climatedepot--2020-08-14--Physicist challenges the CO2 Global Warming Hypothesis

Needless to say , Nikolov and Zeller ’ s work has been heavily criticized by climate change alarmists and skeptics alike .
Skeptical climate scientist Roy Spencer , who has a PhD in meteorology , argues that compression of the atmosphere can ’ t explain greenhouse heating , because Earth ’ s average surface temperature is determined not by air pressure , but by the rates at which energy is gained or lost by the surface .
Spencer argues that , if atmospheric pressure causes the lower troposphere ( the lowest layer of the atmosphere ) to be warmer than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be true of the stratosphere , where the pressure at the bottom of the stratosphere is about 100 times larger than that at the top .
Yet the bottom of the stratosphere is cooler than the top .
In a reply , Nikolov and Zeller fail to address Spencer ’ s stratosphere argument , but attempt to defend their work by claiming incorrectly that Spencer ignores the role of adiabatic processes and focuses instead on diabatic radiative processes .
Adiabatic processes alter the temperature of a gaseous system without any exchange of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second paper rejecting the greenhouse effect was published in 2009 by German physicists Gerhard Gerlich and Ralf Tscheuschner .
They claim that the radiative mechanisms of the greenhouse effect – the absorption of solar shortwave radiation and emission of longwave radiation , which together trap enough of the sun ’ s heat to make the earth habitable – are fictitious and violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics .
The Second Law forbids the flow of heat energy from a cold region ( the atmosphere ) to a warmer one ( the earth ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the form of external work .
However , as other authors point out , the Second Law is not contravened by the greenhouse effect because external energy is provided by downward solar shortwave radiation , which passes through the atmosphere without being absorbed .
The greenhouse effect arises from downward emission from the atmosphere of radiation previously emitted upward from the earth .
Furthermore , there ’ s a net upward transfer of heat energy from the warmer surface to the colder atmosphere when all energy flows are taken into account , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ associated with water vapor .
Gerlich and Tscheuschner mistakenly insist that heat and energy are separate quantities .
Both of these farfetched claims that the greenhouse effect doesn ’ t exist therefore stem from misunderstandings about energy .


climatedepot--2020-08-14--Matt Ridley: ‘Between 1960 & 2020, Food yield per acre skyrocketed – ‘Had this not happened, pretty

Matt Ridley: ‘Between 1960 & 2020, Food yield per acre skyrocketed – ‘Had this not happened, pretty well every acre of forest, wetland & nature would have been cultivated or grazed’

Between 1960 and 2020 , the acreage of land needed to produce a given quantity of food has declined by @ @ @ @ @ this not happened , pretty well every acre of forest , wetland and nature reserve @ @ @ @ @ been cultivated or grazed : https : //t.co/9dzAsSLvr2

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climatedepot--2020-08-16--No Trend In Hurricane Activity In 167 Years, New Empirical Study Shows

Hurricane and major hurricane landfall counts exhibited no significant overall trend over 167 years of available data .
Abstract – Because a change in the frequency ( number/year ) of hurricanes could be a result of climate change , we analyzed the historical record of Atlantic basin and US landfalling hurricanes , as well as US continental accumulated cyclone energy to evaluate issues related to trend detection .
Hurricane and major hurricane landfall counts exhibited no significant overall trend over 167 years of available data , nor did accumulated cyclone energy over the continental USA over 119 years of available @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in all three datasets .
Given the χ2 distribution evinced by hurricane and major hurricane counts , we generated synthetic series to test the effect of segment length , demonstrating that shorter series were increasingly likely to exhibit spurious trends .
Compared to synthetic data with the same mean , the historical all-storm data were more likely to exhibit short-term trends , providing some evidence for long-term persistence at timescales below 10 years .
Because this might be due to known climate modes , we examined the relationship between the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light of these short-term excursions .
We found that while ratios of hurricane counts with AMO phase matched expectations , statistical tests were less clear due to noise .
Over a period of 167 years , we found that an upward trend of roughly 0.7/century is sufficient to be detectable with 80 % confidence over the range from 1 to 21 storms/year .
Storm energy data 1900–2018 over land were also analyzed .
The trend was again zero .
The pattern of spurious trends for short segments was again found .
Results for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Atlantic basin all storms and major storms ( 1950–2018 ) did not exhibit any trend over the whole period or after 1990 .
Major storms 1950–1989 exhibited a significant downward trend .
All-storm basin scale storms exhibited short-term trends matching those expected from a Poisson process .
A new test for Poisson series was developed based on the 95 % distribution of slopes for simulated data across a range of series lengths .
Because short data series are inherently likely to yield spurious trends , care is needed when interpreting hurricane trend @ @


climatedepot--2020-08-16--Media Claim California Crop Crisis, as Farmers Complain About TOO HIGH Crop Yields

Google News and the alarmist media are warning about climate change harming California crop production and bringing “ hard times ” to California farmers – even as California crop production sets records .
In fact , California crop production is so strong that farmers are complaining that high yields are depressing crop prices .
Among the top results today for a Google News search of “ climate change ” is an article in the Bakersfield Californian titled , “ Climate change report forecasts hard times for Kern ag.
” The article addresses a newly published report produced by a climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state officials .
The report claims climate change is setting up harmful conditions for California agricultural production .
The Californian article begins , “ A new report warns Kern County agriculture will face tough challenges in the decades ahead as climate change makes irrigation water scarcer and weather conditions more variable and intense .
The study concludes these hurdles ‘ ultimately challenge the ability to maximize production while ensuring profitability.
’ ” The truth , however , is that a century of modest warming has brought increasingly beneficial temperatures and climate .
Crop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Southern California , California as a whole , the United States , and globally .
In Kern County , total crop value rose 3 percent in 2019 , setting a new record .
Other California counties are also thriving under present climate .
Fresno County ’ s total crop value rose 12 percent in 2018 to briefly overtake Kern County as the nation ’ s top-grossing county for agricultural production .
Kern County ’ s 2019 growth reclaimed the title .
Crop production in 2020 is shaping up even better , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bee , for example , published an August 5 article titled , “ This is what harvest of a 2020 record 2020 almond crop looks like.
” In fact , crop yields are so strong that some farmers are making news hoping for adverse weather to occur .
The Californian itself reported this just last month , in an article titled , “ Almond growers fret over expectations for another record harvest.
” The article noted that record almond production is causing lower almond prices , making it harder for farmers to profit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that February ’ s almond tree blooms were “ close to perfect ” under ideal temperatures and climate conditions Curiously , the Californian failed to mention climate change ’ s role in the close-to-perfect climate conditions and record almond production .
The national crop outlook is just as strong .
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts record crop yields this year for the important corn and soybean crops , as well as other crops .
This builds upon consistent growth in U.S. crop production and records being set on a near-annual basis .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) forecasts the 2020/2021 crop season will set yet another record for crop production .
FAO reports global crop production has increased more than 10 percent during the past decade .
In summary , Google News and the corrupt media are once again reporting fake news and fake science .
Global warming has brought about perfect California climate conditions and record crop production .
Even as this happens , the media are deceiving people by reporting climate change is ushering in a California crop crisis .


climatedepot--2020-08-17--‘Low-Fact Propaganda’: Medis’s Alarmism Exposed (Again), Greenland Ice Not ‘Doomed’

German skeptic site Die Kalte Sonne here debunks a recent alarmist article appearing in Spiegel aimed at shocking its readers .
The reality , it turns out , is not shocking at all .
According to Spiegel , the Greenland ice sheet is already doomed ( that is unless we skip the usual democratic process and just act immediately ) .
Spiegel claims Greenland “ glaciers are continuously losing huge masses of ice ” and that the system there is “ dramatically off balance ” .
The leftist Hamburg-based weekly reported : But Die kalte Sonne wondered if this were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mouse clicks to find a recent temperature reconstruction for Greenland ’ s past ( Lecavalier et al .
2017 , pdf here ) .
The paper ’ s Figure 4a shows the temperatures , with the temperature of 1950 at the far right which in paleo-climatology is always meant as “ present ” .
Thus , 11,000 years ago , it was up to 4°C warmer than in 1950 over long periods of thousands of years , and today the warming has been about 1°C since then .
Since we can see an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is roughly Gt ) today , the “ point of no return ” can not have been exceeded 10,000 years ago .
How does the heading then come about ?
We take a look at the associated work by King et al .
2020 : Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier retreat The Greenland Ice Sheet is losing mass at accelerated rates in the 21st century , making it the largest single contributor to rising sea levels .
Faster flow of outlet glaciers has substantially contributed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speedup , and potential for future change , uncertain .
Here we combine more than three decades of remotely sensed observational products of outlet glacier velocity , elevation , and front position changes over the full ice sheet .
We compare decadal variability in discharge and calving front position and find that increased glacier discharge was due almost entirely to the retreat of glacier fronts , rather than inland ice sheet processes , with a remarkably consistent speedup of 4–5 % per km of retreat across the ice sheet .
We show that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a step-increase in discharge and a switch to a new dynamic state of sustained mass loss that would persist even under a decline in surface melt .
Is there any talk of an irreversible end of the Greenland ice sheet ?
From the abstract : The authors see an acceleration in melting towards the ocean in the period 2000-2005 , with not enough snowfall to compensate for the losses .
They find a loss of about 500 Gt/year .
Unfortunately , they do not address the highly accurate gravity measurements with satellites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a linear mass loss of only 275 Gt/year between 2003 and 2019 ( with a gap in 2017 and 2018 due to a satellite change ) , so that in 17 years about 4200 Gt were lost , which is 0.15 % of the total sheet .
What exactly do they say about the future ?
This is much more cautious than what is being served up to us as “ doomed ” with the usual “ overconfidence ” .
A look into the past is enough to unmask the media scream for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Also read here at Ice Age Now .


