A polite British debate took place recently by email between two members of the House of Lords who disagree about the dangers of climate change. Indeed, they disagree about the IPCC report which both claim to rely on! Roger Pielke, Jr. publishes the correspondence of The Rt. Hon. Lord (Peter) Lilley and the Rt. Hon….
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More “Billion-dollar” Disasters Don’t Mean the Climate Is Worse
Roger Pielke Jr. explains that NOAA’s rising count of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more does not mean that the weather events have increased or worsened. Inflation, insurance, and economic growth are better explainers. “The billion-dollar disaster tally is easy to understand, simple to communicate, but in actual fact, incredibly misleading. It is…