The World Meteorological Organization said the coronavirus pandemic is expected to push carbon dioxide emissions down by 6 percent this year, which would be the largest one-year decrease since World War II. WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a virtual briefing that the drop could be traced to the “lack of emissions from transportation and…
Tag: Climate Change
Here’s Why There’s No Megadrought
Here’s Sterling Burnett on the “megadrought”: The establishment media is hyping a new paper claiming climate change is contributing to a megadrought throughout the western United States. Federal government data compiled by the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), however, show the claim is false. Reporting on the study, published in the journal Science,…
Coronavirus Models and Climate Change Models Have Limits
Coronavirus models and climate change models both have their deficiencies. Here are excerpts from Ken Haapala’s latest thoughts on the topic, from the SEPP website (Science and Environmental Policy Project): In the midst of the lock-down of much of the U.S. public and the collapsing economy; some Americans are learning a few important lessons….
Joe Bast Remembers Fred Singer
Excerpts from Joe Bast’s remembrance of Fred Singer, who died April 6 at the age of 95. On the Heartland Institute website: Fred Singer was a giant in the field of climate science. His careers in government, the academy, and then in think tanks gave him a breadth of knowledge and experience that mere specialists…
Links: Gambling on the Wrong Threat, What a Free Market Would Do. . .
‘We gambled on the wrong threat—climate change.’ How a free health care market would have responded to the coronavirus. Stimulus bill a downer for renewable energy companies.
Medical Waste Grows, Solar Energy Destroys Habitat, Skeptics Reappear. . .
Medical waste from coronavirus is mounting. BBC: Renewable energy is eating up wildlife habitat. HT Benny Peiser. Wikipedia deletes list of scientists who are skeptics on apocalyptic climate change; JoNova retrieves their names. Bjorn Lomborg: How we can reduce indoor air pollution in Ghana.