climatedepot--2020-08-17--Media Falsely Claim Ethiopian Climate Crisis as Crop Yields Set Records

Among the top Google News search results today for “ climate change , ” an article at Insider.com claims “ food insecurity from climate change ” is “ pushing millions of people into cities.
” In reality , Ethiopian crop yields are enjoying consistent , impressive gains , and are setting new records virtually every year .
Also , Ethiopia ’ s rural population is growing , not shrinking , as higher crop yields support more farmers and more food production .
The Insider.com article being promoted by Google is a perfect example of the dishonest claims made by proponents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article , titled “ Climate change is pushing millions of people into cities like Addis Ababa .
Here ’ s what rapid urbanization looks like in the Ethiopian capital , ” asserts that World Health Organization predictions of a growing Ethiopian urban population prove that climate change is devastating crop production and driving people into cities .
But that is faulty logic that defies objective reality .
In reality , Ethiopia is benefiting from increasing food production and rapid economic growth in its cities .
This economic growth is not forcing people away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many Ethiopians into cities with better paying jobs and the cultural and social attractions of urban life .
Data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) , charted below , show remarkable growth in Ethiopian crop yields as the Earth continues its modest warming .
Crop yields per acre are currently 80 percent higher than just a decade ago , and double what they were in the year 2000 .
Moreover , the FAO reports that fully half the Ethiopian population was undernourished in the year 2000 , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is undernourished today .
It is amazing that a “ news ” article at Insider.com can paint this spectacular crop growth and beneficial improvement in nutrition as “ food insecurity from climate change.
” About the only thing that is true in the Insider.com article is that Ethiopia is experiencing dramatic urban population growth .
However , it is a lie that the urban growth is being caused by climate change destabilizing food production and forcing people into cities .
According to the FAO , Ethiopia ’ s urban areas have added 13 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , Ethiopia ’ s rural areas have added 28 million people since the year 2000 .
Ethiopia ’ s urban and rural areas are gaining population – with rural areas experiencing the largest growth – as increasing crop yields sustain more population and bring more wealth to the nation ’ s people .


climatedepot--2020-08-17--Max Planck Institute For Meteorology Dir. Not Worried About Climate Tipping Points…Worried About Pan

Max Planck Institute For Meteorology Dir. Not Worried About Climate Tipping Points…Worried About Panic – ‘I don’t see any risk with Greenland’

In an interview with flagship daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ( FAZ here ) , Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology ( MPIM ) Director Dr. Jochen Marotzke said predicting how many degrees of warming we need to prepare for was like reading tea leaves and that he is not worried about “ climate tipping points ” .
He also spoke of the wide disagreement among climate models .
Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology ( MPIM ) Director Dr. Jochen Marotzke told the FAZ he doesn ’ t worry about climate “ tipping points ” , but worries about panic .
Image : MPIM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worst case scenarios put out by some models were useful for the purpose of risk assessment , i.e .
scenarios that are unlikely but can not be ruled out .
“ In the latest generation of models , there are some models that are much more sensitive to greenhouse gases than previous models in terms of their temperature increase , ” he said .
When asked about the results of the French model released earlier this year , which assumes five degrees of warming for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 , Marotzke expressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he thought of the French scientists : “ My God , what are you doing ?
Because it is very , very unlikely that the true climate is as sensitive as these new models show.
” “ The issue of climate sensitivity is extremely complex .
Therefore , the results of a model should first be treated with caution , ” Marotzke said .
When asked why the French model produced such a high warming for a doubling of CO ” , Marotzke said he didn ’ t know why : “ No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first reflecting .
The British did it differently , they said the new value is a mystery to us .
They first want to investigate what the reason is and whether the warming rate is realistic.
” Later in the interview , the FAZ touched on the so-called “ tipping points in the climate system ” , which are “ threshold values that set irreversible processes in motion that , once started , can no longer be stopped.
” Possible tipping points named by some scientists include the Greenland Ice Sheet , Gulf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reefs , Amazon dying etc .
On whether they could happen , Marotzke views it as “ conceivable ” and that it “ can not be ruled out ” and with “ almost all of them we don ’ t know where we stand.
” When asked which one is most worrying , he replied : “ None ” .
“ I don ’ t see any risk with Greenland ” And not even the melting of the Greenland ice sheet worries the MPIM Director .
He told the FAZ : “ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – a couple thousand years .
I don ’ t see any risk with Greenland.
” On the subject of the Arctic , Marotzke says he is “ quite sure that it is not a tipping point ” – and that the ice albedo feedback “ is not the dominant effect ” .
“ The ice comes back every year – in winter , said Marotzke , who has been Director at the MPIM in Hamburg since 2003 .
“ When the temperature goes down again , the sea ice will come back.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the permafrost thawing , saying the contribution to warming “ is relatively small.
” “ Besides , even if the permafrost thaws , it is uncertain how much of the methane actually reaches the atmosphere , ” said Marotzke .
“ Methane can be converted by bacteria to CO₂ .
I am not worried about methane.
” When asked about what he is worried about , he replies : “ That the panic will backfire.
” Marotzke warns against spreading panic : ” It can become incendiary .
The question is , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protection measures exceed the risks of climate change ?
Panic does not help here , only relatively sober analysis and weighing up – and a democratic discussion will help .
”


climatedepot--2020-08-17--Meteorologist Joe Bastardi:A whimsical, satirical, sarcastic, not funny, none of the above ,or all o

Meteorologist Joe Bastardi:A whimsical, satirical, sarcastic, not funny, none of the above ,or all of the above look at settled science

Human induced climate change is to many settled Science .
So 2 questions come to mind 1 ) What is @ @ @ @ @ If its settled science , why are we spending so much money researching it ?
@ @ @ @ @ Science I don ’ t think of something that many people far smarter than I @ @ @ @ @ … ] The post A whimsical , satirical , sarcastic , not funny , none @ @ @ @ @ all of the above look at settled science appeared first on CFACT .


climatedepot--2020-08-17--California’s Green-Energy Corruption And Those Rolling Blackouts

The last California Governor blamed for rolling energy blackouts was recalled by voters and replaced .
In 2003 , Governor Gray Davis was recalled over leadership issues , high taxation , and inaction over a struggling California economy and rolling energy blackouts .
Gov .
Gavin Newsom is already facing a recall , and now with rolling blackouts , he may have just guaranteed it .
Most countries around the world think that it ’ s a good thing to have cheap energy .
In California , we have plenty of cheap energy available , just not the political will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural gas-driven turbines and hydroelectric generators to provide just 38 percent of its energy needs .
The state imports 12 percent of its oil from Alaska , and another 58 percent from foreign nations , relying heavily on Canada , which has 19 commercial nuclear reactors and is the world ’ s third-largest producer of hydroelectricity .
So why are California ’ s utilities cutting power , and imposing rolling blackouts again ?
The state is awash in ultra-cheap natural gas , yet in California , our corrupt government finds ways to create @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the highest rates in the country .
This is one reason California electricity costs more than twice the national median—thanks to a government-created shortage .
California ’ s natural gas shale formation is one of the largest in the world .
And , California has been a pioneer in renewable energy , albeit still unreliable and unproven .
While California sits on one of the largest known deposits of recoverable oil and gas , production has steadily fallen .
The state ignores its vast onshore and offshore deposits , which are fully accessible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Another reason is that the California Public Utilities Commission , the state ’ s energy “ regulator , ” has a historic , dubious relationship with Wall Street , making promises to keep the profits higher of the state ’ s publicly held utilities , than utility profits elsewhere .
California politicians have gloated over being the first state to enact such aggressive green energy and greenhouse gas busting policy , but have yet to produce any proof that these oppressive and business-killing laws have had any “ green ” results .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean , less expensive to extract , natural and abundant .
It wasn ’ t that long ago that natural gas used to be the left ’ s preferred alternative to all other “ dirty fuels.
” But as the oil and gas industry found better , more affordable ways to access natural gas , it fell out of favor with emotional , whimsical environmentalists .
Many California residents have purchased expensive generators to keep refrigerators and freezers on , but generators rely mostly on natural gas .
Democrats in the California Legislature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and require only electric appliances .
So California residents won ’ t even be able to keep our power on in this “ new normal.
” With triple-digit heat in California – a typical August – rolling blackouts will not be popular among voters .
Californians are now being charged very high-tiered energy rates , with the most expensive usage during the times it is most needed – 4 pm to 8 pm .
Every which way that ratepayers turn , we are getting seriously bilked by the politicians in this state .


