climatedepot--2020-06-24--EU Made ‘No Progress’ In Climate Action Over Past Five Years, Eurostat Reveals

1 ) EU Made ‘ No Progress ’ In Climate Action Over Past Five Years , Eurostat Reveals Energy Live News , 23 June 2020 2 ) EU Recovery Fund Ignores Climate Targets , Experts Say EurActiv , 22 June 2020 3 ) East vs West Split In EU On Green Deal Targets euObserver , 24 June 2020 5 ) Ross McKitrick : The Flaw In Relying On Worst-Case Climate Modelling Financial Post , 24 June 2020 6 ) Terence Corcoran : If We Unquestioningly ‘ Follow The Science , ’ It Could Lead Us Nowhere Financial Post , 24 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ African Lives Matter Too , Energy Policy Decisions Should Consider Their Needs Africa Oil & Power , 22 June 2020 1 ) EU Made ‘ No Progress ’ In Climate Action Over Past Five Years , Eurostat Reveals Energy Live News , 23 June 2020 The European Commission has acknowledged “ insufficient ” action to tackle climate change after the EU ’ s statistics office showed little has been achieved overall since 2015 .
Progress towards the EU ’ s climate and energy targets has stalled , as has the shift towards a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the findings of the latest report by the EU statistics office Eurostat , which suggests there was no progress for climate action during the last five years .
Although there has been an 18.9 % increase in renewable energy consumption since 2013 , the report shows the greenhouse intensity of the overall energy use has risen .
In the monitoring report , trends also demonstrate pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity have been increasing in some areas .
The climate-related economic losses in 2017 were €12.1 billion ( £10bn ) , despite the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ €19 billion ( £17.1bn ) in environmental projects .
The European bloc ’ s carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by 2.7 % from 2013 to 2018 but temperatures kept rising , according to figures .
Calculations by experts now show that the EU ’ s planned economic rescue package , worth €750 billion , is nowhere near enough to achieve the bloc ’ s climate targets .
Even in the best-case scenario , only one-third of the costs would be covered .
Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen confers with the President of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Member states have yet to agree on the proposed €750 billion recovery fund .
[ EPA-EFE | Olivier Hoslet ] EU leaders discussed a massive €750 billion rescue package on Friday ( 19 June ) , which should be made available to member states to help them revive the economy and achieve the EU ’ s climate goals .
However , as an unpublished analysis by the consultancy Climate & Company and the German think tank Agora Energiewende shows , the programme has huge gaps : some 2.44 trillion are missing to mobilise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate targets .
At present , the targets stipulate that the EU must reduce its CO2 emissions by 40 % by 2030 compared to 1990 .
If the target is raised to 50 % or 55 % as planned , the investment requirement would even rise to over €3 trillion .
The analysts ’ calculations are based in part on the Commission ’ s estimates on how much money would be needed to achieve the current climate target .
If the proposed funds from the new EU budget and the reconstruction programme were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only €804 billion would be collected , around a third of what is needed , leaving a €1.644 trillion investment gap .
The study lists possible funding sources .
Only €80 billion have so far been safely allocated to environmental protection .
Most of this money comes from the Just Transition Fund , the Connecting Europe Facility , or the Innovation Fund , which has now been massively increased .
That ’ s nowhere near enough money , but with the right parameters , almost half of the necessary budget could be raised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of the EU budget would be reserved for climate protection .
The Commission ’ s current proposal is 20 % .
If the money from the CAP and the recovery plan were to be invested in a climate-friendly manner , a budget of €1.287 trillion could be pulled together with the help of European Investment Bank ( EIB ) loans .
3 ) East vs West Split In EU On Green Deal Targets euObserver , 24 June 2020 Eight member states on Tuesday ( 23 June ) urged the EU to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ central and eastern European countries remain cautious , expressing concerns about different starting positions and possibly deepening inequalities .
EU climate ministers from Finland , Austria , Luxembourg , Latvia , Denmark , Estonia , the Netherlands and Sweden urged on an increase on the EU ’ s 2030 emissions-reduction target , to at least 55 percent .
London – An important new paper from the Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals that low-level nuclear radiation might be much less dangerous than previously thought .
According to authors , Professor Edward Calabrese and Dr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research conducted in the decades after the Second World War has uncovered serious flaws in the “ linear no-threshold ” assumption – the idea that nuclear radiation is dangerous even at very low exposures .
According to Professor Calabrese , Professor of Toxicology at the University of Massachusetts , these claims are now known to be based on scientific studies that were deceptive , flawed , or even fraudulent : “ The key work that was done in the US after the war was fatally flawed .
But influential scientists managed to suppress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no-threshold assumption survived.
” And Professor Calabrese ’ s position is confirmed by a review of recent findings from Japan , which have been reviewed by Dr Paunio , a former chairman of the Finnish Radiological Protection Board .
According to Dr Paunio , key support for the linear no-threshold assumption came from a major study that followed the life histories of the Hibakusha – the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombs .
“ Their error was extraordinary , ” says Dr Paunio .
“ They failed to account for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This means that the rather low numbers of cancers observed in the hibakusha in the decades after the war were actually caused by quite high exposures to radiation.
” The implication of these reviews is that nuclear radiation seems to be relatively harmless at low levels .
If correct , it means that the nuclear energy industry is being grossly over-regulated for no reason at all .
According to GWPF director Benny Peiser , there is now a need for government to act .
“ Over the weekend , it was reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small modular nuclear programme into action .
If so , then it ’ s a welcome development , but there remains a real risk that the programme will be sunk by the environmental bureaucracy.
” “ If the extremely costly regulatory burden is really as pointless as these new findings suggest , there is an important opportunity for the country .
It ’ s time for a major review of the new radiation science.
” 5 ) Ross McKitrick : The Flaw In Relying On Worst-Case Climate Modelling Financial Post , 24 June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is to get us from the dangerous upper end of the forecast range down to the safe bottom end .
In fact , we are already there .
Whenever you read a media story about how we ’ re heading toward catastrophe if we continue operating “ business as usual ” — i.e.
, if we don ’ t slash carbon emissions — the reports are almost always referring to a model simulation using RCP8.5 .
And you can bet that nowhere in the story will they explain that RCP8.5 is an implausible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ represent a likely base case outcome , or that scientists have begun castigating its usage as a prediction of a doomed business-as-usual future .
