climatedepot--2020-06-02--Dr. Patrick Moore: ‘The specter of ‘ocean acidification’ has no basis in the scientific data’ – Stud

Dr. Patrick Moore: ‘The specter of ‘ocean acidification’ has no basis in the scientific data’ – Study finds fears ‘based on mathematical modeling rather than field data’

CO2 Coalition chair Patrick Moore , a noted ecologist and a former top-ranking Greenpeace official : `` The specter of ‘ ocean acidification ’ has no basis in the scientific data.
” The White Paper reveals that the term “ ocean acidification ” was invented to scare citizens into opposing the use of fossil fuels , which power 80 percent of the U.S. and world economies .
It also shows that carbon dioxide is a vital part of ocean health and the ocean food web , because additional CO2 input allows marine life to thrive .
The foundation of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ includes organisms such as microscopic plants and bacteria .
These organisms require CO2 to make their food through photosynthesis .
The CO 2 Coalition of climate scientists today released a White Paper analyzing decades of peer-reviewed research on the impact on the oceans of carbon dioxide emissions from the conversion of fossil fuels to energy .
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Ocean acidification – is it physically possible ?
The CO2 Coalition today released a new White Paper by biologist Jim Steele examining the health of the world 's oceans and claims of their `` acidification .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coalition of climate scientists today released a White Paper analyzing decades of peer-reviewed research on the impact on the oceans of carbon dioxide emissions from the conversion of fossil fuels to energy .
Ocean Health – Is there an “ Acidification ” problem ?
concludes that CO is an important plankton food that enriches sea life , and that the term “ ocean acidification ” is highly misleading .
The principal researcher for the paper is biologist Jim Steele .
A member of the CO Coalition , Steele is the recently retired director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sierra Nevada field campus , a position he held for over 25 years .
The acidity or alkalinity of sea water is described by its pH level .
At a representative ocean surface temperature of 25 degrees Celsius , water is acidic at a pH less than 7 and alkaline if pH is greater than 7 .
Seawater is naturally alkaline at 8.2 .
Steele reports a scientific consensus that even if atmospheric CO concentrations were to rise from today ’ s four percent of one percent to 10 percent of one percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rates ) , ocean pH would fall only to 7.8 , still well above neutral for all ocean surface waters , and stabilize there .
Steele cautioned that “ much of the policy debate on pH levels is based on mathematical modeling rather than field data , so a better understanding of the biological dynamics through on-site research is key.
” The White Paper reveals that the term “ ocean acidification ” was invented to scare citizens into opposing the use of fossil fuels , which power 80 percent of the U.S. and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carbon dioxide is a vital part of ocean health and the ocean food web , because additional CO input allows marine life to thrive .
The foundation of the ocean food web is phytoplankton , which includes organisms such as microscopic plants and bacteria .
These organisms require CO to make their food through photosynthesis .
CO Coalition chair Patrick Moore , a noted ecologist and a former top-ranking Greenpeace official , said that , “ This paper details the powerful cycle that takes surface carbon down to the depths for lengthy periods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again .
Shells and marine species thrive in widely varying pH levels , making the so-called acidification crisis yet another cynical example of propaganda masquerading as science .
As with fears of polar bear extinction , frequencies of hurricanes , length of droughts , and ‘ accelerating ’ sea-level rise , the specter of ‘ ocean acidification ’ has no basis in the scientific data.
” This paper is available for free download at Ocean Health – Is there an “ Acidification ” problem ?


climatedepot--2020-06-02--‘Misrepresents its own findings…No one defending’ it – Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. on study claiming ‘clima

‘Misrepresents its own findings…No one defending’ it – Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. on study claiming ‘climate change’ is making hurricanes ‘stronger’: ‘Media hype, Gross misrepresentation, Questionable science’

Pielke Jr. : `` Zero , 0 , no one defending KKOV20 I mean , I get it ... '' `` Bottom line KKOV20 makes a great case study from start to finish .
Science promotion .
Hurricanes & climate ( yay ! )
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Media hype Gross misrepresentation .
Questionable science .
But that is why we publish ... to spark debate & discussion .
And KKOV20 have certainly achieved that goal . ''
Excerpted from : Skeptical Climate ‘ Talking Points ’ 36-Page Report Released at UN Climate Summit in Madrid Hurricanes are not getting worse An August @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is premature to conclude … that global warming has already had a detectable impact on hurricane activity.
” The NOAA statement added that U.S. landfalling hurricanes “ show a slight negative trend ’ since ‘ late 1800s.
” Norwegian Professor Ole Humlum explained in his 2018 “ State of the Climate Report ” : “ Tropical storm and hurricane accumulated cyclone energy ( ACE ) values since 1970 have displayed large variations from year to year , but no overall trend towards either lower or higher activity .
The same applies for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States , for which the record begins in 1851.
” Dr. Roger Pielke , Jr. noted that the federal National Climate Assessment released in 2018 ignored one of its own expert reviewers , who wrote : “ National Hurricane Center going back to the 1800s data clearly indicate a drop in the decadal rate of US landfalling hurricanes since the 1960s … instead you spin the topic to make it sound like the trends are all towards more cyclones.
” In 2019 , extreme weather expert Dr. Roger Pielke , Jr. explained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) concluded , “ no observational studies have provided convincing evidence of a detectable anthropogenic influence specifically on hurricane-related precipitation , ” but also that an increase should be expected this century … The WMO assessment concludes : “ anthropogenic signals are not yet clearly detectable in observations for most TC ( tropical cyclones ) metrics.
” A study by a NOAA Hurricane Researcher Chris Landsea found that using 1940s observational methods “ only 2 of these [ recent ] 10 Category 5s would have been recorded as Cat 5 if they had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maria , which hit Puerto Rico in 2017 , was not an unprecedented storm , with the eighth-lowest landfall pressure ( 917 mb ) on record in the Atlantic Basin .
Meteorologist Anthony Watts noted , “ With Irma ranked 7th , and Harvey ranked 18th , it ’ s going to be tough for climate alarmists to try connecting these two storms to being driven by CO2/global warming .
But they ’ ll do it anyway .
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climatedepot--2020-06-02--NYT OpEd: ‘The End of Meat Is Here’ – ‘If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and

NYT OpEd: ‘The End of Meat Is Here’ – ‘If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals’

By Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of “ Eating Animals ” and “ We Are the @ @ @ @ @ agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming .
According to The @ @ @ @ @ Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 say they are vegetarians or vegans , @ @ @ @ @ sales of plant-based “ meats ” have skyrocketed , with Impossible and Beyond Burgers available @ @ @ @ @ White Castle .
Our hand has been reaching for the doorknob for the last few @ @ @ @ @ open the door .
At the very least it has forced us to look .
@ @ @ @ @ subject as inconvenient as meat , it is tempting to pretend unambiguous science is advocacy @ @ @ @ @ exceptions that could never be scaled and to speak about our world as if it @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-06-02--When ‘The Science’ Is a Smokescreen: Politicians use it as ‘a bluff designed to imply that their cho

When ‘The Science’ Is a Smokescreen: Politicians use it as ‘a bluff designed to imply that their chosen policy is based on more than guesswork & politics’