climatedepot--2020-08-17--Media hypes 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F record

On Sunday , August 16th the National Weather Service in Las Vegas , Nevada sent out a Tweet highlighting a new maximum daily temperature of 130°F in Death Valley : Predictably , the media jumped on this number with the Los Angeles Times saying “ …possibly the highest mercury reading on Earth since 1913 “ .
Even the Drudge Report got into the act putting the 130°F temperature headline front and center .
While global warming activists are rubbing their hands together in anticipation and glee hoping this will aid their case , what they and the LA Times aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is simply “ business as usual ” for Death Valley .
In fact , back in 1913 , over 100 years of “ global warming ” ago , Death Valley ’ s official weather station at Greenland Ranch hit an all time record of 134°F , and also hit 130°F or higher three times that July : While climate crusaders would like you to think today ’ s 130°F temperature is more “ proof ” of global warming aka “ climate change ” induced by fossil fuel use putting more carbon dioxide ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ irrefutable fact is that in 1913 , CO2 in our atmosphere was about 43 % lower than today at 290 parts per million in 1913 compared to the “ Climate crisis ” level of 414 PPM .
You have to wonder , if current CO2 levels are responsible for record heat waves today , as climate activists like to claim , how did it produce a still unbroken record temperature of 134°F back in July 1913 ?
The answer is ; it didn ’ t then , and didn ’ t today .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a combination of a hot regional weather pattern and local factors found nowhere else on Earth , according to the National Park Service : “ The depth and shape of Death Valley influence its summer temperatures .
The valley is a long , narrow basin 282 feet ( 86 m ) below sea level , yet is walled by high , steep mountain ranges .
The clear , dry air and sparse plant cover allow sunlight to heat the desert surface .
Heat radiates back from the rocks and soil , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depths .
Summer nights provide little relief as overnight lows may only dip into the 85°F to 95°F ( 30°C to 35°C ) range .
Heated air rises , yet is trapped by the high valley walls , is cooled and recycled back down to the valley floor .
These pockets of descending air are only slightly cooler than the surrounding hot air .
As they descend , they are compressed and heated even more by the low elevation air pressure .
These moving masses of super heated air blow through the valley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t fret about climate change because Death Valley got hot again , it ’ s business as usual for the place , and not an indicator for global temperatures in any way .
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climatedepot--2020-08-19--This is climate change leadership? – ‘Californians are in their fourth night of energy blackouts’

California officials endlessly promote this state as “ leading the world in the fight against climate change.
” Yet as of this writing , many Californians are in their fourth night of energy blackouts .
This is leadership ?
Maybe it ’ s time to rethink that goal of 100 percent carbon neutrality by 2045 and revisit the important triple-bottom-line questions : is it good for the environment ; is it good for the economy ; and does it meet social equity needs ?
As a three-term member of the California Transportation Commission , former State Housing Director and now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Business Council , I have been on the frontlines of this battle .
I know firsthand how difficult this balancing act can be , especially with a pandemic coloring every response .
Balance means acknowledging current COVID-19 challenges represent the most immediate threat to the health of residents .
But this hasn ’ t stopped some from ignoring devastating impacts when government picks energy winners and losers in a march toward statewide electrification : a one-size-fits-none strategy that burdens families and small businesses with unaffordable and unreliable energy options at exactly the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is wrong .
Recently , unions , the local gas utility and a transportation company were compelled to sue the California Energy Commission ( CEC ) for failing to follow California law requiring it to maximize benefits of this state ’ s natural gas distribution system — not just electricity .
Government ’ s stated favorite , electricity , is joined by single focus advocates , even some local elected officials , who demand all-electric homes and commercial buildings .
I thought the final straw was last year when the chair of another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Commission ( CPUC ) , demanded , “ we must electrify our homes and buildings ” despite the CPUC ’ s own mission to ensure Californians ’ access to safe , clean , affordable utility services .
No .
Gov .
Newsom called for importing more pricey out-of-state electricity !
Affordability and reliability are the reasons the CPUC exists — to help Californians struggling to make ends meet in this high-cost , high-tax state — that ’ s social equity .
Further , California faces an overwhelming homelessness and workforce housing supply crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought into sharp focus the heavy burden housing , transportation and utility costs place on low-income and minority communities .
Yet , disciples of statewide electrification turn a blind eye to how increases in these costs will only widen California ’ s wealth and equity gaps .
Fortunately , a few lawmakers have noticed .
On July 20 , 2020 , three state assemblymembers wrote the CPUC voicing concerns about statewide electrification , stating , “ the Legislature has embraced all technologies that effectively reduce greenhouse gases and serve interests of our diverse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be pushing utility customers to an all-electric structure … we are unaware of any specific policy decisions or laws that declare ‘ electrification ’ as the exclusive policy of the state.
” These leaders speak for working Californians , “ …for families and individuals who are living paycheck to paycheck , a balanced and more affordable approach is needed.
” Protecting California ’ s environment is part of our DNA — we love our clean beaches , fight for clean air and fabulous open space .
Equally important are economic recovery and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ middle class .
At no time is a balanced , cost-effective and reliable approach to energy more important , leveraging existing infrastructure and technology .


climatedepot--2020-08-18--Watch 1 hour speech: Morano apologizes for wrongly believing climate ‘solutions’ were the greatest t

Watch 1 hour speech: Morano apologizes for wrongly believing climate ‘solutions’ were the greatest threat to liberty – Now says viral fears/lockdowns are greatest threat

Morano : `` On behalf of climate skeptics everywhere , I would like to formally apologize for warning that ‘ @ @ @ @ @ biggest threat to our liberty over the last 30 years .
Climate change ‘ solutions @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s just not the biggest in the world .
Viral fear inspired @ @ @ @ @ ” '' I did n't see this coming .
Public health , the unelected bureaucracy @ @ @ @ @ th UN climate agenda look like an amateur or a farm league when it comes @ @ @ @ @ and instilling fear . ''


climatedepot--2020-08-18--Policymakers Misled…New Nature Study ‘Casts Doubt On Forecasts Of Regional Climate Change’

