. We’ve already seen a 50% increase in precipitation in the Northeast.”

Time to check the facts again, methinks!

Climate Lessons: Corrupt Climate Curricula in Schools: a school teacher laments relaying greenie propaganda in the classroom.

As a former teacher of geography I was overburdened towards the end by the incessant green noise of our curriculum. I would never argue that climate change should not be in included since it is an extremely interesting subject in its strictest form. However, the half truths that I was expected to teach to young minds by the underpinning of AGW to almost everything depressed me and most other older geographers. I'm afraid that the queen of subjects became a propaganda arm for greenies. I applaud Gove for downplaying AGW, but does he understand that the teaching of climate change itself is a bonus.

Bill McKibben’s idea of reasonable public discourse: ‘The reason you want another coal terminal is that you are f**king greedy’ | JunkScience.com

No wonder even the Washington Post calls him “bizarre.”

Polar bear distribution shows they are limited by winter ice extent | polarbearscience

I’ve said it before but it’s worth saying again now that the sea ice in the Arctic is approaching its seasonal maximum extent and thickness: polar bears are limited by winter sea ice extent (Fig.1), not by the minimum extent of ice in the summer. Otherwise, their distribution would resemble the summer sea ice minimum (Fig. 2), not the winter maximum.

Twitter / RogerPielkeJr: Anyone claiming US hurricane ...

Anyone claiming US hurricane freq, intensity and damage are actually increasing has to explain why 3 independent datasets are all wrong.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Mid nation to mid atlantic ...

Mid nation to mid atlantic mauler deals crocus crushing,daffodil destroying,tulip terminating, petunia pounding snows pic.twitter.com/8tOHnIzuSq

Furor Over Keystone Pipeline Caught U.S. and Canada Flat-Footed on Climate Change | InsideClimate News

On Sunday, [Alberta] took out a half-page ad in the New York Times asserting that it is "committed to raising the bar higher on its leading climate change policy."

"Scientific" American blogger argues that it would be tougher now than thousands of years ago to adapt to a little warming because now we allegedly have "more mobility constraints"

Earth has been this warm before- what’s different now? | Plugged In, Scientific American Blog Network

The last time the planet was this warm, humans had mastered bronze metallurgy (huzzah!), and warmer temperatures and our new found technology helped fuel agricultural expansion that ultimately allowed city-states to exist.
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So yes, I’m worried. I’m worried that we have goosed the climate system in the last 100 years or so, and we’re moving even slower than the climate at adapting to the coming changes. Changes that have happened throughout our history, as we can see, but now with more mobility constraints and greater resource dependencies.

Natural climate swings contribute more to increased monsoon rainfall than global warming | ScienceBlog.com

Natural swings in the climate have significantly intensified Northern Hemisphere monsoon rainfall, showing that these swings must be taken into account for climate predictions in the coming decades. The findings are published in the March 18 online publication of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Some thoughts on the recent Lewandowsky-Cook conspiracy theory | Watts Up With That?

[Tom Fuller] Lewandowsky is a charlatan. His latest paper, co-authored by John Cook, is a flight of fantasy that ignores the fact that most of the comments that he labels ‘recursive fury’ were polite mentions of the fact that he Cooked the books in his survey–a survey he claims is published, but is not.

Andy Hoffman admits they’re losing: Fighting skeptics is like fighting slave traders « JoNova

Andy Hoffman has flown from Michigan to deliver the pop science solution to our atmospheric catastrophe.
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It’s obvious the Great Global Warming Scare is unravelling when the losing team turn into sour-puss-psychologists — finding dark mental failings in those too stupid to understand their Gift with The Weather.

Research Reveals Almost All Climate Science Denial Books Linked To Conservative Think Tanks | DeSmogBlog

None of the books were published by a university-affiliated publishing house and almost all were unlikely to have gone through any kind of academic peer-review.

NOAA: Global warming over the last fifteen years is significantly faster than the long-term trend, as long as "the last fifteen years" ends in 19-freakin'-95

Independent Evidence Confirms Global Warming in Instrument Record | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

A new compilation of temperature records etched into ice cores, old corals, and lake sediment layers reveals a pattern of global warming from 1880 to 1995 comparable to the global warming trend recorded by thermometers.
...Both records also show that the global warming in the last 15 years of the record (1980–1995) is significantly faster than that of the long-term trend (1880–1995).

New National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini suggests that global warming causes snowstorms

Weather Service chief: We face 'new normal' of extremes

The onslaught of wild weather that has battered the USA in recent years - from Hurricane Sandy and deadly tornado outbreaks to extremes of drought and floods -- looks to be part of a "new normal" for weather patterns in the U.S., new National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini said Wednesday.
...Uccellini cautioned that he doesn't think there are enough cases of extreme weather yet to prove the hypothesis.
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The extreme weather, surprisingly, may even include winter storms, such as the ones that have hammered the Northeast Coast this winter.

"We have observed more snowstorms and heavy rain events that have been extreme," he said, due to the fact that a warming atmosphere can "hold more water vapor that can increase the intensity of storms."
...The science of attributing extreme weather to climate change "is in its infancy, very difficult, and perhaps even the wrong question to address," said meteorologist Ryan Maue of private forecasting firm WeatherBell Analytics.

Utah Schoolchildren Asked To Celebrate Fossil Fuels And Mining On Earth Day

http://thinkprogress.org.feedsportal.com/c/34726/f/638933/s/29cc9a36/l/0Lthinkprogress0Borg0Cclimate0C20A130C0A30C20A0C175130A10Cutah0Eschoolchildren0Easked0Eto0Emake0Eearth0Eday0Eposters0Ecelebrating0Efossil0Efuels0Eand0Emining0C/story01.htm

McKibben Wants To Turn Off Fossil Fuels At Frozen Minnesota Colleges |

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/mckitten-wants-to-turn-off-fossil-fuels-at-frozen-minnesota-colleges/

Dear Patty,

You should show that you are serious about reducing fossil fuel consumption, by convincing everyone at Minnesota colleges to turn off their heat. That would help reduce the global warming problem you are suffering from.

The Groundhog was wrong: Coldest first day of spring since 1965

http://M4GW.com/the-groundhog-was-wrong-coldest-first-day-of-spring-since-1965/

Among the cold hard facts from WCCO: The last time Minnesota had this much snow on the ground this late in the winter was 1971.

Winter Snow Melt in Greenland Grossly Over-Estimated : ImaGeo

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/?p=1050#.UUnjyrd5mc2
Whereas the original estimate seemed to show upwards of 50 days of melting in some places from the first of the year until now, the revised algorithm reveals very little surface melt at all

It's come to this: With Minnesota winter dragging on and on, warmist Paul Douglas tweets "Hurry the heck up, spring"

Twitter / pdouglasweather: Grateful for a lack of bugs ...

Grateful for a lack of bugs and humidity. Models hinting at 40s first week of April. Hurry the heck up, spring. pic.twitter.com/HtSj9PTiL4