The history of the past seven years indicates that Mr. Inslee uses the word “ science ” mostly to construct a rhetorical Potemkin village : a facade that conceals the lack of substance behind his decisions while giving the public something nice to look at ...
Numbers speak for themselves .
When the numbers tell the wrong story , politicians retreat into narratives that they pretend are science .
When ... politicians refer to “ the science , ” they rarely point to actual science .
It is a bluff designed to imply that their chosen policy is based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his 2015 book , “ Government That Works , ” John Bernard ... approvingly quotes a physician-politician who observes that “ the lack of measures in government allows political leaders to play a blame game with no way to verify whose rhetoric is accurate.
” ... Todd Myers : The word “ science ” has been hollowed out by politicians , who have stripped it of its substance and power and replaced them with emotional pabulum .
These politicians discard the scientific method and deploy the term merely as a weapon against their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when they serve their purposes The word “ science ” has been hollowed out by politicians , who have stripped it of its substance and power and replaced them with emotional pabulum .
These politicians discard the scientific method and deploy the term merely as a weapon against their opponents .
This trend isn ’ t new , but it has been magnified during the fight against the novel coronavirus .
In his first tweet on the subject , Washington Gov .
Jay Inslee used the word “ science ” in a snarky @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who had called to see how the federal government could assist the state in dealing with the nation ’ s first Covid-19 cases .
On Feb. 27 the governor tweeted : “ I just received a call from @ VP Mike Pence , thanking Washington state for our efforts to combat the coronavirus .
I told him our work would be more successful if the Trump administration stuck to the science and told the truth.
” Mr. Inslee didn ’ t say what he meant by “ the science.
” In fact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there wasn ’ t yet much science regarding the virus at all .
We ’ re still learning it .
What is the true mortality rate ?
What is a safe social distance ?
How contagious is the virus ?
What percentage of carriers are asymptomatic ?
We still don ’ t know any of these facts with certainty .
When the governor and other politicians refer to “ the science , ” they rarely point to actual science .
It is a bluff designed to imply that their chosen policy is based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In his 2015 book , “ Government That Works , ” John Bernard—a onetime member of Mr. Inslee ’ s transition team and the nation ’ s leading expert on using data to improve government management—approvingly quotes a physician-politician who observes that “ the lack of measures in government allows political leaders to play a blame game with no way to verify whose rhetoric is accurate.
” On both climate change and the Covid-19 crisis , Mr. Inslee has either refused to provide real measures or has changed the metrics when they became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr. Inslee claimed he supported using objective metrics to improve government performance .
After he took office he launched Results Washington , a program he said was designed to set data-driven targets for many areas of public policy .
For example , he set targets for policies designed to reduce CO2 emissions from cars , buildings , and energy .
By the beginning of 2018 , five years into Mr. Inslee ’ s governorship , his administration was missing nearly every target .
Soon before Mr. Inslee announced his 2020 presidential campaign—based almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were removed from the state webpage .
After the Washington Policy Center highlighted this , a reporter from the Seattle Times asked the head of Results Washington about it .
The agency director answered : “ The new dashboards also represent a shift away from the old data-only approach to a more human-centered approach that incorporates narratives.
” Replacing data with “ narratives ” —story telling—is practically the definition of unscientific .
It is exactly what Mr. Bernard ’ s book warned about : eliminating measures and replacing them with political rhetoric .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ has expressed disappointment with Mr. Inslee ’ s management .
Mr. Inslee ’ s “ Covid-19 dashboard , ” which is supposed to provide a science-based path for Washington ’ s recovery , is much the same story .
The online dashboard includes “ dials ” for five public-safety variables but gives no indication of how each is calculated or where the dials need to be to begin the various phases of reopening .
When will builders be allowed to start new construction ?
When will small stores be able to open like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is designed to imply science but lacks meaningful data .
Ironically , a Bloomberg interview with the governor this month about his response to the coronavirus referred to his work on climate change .
The headline : “ Fighting Climate Change Prepared Jay Inslee for a Pandemic.
” That ’ s partly correct : His use of “ science ” as a rhetorical tool , rather than a guide , is similar in both cases .
The history of the past seven years indicates that Mr. Inslee uses the word “ science ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : a facade that conceals the lack of substance behind his decisions while giving the public something nice to look at .
By hiding the data on Washington ’ s climate goals and refusing to reveal the scientific basis for its current coronavirus guidelines , the governor is substituting a political blame game for real measurements .
In an interview with Seattle ’ s National Public Radio affiliate , Mr. Inslee was asked if he had a way to publish state data to make clear when the quarantine guidelines would be loosened .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Republicans have not proposed a number , nor have they proposed a mechanism to actually phasing that .
They just want to be Monday morning quarterbacks.
” Again , this is precisely what Mr. Bernard warned about .
The governor doesn ’ t explain or defend the science he claims he is using .
Instead he points the finger elsewhere .
Numbers speak for themselves .
When the numbers tell the wrong story , politicians retreat into narratives that they pretend are science .
Mr. Inslee isn ’ t unique , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for his work on climate change and now the coronavirus make him a prime example of how prominent politicians use the word “ science ” to mask their motives in managing health and environmental challenges .
Mr. Myers is environmental director of the Seattle-based Washington Policy Center and author of “ Eco-Fads : How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment .
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climatedepot--2020-05-31--NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus: ‘Race justice & climate justice are one & the same: Oppressive

NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus: ‘Race justice & climate justice are one & the same: Oppressive extractive plutocracies that colonize & kill black bodies & colonize & kill our planet are one & the same’

A NASA Jet Propulsion Lab climate scientist has linked race and climate issues during the racial protests sweeping the nation .
NASA ’ s Peter Kalmus wrote : “ Here ’ s why race justice and climate justice are one & the same : The oppressive extractive plutocracies that colonize and kill black bodies and colonize and kill our planet are one and the same.
” Kalmus ( [ email protected ] ) was responding to the protests and riots springing up across the country in the wake of allegations of racism in law enforcement .
Kalmus added : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race war than charge even one cop for murdering an innocent black man.
” Kalmus website describes himself as “ a climate scientist at NASA ’ s Jet Propulsion Lab .
I use satellite data and models to study the rapidly changing Earth , focusing on boundary layer clouds and ecological forecasting.
” “ My awareness of climate breakdown reached the point where I had no choice but to respond in some meaningful way , ” Kalmus writes at his website .
“ Global warming is happening with a rapidity that leaves me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ claims he “ uses about 1/10th the fossil fuels of the American average.
” Kalmus is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union .
Climate Depot Note : Climate activists have tried to link Racism and “ white supremacy ” to climate change for years .
See : Identity politics invades climate change debate In his 2018 article , “ Thoughts on Climate Action From a Scientist Who Gave Up Flying , ” Kalmus wrote of how “ tears poured down ” when he thought about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In order to embrace what ’ s coming next , I had to let go of what went before .
My grief was like the leap of a trapeze artist , letting go of one trapeze , flying through space , and catching the next one .
There were times when tears poured down .
I mourned the world I ’ d known my whole life .
I mourned my children ’ s future .
I mourned how avoidable this all was .
I mourned the strange and hard reality , and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blow struck in anger , and I mourned every bullet fired .
I mourned all the species that are leaving us , never to return .
I mourned this whole beautiful Earth .
But then , through these tears , I accepted reality as it is .
Somehow , on the far side of the tears , I found the strength to go forward.
” Climate Depot Note : Crying over “ climate change ” is a thing for activists .
See : Flashback 2007 : Crying Activist Part 3 : NPR : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ I remember crying every day at five in the afternoon ’ & A weatherman breaks down in tears and considers having a vasectomy , vows NEVER to fly again due to grim UN climate report : Eric Holthaus tweeted ‘ no children , happy to go extinct ’ Kalmus envisioned a climate-friendly world where “ there is no war , no crime , hatred , or negativity.
” Kalmus ’ book , “ Being the Change : Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution ” has been endorsed by former NASA lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ A plethora of insights about nature and ourselves , revealed by one man ’ s journey as he comes to terms with human exploitation of our planet , ” Hansen , the former director of NASA ’ s Goddard Institute for Space Studies , wrote about Kalmus ’ book .
In fact , Kalmus is following the lead of Hansen , who was arrested multiple times protesting climate change , in making climate science a political issue .
A group of former NASA scientists and engineers has tried to bring NASA back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” which includes engineers and scientists from across generations who have taken part in NASA ’ s most high-profile missions dating back to Apollo .
The group has produced its own “ rigorous , earth surface temperature model using conservation-of-energy principles ” that operates similarly to the way the surface and internal temperature of a spacecraft is analyzed , the Right Climate Stuff team explains on its website .
Former Obama Green Czar and current CNN analyst Van Jones : “ Even the most well-intentioned white person has a virus in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Needs to Reckon with Its Racist History – Because racism in environmentalism hasn ’ t gone away , and it ’ s holding the movement back .
– By Julian Brave NoiseCat – Indigenous peoples and people of color are disproportionately affected by our global climate crisis .
But in the mainstream green movement and in the media , they are often forgotten or excluded .
This is Tipping Point , a new VICE series that covers environmental justice stories about and , where possible , written by people in the communities experiencing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Why I Quit Being a Climate Activist – “ The climate movement is overwhelmingly white .
So I walked away.
” – By Karin Louise Hermes – But after a while I realized I would only be called upon when climate organizations needed an inspiring story or a “ diverse ” voice , contacts for a campaign , or to participate in a workshop for “ fun ” when everyone else on the ( all-white ) project was getting paid .
Whenever I would question the whiteness of these spaces and how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ account , I would be met with uncomfortable silences .
The last time , at a nationwide movement-building workshop last April , I was asked , “ Well then , why are you even here ?
” So I decided not to be there anymore .
After four years of helping organize direct actions , speeches , workshops , and countless video calls , I started hiding and declining requests .
I was burned out .


climatedepot--2020-06-03--Britain’s Electric Car Strategy Is ‘Doomed To Failure’

The UK Government ’ s push to electrify road transport is based on naivety , the undue influence of the Committee on Climate Change , and a lack of engineering expertise within Government , an academic has said .
Professor Michael Kelly , the former chief scientific adviser to the Department for Communities and Local Government , issues the warning in a paper published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation .
He warns the Government ’ s ambitions for EVs and electric heating in buildings will end in damaging failure .
When the penny drops and the progress towards all-electric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reminded of Ozymandias [ two poems that describe how even the greatest men and the empires they forge are impermanent , their legacies fated to decay into oblivion – Ed ] .
The rest of the world can look at Britain and choose whether to laugh or weep.
” On battery electric vehicles , he says : If all vehicles have to be electric , “ something of the order of 70 per cent of Britain ’ s entire existing electricity supply capacity will be needed ” .
When we get coded messages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we will have to rethink the extent to which we are going to be able to travel in future , it is the implausibility of meeting that vast gulf in energy sources that is motivating them to question our lifestyles.
” Kelly points out that the Government ’ s net zero greenhouse gas target will also require the heating of buildings to be electrified using heat pumps .
This will place huge additional demands on electricity supply , particularly in the winter .
Charging battery cars at night , when electricity demand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only a “ partial solution ” to the problems , he says .
“ The current day-night variation in electricity demand is of itself too small to handle the extra load .
Another suggestion is that we can charge cars during the day , when solar power is high .
But in the absence of storage , this would mean charging them from mid-morning to mid-afternoon on sunny days .
This is implausible too , and would be unreliable [ even ] if we could make it happen.
” Turning to local electricity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be adding electric vehicle chargers and heat pumps to almost every home ” .
A fast EV charger for a car draws 7kW , perhaps for six hours , and a heat pump needs 3kW , potentially for much of the day .
But the cabling and substations in most suburbs were sized and installed before these technologies were even thought of .
So while there is sufficient headroom for electrification of a few households , the whole distribution system will need to be up- graded if demand grows .
“ This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without it there will either be regular ‘ brownouts ’ , or drivers will have to be told where and when they can charge their batteries.
” Kelly dismisses battery storage as a major part of the solution .
“ The £45m battery installed by Elon Musk outside Adelaide , South Australia , can power that city for 30 minutes .
If you wanted to be able to cover a week ’ s power outage after a major storm , it would cost around 1,300 times as much using batteries as it would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ludicrous.
” Turning to the raw materials needed to produce batteries , Kelly claims : “ If we replace all of the UK vehicle fleet with EVs , and assuming they use the most resource-frugal next-generation batteries , we would need the following materials : • 207,900 tonnes of cobalt – just under twice the annual global production ; • 264,600 tonnes of lithium carbonate – three-quarters of the world ’ s production ; • at least 7,200 tonnes of neodymium and dysprosium – nearly the entire world production of neodymium ; and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than half the world ’ s production in 2018 .
Kelly asks why we are trying to do so anyway and pins the blame on the Committee on Climate Change .
The post Britain ’ s Electric Car Strategy Is ‘ Doomed To Failure ’ appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-06-03--The Coming Dark Age & The Death Of The Scientific Method – No questions allowed that ‘threaten the u