A new paper reveals that climate models have failed to take important natural factors , such as the North Atlantic Oscillation , into account in their climate models on which leaders have been basing their policies .
A new paper in Nature says NAO not taken adequately into account by climate models .
Image : see video ( German ) here .
Paper in Nature Criticizes NAO Hole : Medium-Term Climate Far More Predictable Than Climate Models Suggest Can the ups and downs of the climate of the coming years and decades be predicted ?
A large group of researchers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affirms this and describes in a Nature article that much more is possible here than current climate models suggest .
North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply Quantifying signals and uncertainties in climate models is essential for the detection , attribution , prediction and projection of climate change1,2,3 .
Although inter-model agreement is high for large-scale temperature signals , dynamical changes in atmospheric circulation are very uncertain4 .
This leads to low confidence in regional projections , especially for precipitation , over the coming decades5,6 .
The chaotic nature of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uncertainties are largely irreducible .
However , climate projections are difficult to verify until further observations become available .
Here we assess retrospective climate model predictions of the past six decades and show that decadal variations in North Atlantic winter climate are highly predictable , despite a lack of agreement between individual model simulations and the poor predictive ability of raw model outputs .
Crucially , current models underestimate the predictable signal ( the predictable fraction of the total variability ) of the North Atlantic Oscillation ( the leading mode of variability in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order of magnitude .
Consequently , compared to perfect models , 100 times as many ensemble members are needed in current models to extract this signal , and its effects on the climate are underestimated relative to other factors .
To address these limitations , we implement a two-stage post-processing technique .
We first adjust the variance of the ensemble-mean North Atlantic Oscillation forecast to match the observed variance of the predictable signal .
We then select and use only the ensemble members with a North Atlantic Oscillation sufficiently close to the variance-adjusted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approach greatly improves decadal predictions of winter climate for Europe and eastern North America .
Predictions of Atlantic multidecadal variability are also improved , suggesting that the North Atlantic Oscillation is not driven solely by Atlantic multidecadal variability .
Our results highlight the need to understand why the signal-to-noise ratio is too small in current climate models10 , and the extent to which correcting this model error would reduce uncertainties in regional climate change projections on timescales beyond a decade .
The authors looked at the behavior of the North Atlantic winter climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there is basically good predictability .
Yet , current climate models do not make use of this as they underestimate the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ) by an entire order of magnitude .
The noise is still too high in the climate models , and the real signal is lost .
The paper is so important that even Science commented on it at the end of July 2020 Missed wind patterns are throwing off climate forecasts of rain and storms Climate scientists can confidently tie global warming to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heat .
But ask how rising temperatures will affect rainfall and storms , and the answers get a lot shakier .
For a long time , researchers chalked the problem up to natural variability in wind patterns—the inherently unpredictable fluctuations of a chaotic atmosphere .
Now , however , a new analysis has found that the problem is not with the climate , it ’ s with the massive computer models designed to forecast its behavior .
“ The climate is much more predictable than we previously thought , ” says Doug Smith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kingdom ’ s Met Office who led the 39-person effort published this week in Nature .
The study , which includes authors from several leading modeling centers , casts doubt on many forecasts of regional climate change , which are crucial for policymaking .
It also means efforts to attribute specific weather events to global warming , now much in vogue , are rife with errors .
“ The whole thing is concerning , ” says Isla Simpson , an atmospheric dynamicist and modeler at the National Center for Atmospheric Research , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It could mean we ’ re not getting future climate projections right.
” You can read the entire commentary at Science .
Now medium-term forecasts based on the weak computer models are being put to the test .
Unfortunately , these are exactly the same forecasts that have already been used for political planning purposes .
Now it is probably dawning on the latter : “ the Science is NOT settled ” .
Even the “ attribution game ” of extreme weather events , which is so popular in the media , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burner .
Not good news for Friederike Otto , who has already been treated as an attribution superstar in the media , as she claimed to be able to calculate with percentage accuracy how much man was involved in a storm , flood or drought .
But wait , the German-language media did not even report on this important new paper…perhaps it did not fit into the climate narrative given from above .
Fortunately , there is the Die kalte Sonne climate blog : That ’ s the first place you ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the systematic influence of the NAO on European temperatures has also been described by Lüdecke et al .
2020 a few months earlier .
So it was a logical further step by Smith et al .
2020 to actively demand improvements in climate models .
The effect of the NAO has been known for decades .
Surprisingly , it is only now that resistance is stirring in the scientific community , since it was actually clear that the models did not reflect these empirically well-documented relationships .


climatedepot--2020-08-18--COVID and Climate Policy Following the Same Playbook – ‘Benevolent’ government seeks to control all

COVID and Climate Policy Following the Same Playbook – ‘Benevolent’ government seeks to control all aspects of our lives’

`` Climate and COVID share the commonality of government control .
From electric car and fuel efficiency mandates to the entire economy busting Green New Deal , the “ benevolent ” government seeks to control all aspects of our lives . ''
`` Both global warming and the Wuhan flu rely on models .
Many climate models predicted rising sea levels and flooded cities , along with catastrophic storms , none of which has materialized .
Virus models predicted 2.2 million U.S. deaths , only to be scaled down as reality was nowhere close to the predictions .
Both relied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their prognostications accordingly .
... '' '' One can see numerous parallels between COVID and climate policy .
Both create fear , to a frenzy level , of the world ending , massive death and destruction , all due to a warming planet or an aggressive flu virus .
If we don ’ t wear a mask , we are murderers and should be imprisoned .
If we don ’ t believe in man-made global warming , we should also be locked away in jail ...
Question the dogma of either the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your life , if not disrupted , then ruined .
There is only one politically correct viewpoint on both issues . ''
Brian C. Joondeph , M.D.
, is a Denver-based physician : `` Both the climate and COVID movements share these features – hypocrisy and hysteria , models and money , fear and false prophets , and inevitability .
This is also how dictatorships begin . ''
As we approach six months of lockdowns , mandates , and restrictions previously unfathomable in a free society , it is important to ask if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is either necessary or effective in combating this viral pandemic .
Or are these empty gestures , efforts of totalitarian wannabees serving as mayors or governors , trying to control those they are charged with leading and protecting , trying to advance a political agenda rather than preserving and protecting the Constitution ?
One can see numerous parallels between COVID and climate policy .
Both create fear , to a frenzy level , of the world ending , massive death and destruction , all due to a warming planet or an aggressive flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wear a mask , we are murderers and should be imprisoned .
If we don ’ t believe in man-made global warming , we should also be locked away in jail .
Both movements have famous , often media-fabricated , leaders and spokespersons to push the agenda .
Aside from politicians , the climate movement uses Al Gore and Greta Thunberg while the COVID evangelists are Drs .
Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx .
At least the latter two , on paper , have expertise in their fields unlike the former two who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The axiom , “ follow the money ” applies to both crusades .
The climate industry has been a cash cow for those on the politically correct side of the debate .
Government subsidies flow freely to green energy companies , often to campaign donors of those doling out the money .
Half a billion taxpayer dollars went to corrupt Solyndra as a thank-you to political donors and fundraisers .
Gore has amassed hundreds of millions in green investments and carbon credits .
In the virus world , there are vaccines and therapeutics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and potentially billions of dollars in sales .
It seems the Chinese virus doomsayers , like Fauci , and Bill Gates , have a stake in whatever treatments or preventatives are pushed to get us out of this supposed public health crisis .
And both castigate hydroxychloroquine , a beneficial therapeutic when given at the proper time in the course of Chinese flu infection , as it is generic , pennies per pill , a cash gnat rather than a cash cow .
Academic and social media scorn is heaped on those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On the Wuhan flu side , legitimate board-certified physicians are ridiculed or fired from their jobs for questioning establishment dogma .
A recent video from “ America ’ s Frontline Doctors ” featured Dr. Stella Immanuel speaking of the benefits of hydroxychloroquine for COVID and she was immediately ridiculed and dismissed .
She is also an immigrant woman of color and the same media gushing over Kamala Harris or Stacey Abrams lost their notions of intersectionality when attacking Dr. Immanuel .
Another doctor in that group , Dr. Simone Gold , an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her support of hydroxy .
Just as climate change skeptic Nicholas Drapela , a professor at Oregon State University , was fired for his audacity to challenge the left-wing establishment .
As was prominent Princeton University physicist Dr. Will Happer for disagreeing with non-scientist Al Gore .
Question the dogma of either the virus or climate movement and prepare to have your life , if not disrupted , then ruined .
There is only one politically correct viewpoint on both issues .
Both global warming and the Wuhan flu rely on models .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and flooded cities , along with catastrophic storms , none of which has materialized .
Virus models predicted 2.2 million U.S. deaths , only to be scaled down as reality was nowhere close to the predictions .
Both relied on flawed models and failed to adjust their prognostications accordingly .
Climate and COVID share the commonality of government control .
From electric car and fuel efficiency mandates to the entire economy busting Green New Deal , the “ benevolent ” government seeks to control all aspects of our lives .
Similarly , government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gather in groups of nine but not 11 , stay at home , go marijuana shops but not to school , and close churches but encourage large protests .
Do as we say , or we will punish you warns our compassionate and caring government .
Then there is hypocrisy , a feature of the climate and virus movements .
Al Gore , telling us to lower our carbon footprints for the sake of the planet , has a 10,000 square foot mansion consuming over 21 times the U.S. household average of electricity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ miles in just 11 days on three private jets and one helicopter before posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos at a climate conference .
Media cranks , constantly berating President Trump for not wearing a mask , conveniently don ’ t wear their masks when off camera .
The baseball pitcher Dr. Fauci , demonstrating proper social distancing wearing a huge mask standing all alone on the pitcher ’ s mound while on camera forgot all about his mask and distancing when off camera in the bleachers .
The funeral for your loved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can gather to mourn George Floyd .
Graduations are bad but BLM rallies are just fine .
We can ’ t vote in person but it ’ s fine to riot and loot in person , with impunity Last is inevitability .
The climate will do what it does .
Cooling caused ice ages and warming melted the ice over the past billions of years , all without government intervention .
Hurricanes have been a feature on Planet Earth before Al Gore and long before humans even organized governments .
The virus is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being heaped with praise for being virus free for 100 days , despite ultra-strict immigration and quarantine rules , now has a 36-case cluster of new Wuhan virus cases .
You can run but you can ’ t hide from nature taking its course , for both climate and a virus .
Both the climate and COVID movements share these features – hypocrisy and hysteria , models and money , fear and false prophets , and inevitability .
This is also how dictatorships begin .
As further proof , notice how all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replaced by virus fearmongering .
From schools to masks to voting .
It was an easy pivot as the playbook was already written , allowing the left to sashay from global warming to the virus , as a means to control the people and an upcoming election .
It ’ s predictable and obvious once you recognize the pattern .
Brian C. Joondeph , M.D.
, is a Denver-based physician and freelance writer whose pieces have appeared in American Thinker , Daily Caller , Rasmussen Reports , and other publications .
Follow him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parler , and QuodVerum .