The term RCP8.5 refers to a greenhouse gas emissions scenario often used by scientists for climate model projections .
You might never have heard of RCP8.5 but you have definitely heard of forecasts based on it .
Listening to the politicians who make the strongest pleas for radical climate action , it is clear that their fears for the future are driven by RCP8.5 scenarios , yet it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what it is or what is wrong with it .
RCP stands for “ Representative Concentration Pathways , ” or projections of how much carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) will accumulate in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel use over the coming century .
The United Nations ’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) generated a set of four RCP scenarios a decade ago , attaching to each a number indicating how much “ radiative forcing ” ( a measure of global warming potential ) each one generates .
RCP2.6 refers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with correspondingly minimal radiative forcing .
In the middle are RCP4.5 and RCP6.0 , and at the top end is RCP8.5 , a scorcher that predicts historically unprecedented increases in global CO2 emissions .
To appreciate how implausible RCP8.5 is , consider its coal use trajectory .
From the 1920s to the year 2000 , global coal consumption stayed between 15 and 20 gigajoules per capita , peaking at 20 in 1960 , falling back to 15 by 2000 , then rising to about 23 earlier this decade with the sudden industrialization of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ International Energy Agency expect it will gradually return to the 15-20 gigajoule per capita range by 2040 .
The RCP8.5 scenario offers a different outcome .
Instead of a return to normal , it projects coal use will rise to about 30 gigajoules by 2040 , 45 gigajoules by 2060 and 70 gigajoules by 2100 .
No one seriously believes this is even possible , including people who use RCP8.5 in their climate simulations .
It gets worse .
A recent study by Matthew Burgess of the University of Colorado and coauthors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , pointed out that RCP8.5 doesn ’ t even make sense in its own modelled reality .
It projects so much economic growth that today ’ s poor countries will be richer in 2100 than the wealthiest countries are today ( which would be nice if it happened ) , but they will also experience so much warming that they become uninhabitable wastelands .
How can both be true ?
RCP8.5 was created as an outlier ; an improbable worst-case scenario , not a likely business-as-usual forecast .
Yet countless scientists and economists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You know how the game works : feed RCP8.5 into a climate model , observe the catastrophe , then call it the “ likely ” scenario if we don ’ t cut emissions .
A more realistic business-as-usual scenario would look much more like the low end of the RCP range .
If you run a model with one of those , the future looks far less worrisome , the policy agenda is far less urgent and your study is far less likely to get any media attention .
Which may be why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But last fall , in a commentary in Nature magazine , climate experts Zeke Hausfather and Glen Peters scolded their colleagues for misleading the public this way , and distorting the policy debate in the process .
Exaggerated emission forecasts are nothing new .
Another analysis last fall by Zeke Hausfather et .
al .
compiled CO2 concentration forecasts from the ’ 70s onward .
The figure shown on this page is based on their data .
In the ’ 70s , scientists made CO2 projections through 2000 .
Reality came in near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ 80s on , reality came in right at the bottom end .
The IPCC likewise has a history of playing up worst-case scenarios .
Prior to commissioning the RCP group , in 2000 the IPCC issued the Special Report on Emission Scenarios ( SRES ) , a set of emission paths ranging from low and slow CO2 growth to the infamous A1FI top-end scorcher , which climate modellers considered unrealistic at the time but which allowed the IPCC to issue scary-sounding “ up to six degrees ” warming forecasts .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April 4 , 2002 , I noted that by the time it was shown to experts in early 2000 , A1FI had already overestimated global coal consumption growth in the ’ 90s by 40 per cent .
The SRES scenarios came in for more controversy in 2002 when Ian Castles , the former chief statistician of Australia , and former OECD chief economist David Henderson wrote to the IPCC to inform it that the SRES team had used an incorrect formula for computing foreign exchange rates , which systematically exaggerated the growth and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my own academic research I have also found IPCC emissions scenarios to be exaggerated .
In two papers published in 2012 and 2013 , I and my coauthors compared the range of IPCC emission scenarios to historical trends and found the upper half of the range to be improbable compared to the lower half .
6 ) Terence Corcoran : If We Unquestioningly ‘ Follow The Science , ’ It Could Lead Us Nowhere Financial Post , 24 June 2020 Calls to follow the science are heard almost daily from politicians and activists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are they advocating ?
, asks Terence Corcoran Surely one of the more embarrassing moments in Anderson Cooper ’ s career as host of his CNN nightly show was the night back in May when he brought in 17-year-old Greta Thunberg as a star interview for a CNN Town Hall — not on the climate crisis , for which Thunberg has been famously treated as an expert of sorts , but on the COVID-19 crisis .
The link between COVID-19 and climate change is a little unclear , so presumably Cooper and Town @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s medical expert , thought Thunberg would bring some special wisdom and insight to the virus crisis .
The only advice from Thunberg , however , was to urge everyone to “ follow the science ” as suggested by Cooper , who seemed to be appealing to the 17-year-old for confirmation of his views : “ This is a time , it seems , that the global scientific community is so critically important and we ’ re really seeing how important it is to follow science.
” Thunberg took that soft hand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — as confirmation of her claim that we should also be following the science on climate change .
“ People are starting to realize that we are actually depending on science and that we need to listen to scientists and experts .
And I really hope that stays , ” she said , adding that she also hoped it will apply to other crises “ such as the climate crisis and the environmental crisis.
” When it comes to COVID-19 , however , Thunberg seemed to have missed some of the science she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She suggested it was misinformation to believe initial reports that COVID-19 affected only the elderly .
“ During any crisis it is always the most vulnerable people who are hit the hardest , and that is children , ” she proclaimed .
“ Yes , this does affect elderly people a lot , but we also have to remember that this is also a children ’ s rights crisis because children are the most vulnerable in societies .
Children do get the virus and they also spread it.
” The actual science shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that children are not the hardest hit , nor are they the most vulnerable .
Children are in “ extremely low risk ” of getting the disease and when they do get it they are more likely to be asymptomatic .
Few have died .
Welcome to FP Comment ’ s 22nd annual Junk Science Week , guided by our standard definition : Junk science occurs when scientific facts are distorted , risk is exaggerated and the science adapted and warped by politics and ideology to serve another agenda .