The Coming Dark Age & The Death Of The Scientific Method – No questions allowed that ‘threaten the university’s funding’

An academic who doesn ’ t have the ability to challenge the research findings of their colleagues because those questions threaten the university ’ s funding doesn ’ t have intellectual freedom .
And if academics know they could get sacked , as Peter Ridd was , for asking uncomfortable questions , they will stop asking uncomfortable questions .
A court case this week in front of three judges of the Federal Court was a further stage in Peter Ridd ’ s fight for freedom of speech on climate change .
The case , James Cook University v Peter Vincent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ future of Australia ’ s universities and scientific institutions .
Ridd ’ s case is a dramatic illustration of the free speech crisis in Australian universities , not least around matters as politically and emotionally charged as climate change .
It will determine , in effect , whether universities have the ability to censor opinions that threaten their sources of funding .
It is one of the most important cases for intellectual freedom in the history of Australian jurisprudence .
The Ridd case has resonated around Australia — and has attracted significant attention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirms what many people have suspected for a long time : Australia ’ s universities are no longer institutions encouraging the rigorous exercise of intellectual freedom and the scientific method in pursuit of truth .
Instead , they are now corporatist bureaucracies that rigidly enforce an unquestioning orthodoxy , and are capable of hounding out anyone who strays outside their rigid groupthink .
JCU is attempting to severely limit the intellectual freedom of a professor working at the university to question the quality of scientific research conducted by other academics at the institution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to curtail a critical function that goes to the core mission of universities : to engage in free intellectual inquiry via free and open , if often robust , debate .
It is an absurd but inevitable consequence of universities seeking taxpayer-funded research grants , not truth .
Worse still , it is taxpayers who are funding JCU ’ s court case .
Following a Freedom of Information request by the Institute of Public Affairs , the university was forced to reveal that up until July last year , it had already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It would be safe to assume that university ’ s legal costs would have at least doubled since that time .
The barrister who JCU employed in the Federal Court this week was Bret Walker SC , one of Australia ’ s most eminent lawyers .
Barristers of his standing can command fees of $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 a day .
And all of this is happening at the same time as the vice-chancellor of the university , Sandra Harding — who earns at least $ 975,000 a year — complains about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While Australian taxpayers are funding the university ’ s efforts to shut down freedom of speech , Ridd ’ s legal costs are paid for by him , his wife and voluntary donations from the public .
As yet , neither the federal nor the Queensland Education Minister has publicly commented on whether JCU is appropriately spending taxpayers ’ money and , so far , both have refused to intervene in the case .
Ridd describes himself as a “ luke-warmist ” .
“ I think carbon dioxide will have a small effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he told an IPA podcast recently .
“ But it won ’ t be dangerous.
” He has been studying the Great Barrier Reef since the early 1980s and was even , at one point , president of his local chapter of the Wildlife Preservation Society .
But Ridd is sceptical about the conventional wisdom that the Great Barrier Reef is dying because of climate change .
“ I don ’ t think the reef is in any particular trouble at all , ” he says .
“ In fact , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the best protected ecosystems in the world and virtually pristine.
” The problems Ridd ’ s views cause for JCU are obvious .
The university claims to be a leading institution when it comes to reef science , and has several joint ventures with taxpayer-funded bodies such as the Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies .
Ridd challenged his sacking in the Federal Circuit Court on the basis that the university ’ s enterprise agreement ( which determined his employment conditions ) specifically guaranteed his right to “ pursue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ express unpopular or controversial views ” , and even “ express opinions about the operations of JCU and higher education policy more generally ” .
In September last year , Ridd won his case as the court found he had been unlawfully sacked and he was awarded $ 1.2m in damages and compensation for lost earnings .
The case in the Federal Court this week was an appeal by JCU against that decision .
At issue was whether the intellectual freedom clauses in the enterprise agreement covering JCU staff protected his criticism of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the university .
The university alleges that in going public with his concerns that organisations such as the ARC Centre “ can not be trusted ” on reef science , Ridd committed several breaches of the university ’ s staff code of conduct , with its vague , faintly Orwellian requirements to act “ collegiately ” , and to “ uphold the integrity and good reputation of the university ” .
In other words , even though the enterprise agreement specifically declared that staff had the right to intellectual freedom , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of what that freedom actually permitted .
The post The Coming Dark Age & The Death Of The Scientific Method appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-06-03--Watch: Sky News: German Authorities Are Cracking Down On ‘Climate Dissent’

YouTuber and climate realist Naomi Seibt says governments across the world are cracking down on dissent , especially when it comes to contentions issues like the response to COVID-19 and climate change .
Ms Seibt is currently being threatened with imprisonment by German authorities after she refused to take down three of her videos , with authorities claiming her videos do not comply with the law .
“ They are abusing these crisis ’ to push tyranny and to silence the people who have different opinions or who do their research , ” Ms Seibt told Sky News .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going against people like me and trying to silence us , ” she said .
“ I made them ( the videos ) because I do stand by what I say , and I do question the science behind the climate change mainstream agenda ” .
“ I do believe most climate activists don ’ t know what they ’ re talking about and there is so much propaganda being put out there .
“ We need to push against this and fight for more climate realism and freedom of speech again.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Are Cracking Down On ‘ Climate Dissent ’ appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-06-03--Rising Superpower: China’s Recovery Prioritises Its Economy, Ignores Green Ideology

The welcome return of China ’ s economy is bringing with it some unwelcome company , as air pollution levels have returned to pre-lockdown levels across the country .
Major pollutants have exceeded concentration levels from a year ago for the first time since the start of Covid-19 lockdowns in January , according to a new report from Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air .
The rebound from declines of as much as 40 % come as factories restart and traffic returns to city roads .
Soaring smog indicates that the economic recovery has been led by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said Lauri Myllyvirta , the center ’ s lead analyst .
It also underscores the fear of many environmentalists that any post-virus stimulus package will lean heavily on heavy industry , similar to what happened after the 2008 financial crisis .
“ Rebounding air pollutant levels are a demonstration of the importance of prioritizing green economy and clean energy in the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis , ” Myllyvirta said in the report .
“ All eyes are on China as the first major economy to return to work after a lockdown.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ over 30 days now exceed last year ’ s levels , according to data from 1,500 air-monitoring stations set up across the country , according to the center .
Sulfur dioxide and air particulate levels are higher than in January when the government began restricting movement to slow the spread of Covid-19 .
The post Rising Superpower : China ’ s Recovery Prioritises Its Economy , Ignores Green Ideology appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-06-03--Crying over ‘climate change’ – Tears, sobbing, & ‘climate grief’ is an actual thing for activists –

Crying over ‘climate change’ – Tears, sobbing, & ‘climate grief’ is an actual thing for activists – Special Report