climatedepot--2020-08-19--California Declares State of Emergency As ‘Rolling Power Outages Could Hit Millions’

California Governor Gavin Newsom declares statewide emergency , mobilizes National Guard amid fires , record heat and “ imminent ” rolling power outages that could hit millions California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency to help ensure the availability of vital resources to combat fires burning across the state , which have been exacerbated by the effects of the historic West Coast heat wave and sustained high winds .
“ We are deploying every resource available to keep communities safe as California battles fires across the state during these extreme conditions , ” said Governor Newsom .
“ California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working in lockstep to meet the challenge and remain vigilant in the face of continued dangerous weather conditions.
” The declaration includes a mobilization of the California National Guard , to assist local agencies with the multiple ongoing emergencies .
Newsom ’ s order states that “ there are currently hundreds of fires actively burning during these extreme weather conditions throughout California.
” And “ the number of fires actively burning statewide , as well as throughout other Western states , has resulted in a strain on California ’ s mutual aid system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to obtain the necessary in-state and out-of-state firefighting resources to respond to these fires.
” The state of emergency came not long after the non-profit corporation that controls much of California ’ s energy grid issued a Stage 2 Alert , saying “ rotating power outages ” were “ imminemt.
” On a call with reporters , Steve Berberich , the CEO of the state ’ s Independent Service Operator , which runs the power grid indicated severe strain on the electrical system and strongly encouraged residents and businesses to conserve power .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Independent System Operator moves to a Stage 3 emergency , he said .
Berberich said the system was expected to fall short by about 2,700 megawatts Tuesday evening .
That ’ s the equivalent of nearly three nuclear plants and enough electricity for the needs of about about 2 million customers .
The ISO declared a Stage 2 emergency at 2 p.m. That is the last step before it orders blackouts .
Berberich said power outages could begin around 4 p.m .
The state faced an even more dire prospect on Monday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday despite going to Stage 3 because , according to Berberich , word got out and consumers cut power usage .
Just hours earlier , President Trump claimed that Democrats were to blame for California ’ s blackouts on Friday and Saturday .


climatedepot--2020-08-19--Former Congressman: ‘The Coronavirus lockdown is one of the biggest mistakes in the history of this

Former Congressman: ‘The Coronavirus lockdown is one of the biggest mistakes in the history of this country’

Former Rep. John J. Duncan , Jr. : `` In the 1957-58 flu season , when I was 10 years old , the world was hit by another pandemic which also originated in China .
It was called the Asian Flu , and 1.1 million died from it , with 116,000 of those deaths being in the U.S. That would be the equivalent of 220,000 U.S. deaths now due to or much higher current population .
Nothing was shut down then .
No mayors or governors were holding daily Asian Flu news conferences .
There were not constant , 24-hour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testing positive . ''
As I write this , 1.6 % of the U.S. population have tested positive for Coronavirus— 5.2 million out of our 330 million people .
This figure probably shocks most people , because the mainstream media has tried as hard as possible to make this pandemic seem far worse than it actually is .
Every day there are repeated news reports about passing another “ grim milestone ” .
Over 166,000 have died with their deaths being attributed to the virus .
However , there have been numerous reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these deaths have been with “ comorbidities ” that could have been the primary cause .
Age could also have been the main factor in many of the deaths , with some countries reporting two-thirds of the deceased being over 70 and many over 80 .
Having had deaths in my own family ( although not from the virus ) , I am certainly not making light of these deaths .
Every day , in the U.S. , approximately 8,000 people die , and every death is sad , tragic , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about this virus is that well over 90 % who have tested positive recover without medicines designed to treat it ( or a vaccine designed to prevent it ) .
In the 1957-58 flu season , when I was 10 years old , the world was hit by another pandemic which also originated in China .
It was called the Asian Flu , and 1.1 million died from it , with 116,000 of those deaths being in the U.S. That would be the equivalent of 220,000 U.S. deaths now due to or much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down then .
No mayors or governors were holding daily Asian Flu news conferences .
There were not constant , 24-hour news reports about the numbers dying or testing positive .
The news readers on MSNBC and CNN can barely suppress their glee at reporting new hotspots and big increases in the numbers dying or testing positive , especially if they are in so-called red states with Republican governors .
Because of their absolute virulent hatred for President Trump , they are also eager to report bad economic news and seemingly grimace when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market has gone up once again .
Blue state governors and mayors are doing as much as they can to keep things shut down and acting very heroic or holier than thou in doing so .
It is pretty obvious , though , that almost all who want to keep businesses closed and schools shut are people who are still drawing their paychecks or pensions .
They don ’ t seem to realize that this can ’ t go on much longer without even those checks or pensions cut back or stopped altogether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to spend money like the worst drunken sailors in history , inflation will just about wipe out those checks and pensions anyway .
The saddest thing about this virus , without question , is the number of people who have died and who have become seriously ill .
However , it is also very sad that so many thousands of small businesses have been forced to shut down , a very significant number of which will never be able to re-open .
And it is especially unfair that so many big giants have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing big increases in business they have gotten from the little guys that are no longer open .
All businesses , large and small , should have been allowed to stay open .
Were it not for the fact that history is often written by the victors , this shutdown would soon be looked back upon as one of the biggest mistakes this country has ever made .
Unfortunately , though , the losers in this situation are clearly those who have been made to close .
John J. Duncan , Jr. represented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. House for 30 years from 1988 to 2018 .


climatedepot--2020-08-19--Thanks to Climate-Driven Green Energy Mandates, California’s Electric Grid Is Near Collapse

This time , “ rolling blackouts ” are due to green energy issues , not Enron market manipulation .
Remember when California imposed rolling blackouts in 2000 and 2001 ?
This occurred when California had a shortage of electricity supply caused by electricity market manipulations .
A demand-supply gap was created , mainly by Enron , to create an artificial shortage so speculators could benefit from an 800 percent increase in wholesale electricity prices .
As a result , California suffered from multiple large-scale blackouts .
Now an electricity shortage coupled with rolling blackouts is happening again , but for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is due to “ unreliable ” aka green energy .
Note that in 2000 and 2001 , the forced rolling blackouts happened during peak load times ( and peak pricing ) , which typical was in mid-afternoons .
Now , the rolling blackouts hitting the state are happening in the evening .
Why the difference ?
According to the California Independent System Operator : “ A persistent , record-breaking heat wave in California and the western states is causing a strain on supplies , and consumers should be prepared for likely rolling outages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through Wednesday … There is not a sufficient amount of energy to meet the high amounts of demand during the heatwave.
” The reason ?
Solar power , or more accurately , the lack of it .
Solar power has a thorny problem : It disappears after sunset .
And California ’ s electric grid is highly dependent on it now thanks to the political mandate known as the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 ( AB 32 ) .
AB32 required that 50 percent of California ’ s electricity to be powered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and solar , by 2025 and 60 percent by 2030 , ending in 100 percent “ carbon free ” energy by 2045 .
Now , California is paying the price for abandoning reliable energy sources in favor of green energy sources such as wind and solar power , which don ’ t work when the wind doesn ’ t blow and the sun doesn ’ t shine .
During heat waves like California is experiencing now , there ’ s typically plenty of sunshine , but winds are often stagnant .
An analysis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) from the California Independent System Operator ( CASIO ) on August 14 shows clearly that solar power died at sunset .
Stagnant wind power didn ’ t help at all and a huge demand-supply gap existed right around sunset , necessitating the forced rolling blackouts to keep the electric grid from collapsing .
It gets worse .
On August 17 , during the CAISO Board of Governors Meeting CAISO President Steve Berber let loose with this bit of reality .
From transcript : “ You are trading the loss of 3000 megawatts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of California and perhaps the entire West .
… When you ’ re at the very edge and you have a contingency and you have no operating reserves , you risk entire system collapse.
” California has traded energy security to kneel before the false prophet of green energy .
Instead of using reliable and affordable nuclear and coal plants , they are using intermittent and unreliable wind and solar power .
And the people of California , and perhaps the West in general , may pay the price for that homage if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heat wave .
If that happens , such an event will dwarf what happened at the hand of market manipulators like Enron in 2000/2001 , and will be the most expensive and devastating green energy lesson ever in history .
The post Thanks to Climate-Driven Green Energy Mandates , California ’ s Electric Grid Is Near Collapse appeared first on Climate Realism .