Both CNN and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicization of science is more widespread today is unanswerable , but it seems fair to conclude that there have been few signs of retreat .
As we shall explore later this week , peer review regimes continue to fail , correlations are propelled into causation , health risks converted into draconian legislation .
Calls to follow the science are heard almost daily from politicians and activists — and many scientists .
But what are they advocating ?
When a politician who declares “ I believe in the science ” ( as per U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s akin to admitting lack of knowledge about the science behind whatever policy is being promulgated .
And what if , as is too often the case , the science politicians are following is tainted and falls into the great science world where deliberate distortions and exaggerations — even fabrications — are common ?
Lest anyone believe that doesn ’ t happen , it ’ s worth recalling the famous words of Stephen Schneider , the late Stanford University climate scientist who — along with many others over the years — saw fudging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientists .
“ On the one hand , ” said Schneider , “ as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method .
On the other hand , we are not just scientists but human beings as well .
To do that we need to get some broad-based support , to capture the public ’ s imagination .
That , of course , means getting loads of media coverage .
So we have to offer up scary scenarios , make simplified , dramatic statements , and make little mention of any doubts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.
” There is one area of science where a small blow — or maybe it will prove to be large — has been dealt to the “ scary scenarios ” that have driven climate policy over much of the past two decades .
7 ) NJ Ayuk : African Lives Matter Too , Energy Policy Decisions Should Consider Their Needs Africa Oil & Power , 22 June 2020 Africa is capable of building a better future , of ending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and improving the lives of everyday Africans .
And that ’ s why this is a horrible time for OECD , IEA , or any other outside organizations , to interfere with our natural resources .
As African oil and gas countries struggle with Covid-19 ’ s devastating impact on demand , two international groups seem to be celebrating it .
Earlier this month , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and the International Energy Agency ( IEA ) described the low oil prices caused by the pandemic as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to phase-out fossil fuel support and usher in an era of renewable energy sources .
“ Subsidising fossil fuels is an inefficient use of public money and serves to worsen greenhouse emissions and air pollution , ” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said in a joint OECD-IEA statement .
“ While our foremost concern today must be to support economies and societies through the Covid-19 crisis , we should seize this opportunity to reform subsidies and use public funds in a way that best benefits people and the planet.
” I would argue that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessarily know what ’ s best for the people who live on this planet .
Pressuring governments to stop supporting fossil fuels certainly would not be good for the African oil and gas companies or entrepreneurs striving to build a better future .
And it could be downright harmful to communities looking at gas-to-power initiatives to bring them reliable electricity .
Too often , the discussion about climate change — and the call to leave fossil fuels in the ground— is largely a western narrative .
It does not factor in the needs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many benefits of a strategic approach to oil and gas operations in Africa : reduced energy poverty , job creation , and entrepreneurship opportunities , to name a few .
Ironically , a policy that would jeopardize Africans ’ ability to realize those benefits is being recommended at the same time protesters across America are calling for equity in some of the same areas .
Although police violence against people of color is at the center of the protests — a response to the horrific death of a black man , George Floyd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on his neck for nearly nine minutes — the protests also point to social and economic disparities between the races in America .
While I don ’ t want to exploit the death of George Floyd , I do see parallels between the racial disparities in America and the struggles of Africans whose lives could be improved through oil and gas .
I always see a common pattern of ignoring black and African voices .
Too often in America , the value of black lives was not given proper consideration until George Floyd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the forefront and rightly so .
And on the global stage , OECD and IEA are dismissing the voices of many Africans who want and need the continent ’ s oil and gas industry to thrive .
I would advise these organizations not to ignore the needs of poor people in African countries .
As it stands , African energy entrepreneurs , the African energy sector , and Africans who care about energy poverty are basically saying , “ I can ’ t breathe.
” It ’ s time to get the knees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of energy poverty .
Approximately 840 million Africans , mostly in sub-Saharan countries , have no access to electricity .
Hundreds of millions have unreliable or limited power at best .
Even during “ normal times , ” energy poverty is dangerous .
The household air pollution created by burning biomass , including wood and animal waste , to cook and heat homes has been blamed for as many as 4 million deaths per year .
How will this play out during the pandemic ?
For women forced to leave their homes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place is nearly impossible .
What about those who need to be hospitalized ?
Only 28 percent of sub-Saharan Africa ’ s health care facilities have reliable power .
Physicians and nurses can ’ t even count on the lights being on , let alone the ability to treat patients with equipment that requires electricity — or store blood , medications , or vaccines .
All of this puts African lives at risk .
That ’ s what makes gas-to-power initiatives so critically important : It only makes sense for African countries to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power generation .
And we ’ re already making progress on that front .
Today , about 13 African countries use natural gas produced domestically or brought in from other African countries , and there ’ s every reason to believe this trend will grow .
In Cameroon , for example , Victoria Oil and Gas PLC already provides domestic gas for power generation , and its subsidiary , Gaz du Cameroun ( GDC ) , has agreed to provide the government gas for a new power station with the potential to accommodate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Temane power plant , also known as Mozambique Gas-to-Power , is being developed now , and plans are underway to develop a second plant .
Both will rely on Mozambique ’ s Rovuma basis for feedstock .
I have heard calls , including some from the OECD , for the development of sustainable energy solutions to meet Africa ’ s power needs .
Great — let ’ s go for it .
I ’ m all for renewable energy solutions , but Africans should not be forced to make either-or-decisions in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concern , and it ’ s wrong to make it more difficult for African countries to use a readily available natural resource to address it .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Linking ‘Climate Change’ To Floods Not Supported By Science