Crying over “ climate change ” is a thing for activists .
A weatherman breaks down in tears and considers having a vasectomy , vows NEVER to fly again due to grim UN climate report : Eric Holthaus tweeted ‘ no children , happy to go extinct ’ – Warmist Meteorologist : ‘ Climate Change ’ and Trump Have Driven Me to Therapy – Meteorologist Eric Holthaus : ‘ I know many people feel deep despair about climate , especially post-election.
” And it ’ s because of this , “ There are days where I literally can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t deserve this planet.
’ Flashback 2007 : The Crying Dutchman : UN ’ s Yvo de Boer breaks down into ‘ flood of tears ’ after warning that failure to reach climate deal could ‘ plunge the world into conflict ’ – Yvo de Boer on left breaks down in tears during UN climate meeting – Photograph : Mast Irham/EPA “ After 12 exhausting days of trying to reach a worldwide agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions , it was suddenly all too much for Yvo de Boer .
As the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ procedural matter , the Dutch diplomat in charge of the talks burst into tears and had to be led away by colleagues.
” – Moments earlier , Mr de Boer had been warning delegates that failure to reach an agreement on global warming could “ plunge the world into conflict ” .
– As his unfinished sentences trailed away , he broke down and walked off the platform to supportive applause .
“ He wasn ’ t just wiping his eyes , he was in floods of tears , ” said one observer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them a woman – formed a protective group around him and escorted him out of the hall .
It was all very dramatic.
” UK Guardian : The 2007 UN climate summit in Bali , Indonesia .
As talks drag on , De Boer buries his face in his hands – and ultimately had to be led from the chamber in tears .
The UN secretary-general , Ban Ki-moon ( left ) , and Indonesian president , Susilo Bambang ( right ) , look on – not entirely sympathetically .
De Boer ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into a crucial compromise ’ 2010 : Watch : UN ’ s Christiana Figueres Breaks Down in Tears , Tells Youth That Cancun Will Be ‘ Insufficient ’ But A Necessary Step Flashback 2007 : Crying Activist Part 3 : NPR : Laurie David on her climate awakening : ‘ I remember crying every day at five in the afternoon ’ Excerpt from The new book , ‘ The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change ’ By Marc Morano : The Crying Climate Activist Laurie David , the producer of Al Gore ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the story of her eye-opening conversion to climate activist .
“ My concerns about global warming began soon after we had our first child .
I was a new mom , feeling very overwhelmed with the realization that I was now irreversibly responsible for this tiny creature .
There was no turning back .
I remember crying every day at five in the afternoon , the witching hour , my stress level at a breaking point .
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I spent a lot of time walking around the neighborhood , pushing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amount of SUVs on the street .
Everyone was driving them .
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So , every time you drove somewhere , to the store , the school , the freeway , you were now all of a sudden doubling your personal CO2 pollution .
I panicked because everyone I knew was driving them .
I had had other lightbulb moments in my life—like the first time I tasted good wine and then couldn ’ t drink the cheap stuff any more .
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” “ After connecting the dots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made it my job to educate myself about the environment and global warming.
” David came out of climate retirement in 2017 , prompted by Donald Trump ’ s presidential victory .
“ After the election , it took me two weeks to just stop crying .
I was just anticipating what was to come and what has come was worse than what I was crying about , ” David told the Hollywood Reporter .
She is becoming known as the crying activist .
David says she also wept for three days and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidency in 2004 .
According to the Guardian , “ she cried because , in her mind , the end of the planet as we know it had just got that much closer .
Global warming scaremongering : Children in tears — ‘ This is what happens when a mother , who has been brainwashed tells her children about the forthcoming climate armageddon ’ – Tears at UN climate summit in 2013 : At the UN ’ s COP19 climate summit , in Warsaw in 2013 , Philippines lead negotiator Yeb Sano broke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his address .
He also pledged that he would be fasting for the duration of the UN climate talks .
See video at 3:15 seconds .
NBC News 2018 : ‘ Dire climate reports ’ intensifying mental health effects of ‘ global warming ’ – ‘ Climate grief ’ – Kids in tears after UN IPCC report – NBC News : When the U.N. released its latest climate report in October , it warned that without “ unprecedented ” action , catastrophic conditions could arrive by 2040 .
For Amy Jordan , 40 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mother of three teenage children , the report caused a “ crisis.
” “ The emotional reaction of my kids was severe , ” she told NBC News .
“ There was a lot of crying .
They told me , ‘ We know what ’ s coming , and it ’ s going to be really rough.
’ ” Watch : Girl , 11 , makes tearful climate plea : ‘ I love our planet and I don ’ t want it to ever stop ’ – 2019 – This is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in tears during a climate change rally .
Iris was speaking at a protest in Truro , south-west England , on Friday when it all became too much for her .
“ I love our planet and I don ’ t want it ever to stop , ” said Iris , with other children surrounding her outside county hall in the Cornish city .
“ If we do want everything to stop then we ’ re going the right way about it at the moment.
” “ This isn ’ t good , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
2018 STUDY : ‘ Global warming ’ causing an increase in ‘ ecological grief ’ – Published in the journal Nature Climate Change – A new study appearing in the journal Nature Climate Change , claims that “ global warming ” is causing an increase in “ ecological grief.
” “ Climate change is increasingly understood to impact mental health through multiple pathways of risk , including intense feelings of grief as people suffer climate-related losses to valued species , ecosystems and landscapes , ” noted the study published in April 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argue that grief is a natural and legitimate response to ecological loss , and one that may become more common as climate impacts worsen…we offer future research directions for the study of ecological grief.
” 2019 : Tears outside PM ’ s office as students skip school to demand climate action again – Video – 2019 : Greta Thunberg addressed world leaders through tears : ‘ How dare you !
You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.
’ 2018 STUDY : Concern over climate change linked to depression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feelings of loneliness and lethargy ’ – Depression and anxiety are afflicting Americans who are concerned at the fate of the environment , according to a study of the mental health effects of climate change .
Those hit hardest are women and people with low incomes who worry about the planet ’ s long-term health , said the study published this week in the journal Global Environmental Change .
‘ We ’ re going to need more psychologists !
’ – ‘ Climate change will have significant negative impacts on health & psychological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which will increase as climate change ’ s physical impacts accelerate , include stress , anxiety , depression and a loss of community identity , says a new report from the American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica .
Climate change is also likely to result in an increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions because of the rise in the number and severity of natural disasters , according to the report .
Climate change could also lead to increased feelings of loss and helplessness if individuals and communities are forced to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how these effects will permeate so many aspects of our daily lives , ” said Norman B. Anderson , PhD , CEO of the American Psychological Association .
EnvironMENTAL : Support group provides ‘ a safe space for confronting climate grief ’ – ‘ The Problem With Climate Catastrophizing ’ -Foreign Affairs Mag : ‘ The Problem With Climate Catastrophizing – The Case for Calm ’ ( Written by ) Doctor groups take up ‘ global warming ’ advocacy – ‘ Will tell the public their health is threatened by ’ man-made climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meetings with their doctors to include discussions of global warming .


climatedepot--2020-06-04--‘Climate Catastrophe Is White Supremacy’ Explains NASA Scientist

Climate change is a product of white supremacy , a NASA scientist has claimed on Twitter .
Dr Kate Marvel , associate research scientist at NASA ’ s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York , tweeted to her 41,000 followers that : As Marvel says in her Twitter biography “ Views do not reflect the positions of my employers… ” Then she spoils it by adding : “ ( but they should ) ” Should they though ?
NASA GISS is a taxpayer-funded institution whose job it is to provide reliable , unbiased information on matters like climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by her tweets , is at least as much a political activist as she is a scientist .
Here is another of her recent observations : As Marc Morano reports at Climate Depot she has a track record of political activism : In 2018 , Marvel ( [ email protected ] ) replied “ DAMN RIGHT ” when she tweeted out a Newsweek article titled : “ Science Should Be A Feminist Institution.
” According to a 2018 article at Think Progress , “ Marvel said she admires what Ocasio-Cortez and the Sunrise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support a Green New Deal.
” According to Marvel : “ What I do admire about that is the fact they are using new language .
It ’ s not just , ‘ Look at the sad polar bear , ” Marvel said .
“ This is not talking about climate change like it ’ s this isolated issue .
It ’ s talking about it in the context of all these other things that people care about .
And I think that ’ s absolutely the right way to look at it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not the only NASA scientist who appears to find left-wing politics more compelling than dispassionate science .
Here is another NASA climate scientist explaining how ‘ climate justice and race justice are one and the same ’ .
Peter Kalmus – who tweets under the name @ climatehuman and has pre-emptively blocked me , presumably to discourage me from writing stories about his drivel – is a climate scientist at a NASA jet propulsion lab .
As Morano reports he recently tweeted that : Even if Kalmus has a point [ Narrator ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] , it is surely a little worrying that government employees in the field of science are so blinkered by ideology that hard-left politics bleed even into their field of supposed expertise .
Race justice and climate justice are one and the same .
Really ?
And has this been proved conclusively through observation and reproducible experimentation ?


climatedepot--2020-06-04--CNN: New Jersey is the first state to include climate change education in its K-12 learning standard

CNN: New Jersey is the first state to include climate change education in its K-12 learning standards

`` Students will start learning about climate change in kindergarten and keep studying the crisis through graduation . ''
The State Board of Education adopted the new guidelines on Wednesday -- which outline what will be taught to New Jersey 's 1.4 million students .
Former Vice President Al Gore praised the move .
`` I am incredibly proud that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to fully integrate climate education in their K-12 curricula , '' Gore said in a statement .
`` This initiative is vitally important to our students as they are the leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on their leadership and knowledge to combat this crisis . ''
New Jersey ’ s first lady Tammy Murphy pushed for the new standards and met with 130 educators statewide .
She said New Jersey is already dealing with problems caused by climate change , including disappearing shorelines , algae blooms , super storms and hot summers .
“ This generation of students will feel the effects of climate change more than any other , and it is critical that every student is provided an opportunity to study and understand the climate crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she said in a statement .
Young people , including teen activist Greta Thunberg , have been at the forefront of recent climate change protests and students in more than 100 countries staged walkouts last year The new standards , which will go into effect in 2021 and 2022 , cover seven subject areas — 21st Century Life and Careers , Comprehensive Health and Physical Education , Science , Social Studies , Technology , Visual and Performing Arts , and World Languages .
The Mathematics and Language Arts guidelines aren ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the board added climate change standards as an appendix to those subjects .
“ I am incredibly proud that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to fully integrate climate education in their K-12 curricula , ” Gore said in a statement .
“ This initiative is vitally important to our students as they are the leaders of tomorrow , and we will depend on their leadership and knowledge to combat this crisis.
” Gov .
Phil Murphy has made fighting climate change a key part of his agenda and has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % clean energy by 2050


climatedepot--2020-06-04--UK Unleashes A Green Deal To Kill What’s Left Of The Economy

