It’s about to hit: I cannot think of any instance where the EPA depended so heavily on non-EPA synthesis reports to justify proposed regulatory action in their almost 39 years of existence. As a result of this EPA decision, the EPA’s fortunes in regard to regulating GHGs are directly tied to the fate of the … Continue reading Climaquiddick And The EPA
Another anniversary. I still prefer “Climaquiddick.”
I hate the phrase “Climategate” (I prefer “Climaquiddick”) but it seems to have stuck. In any event, I don’t know whether or not this is true, but if it were to be, it would surprise me not at all. [Monday-evening update] Judith Curry has the latest on the foofaraw. [Bumped]
…by a Nobel Prize winner: …leading scientists know that the “prestige” academic journals are biased in favor of flashy and politically correct research findings, even when such findings are frequently contradicted by subsequent research. This is important in the context of the global warming debate because Nature and Science have published the most alarmist and … Continue reading A Boycott Of Top Science Journals
“…is sick and collapsing under its own weight.” The biggest problem, he says, is the anonymity granted to reviewers, who are often competing fiercely for priority with authors they are reviewing. “What would be their reason to do it quickly?” Tracz asks. “Why would they not steal” ideas or data? Anonymous review, Tracz notes, is … Continue reading Peer Review
…from Climaquiddick. It’s hard to read these and still believe that “the science is settled.”
The Times couldn’t even wait until the storm was over: The scale of Hurricane Irene, which could cause more extensive damage along the Eastern Seaboard than any storm in decades, is reviving an old question: are hurricanes getting worse because of human-induced climate change? And the old answer is, as always…no. But you can predict … Continue reading Better Early Than Never
…and by “right,” I mean sort of: The problem we face is not that we have too little fossil fuel, but too much. As oil declines, economies will switch to tar sands, shale gas and coal; as accessible coal declines, they’ll switch to ultra-deep reserves (using underground gasification to exploit them) and methane clathrates. The … Continue reading In Which The Moonbat Gets It Right
…of Climaquiddick. I’m struggling to say something polite about this. By way of an illustration, can you imagine the reaction if a scientist reported in the safety literature that there was a critical flaw in the design of a nuclear power station, but told policymakers that everything was fine? Do the committee really think it’s … Continue reading A Whitewash
The entire world has been assured that the “science was settled” that the last decade had been the hottest in recorded times, and that it was unprecedented, and it was surely caused by our breathing and SUV driving, and that we had to dramatically increase the cost of energy, reduce our own income, and keep … Continue reading So Let Me Get This Straight