climatedepot--2020-08-19--Climate Anarchy Spreads Across Germany As Protesters Attempt To Disrupt, Block Airports

German libertarian site Die Freie Welt reports that German Extinction Rebellion activists protested against short-haul flights at several German airports earlier this week .
In Lübeck , 10 people tried to glue themselves to the runway with superglue , but the police were able to prevent the action .
In Munich , people chained themselves to luggage trolleys.Even political figures took part , for example Lorenz Gösta Beutin , climate policy spokesman of Die Linke ( The Left ) accompanied the protests in Lübeck , reports Freie Welt .
“ 100 to 150 additional demonstrators protested outside the airport building.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ managed to get through security and onto a plane for Hamburg .
The protester claimed to be a climate saver and shouted : “ Please stop this plane .
I am not prepared to fly .
I want to get off .
I am not prepared to sit down again.
” Many annoyed passengers reacted angrily .
One passenger shouted , “ Hey you arse— , sit back down ” .
The activist claimed to represent everyone and that the issue was not about him .
“ The earth is getting hot ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nature is going to hell.
” According to witnesses , the activist tried to continue reading his speech , which he had written down , and stammered about “ the end of the dear world ” .
The pilot was forced to to return the aircraft to the parking position so that the passenger could get off .
In Berlin another activist made her way onto a plane and demanded passengers “ disembark and stay on the ground ” in order to keep domestic German flights from heating up the planet .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collapse.
” The Freie Welt refuted the claims made by the Düsseldorf protestor , writing :


climatedepot--2020-08-19--Is California’s Heatwave Really So Hot? Rural stations reveal temperaturea ‘not in the least unusual

Is California’s Heatwave Really So Hot? Rural stations reveal temperaturea ‘not in the least unusual’

A temperature of 54.4C – or 129.9F – has been recorded in Death Valley , California , in what some extreme weather watchers believe could be the hottest reading ever reliably recorded on the planet .
The United States National Weather Service ’ s automated weather station at Furnace Creek near the border with Nevada hit the extreme high at 3:41pm on Sunday afternoon , a statement said .
The heatwave in California has been making the news this week , and it is also being blamed for rolling blackouts in the state .
But has it been exceptionally hot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record ” temperatures at big city sites .
But what about rural ones ?
Lemon Cove is a small town of about 300 people , and lies just north of Bakersfield and west of Death Valley .
It is also a long running , high quality USHCN site .
Temperatures this month have peaked at 109F : Yet 109F is not in the least unusual there .
The highest temperature on record was 115f , set in 1931 and again in 1933 : Of course , thermometers at Lemon Cove are not placed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to airport runways !


climatedepot--2020-08-19--No, Whales Are Not At Risk Of Extinction

In his recent book , Apocalypse Never : Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All , Michael Shellenberger declares : “ Not a single whale species is at risk of extinction.
” That was true enough when his book was being written .
But in January 2020 , the International Union of Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) declared one whale subspecies critically endangered .
Which sounds bad until we understand the context .
Technically , there are five kinds of Right Whales .
Two are doing fine – Bowheads are increasing , and the IUCN isn ’ t concerned about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right Whales used to be considered a single species .
Recently some ( but not all ) whale experts have started viewing them as separate species according to geographical location .
If that hadn ’ t happened , we wouldn ’ t be having this conversation .
The IUCN thinks there are more SouthernRight Whales currently than there were three generations ago .
Yay !
But it considers those in the North Pacific endangered .
In January , it changed the status of those in the North Atlantic to critically endangered .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thought to remain in the North Atlantic .
But so what ?
Many other whales remain .
The natural world is always in flux .
Change is constant .
The loss of one subspecies of a whale from one part of the world is no cause for alarm .
Canadian waters are home to 26 whale species .
Of these , eight haven ’ t been assigned status by the IUCN due to a paucity of data .
It thinks one species – Hubbs ’ Beaked Whale– is “ relatively uncommon , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whales – Baird ’ s , Blainville ’ s , Sowerby ’ s , Stejneger ’ s , andTrue ’ s – are “ not believed to be uncommon ” ( see here , here , here , here , and here ) .
Moreover , it acknowledges that Killer Whales are “ numerically abundant ( at least tens of thousands of mature individuals ) ” and that there are at least 40,000 Northern Bottlenose Whales .
A further 11 Canadian whale species are classified as least concern by the IUCN ( that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) : • beluga whales ( global population is “ likely more than 200,000 ” ) Which leaves seven Canadian whale species , including the North Atlantic Right Whalesand North Pacific Right Whales discussed above .
Despite admitting that there are at least 60,000 False Killer Whales , the IUCN classifies them as near threatened – five full stages from extinction .
Even though Sperm Whales number in the hundreds of thousands , the IUCN says they ’ re vulnerable .
Fin Whales are increasing and already exceed 100,000 , but the IUCN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Blue Whales are likewise increasing , with a current population of between 5,000 and 15,000 .
Nevertheless , the IUCN classifies them as endangered .
It ’ s a similar story with Sei Whales .
Despite a growing population that already tops 50,000 , they ’ re considered endangered .
In conservation circles , words don ’ t mean what a reasonable person thinks they do .
The bottom line is that we currently have millionsof whales .
The numbers cited here are conservative and exclude non-Canadian whales .
Yet they still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ populations have been rebounding since commercial whaling ended decades ago .
As Shellenberger reminds us , “ Nations harvest fewer than two thousand whales annually , an amount that is 97 percent less than the nearly seventy-five thousand whales killed in 1960.
” Yet the Canadian Wildlife Federation has just mailed out a fundraising appeal that declares : “ Our whales are in trouble !
” ( see the top of this post ) .
By no stretch of the imagination is that statement true .


climatedepot--2020-08-19--If You Like Lockdowns, You’ll Love the Carbon-Free Future

Giving up fossil fuels would mean severe limits on mobility and economic activity—permanently .
The climate-change movement is taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic , equating it with the “ existential crisis ” of man-made global warming .
While praising the current display of unilateral government action as a model for addressing climate change , many environmentalists and liberal politicians have also called for a surge in government spending on renewable energy projects .
The 2020 Democratic Party platform champions “ decarbonization ” as the best way to “ build back better ” from the coronavirus .
Green activists and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the potential that the coronavirus crisis could undermine support for their cause .
Here are the climate lessons from the pandemic : • This is what a world without fossil fuels looks like .
The lockdown of the U.S. economy beginning in mid-March temporarily choked off demand for crude oil and refined products , driving oil prices negative for the first time ever in April .
In recent weeks , production declines have slowed as consumption patterns have started to return to normal with the lifting of quarantines .
If oil use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the situation would be similar .
Fracking ban advocates and pipeline protesters who want to shut down U.S. production permanently have gotten a glimpse of the end result of their stated goal : dead cities and town centers , empty highways and shopping malls , and abandoned airports and stadiums .
Without fossil fuels , Americans would face limited mobility and economic activity would be diminished , with higher unemployment and perennial supply chain disruptions since hydrocarbons are used to make and transport most goods .
This economic reality is probably not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Urban Americans now know how coal miners feel .
Since Covid hit , 56 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits—with roughly 16 % of the U.S. labor force still unemployed at the end of July—as aggressive , sometimes overreaching shelter-in-place orders forced businesses to close , sometimes for good .
Coal miners have faced mass unemployment for a decade because of end-market demand destruction caused by government decrees .
But whereas the unemployment and related social pathologies ( including opioid addiction , overdoses and suicides ) caused by anticoal climate regulations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other rural areas , the current pandemic-related unemployment spike is mainly an urban phenomenon , which makes it harder to ignore .
Having walked a mile in the steel-toed boots of coal miners , Americans should have a different perspective on the enlightened nature of elected officials and may think twice about supporting arbitrary shutdowns of politically incorrect businesses .
• There ’ s no money left to subsidize green energy .
The pandemic has exposed the precarious financial position of almost every part of the U.S. economy .
Before the crisis , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paycheck , with little savings for an emergency .
We now know that the same is true of most U.S. businesses and almost every level of government .
The post Paul Tice : If You Like Lockdowns , You ’ ll Love the Carbon-Free Future appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-08-20--Claim: ‘During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency’ – ‘It Is

Claim: ‘During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency’ – ‘It Is It’s not an issue to be discussed. It’s a crisis’