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has found an ingenious scheme to ensure that Britain neverrecovers from the economic damage caused by the lockdown : a ‘ green industrial revolution.
’ According to The Times of London : Rishi Sunak is planning a ‘ green industrial revolution ’ to help to create jobs for people who are made redundant because of the pandemic .
The chancellor is preparing to bolster the government ’ s investment in clean energy as part of an economic stimulus package next month .
There could also be a fund to help to ‘ reskill ’ workers so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as insulation upgrades , offshore wind and carbon capture .
The measures are understood to go significantly beyond the Conservatives ’ manifesto commitment to create two million jobs in clean energy within the next decade .
The Tories have promised to cut greenhouse gas emissions to ‘ net zero ’ by 2050 .
A green industrial revolution is a bit like the original industrial revolution , except for one or two crucial differences : instead of boosting prosperity , creating jobs and stimulating economic growth , it does the exact opposite .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ professor Dr. Gabriel Calzada Alvarez of Madrid ’ s University of Rey Juan Carlos found that for every ‘ green job ’ created by the Spanish government , another 2.2 jobs were destroyed in the real economy .
Another study , this time in the UK , found that for every green job created by government ‘ investment ’ in the renewables industry , 3.7 jobs were destroyed in the real economy .
Sunak ’ s plan to squander yet more taxpayers ’ money on green , crony-capitalist boondoggles is depressing but not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the energy editor of the Global Warming Policy Foundation ( GWPF ) , warned that this was going to happen in ashort paper published last month ‘ The Fatal Attraction of a Post-COVID Green New Deal.
’ Constable says that Net Zero – Britain ’ s answer to the Green New Deal – was ‘ deeply unwise ’ even before the economic collapse caused by the government ’ s response to the Chinese coronavirus .
But in the post-COVID-19 world we now inhabit – economies in a state of ‘ deep contraction ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant increases in geopolitical tension ’ – it is more foolish still .
‘ One might think that in such a context , those still lobbying for Net Zero would be desperately worried , but this would be a facile error .
In fact , the greens and their corporate collaborators see this as a great opportunity , and in my judgement they are correct .
Administrations around the world will indeed be very tempted to use tax- and levy-funded public spending badges as ‘ low carbon investment ’ to provide a stimulus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true that this would create a large wealth transfer in an already contracting economy , delivering great absolute and relative wealth to those invested in the green industries , with corresponding transfers of socio-political power , but even if they understood that outcome , the bureaucracy will press on , barely restrained if at all by elected representatives.
’ There is going to be no escaping this looming disaster , caused by a mass outbreak of green groupthink at virtually every level of the Boris Johnson administration – from Prime Ministerial girlfriends ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members of the quadrumvirate ( Greenest Gove ever ) , from Prime Ministerial advisors ( Dom Cummings ) to formerly sound Tory MPs who definitely aren ’ t anymore because they ’ ve been put on the payroll and have to spout whatever eco bilge they are told to spout .
In the latter category , we can include Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng who , shamingly , can now be heard spouting drivel about how the UK is going to become a ‘ world leader in tackling climate change ’ by launching a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Meanwhile , as Western nations choose to hobble their recoveries by burdening their economies with more expensive energy , the Eastern powers , led by China , are heading in the opposite direction .


climatedepot--2020-06-04--No, Climate Change Is NOT Making Trees Shorter

Among the top Google News results this morning for “ climate change ” is a National Public Radio ( NPR ) article with the headline , “ Climate Change and Deforestation Mean Earth ’ s Trees Are Younger and Shorter.
” The article ’ s title and desired message to casual Internet surfers is that warmer temperatures stunt tree height and make trees shorter .
In reality , the article merely ( mis ) reports on a study asserting that deforestation is resulting in younger forests with trees that have yet to reach their full height .
Fashion NPR ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sound science .
As scientists have repeatedly documented , more atmospheric carbon dioxide and global warming are assisting trees grow taller and more rapidly .
NPR references an article in Science finding that a variety of factors are putting pressure on old-growth forests worldwide .
These factors include logging , clear-cutting , and land-use changes .
After deforestation removes disproportionately old-growth forests , the remaining trees and forests tend to be younger .
Younger forests don ’ t have as many very tall trees as older forests .
Thus , the authors of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ younger forests , in which tree size will be shorter than fully mature trees in older forests .
The authors of the Science study noted this , while asserting that climate change may be causing an increase in forest fires .
Drought is the climate factor that would impact forest fires , yet objective data and even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) report there is no documented evidence that climate change in increasing the frequency or severity of drought .
In fact , as documented in Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data show a decline in drought as our planet modestly warms .
Accordingly , the only asserted link between climate change and forest fires – drought – does not exist .
Even if such a link did exist , the result would be that climate change hypothetically causes more forest fires , not that climate change is making trees shorter .
Shame on you , NPR , for deliberately misrepresenting scientific facts .
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climatedepot--2020-06-04--New Climate at a Glance Summary: Coronavirus Fails to Alter CO2 Concentrations

Climate at a Glance , the Heartland Institute ’ s new website providing one- and two-page policy summaries on global warming topics , has published a new summary this week .
The new Climate at a Glance summary is titled , “ Coronavirus Impact on CO2 Levels.
” The summary shows the dramatic global decline in industrial activity , carbon dioxide emissions , and human activity in response to the coronavirus pandemic has had very little impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations .
The results suggest natural forces have more impact , and humans have less impact , on modestly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim .
Climate activists expected the economic downtown to translate to less energy usage , and therefore less CO emissions globally .
While that has indeed happened – with China seeing a 40 % emissions drop , and an expected 11 % reduction in energy-related CO emissions in the U.S. this year – it didn ’ t translate into the proof of declining atmospheric CO concentrations they were seeking .
Scientists are looking for any evidence of a decline in global atmospheric CO concentrations that would be strong enough to attribute to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientist Dr. Roy Spencer used a simple method for removing the large seasonal CO cycle , due to plant photosynthesis increases/decreases with seasons , from the Mauna Loa CO data .
Spencer also removed the average effects from El Nino and La Nina events , which change the rate of ocean outgassing of CO .
The results reported by Dr. Spencer show no obvious downtown in global CO levels .
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’ s Earth System Research Laboratories also studied the issue and concluded : “ That drop in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand out from natural CO variability caused by how plants and soils respond to seasonal and annual variations of temperature , humidity , soil moisture , etc .
These natural variations are large , and so far the “ missing ” emissions do not stand out.
” The takeaways are ( 1 ) humans may be contributing less to rising CO emissions than alarmists claim , and ( 2 ) we would have to shut down our economy a great deal more , and impose a great deal more unemployment and poverty on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near enough to satisfy climate alarmists ’ CO -reduction demands .
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climatedepot--2020-06-04--Media’s Fake Climate Coffee Crisis Defies Record Yields, Relies on Dubious Projections

An article in Massive Science , highlighted at the top of today ’ s Google News searches for “ climate change , ” claims global warming is threatening a coffee bean crisis .
However , the media ’ s incessant coffee-bean scares ignore record global coffee bean production .
The coffee bean scares also rely on dubious predictions of rapid warming that have always overestimated modest real-world warming .
The fear of decreased coffee yields is based almost entirely on projections of dangerously rising temperatures made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) .
As such , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that the IPCC ’ s projections , when tested against actual temperature measurements from satellites and weather balloons , have proven wrong .
During its 30 years of temperature predictions , the IPCC has consistently overstated the rate and amount of temperature rise .
With or without the IPCC predicting too much warming , coffee bean production has enjoyed long-term growth and record production as global temperatures modestly rise .
The U.N. ’ s Food and Agriculture Organizationreports coffee production nearly doubled between 1994 and 2018 , with yields growing from 5.7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tons in 2018 .
Data from Statista , a global business data gathering and analysis organization show , while coffee production varies somewhat from year to year , global coffee production was 129.2 million kilograms during the 2006/2007 crop year , rising to 170.94 million kilograms in the 2018/2019 crop year .
The International Coffee Organization reportscoffee producers face problems not from difficulty growing crops , but because crop conditions and crop production is so strong that supply is outpacing demand .
Rapid growth in coffee crop yields are driving down coffee prices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3.7 percent overall , with Arabica bean production increasing by 1.8 percent and Robusta beans growing 6.7 percent .
This marked the second consecutive year of declining prices amidst growing surpluses .
In areas where overall coffee production is declining , lower coffee prices rather than climate change are causing of the decline .
Faced with low market prices , some coffee producers shifted to growing other crops or ceased farming altogether .
Other coffee producers , shifted from high yield production through the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to hand weeding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hopes of entering the more lucrative boutique coffee market .
In short , the media ’ s fake coffee crisis is actually Apocalypse Not !
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climatedepot--2020-06-04--Critical Review Confirms IPCC Assessment On Extreme Weather: ‘No sign that extreme weather events ar

Critical Review Confirms IPCC Assessment On Extreme Weather: ‘No sign that extreme weather events are getting worse’

London , 4 June : A new review of the scientific literature on extreme weather events published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation ( GWPF ) confirms what IPCC assessment reports have concluded : There is little evidence of any significant changes in most indices .
The paper , by physicist Dr Ralph Alexander , looks at trends in hot and cold weather extremes , floods and droughts , hurricanes and wildfires and finds only a minor increase in cold weather extremes .
According to Dr Alexander , weather extremes is one area where the IPCC has been reasonably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The IPCC stands out , among those who believe that global warming is primarily due to human activity , as a voice of restraint on the issue of extreme weather .
My review is in broad agreement with their position : there is little sign things are getting worse.
” In particular , Dr Alexander points to the underreported global reductions in floods , wildfires and hurricanes , but he cautions that many of the changes are likely to be cyclical .
The key driver for many weather extremes is natural ocean cycles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oscillation .
Eventually these cycles will turn , and we should be ready .
But we shouldn ’ t be under any illusion that we can prevent extreme weather by changing our lifestyles ” .
Weather Extremes : Are They Caused By Global Warming ?
( pdf ) This article appeared on the Global Warming Policy Foundation at https : //www.thegwpf.com/critical-review-confirms-ipcc-assessment-on-extreme-weather/


climatedepot--2020-06-04--In 6 New Studies Scientists Agree Clouds Play A ‘Central Role’ In Regulating The Earth’s Climate

