Light speed research nets Eureka prize

University of Queensland Climate Communication Fellow and creator of the Skeptical Science website John Cook has been awarded the Eureka Prize for the Advancement of Climate Change Science.

Cook launched the Skeptical Science website in 2007 after becoming frustrated by misinformation surrounding global warming. Today, the website receives more than 500,000 visits per month, and an associated mobile phone app has been downloaded more than 72,000 times.

"His unique efforts using web and social media tools come at a time when accurate information is essential in terms of understating and responding to climate change," said Frank Howarth, director of the Australian Museum.

More droughts ahead by Will Alexander, SA UN Scientist | Climate Realists

Sadly, as demonstrated in the attached and earlier memos, the whole climate change issue is an exercise in futility. There is no analytically believable evidence that links greenhouse gas emissions with adverse climatic changes.

- Bishop Hill blog - UEA complains to the Guardian

UEA has complained to the Guardian about Heather Brooke's article about FOI and universities. They object to her saying that they broke the FOI laws. Heather is surprised by their gall. I don't suppose many readers here are though.

No doubt the complaint goes along the lines of "nobody has been found guilty of anything", which of course is a different question to whether anyone broke the law. There is no doubt that UEA staff broke the FOI laws, but no, nobody has been found guilty of anything.

Jim Inhofe: EPA regulations more damaging than deficit | NewsOK.com

The Obama administration's overzealous regulatory mindset continues to jeopardize the nation's fragile economy. U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, says federal regulations are even more costly to the economy than the escalating federal deficit. Inhofe says that situation will become worse with the implementation of new Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

“That cost is just huge, and people don't recognize it,” Inhofe said.

Inhofe said EPA greenhouse gas regulations alone are estimated to cost $300 billion to $400 billion a year in lost gross domestic product. The greenhouse gas regulations cost the equivalent of 2 percent of the national economy and would result in $100 billion a year in lost tax revenue, he said.