Nobel laureate Richard Feynman said it best : “ It doesn ’ t matter how beautiful your theory is , it doesn ’ t matter how smart you are .
If it doesn ’ t agree with experiment , it ’ s wrong.
” Testing theories with data is how theories are validated .
Yet the need to “ ‘ kick the tires ’ on a theory is often overlooked when the media assesses extreme weather .
A recent CBC News story headline declared : “ Yes , we ’ re getting more extreme rainfall , and it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” According to the CBC , which carried the report on its flagship news show , “ Warmer temperatures due to climate change lead to wetter air , and we ’ ve seen more extreme rainfall and flooding across North America .
But is there really evidence that the two are related ?
Yes , there is.
” Well , no there isn ’ t .
The story was based on an Environment Canada study , Human influence has intensified extreme precipitation in North America .
Here ’ s what the CBC report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presented theoretical projections from models that the data did not consistently validate .
In some regions , the models predicted changes and trends quite contrary to those reported and also contrary to measured data .
• It missed the big picture .
Watersheds are complex and precipitation is only one-factor affecting flood risk — warmer temperatures mean mitigating factors like less runoff from snowmelt .
The study referenced that fact , but not the CBC story .
The CBC ’ s French service , Radio-Canada ( R-C ) coverage also linked the Environment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” flash flooding , and sewer geysers .
It also neglected data contradicting model results , and limitations of the models in projecting such extreme events .
CBC and R-C coverage has been a problem in the past .
The R-C Ombudsman found that a reported increase in severe “ 100-year ” storms was not supported by data and required correction .
The CBC Ombudsman encouraged journalists to be “ clearer with their choice of tenses ” when separating past , present , and future weather phenomena .
Yet CBC continues to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rainfall is now more frequent when those statistics are not observed in measured data at all but are rather from a numerical simulation modelprojecting the future .
There is an ongoing tendency to confuse models and actual data .
Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman , the author of Thinking , Fast and Slow , suggested we fall victim to cognitive biases by Thinking Fast , thus moving us away from the rational thought of Thinking Slow .
For example , a “ substitution bias ” causes us to reject a computationally complex judgment for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be easier to point to neat model results as “ proof , ” particularly when these results confirm our expectation than to wade through noisy , conflicting observational data .
We can not argue that all floods are caused by climate change .
Fast reporting also missed key study details in the rainfall story , particularly key limitations .
The study itself says , “ Many of the physical processes that produce extreme rainfall occur at spatial scales smaller than those that can be reliably simulated by available models .
Local-scale events are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ model results may diverge from observations in the west and central west — observations show decreases in extreme precipitation while all three models show increases .
In some regions , it turns out all models are “ wrong ” !
Are we merely being difficult here ?
If one- to five-day precipitation is projected to increase , does that not imply that there will be more runoff and flooding in large rural watersheds ?
Not necessarily .
Even if precipitation increases , warmer weather might mean less snow , and thus less snowmelt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasons the official attribution study for Alberta ’ s 2013 flood stated categorically that “ no anthropogenic influence can be detected for one-day and three-day surface runoff.
” A broader analysis of major floods across North America and Europe using observational data found “ the number of significant trends in major-flood occurrence across North America and Europe was approximately the number expected due to chance alone.
” Checking theories with data shows that there is yet no change in significant floods .
What if we actually look more directly at local data ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ data to check theoretical models ?
Data for 651 weather stations in Environment Canada ’ s Engineering Climate Datasets show that a mere 4.9 percent of annual maximum one-day rainfalls have to date shown a statistically significant increase .
And what about those shorter ( two hours or less ) , sudden intense downpours ?
For this large data set , that rainfall increased in only just over four percent of the cases .
These small increases , and their flip side ( statistically significant decreases ) , are relatively few and can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence is lacking on changes in the particular rain events linked to urban flooding .
All of us , including the media , must embrace the reality that weather and infrastructure systems are complex with no simple answers .
Reporting accurately and fairly on complex phenomena means not glossing over model uncertainties or omitting conflicting data .
In promoting action on flooding , certainly a crucial priority , one CBC interviewee stated that “ time is not a luxury.
” Given the gaps in reporting , let ’ s hope there ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before we rush into fast decisions .
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climatedepot--2020-06-25--Sunburn warning as Britain faces its highest EVER UV levels thanks to lack of pollution fewer plane