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climatedepot--2020-06-04--Flashback 2017: Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord (three year anniversary tod

Flashback 2017: Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord (three year anniversary today)

[ Editor Note : On June 1 , 2017 , President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord .
On November 4 , 2019 , the U.S. formally notified the United Nations of its impending withdrawal , which will take effect in one year unless reversed .
Trump ’ s speech made a devastating case the Paris accord was futile in light of sovereign self-interest , discriminatory toward America , and inconsequential to global climate .
Calling out the bad motives of the economic and industrial “ obstructionists , ” Trump ’ s speechwas and always will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : One by one , we are keeping the promises I made to the American people during my campaign for President … .
I am fighting every day for the great people of this country .
Therefore , in order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens , the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord — but begin negotiations to reenter either the Paris Accord or a really entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States , its businesses , its workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So we ’ re getting out .
But we will start to negotiate , and we will see if we can make a deal that ’ s fair .
And if we can , that ’ s great .
And if we can ’ t , that ’ s fine .
As President , I can put no other consideration before the wellbeing of American citizens .
The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I love — and taxpayers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs , lower wages , shuttered factories , and vastly diminished economic production .
Thus , as of today , the United States will cease all implementation of the non-binding Paris Accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country .
This includes ending the implementation of the nationally determined contribution and , very importantly , the Green Climate Fund which is costing the United States a vast fortune .
Compliance with the terms of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrictions it has placed on the United States could cost America as much as 2.7 million lost jobs by 2025 according to the National Economic Research Associates .
This includes 440,000 fewer manufacturing jobs — not what we need — believe me , this is not what we need — including automobile jobs , and the further decimation of vital American industries on which countless communities rely .
They rely for so much , and we would be giving them so little .
According to this same study , by 2040 , compliance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the previous administration would cut production for the following sectors : paper down 12 percent ; cement down 23 percent ; iron and steel down 38 percent ; coal — and I happen to love the coal miners — down 86 percent ; natural gas down 31 percent .
The cost to the economy at this time would be close to $ 3 trillion in lost GDP and 6.5 million industrial jobs , while households would have $ 7,000 less income and , in many cases , much worse than that .
Not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to harsh economic restrictions , it fails to live up to our environmental ideals .
As someone who cares deeply about the environment , which I do , I can not in good conscience support a deal that punishes the United States — which is what it does -– the world ’ s leader in environmental protection , while imposing no meaningful obligations on the world ’ s leading polluters .
For example , under the agreement , China will be able to increase these emissions by a staggering number of years — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want for 13 years .
Not us .
India makes its participation contingent on receiving billions and billions and billions of dollars in foreign aid from developed countries .
There are many other examples .
But the bottom line is that the Paris Accord is very unfair , at the highest level , to the United States .
Further , while the current agreement effectively blocks the development of clean coal in America — which it does , and the mines are starting to open up .
We ’ re having a big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ohio , West Virginia , so many places .
A big opening of a brand-new mine .
It ’ s unheard of .
For many , many years , that hasn ’ t happened .
They asked me if I ’ d go .
I ’ m going to try .
China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants .
So we can ’ t build the plants , but they can , according to this agreement .
India will be allowed to double its coal production by 2020 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their coal production .
We ’ re supposed to get rid of ours .
Even Europe is allowed to continue construction of coal plants .
In short , the agreement doesn ’ t eliminate coal jobs , it just transfers those jobs out of America and the United States , and ships them to foreign countries .
This agreement is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States .
The rest of the world applauded when we signed the Paris Agreement — they went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the simple reason that it put our country , the United States of America , which we all love , at a very , very big economic disadvantage .
A cynic would say the obvious reason for economic competitors and their wish to see us remain in the agreement is so that we continue to suffer this self-inflicted major economic wound .
We would find it very hard to compete with other countries from other parts of the world .
We have among the most abundant energy reserves on the planet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s poorest workers out of poverty .
Yet , under this agreement , we are effectively putting these reserves under lock and key , taking away the great wealth of our nation — it ’ s great wealth , it ’ s phenomenal wealth ; not so long ago , we had no idea we had such wealth — and leaving millions and millions of families trapped in poverty and joblessness .
The agreement is a massive redistribution of United States wealth to other countries .
At 1 percent growth , renewable sources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ domestic demand , but at 3 or 4 percent growth , which I expect , we need all forms of available American energy , or our country will be at grave risk of brownouts and blackouts , our businesses will come to a halt in many cases , and the American family will suffer the consequences in the form of lost jobs and a very diminished quality of life .
Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full , with total compliance from all nations , it is estimated it would only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think of that ; this much — Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100 .
Tiny , tiny amount .
In fact , 14 days of carbon emissions from China alone would wipe out the gains from America — and this is an incredible statistic — would totally wipe out the gains from America ’ s expected reductions in the year 2030 , after we have had to spend billions and billions of dollars , lost jobs , closed factories , and suffered much higher energy costs for our businesses and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Street Journal wrote this morning : “ The reality is that withdrawing is in America ’ s economic interest and won ’ t matter much to the climate.
” The United States , under the Trump administration , will continue to be the cleanest and most environmentally friendly country on Earth .
We ’ ll be the cleanest .
We ’ re going to have the cleanest air .
We ’ re going to have the cleanest water .
We will be environmentally friendly , but we ’ re not going to put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re not going to lose our jobs .
We ’ re going to grow ; we ’ re going to grow rapidly .
And I think you just read — it just came out minutes ago , the small business report — small businesses as of just now are booming , hiring people .
One of the best reports they ’ ve seen in many years .
I ’ m willing to immediately work with Democratic leaders to either negotiate our way back into Paris , under the terms that are fair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or to negotiate a new deal that protects our country and its taxpayers .
So if the obstructionists want to get together with me , let ’ s make them non-obstructionists .
We will all sit down , and we will get back into the deal .
And we ’ ll make it good , and we won ’ t be closing up our factories , and we won ’ t be losing our jobs .
And we ’ ll sit down with the Democrats and all of the people that represent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we can do that ’ s much better than the Paris Accord .
And I think the people of our country will be thrilled , and I think then the people of the world will be thrilled .
But until we do that , we ’ re out of the agreement .
I will work to ensure that America remains the world ’ s leader on environmental issues , but under a framework that is fair and where the burdens and responsibilities are equally shared among the many nations all around the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers — and the people — of their country at this debilitating and tremendous disadvantage .
The fact that the Paris deal hamstrings the United States , while empowering some of the world ’ s top polluting countries , should dispel any doubt as to the real reason why foreign lobbyists wish to keep our magnificent country tied up and bound down by this agreement : It ’ s to give their country an economic edge over the United States .
That ’ s not going to happen while I ’ m President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job as President is to do everything within my power to give America a level playing field and to create the economic , regulatory and tax structures that make America the most prosperous and productive country on Earth , and with the highest standard of living and the highest standard of environmental protection… .
The Paris Agreement handicaps the United States economy in order to win praise from the very foreign capitals and global activists that have long sought to gain wealth at our country ’ s expense .
They don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I always will .
The same nations asking us to stay in the agreement are the countries that have collectively cost America trillions of dollars through tough trade practices and , in many cases , lax contributions to our critical military alliance .
You see what ’ s happening .
It ’ s pretty obvious to those that want to keep an open mind .
At what point does America get demeaned ?
At what point do they start laughing at us as a country ?
We want fair treatment for its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for our taxpayers .
We don ’ t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore .
And they won ’ t be .
They won ’ t be .
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh , not Paris .
( Applause . )
I promised I would exit or renegotiate any deal which fails to serve America ’ s interests .
Many trade deals will soon be under renegotiation .
Very rarely do we have a deal that works for this country , but they ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has begun from day one .
But now we ’ re down to business .
Beyond the severe energy restrictions inflicted by the Paris Accord , it includes yet another scheme to redistribute wealth out of the United States through the so-called Green Climate Fund — nice name — which calls for developed countries to send $ 100 billion to developing countries all on top of America ’ s existing and massive foreign aid payments .
So we ’ re going to be paying billions and billions and billions of dollars , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anybody else .
Many of the other countries haven ’ t spent anything , and many of them will never pay one dime .
The Green Fund would likely obligate the United States to commit potentially tens of billions of dollars of which the United States has already handed over $ 1 billion — nobody else is even close ; most of them haven ’ t even paid anything — including funds raided out of America ’ s budget for the war against terrorism .
That ’ s where they came .
Believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from me .
They came just before I came into office .
Not good .
And not good the way they took the money .
In 2015 , the United Nation ’ s departing top climate officials reportedly described the $ 100 billion per year as “ peanuts , ” and stated that “ the $ 100 billion is the tail that wags the dog.
” In 2015 , the Green Climate Fund ’ s executive director reportedly stated that estimated funding needed would increase to $ 450 billion per year after 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money is going to .
Nobody has been able to say , where is it going to ?
Of course , the world ’ s top polluters have no affirmative obligations under the Green Fund , which we terminated .
America is $ 20 trillion in debt .
Cash-strapped cities can not hire enough police officers or fix vital infrastructure .
Millions of our citizens are out of work .
And yet , under the Paris Accord , billions of dollars that ought to be invested right here in America will be sent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our factories and our jobs away from us .
So think of that .
There are serious legal and constitutional issues as well .
Foreign leaders in Europe , Asia , and across the world should not have more to say with respect to the U.S. economy than our own citizens and their elected representatives .
Thus , our withdrawal from the agreement represents a reassertion of America ’ s sovereignty .
( Applause . )
Our Constitution is unique among all the nations of the world , and it is my highest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And I will .
Staying in the agreement could also pose serious obstacles for the United States as we begin the process of unlocking the restrictions on America ’ s abundant energy reserves , which we have started very strongly .
It would once have been unthinkable that an international agreement could prevent the United States from conducting its own domestic economic affairs , but this is the new reality we face if we do not leave the agreement or if we do not negotiate a far better deal .
The risks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to become more and more ambitious over time .
In other words , the Paris framework is a starting point — as bad as it is — not an end point .
And exiting the agreement protects the United States from future intrusions on the United States ’ sovereignty and massive future legal liability .
Believe me , we have massive legal liability if we stay in .
As President , I have one obligation , and that obligation is to the American people .
The Paris Accord would undermine our economy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , impose unacceptable legal risks , and put us at a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world .
It is time to exit the Paris Accord — ( applause ) — and time to pursue a new deal that protects the environment , our companies , our citizens , and our country .
It is time to put Youngstown , Ohio , Detroit , Michigan , and Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania — along with many , many other locations within our great country — before Paris , France .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thank you very much .