It ’ s rare to hear the term “ climate emergency ” in media and political discourse in the United States , even though that is the term thousands of scientists say most accurately describes the situation facing humanity .
More than 13,000 scientists have now signed the “ World Scientists ’ Warning of a Climate Emergency , ” which begins by affirming that scientists have “ a moral obligation…to ‘ tell it like it is , ’ ” before enumerating all the many “ alarming trends [ that make ] it urgently necessary to act.
” With the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and next , it ’ s high time for news coverage to catch up with science and make the “ climate emergency ” a leading topic in the national political conversation .
To be sure , climate change has gotten much more attention in 2020 than in previous campaigns ; and the first night of the Democratic convention featured several overtures toward climate action .
But by and large , climate is still treated as just another issue .
That ’ s partly because most candidates still don ’ t say that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden comes closer than any major party nominee in history .
But it ’ s also because many news outlets still seem not to recognize climate change as different than the other political subjects they cover .
This one has a strict , rapidly closing time limit : Wait too long to take aggressive action , and the climate emergency accelerates beyond salvaging .
That ’ s why scientists deliberately choose the words “ climate emergency.
” Like in science , language matters profoundly in politics .
It ’ s one thing for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that climate change is an important “ issue ” or “ problem.
” “ Issues ” and “ problems , ” however worthy , are a dime a dozen on the campaign trail , as is news coverage thereof .
It is something else to say that a problem rises to the level of an emergency .
An emergency , by definition , demands immediate action .
An emergency is not merely one in a long list of worthy concerns ; it is a supreme priority that allows no time for delay , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matters .
Most newsrooms , though , especially in the United States , have avoided the “ emergency ” framing , regarding it as activist .
It ’ s true that many activists use the term .
So , for that matter , have hundreds of national , regional , and local government bodies , including the parliaments of the United Kingdom , France , Portugal , Canada , and Argentina .
But the nervousness in newsrooms misses the point : When political actors use this term , they are doing so in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be guiding news judgments .
The political conventions this week and next offer an opportunity for newsrooms to treat the climate emergency with the urgency that science demands .
No country is more important to defusing the emergency than the United States .
Not only is the US the world ’ s largest economy and historically its biggest


climatedepot--2020-08-20--Fact Check: Biden’s Climate Plans Will Lead To A Million Lost Jobs

CLAIM : Democrat Joe Biden ’ s plan to re-enter the Paris Climate Accord and commit to a green energy economy will “ provide meaningful opportunities for workers and families to thrive and lead better lives , ” according to Gov .
Michelle Lujan Grisham ( D-NM ) .
VERDICT : Such plans , like those included in the Green New Deal , would likely eliminate at least one million American energy jobs , according to data from insiders with the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources .
“ We ’ ve committed to a renewable energy future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all across our beautiful state , ” Grisham said on the third night of the Democrat National Convention ( DNC ) .
Grisham committed that Biden will “ rejoin the international climate agreement ” which will “ provide meaningful opportunities for workers and families to thrive and lead better lives.
” “ At home , he will invest in energy workers and he ’ ll deliver for working families throughout the U.S. helping them build meaningful careers , ” Grisham said .
Numbers provided to Breitbart News by Senate Energy Committee insiders shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy jobs would be eliminated by such plans .
This includes 712,300 jobs in mining , quarrying , and natural gas extraction and another 116,500 jobs in petroleum and coal products manufacturing .
Similarly , Breitbart News Economics Editor John Carney laid out in 2017 how the Paris Climate Accord will further gut working and middle-class U.S. jobs in middle America : The industrial carnage would have been concentrated on four states , according to the Chamber of Commerce study .
Michigan ’ s GDP would shrink by 0.8 percent and employment would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s GDP would shrink by 1 percent .
Ohio ’ s GDP would contract 1.2 percent .
Pennsylvania ’ s GDP would decline by 1.8 percent and the state would lose 140,000 jobs .


climatedepot--2020-08-20--Got ‘Climate Grief’? Australia’s ABC Wants To Know If You’re Suffering

“ Climate grief ” is overwhelming many Australians who now suffer from “ eco-despair ” because of global warming , the ABC has warned .
The national purveyor of climate doom published an article today warning that constant reporting of doom was creating a sense of doom that could leave many Australians feeling doomed .
ABC health reporter Paige Cockburn wrote : “ Feeling miserable , anxious , helpless and just generally terrible because the world is becoming less habitable ?
You ’ re not alone .
“ Climate grief — or eco-anxiety/despair — is a strong psychological response to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , species , and ecosystems .
“ It ’ s recognized by the Australian Psychological Society ( APS ) and sufferers may feel emotions like fear , anger , guilt , shame , grief , loss , and helplessness.
” Returned veterans suffering from PTSD will be heartened to learn that a bunch of activists now know just how they feel because of CO2 .
Of course , the best remedy for climate grief would be a strong dose of empirical scientific evidence .
Failing that , teachers and politicians could stop trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Or we could simply defund the ABC .
But since those options are about as likely as a Tim Flannery climate prediction coming true , what to do with the growing number of traumatized people racked with guilt and shame every time they switch on a light ?
How do we help good people who can ’ t even start their car engine in the morning without hearing in the back of their mind an angry Swedish teenager chiding them “ How dare you ” ?
Fear not , The Australian Psychology Society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people “ cope with climate change distress ” .
The Society warns that failure to process feelings of grief or guilt about climate change could lead to people being overwhelmed and unable to function in their everyday lives .
This could explain why Greens like Adam Bandt and Sarah Hanson-Young make so little sense .
Emotional wrecks are unsuitable for involvement in public debate .
The website recommends climate change worriers consider “ having a day job that is separate to your activist work ” in order to avoid sinking into a fully-fledged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bit extreme , another coping strategy for those burdened by “ the existential threats to civilization as we know it ” is to take what the Australian Psychology Society calls “ a doona day.
” Because , you know , sometimes you just need to lay in bed while the planet burns and , besides , it beats going to work .
Other coping strategies are to “ watch a fire , gaze at a waterfall , or pick flowers without exerting attentional effort ” .
If this fails to take your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blocks then the website encourages you to “ let yourself have a cry from time to time ” .
“ Some people find that expressing their sadness by crying can be a relief .
It is sad that our planet is struggling to cope with overpopulation and overconsumption .
These feelings are real , so let them out ” it advises .
Dr. Tristan Snell , a counseling psychologist and researcher in environmental psychology at Deakin University told the ABC that “ there ’ s no ritual around loss of environment.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a funeral and all sorts of ways people connect and this helps process that loss .
That ’ s just not the case for loss of environment , ” he said .
Someone might like to advise Dr. Snell that the Earth is still very much alive .
When you want to hold a funeral before the patient has even died , you really are in a bad way !
The ABC article laments the fact that “ no research on climate grief among Australian Indigenous people exists ” .
No doubt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even eco-grief – must be viewed through the prism of race .
Black Climate Grief Matters .
But it will probably not be done until research on climate grief among the two-spirited genderqueer trans women is first completed .
While it ’ s all very well for the ABC to publish articles to assist snowflakes afflicted by climate torment , what about the acute sense of grief and loss the rest of us feel , knowing our taxes are used to pay someone to write this stuff ?


climatedepot--2020-08-21--Gore praises Biden-Harris: ‘This is the strongest & best climate platform that the Dem Party or any

Gore praises Biden-Harris: ‘This is the strongest & best climate platform that the Dem Party or any party in USA has ever had’

In the main , yes .
There are always a few things that I would like to see go farther .
But , look , this is the strongest and best climate platform that the Democratic Party or any party in the United States has ever had .
Joe ’ s position in the primaries was good , but some of his opponents had positions that were leaning a little bit farther forward .
And he has , since he got the nomination , reached out and picked up many of the great ideas that his opponents in the race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the net result is really bold , net zero electricity production by 2035 .
I could go through the list , net zero total by 2050 .
He personally reaffirmed eliminating — his intention to eliminate all subsidies for buying fossil fuels — for fossil fuels in our country , all the charging stations .
He — retrofitting buildings .
And it ’ s a great platform .
And he has come to be a very passionate advocate on climate .
And after he got the nomination , in effect — he got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the winner was determined , I have had several long conversations with him since then .
And , boy , he gets it .
And he is really determined to do what our country needs to do on climate .
So , to sum up about that , what difference does it make whether it ’ s Joe Biden or Donald Trump who wins in November on the issue of climate ?
Well , there could not possibly be a starker difference .
It ’ s the difference between night and day .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and right .
Donald Trump , of course , wants to pull out of the Paris agreement .
He ’ s called the climate crisis a hoax at different times .
He is doing whatever the coal barons and the oil and gas polluters want him to do , ironically , at a time when some of the energy companies are saying , wait a minute , we would like to start moving toward reform .
And they have even opposed some of the proposals that Trump has put in place .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these methane emissions , also called natural gas , but it ’ s a very potent greenhouse gas .
And I started to say I could give you other examples .
You could almost pick any topic related to climate at random , and you would find Donald Trump wrong and destructive , and you would find Joe Biden leading in the right direction .
It really is crucially important .
And , by the way Judy , we have seen record temperatures again this week…


climatedepot--2020-08-21--CNN hypes study: Alaskan salmon are decreasing in size thanks to climate change