Sunburn warning as Britain faces its highest EVER UV levels thanks to lack of pollution fewer plane vapor trails

Britain could reach its highest levels of UV radiation due to a lack of planes , coupled with clear blue skies and sweltering temperatures – a potent combination that increases the risk of skin cancer .
Ultra-violet rays , which can also cause sunburn and cataracts , are expected to reach level 9 across parts of Devon and Cornwall on what is set to be the hottest day of the year in the UK so far .
The mercury hit a sweltering 90.5F ( 32.5C ) on Wednesday , while temperatures today could climb even further in the Midlands and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see temperatures peak between 32C ( 89.6F ) and 33C ( 91.4F ) , while parts of Wales could see the mercury rise to 34C ( 93.2F ) .
The Met Office ‘ s UV index does not often exceed 8 in the UK , while level 10 is common in Mediterranean countries , and 11 is considered extreme .
Although air pollution has visibly dropped off due to flights being cancelled during the coronavirus lockdown , the dangers posed by high UV levels are substantial .
Plane contrails are a contributing factor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clouds which reflect harmful UV rays away from Earth


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Censorship for Climate Alarm: ‘Andrew Dessler Joins Michael Mann in Intellectual Cowardice’

Andrew Dessler and Michael Mann are two very emotional climate alarmists in today ’ s vigorous , unsettled debate .
“ Hide the Decline ” Mann , the leading culprit of the Climategate scandal , triggered “ a public-relations disaster for science ” by manipulating data and techniques to reach a preordained ( alarmist ) result .
Andy Dessler , who admits to a “ very low threshold for outrage , ” is the alarmist ’ s alarmist–a true catastrophist .
Together , mendacious Michael and and angry Andy tweet and retweet each other ’ s work and write joint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MasterResource know , lawyer-like Dessler either dismisses or minimizes the arguments against the settled-science , climate alarmism , and forced energy transformation .
He endorses “ opaque policies ” in place of transparency .
Democracy is problematic as sovereign political jurisdictions do not want to play ball with decarbonization .
Personal and economic freedom ?
That must be surrendered too in Dessler ’ s accounting .
Dessler will not dare debate a worthy opponent in person or in dueling op-ed ’ s ( I have tried ! )
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He tweets in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to block or flag the skeptics of climate alarm and forced energy transformation ( see article below ) .
Dessler tweeted this regarding Facebook notcensuring his intellectual opponents : “ More evidence that social media is destroying the planet.
” Planet destruction ?
What about numerous positive trends in human and ecological betterment , and perhaps none more important than a 99 percent drop in climate-related mortality this century ?
Facts matter .
Here are excerpts of Scott Waldman ’ s “ How CO2 Boosters ’ Op-Ed Slipped by Facebook Fact-Checkers.
” E @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 , which turns to Dessler at the end to make a case for Facebook censorship .
( My comments are interspersed . )
A team of climate scientists working as approved fact checkers for Facebook evaluated a post last year by a White House-connected group that claims the world needs to burn more fossil fuels .
The researchers found that the post by the CO2 Coalition was based on cherry-picked information to mislead readers into thinking climate science models are wrong about global warming .
Comment : Is using the best arguments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ?
Jerry North , a distinguished climate scientist emeritus at Texas A & M ( Dessler ’ s department ) , was very critical of models .
High-sensitivity climate models hard-wire what is not known to result in unreliability .
The post , which was published originally in the conservative Washington Examiner , was an opinion piece that had been marked as false , in accordance with Facebook ’ s standards .
The coalition , which is funded by groups that oppose regulations on fossil fuels , was prevented from advertising on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last long .
A “ conservative ” Facebook employee quietly intervened , overturning the fact check , and the misinformation was no longer labeled as false , according to the CO2 Coalition .
The post was free to be shared , and a new loophole was created for the coalition and other groups that attack mainstream climate science .
After the quiet decision by Facebook , the coalition says it and other groups that attack consensus climate science can share content that climate scientists have labeled as misleading because Facebook will consider it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact-checking .
The CO2 Coalition is increasingly focused on using Facebook to reach more people with its message that climate change fears are overblown and that burning more fossil fuels would help humanity , Executive Director Caleb Rossiter told E & E News this week .
He sees the battle over its climate-related posts as part of a larger proxy war over how to reach an audience outside of conservative media .
“ It ’ s a huge reach .
You can reach so many people both with your posts and your advertisements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re kind of like Donald Trump .