climatedepot--2020-06-04--Expert reveals size of another Canadian polar bear subpopulation is increasing

In case you missed it buried in the details of my rebuttal two weeks ago about Facebook labelling a short PragerU polar bear video as “ false information ” , in his review of the video ( 18 May 2020 ) Canadian polar bear biologist Ian Stirling revealed that a recent survey of M ’ Clintock Channel polar bears documented a population increase .
The problem is we have no scientific details about the survey – apparently completed four years ago , in 2016 – because the final report has not been made public ( COSEWIC 2018 , pp .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ good news about M ’ Clintock Channel is not a huge surprise : in 2019 , the Polar Bear Specialist Goup assessed the M ’ Clintock Channel population in 2019 as ‘ very likely increased ’ since the previous estimate calculated in 2006 ( Taylor et al .
2006 ) but without any recent publication cited to support that determination .
Clearly , the revised status of M ’ Clintock Channel polar bears has been known within the polar bear research community since at least September 2019 ( when the PBSG status table @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been withheld from the public and the rest of the scientific community .
Despite the good news and with all due respect to lead researcher Markus Dyck , polar bear population estimates are infrequent enough without it taking more than four years to complete a report .
NOTE : See previous post here Global polar bear population larger than previous thought – almost 30,000 [ discusses the polar bear subpopulation estimates that were not included in the 2015 IUCN Red List assessment because they had not yet been published , which will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the M ’ Clintock Channel numbers , whenever those are made public ] Crockford , S.J .
2020 .
State of the Polar Bear Report 2019 .
Global Warming Policy Foundation Report 39 , London .
PDF here .
COSEWIC .
2018 .
COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Polar Bear Ursus maritimus in Canada .
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada .
Ottawa .
PDF here .
Taylor , M.K.
, Laake , J. , McLoughlin , P.D.
, Cluff , H.D.
, and Messier , F. 2006.Demography @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polar bears in M ’ Clintock Channel , Nunavut , Canada .
Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1667-1673. http : //onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2193/0022-541X % 282006 % 2970 % 5B1667 : DPAHPV % 5D2.0.CO ; 2/abstract


climatedepot--2020-06-04--‘Climate Change is the Most Important Mission for Universities’

If you thought the most important mission of universities was to provide kids with professional skills to help them get a better job , think again .
Climate change is the most important mission for universities of the 21st century Lauren Rickards Associate Professor , Sustainability and Urban Planning , School of Global Urban and Social Studies ; Co-leader , Climate Change and Resilience Research Program , Centre for Urban Studies , RMIT University This essay is based on an episode of the UTS podcast series “ The New Social Contract ” that examines how the relationship between universities , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reshaped as we live through this global pandemic .
Universities are confronting the possibility of profound sector-wide transformation due to the continuing effects of COVID-19 .
It is prompting much needed debate about what such transformation should look like and what kind of system is in the public interest .
How can universities credibly claim to be preparing young people for their futures , or to be working with employers , if they do not take into account the kind of world they are helping to bring about ?
Universities are key to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safer and lower emissions pathway .
They are needed to provide the knowledge , skills and technologies for this positive transition .
And they are also needed to foster the social dialogue and build the broad public mandate to get there .
This means old ideas of universities as isolated and values-free zones , and newer notions of them as cheap consultants to the private sector , fundamentally fail to fulfil the role universities now need to play .
They must become public good , mission-driven organisations devoted to rapidly progressing human understanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has ever been , to what they are taken to represent and advance – human civilisation .
Teaching and research too must change .
University students can choose programs and optional modules dedicated to climate change .
But this isn ’ t enough .
Climate change has to be integrated in all disciplines .


climatedepot--2020-06-04--COVID lockdowns causing Big Oil to buyout small oil companies – ‘As Rockfeller did 120 years ago, Bi

COVID lockdowns causing Big Oil to buyout small oil companies – ‘As Rockfeller did 120 years ago, Big Oil wants to buy up smaller companies…to better control prices’

As Rockfeller did 120 years ago , Big Oil wants to buy up smaller companies not for their production but @ @ @ @ @ This also one reason why companies like ExxonMobil support climate regulation — to put the @ @ @ @ @ //t.co/vVHaERFfIE


climatedepot--2020-06-05--Flashback: Fmr. UN climate head predicted COVID lockdowns?!: ‘The only way a 2015 agreement can achi

Flashback: Fmr. UN climate head predicted COVID lockdowns?!: ‘The only way a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy’

“ Two degrees is not a magical limit—it ’ s clearly a political goal , ” says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ( PIK ) .
Professor Roger Pielke Jr. explained in 2017 that the 2-degree goal “ is an arbitrary round number that was politically convenient .
So it became a sort of scientific truth .
However , it has little scientific basis but is a hard political reality.
” Foreign Affairs Mag : Ted Nordhaus : William Nordhaus ’ 2C temperature target ‘ was by his own admission arbitrary ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an Unrealistic Climate Change Target – 2018 Will UN treaties , EPA regulations , and personal sacrifices for the planet actually impact the climate ?
As we ’ ll see , even the Obama administration EPA chief admitted there would be no measurable climate impact from these proposed remedies .
The notion that a UN agreement to limit emissions will somehow alter the Earth ’ s temperature or storminess borders on belief in witchcraft .
Philip Stott , professor emeritus of Biogeography at the University of London , points out that “ climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or variables , and the very idea that we can manage climate change predictably by understanding and manipulating at the margins one politically-selected factor [ CO2 ] , is as misguided as it gets.
” If we had to rely on the UN or EPA to save us from global warming , we would all be doomed .
Nothing the UN is proposing to solve climate change would have any significant impact on temperatures or extreme weather events even if you accept the climate warmists ’ scientific claims .
In any case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limiting the Earth ’ s temperature to a rise of no more than two degrees Celsius is a target “ plucked out of thin air , ” according to an email exposed in the Climategate scandal—about which , much more later .
Just Turn Down the Heat The warmists seem to believe that international agreements can act as thermostatic controls for the earth ’ s climate .
A G8 Summit in 2009 announced a “ historic breakthrough ” when Western leaders “ agreed to the goal of keeping the world ’ s temperatures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stott , professor emeritus of Biogeography at the University of London ridiculed the idea that politicians can control the Earth ’ s climate with regulations .
“ Angela Merkel , the German chancellor , and my own good Prime Minister [ Tony Blair ] , for whom I voted—let me emphasize—arguing in public as to who in ‘ Annie get the gun style ’ could produce the best temperature .
‘ I could do two degrees C , ’ said Angela .
‘ No , I could only do three , ’ said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Those are politicians telling you that they can control climate to a degree Celsius , ” Stott said in disbelief .
★★★★★ Still True Today The late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings reported in 1998 : “ Al Gore genuinely believes that if he does not prevail , the apocalypse is coming .
His opponents think he is the danger.
” The pervasive belief that politicians can control the weather by agreements to curtail our lifestyle has not gone away .
But the Climategate emails leak revealed the elusive 2-degree C regulatory cap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no basis in science—according to a former top UN scientist .
Former UN lead author Phil Jones admitted that the 2-degree C limit was “ plucked out of thin air.
” In 2007 , Jones emailed , “ The 2 deg C limit is talked about by a lot within Europe .
It is never defined though what it means .
Is it 2 deg C for globe or for Europe ?
Also when is/was the base against which 2 deg C is calculated from ?
I know you don ’ t know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t either !
I think it is plucked out of thin air.
” “ Two degrees is not a magical limit—it ’ s clearly a political goal , ” says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ( PIK ) .
Professor Roger Pielke Jr. explained in 2017 that the 2-degree goal “ is an arbitrary round number that was politically convenient .
So it became a sort of scientific truth .
However , it has little scientific basis but is a hard political reality.
” He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a local , long-term record of temperature variation in England , which was adapted by an economist in a ‘ what if ?
’ exercise.
” Ironically , the EPA had admitted that its climate regulations would not only have no measurable effect on global temperatures , they would not even impact global CO2 levels .
Even if the UN Paris pact were fully enacted , it would have no measurable impact on global temperatures .
And that ’ s on the assumption that the UN is correct on the science .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the more centrally planned economy would be a reality .
When the UN Paris climate pact was agreed to by President Obama in December 2015 , to exuberant celebration , I penned this response : “ Now that the United Nations has officially ‘ solved ’ man-made global warming , does this mean we never have to hear about ‘ global warming ’ fears again !
?
Does this mean we can halt the endless supply of federal tax dollars funding ‘ climate change ’ studies ?
Does this mean we can stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ability to end civilization and cause wars , and increase prostitution , bar room brawls , rape , airline turbulence , etc.
?
Can we finally move on to other issues ?
” I added , “ If climate activists celebrating truly believe the UN has solved ‘ climate change , ’ even skeptics should rejoice !
Now that the UN treaty has ‘ solved ’ global warming , can we all just move on to something else ?
” Of course , that was before President Trump announced his intention to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June of 2017 .
But it is obvious that the activists have no intention of ever admitting that climate change has been solved because if they did they would jeopardize all the other agendas wrapped up in the climate cause .
Former Czech president Václav Klaus , who lived under a totalitarian regime , perhaps summed it up best .
“ As someone who lived under communism for most of his life , I feel obliged to say that I see the biggest threat to freedom , democracy , the market economy and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Klaus warned .
“ This ideology wants to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of central ( now global ) planning.
” I traveled to Prague in 2016 to interview Klaus .
He explained to me the forces that were behind the climate change movement .
“ Today , the green agenda and the environmentalist agenda and the fighting climate agenda are trying to basically influence the economic system .
It ’ s trying to basically stop the existence of the free market system which we were fighting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communist era for decades.
” Given the absurd faith in the power of climate regulations , President Trump ’ s reversal of President Obama ’ s regulations has caused lots of hand-wringing .
Even before the elections , climate activist and Penn State professor Michael Mann warned that Trump was a “ threat to the planet , ” whose future “ could quite literally lie in the balance .
”


