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Author Archives: Climate Science Watch
"The US disconnect over climate change"
We joined scientists Michael Mann and Dana Nucitelli on the Al Jazeera English "Inside Story Americas" program on May 17 to talk about the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, U.S. public opinion, the Keystone XL pipeline, geoengineering, and other … Continue reading
Quantifying, once again, the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming
A new study published in Environmental Research Letters, drawing on a very large database of peer-reviewed studies, concludes that "the number of papers rejecting the consensus on [anthropogenic global warming] is a vanishingly small proportion of the published research." Getting the … Continue reading
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House Science Committee chair twists climate science in Washington Post
A Washington Post op-ed today by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee chair Lamar Smith (R-TX) omits crucial facts in presenting a typical laundry list of talking points claiming we know little about what influences the climate or what can … Continue reading
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Great Plains tribal chairmen walk out on State Dept Keystone XL consultation
Indian Country Today Media Network reports: Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked out of a Keystone XL pipeline tribal consultation meeting with U.S. State Department officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, on May 16, calling the … Continue reading
Global warming misconceptions on BBC radio
Much of a recent BBC radio segment focused on the short-term reduction in the rate of atmospheric warming, and reinforced some misconceptions about climate science. Mainstream scientists are not suggesting that global warming has stalled. And mainstream scientists are not stumped by the short-term … Continue reading
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U.S. Arctic strategy aims to exploit oil and gas for 'national security'
The U.S. National Strategy for the Arctic, announced by the White House on May 10, includes this: "The Arctic region’s energy resources factor into a core component of our national security strategy: energy security. The region holds sizable proved and potential … Continue reading
Federal budget sequestration begins to undercut extreme event preparedness
So it begins: The 2013 wildfire season finds the government facing cutbacks in firefighters, equipment, fire prevention, and recovery, as a result of federal budget sequestration cuts. And due to an ongoing agency-wide hiring freeze, the National Weather Service office serving the … Continue reading
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"4 Pinocchios" for Rep. Chris Stewart's dishonest statement about climate science experts
The Washington Post's Fact Checker blog awarded "Four Pinocchios" to Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), chair of the House Science Subcommittee on Environment, for a "whopper" of dishonesty: cherry-picking one survey in an attempt to misrepresent the overwhelming view of the … Continue reading
Tired, disproven argument on “benefits” of CO2 resurfaces in Wall Street Journal
Carbon dioxide concentrations are approaching 400 parts per million, higher than any found in at least 800,000 years. To commemorate the occasion, a Wall Street Journal op-ed has revived an old, repeatedly debunked argument about the benefits of CO2. Authors Harrison Schmitt and … Continue reading
More coverage on Corexit, deadly dispersant in the BP Gulf oil blowout disaster
“On the Green Front” did a good segment on Deadly Dispersants in the Gulf, the new report from the Government Accountability Project that details the effects on human health and the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem stemming from BP and the … Continue reading