We ’ re not happy with the treatment we ’ re getting from the mainstream media , we resort to social media .
That ’ s where our action is in larger part.
” Comment : Seems very fair… .
But the real issue is why newspapers from the New York Times to the Washington Post to the Houston Chronicle to the Los Angeles Times refuse to publish one side of the wide-open debate .
Rossiter said the coalition was also temporarily blocked from running @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ false ” label was removed from its climate models piece , the coalition is now again allowed to buy ads .
It has run a number of ads with messages that distort climate change and make inflammatory statements such as “ we are saving the people of the planet from the people who claim they are saving the planet.
” Those ads have received more than 50,000 impressions , Facebook data shows .
Comment : Yes , climate policy can be very destructive , not only extreme weather from natural or anthropogenic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identify the Facebook staffer who removed the false label from its op-ed .
Comment : Is the staffer known ?
The statement above makes it sound like two dishonest parties could be or were at work .
Because media outlets rarely seek comment on climate science from groups that reject consensus research , Rossiter said , Facebook is how the coalition can get its message to a larger audience .
Comment : Fair enough .
TDS has also been at work against climate ‘ skeptics.
’ Last month , climate scientists again labeled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone sharing it will receive a warning that it contains “ false information.
” In that video , Pat Michaels , a climate scientist who has spent decades in Washington fighting against carbon regulations , says in an appearance on Fox News that “ climate models are making systematic dramatic errors.
” … Comment : True .
Let ’ s debate this in person and in print .
The CO2 Coalition already has significant reach in Washington and has spent the last year conducting outreach to members of Congress , providing them talking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Bravo to the Coalition !
And the talking points are so good the other side does not want to publicly debate !
One of its founders , William Happer , served on the National Security Council at the White House and unsuccessfully tried to conduct an adversarial review of climate science .
Another of its members , Mandy Gunasekara , is chief of staff at EPA .
The group is largely funded by conservative foundations that oppose regulations .
It has also received funding from the Mercer family , who were top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Let ’ s debate the theory and facts , please .
Scientists have long known that rising carbon dioxide levels are causing the Earth ’ s temperature to rise at an unprecedented rate , which has already begun to alter life on the planet .
Peer-reviewed research has shown that climate models have largely been accurate .
Groups that attack climate science have long pushed the false notion that there is a debate among climate scientists on the extent of humanity ’ s contribution to global warming .
Comment : Climate models accurate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Ever heard of ‘ fudge factors ’ ?
Scientists affiliated with the Climate Feedback group , a nonpartisan organization , evaluated Facebook posts by the CO2 Coalition and found that they are misleading and that the group “ cherry-picks evidence ” to create a false narrative that climate models are inaccurate .
Climate Feedback is one of Facebook ’ s approved fact-checking partners .
Comment : Nice try .
The “ nonpartisan ” Climate Feedback group is alarmist , no skeptics allowed .
I have challenged their fact check of my own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group rated the CO2 Coalition ’ s piece attacking climate models , which are the foundation used to craft many carbon regulations , and found it was “ highly misleading , including a number of false factual assertions , cherry-picking datasets that support their point , failing to account for uncertainties in those datasets , and failing to assess the performance of climate models in an objective and rigorous manner.
” Comment : The CO2 Coalition can defend itself .
See “ E & E Alarmist Article on Facebook ’ s Climate Model @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Facebook has made it easier to mislead the public because it boosts inaccurate climate claims to an audience only interested in partisan narratives and unwilling to examine the actual science , said Andrew Dessler , a climate scientist at Texas A & M University and a member of the team that fact-checked the original CO2 Coalition post .
He said Facebook , as well as other social media companies , allows people to “ live in these bubbles where they only hear the info that they want to.
” “ It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , since these groups can ’ t win in the actual scientific arena , so they only can win in these media environments where they can pay to promote stuff , ” Dessler said .
“ It allows people to live in a bubble where you don ’ t ever have to confront ideas that you don ’ t want to deal with.
” Comment : Angry Andy .
And he will not debate .
I know why–and so does he .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--We Have A Consensus! UN IPCC and Skeptics Agree: Climate Change Is Not Causing Extreme Weather