climatedepot--2020-06-05--Humans do Ultimate UN Paris Climate Pact Lockdown — But CO2 hits record high anyway

The new figures from the Mauna Loa Observatory show humans are irrelevant .
Despite the Ultra-Revolutionary-Carbon-Reduction-Program far beyond anything the UN has every dreamed of , Global CO2 hit 417ppm .
This is a record high since humans discovered test tubes but the 300 millionth time since life on Earth evolved .
It shows how all plans for carbon reduction known to mankind are futile .
Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer : `` It would be difficult to see a downturn in the anthropogenic source of CO2 unless it was very large ( say , over 50 % ) and prolonged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) . ''
The new figures from the Mauna Loa Observatory show humans are irrelevant Despite the Ultra-Revolutionary-Carbon-Reduction-Program far beyond anything the UN has every dreamed of , Global CO2 hit 417ppm .
This is a record high since humans discovered test tubes but the 300 millionth time since life on Earth evolved .
It shows how all plans for carbon reduction known to mankind are futile .
Obviously Ecoworriers want to take that failure and do more of it .
The world just broke a disturbing trend despite the global lockdown …the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduced human activity did not make a dent in the damage we ’ ve done to the planet .
It ultimately confirms that nothing short of wholesale systemic change will do – with the rejection of fossil fuels at the heart of that transformation .
” Surprised ” is not the word .
When the punters realize that empty streets and skies makes no difference , there could be a monumental crisis of motivation coming .
Games up ?
The Scientists Just Told Us Coronavirus Won ’ t Save Us from Climate Change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the response to the coronavirus outbreak hasn ’ t done more to influence CO2 levels , ” Ralph Keeling , a geochemist who runs the Scripps Oceanography CO2 program , said in a statement .
Daily emissions of CO2 were cut by an average of 17 % worldwide in early April , but as COVID-19 lockdowns eased , the fall in emissions for the year as a whole is likely to be only between 4 % and 7 % compared to 2019 .
Let ’ s just double this for five times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to Scripps scientists , such small differences won ’ t reverse the devastating climate change course that the planet is currently on .
However , if emissions reductions of 20 % to 30 % could be consistently achieved for six to 12 months , then the rate of CO2 increase on Mauna Loa would likely slow .
The point is that given the large month-to-month variations in natural CO2 sources and sinks seen in Fig .
2 , it would be difficult to see a downturn in the anthropogenic source of CO2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , over 50 % ) and prolonged ( say over a year or longer ) .
Instead , the U.S. Energy Information Administration ( EIA ) estimates that the global economic slowdown this year due to the spread of the novel coronavirus will amount to only about an 11 % reduction in global CO2 emissions .
This is simply too small of a decrease in CO2 emissions to show up against a background of considerable monthly and yearly natural variability in the atmospheric CO2 budget .


climatedepot--2020-06-05--UN IPCC chief admits UN ‘science’ is all about politics: ‘Our assessment findings will strengthen th

UN IPCC chief admits UN ‘science’ is all about politics: ‘Our assessment findings will strengthen the political will of the policy makers for immediate and concrete actions’

The UN IPCC chief Hoesung Lee admits that the climate body is all about using science to lobby for political goals .
`` The COVID-19 pandemic tells us that everything is connected .
From cells to the entire world economy… slow-onset threats… can have a devastating impact '' UN IPCC Chief Hoesung Lee : “ Our assessment findings will strengthen the political will of the policy makers for immediate and concrete actions.
” – June 1 , 2020 Video & Submitted Written Congressional Testimony of Marc Morano – 2019 Examining UN Species/Climate Report – UN report is ‘ authoritative propaganda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not speaking vaguely about the UN .
But specifically of the organization represented by these three witnesses today .
They are playing the role of science bureaucrats doing the bidding for their political and lobbying prone mother UN organization .
As I publicly stated hours after the release of the report : “ The UN has juiced up the issue and put themselves in charge of solving it.. That ’ s called a self-interested lobbying organization.
” Watch : Gore admits UN IPCC report was ‘ torqued up ’ to promote political action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they get the attention of policy-makers around the world ?
’ Former Vice President Al Gore : “ The language that the IPCC used in presenting it was torqued up a little bit , appropriately – how [ else ] do they get the attention of policy-makers around the world ?
” Gore admission that the UN IPCC report was “ torqued up ” in order to “ get the attention of policy-makers around the world ” is just the latest in a long line of evidence that the UN climate panel is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ body posing as a scientific institution.
” The following is an excerpt from the new 2018 best-selling book , The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change .
Prof. John Brignell : “ The creation of the UN IPCC was a cataclysmic event in the history of science .
Here was a purely political body posing as a scientific institution .
Through the power of patronage , it rapidly attracted acolytes .
‘ Peer review ’ soon rapidly evolved from the old style refereeing to a much more sinister imposition of The Censorship.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chemist from Japan , is another UN IPCC scientist who has turned his back on the UN climate panel .
Kiminori declared that global warming fears are the “ worst scientific scandal in the history… .
When people come to know what the truth is , they will feel deceived by science and scientists.
” UN IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri admitted the IPCC is an arm of world governments and serves at their “ beck and call.
” “ We are an intergovernmental body and we do what the governments of the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the Guardian in 2013 .
In 2012 , a year before the report came out , former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer announced that the next IPCC report “ is going to scare the wits out of everyone.
” He added , “ I ’ m confident those scientific findings will create new political momentum.
” Science loses .
Politics win : UN IPCC is redefining ‘ Global Warming ’ at the 11th Hour – Changes made to report to ‘ ensure consistency with the approved Summary for Policymakers ’ UN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Humans given only 12 more years to make ‘ unprecedented changes in all aspects of society ’ The UN IPCC climate panel is a political organization masquerading as a scientific body After extensive analysis , climate data analysis John Mclean concluded : “ The UN IPCC is , in fact , no more than a craftily assembled government-supported lobby group , doing what lobby groups usually do.
” Essentially , the UN IPCC is a lobbying organization that seeks to enrich the UN by putting it in charge of “ solving ” climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find man-made global warming a problem , it no longer has a reason to continue the climate panel and therefore can not be in charge of proposing “ solutions ” to climate change .
“ The IPCC has actually become a closed circuit ; it doesn ’ t listen to others .
It doesn ’ t have open minds … I am really amazed that the Nobel Peace Prize has been given on scientifically incorrect conclusions by people who are not geologists , ” said Indian geologist Dr. Arun D. Ahluwalia at Punjab @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UN-supported International Year of the Planet .
Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry warned in 2019 of the UN led “ drive to manufacture a scientific consensus ” and the ‘ tremendous political pressure on scientists ’ to support policy making goals .
Curry explained : “ For the past three decades , the climate policy ‘ cart ’ has been way out in front of the scientific ‘ horse ’ .
The 1992 Climate Change treaty was signed by 190 countries before the balance of scientific evidence suggested even a discernible observed human influence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Protocol was implemented before we had any confidence that most of the recent warming was caused by humans .
There has been tremendous political pressure on the scientists to present findings that would support these treaties , which has resulted in a drive to manufacture a scientific consensus on the dangers of manmade climate change .
Fossil fuel emissions as the climate ‘ control knob ’ is a simple and seductive idea .
However this is a misleading oversimplification , since climate can shift naturally in unexpected ways.
” … We have no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , volcanoes , ocean circulations ) will play out in the 21st century , and whether or not natural variability will dominate over man-made warming .
”


climatedepot--2020-06-05--Desperate times for climate activists: UN IPCC chief admits that ‘climate change’ doesn’t ‘have that

Desperate times for climate activists: UN IPCC chief admits that ‘climate change’ doesn’t ‘have that much visibility’ & is ‘difficult to notice’

What climate crisis ?
: IPCC chief inadvertently admits that AGW does n't `` have that much visibility '' and @ @ @ @ @ '' .
He also claims that AGW is a `` SLOW-onset threat '' .
# @ @ @ @