`` We saw a strong and consistent pattern that the salmon are returning to the rivers younger than they did historically , '' Eric Palkovacs , a professor at UC Santa Cruz and a corresponding author of the study , said in a news release ... \ `` We know that climate drives changes in ocean productivity , and we see a consistent signal of climate factors associated with decreasing salmon size , '' Palkovacs said .
The authors researched over six decades of data from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game — from 1957 to 2018 — on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause of the declining body size of salmon , according to the study , is that the fish are spending less time out in the open Pacific Ocean .
“ We saw a strong and consistent pattern that the salmon are returning to the rivers younger than they did historically , ” Eric Palkovacs , a professor at UC Santa Cruz and a corresponding author of the study , said in a news release .
“ It seems that the ocean is becoming a riskier place to be , ” he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ salmon — Chinook , chum , coho and sockeye — throughout Alaska where residents have noticed a decrease in salmon size .
Besides spawning at younger ages , climate change and competition from the growing numbers of wild and hatchery salmon are also significant factors in salmon size reduction , according to the study .
“ We know that climate drives changes in ocean productivity , and we see a consistent signal of climate factors associated with decreasing salmon size , ” Palkovacs said .
“ Another consistent association is with the abundance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pink salmon , ” Palkovacs said .
“ Their abundance in the North Pacific is at historic highs due in part to hatchery production in Alaska and Asia , and they compete with other salmon for food.
” Krista Oke , an author of the study and a scientist at the University of Alaska , Fairbanks , said that the next thing the researchers want to analyze is what is causing the shift in the ocean itself .
“ There ’ s not a single smoking gun , ” Oke said in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot of factors are adding up to drive these changes .
”


climatedepot--2020-08-21--Claim: Joe Biden’s Presidency Would Re-Establish America As A Climate Leader

If we look back over the past 12 years , we can see two different Americas .
It ’ s almost as if we are looking at the same country but in a parallel universe .
In the first America , we have a nation that is prospering and embracing the idea of doing its part to solve problems related to climate change .
In the second America , we have a nation that is suicidal .
Seriously .
This second version has stabbed itself multiple times in order to make the first America look like the bad guy and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ version is “ freedom.
” From the moment he took office , President Trump sought to undo everything President Obama did , ranging from health insurance to climate change .
On the climate change front , he has turned the Environmental Protection Agency into an anti-environmental and anti-science organization that is ripping its skin off and its heart out .
If anyone has ever had a loved one with drug addiction issues ( I ’ ve had several friends who have struggled with this ) , then the similarities are there .
America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a leader and key player in solving issues that pertained to climate change to being a complete stranger filled with so much self-hatred mislabeled as “ freedom.
” One way America can save its reputation is by giving the EPA an exorcism and ridding the agency of the demons that literally destroyed it from the inside out .
A Biden presidency would give us hope again .
Yes , there will be a lot of work to be done — it ’ s going to take decades to undo all the damage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There is an entire list of things Trump has done to damage our environment and our reputation in that particular area .
The GreenBiz article focused on how Biden ’ s presidency would impact investing in climate change ( solutions , obviously — not creating more pollution . )
Biden has detailed plans for net-zero emissions .
The goal is for the U.S. to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 , which is in sync with the EU ’ s deadline in its own Green Deal .
His energy policy is focused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One of these includes the installation of 500 million solar panels and 60,000 wind turbines within the next 5 years .
With Biden as President , the U.S. would rejoin the Paris Agreement signed in 2015 .
The nations that signed this agreement — all 195 countries of the world — promised to commit to doing their part to keep global temperatures from rising 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels .
Last year , a study conducted by Climate Action Tracker ( CAT ) showed the effects of America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study noted that the U.S. and its rollbacks of domestic climate policy will leave our greenhouse gas emissions at least 3 % higher in 2030 than with the policies that are still in place .
It also noted that Trump ’ s decision to leave “ significantly affect greenhouse gas emissions outside of the U.S. through boosted gas exports.
” In another assessment by CAT , it showed that despite the pandemic ’ s effect on lowering U.S. emissions in 2020 , the Trump Administration ’ s continuous rollback of climate policy along @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a polite way of saying his lack of response ! )
will counteract some of the drops in emissions .
Trump used the pandemic , which at first he called a Democratic hoax , as an excuse to cancel out some of those environmental regulations .
CAT ’ s rating on the U.S. is “ critical insufficient.
” A Biden presidency has the “ potential to turbo-charge climate change investments , ” noted the article .
EVs were given as a great example .
Globally , EV sales have numbered in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , car and light vehicle sales are over 17 million a year .
The article pointed out that within the next 15 years , those would all need to be fully electric if the 2035 deadline is to be realized .
This would be possible if we look at just how far EVs have come in the past 15 years : from 0 % to 2.6 % penetration .
Some of Biden ’ s policies would focus on areas that can reduce future emissions — such as a target of 500,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration loves the fossil fuel industry and often touts it as the only source of jobs in the energy industry .
They seem to pretend that renewables don ’ t exist despite the demand for clean energy and the fact that renewable energy creates more jobs than fossil fuels .
“ Joe Biden would destroy our fossil fuel industry , return to the war on coal , prevent the development of America ’ s immense energy reserves , and impose a regime of climate change regulations on literally every new building in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every business — that would drastically increase the cost of living for families — and the cost of business , at the cost of jobs.
” —Vice President Mike Pence .


climatedepot--2020-08-21--Joe Biden unlikely to push carbon tax as part of ‘climate change’ plan

Joe Biden is unlikely to pursue a carbon tax if he wins in November , according to several people familiar with his campaign ’ s thinking .
Driving the news : The campaign said last year it supported a price on carbon emissions , but it has since released policies that embody government mandates , investments and job creation amid the pandemic-induced recession .
What they ’ re saying : The campaign ’ s positioning reflects the Democratic Party ’ s overall movement away from a carbon price and a new focus on economic recovery and equality , say people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• “ The [ climate ] community has largely moved into a different framework , ” said John Podesta , a longtime Democratic political operative who has advised the last two Democratic presidents .
• “ A real disadvantage of just a pricing scheme is you can ’ t directly attack the environmental injustice problem , ” said Podesta , who is in regular contact with the Biden campaign .
“ In contrast , Biden has proposed that 40 % of the [ clean energy ] investments go to distressed communities.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the campaign is going to push this , ” said another person familiar with the positioning on a carbon tax .
“ I think it ’ s almost always the right policy except in a recession or coming out of a recession.
” For the record : Biden campaign spokesperson Matt Hill declined to comment .
Public information about the nominee ’ s positions compel some reading between the lines .
• The campaign ’ s June 2019 plan includes language calling on Congress to create an “ enforcement mechanism ” to cut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the campaign said indicated a carbon price .
• Its July plan , which is meant to complement the earlier draft , doesn ’ t repeat that language but does include a clean-electricity standard , which could impose an implicit price on electricity emissions .
The big picture : Most economists and businesses support an explicit carbon price over standards or other policies .
They argue it ’ s the most straightforward and predictable way to cut heat-trapping emissions .
• But many politicians in the Democratic Party and climate activists have moved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a core policy over the last couple years , arguing that , compared to mandates and regulations , a market-based approach can ’ t guarantee the steep emission reductions scientists say are now needed to address climate change .
The other side : A growing list of corporations and lobbying interests have poured money into carbon tax campaigns on Capitol Hill in recent years , but these efforts have not produced public results .
• The Climate Leadership Council , a coalition founded in February 2017 , and a related lobbying effort launched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whose funds go back to all Americans via dividend checks .
Numerous corporations , including big oil companies , are supportive , as are former top Republican leaders and environmental groups .
• The group said early this year the Senate would introduce a bipartisan version of its plan by mid-year , but now it ’ s eyeing next year , according to Greg Bertelsen , executive vice president of the group .
What we ’ re watching : If Democrats take control of the Senate , its leaders could pursue a carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for congressional bargaining that Biden could back as president .
• Sen. Richard Durbin , the Senate ’ s second-top ranking Democrat , introduced a carbon price bill in June , though it wouldn ’ t impose the tax until after the recession ( though no later than 2023 ) .
• As Congress talks climate policy , carbon tax gets no love