A new Global Warming Policy Foundation report from retired Oxford physicist Ralph Alexander supports the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’ s conclusion there is limited scientific evidence linking human caused climate change to increases in extreme weather .
Alexander ’ s conclusions are also confirmed by recent documents produced by Heartland Senior Fellow Anthony Watts on the website “ Climate at a Glance.
” Alexander ’ s paper begins by remarking , “ [ t ] he purported link between extreme weather and global warming has captured the public imagination and attention of the mainstream media far more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the narrative of human-caused climate change.
” This is surprising because data and analyses from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) —the UN body that climate alarmists in academic , political , and media circles continually cite as the authoritative source of information on climate change—confirm that “ if there is any trend at all in extreme weather , it ’ s downward rather than upward .
Our most extreme weather , be it heat wave , drought , flood , hurricane or tornado , occurred many years ago , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the atmosphere began to climb at its present rate , ” writes Alexander .
“ Recent atmospheric heat waves in western Europe , ” writes Alexander , “ pale in comparison with the soaring temperatures of the 1930s , a period when three of the seven continents and 32 of the 50 US states set all-time high temperature records , which still stand today.
” Nor has IPCC discerned or identified any long-term trend in drought patterns , either in the United States or globally .
And even though rainfall has modestly increased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence floods are becoming more frequent or severe .
Alexander notes , many recent flood events can be traced almost entirely to land-use changes , including channelization , deforestation , destruction of wetlands , and the building of dams .
“ Climate at a Glance : Floods ” confirms Alexander ’ s assessment , citing data showing there has been no evidence of increasing flooding frequency or severity in the United States or elsewhere over the past century and a half .
Indeed , IPCC writes it has “ low confidence ” in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or severity of floods , going so far as to state it has “ low confidence ” in even the “ sign ” of any changes .
In other words , it is just as likely that climate change is making floods less frequent and less severe .
On top of that , a 2017 study on the climate impact of flooding for the United States and Europe , published in the Journal of Hydrology , found , “ The number of significant trends was about the number expected due to chance alone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frequency of major floods are dominated by multidecadal variability.
” Alexander notes hurricanes and tropical cyclones actually show a decreasing trend around the globe , with the frequency of land-falling hurricanes of any strength ( Categories 1 through 5 ) remaining unchanged for at least 50 years .
While the frequency of major North Atlantic hurricanes , which are the most studied , has increased during the past 20 years , the current heightened activity level is merely comparable to the 1950s and 1960s—a period when the earth was cooling , not warming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Climate Change Is Not Causing Extreme Weatherappeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Minnesota Sues Exxon, Koch Over ‘Climate Change’ – Accused of ‘deceiving consumers about the effects

Minnesota Sues Exxon, Koch Over ‘Climate Change’ – Accused of ‘deceiving consumers about the effects of climate change’

The Minnesota attorney general sued Exxon Mobil Corp. , Koch Industries and a top oil-and-gas trade group Wednesday , alleging @ @ @ @ @ consumers about the effects of climate change .
Attorney General Keith Ellison said Exxon , @ @ @ @ @ American Petroleum Institute deceived the public about climate-change science to protect their business interests and @ @ @ @ @ violated Minnesota laws that prohibit consumer fraud , deceptive trade practices and false advertising .
@ @ @ @ @ barring further violations , financial restitution for alleged damages to Minnesotans and an order requiring @ @ @ @ @ public-education campaign on climate change .
Mr. Ellison said the penalties could amount to billions @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit is part of a coordinated , politically motivated campaign against energy companies , ” @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The claims are baseless and without merit .
We look forward to defending @ @ @ @ @ ”


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Heartland Skeptical Climate Conference Returns in Vegas April 2020

It ’ s Back On !
The Heartland Institute has a new date and place for our 14th International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC-14 ) , postponed from its original May date due to COVID-19 .
We will be hosting the two-day conference on Friday , April 16 and Saturday , April 17 , 2021 at Paris , Las Vegas .
Once again , Heartland ’ s latest climate and energy conference will be the event to attend for those who want to meet the best scientists and experts from around the world who are brave enough to publicly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and what this means for all of us .
For decades , so-called academic elites — with help from the mainstream media — have made a living peddling the delusion that human activity is causing an impending global catastrophe .
As the years pass , the “ climate crisis ” keeps being pushed into the future .
Why ?
Because the forces of collectivism and big , controlling government are using it as a means to gain more control over us .
GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY AT THE EARLY BIRD RATE OF @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming together , but speakers at Heartland ’ s ICCC-14 will summarize the best available data on climate science and energy , while recommending policy changes that will place America at the forefront of a post-alarmist world in terms of climate realism .
Confirmed speakers include : ( Anthony Watts will also speak ) ICCC-14 will also feature timely , in-depth , and expert discussions about the benefits of a gently warming and slightly wetter world .
By nearly all measures , the world is better off than 30 years ago .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Watch presentations from all of Heartland ’ s previous conferences here , and learn more about what ’ s really going on with our climate at Heartland ’ s Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Amazon buys naming rights to Seattle’s arena will call it ‘Climate Pledge Arena’ – Bezos to seeks ‘t

Amazon buys naming rights to Seattle’s arena will call it ‘Climate Pledge Arena’ – Bezos to seeks ‘to inspire global climate action’

Jeff Bezos said : “ We ’ ve secured naming rights to the historic arena previously known as KeyArena .
Instead of naming it after Amazon , we ’ re calling it Climate Pledge Arena as a regular reminder of the importance of fighting climate change .
We look forward to working together with Oak View Group , a new Climate Pledge signatory , and NHL Seattle to inspire global climate action.
” Amazon has purchased the KeyArena naming rights , but the venue will be known as Climate Pledge Arena , rather than using the company ’ s name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city ’ s incoming NHL franchise and WNBA ’ s Storm , will be powered 100 % by renewable electricity and seek to achieve a zero carbon footprint .
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos broke the news Thursday on Instagram .
NHL Seattle CEO Tod Leiweke said in an interview Thursday that the arena aims to produce zero waste , will source food locally and reduce all plastics by 2024 .
He said the team had long been looking into increasing “ sustainability ” within the arena , but added that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level .
‘ We were talking about Amazon and talked about community , ” Leiweke said .
“ And they came back and said , ‘ Look , the No .
1 community cause for us and what we believe in most is climate and Jeff ’ s commitment to the climate pledge.
’ And we came away inspired.
” What resulted , he said , was something NHL Seattle , the Oak View Group arena developer and Amazon all felt could give the city something bigger to believe in during these trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : “ We ’ ve secured naming rights to the historic arena previously known as KeyArena .
Instead of naming it after Amazon , we ’ re calling it Climate Pledge Arena as a regular reminder of the importance of fighting climate change .
We look forward to working together with Oak View Group , a new Climate Pledge signatory , and NHL Seattle to inspire global climate action .
”


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Watch CFACT panel: Exploiting Black/White relations to make America red

These are turbulent times in America .
For over 35 years CFACT has been committed to the rights , freedom and advancement of ALL people , everywhere .
Socialists exploiting black tragedy to foist their destructive ideology on an unsuspecting nation is a nightmare none of us deserve .
Black lives are too precious to let this go unchallenged .
On Tuesday , CFACT sponsored an online “ Truth Talk.
” Over 400 people registered .
This was the latest in CFACT ’ s series of live stream events in 2020 and featured Stacy Washington from National Center for Public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former CFACT alumnus and small business owner AK Kamara .
CFACT ’ s Christina Norman hosted the event .
The subject was the recent race riots and the radical Left ’ s efforts to exploit them .
You only need to pick up a paper to learn that the Green movement has also gotten in on the act ; attempting to link race to climate change to stay relevant .
NASA scientist Dr. Kate Marvel recently linked ‘ climate change ’ to ‘ white supremacy ’ saying , “ climate justice and racial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ll never head off climate catastrophe without dismantling white supremacy.
” Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg warned recently of the “ Colonial , racist , & patriarchal systems of oppression that have created and fueled ” climate change .
CFACT asked our panelists , all members of the minority community , what they think about this kind of rhetoric and the tactics of the Green Left .
Stacey Washington : “ That is just garbage… it ’ s kind of amazing to me Dr. Kate would say that white supremacy has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we need to have a one size fits all climate change policy and we need to take the language of the civil rights movement and couch that climate policy within the language of the civil rights movement , use that to bludgeon Americans into accepting a lot of command and control structures , instead of saying what works for these communities here…and how can the government cooperate and/or get out of the way of these communities as they address their energy needs their environmental needs , whatever their needs may be.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CFACT ’ s delegation to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit with CFACT in 2012 , recalled the cries for sustainability and redistribution of wealth .
He sees racial justice warriors recycling the same spiel .
“ They see that this is a hot button thing , ” he said , “ if they can repackage it , they can reshape the way we are governed.
” Each day brings new hypocrisy from the Left .
The conflation of free market principles and racism is a curious notion ; one that demands critical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amused at the prospect of the Left learning what a powerful force free markets have exerted to lift people out of poverty .
If the far Left gets its way , we can all look forward to a Socialist dystopia on the model of Venezuela .
Keeping people dependent on big government may make them reliable voters for the Left , but it comes at too high a price to their own well-being .
CFACT applauds our panelists for fearlessly calling out the Left .
Click here to watch the full discussion .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and at each other ’ s throats .
That ’ s how they plan to conquer .
Don ’ t play their game .
There is so much more that unites us .
Let us love our neighbor , stand together for law and order and against injustice , and confound our would-be masters by living together in harmony .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Another giant of science has passed: RIP Dennis Avery

Dennis Avery , coauthor of Unstoppable Global Warming – Every 1,500 Years , has died Another giant of science , history and scholarship has left our world .
Dennis T. Avery died June 21 at age 83 .
With the passing of this “ gifted scholar and communicator , the world became a less interesting place , ” former Heartland Institute president and CEO Joe Bast commented .
Avery ’ s career was indeed remarkable for its breadth and depth .
Born in 1936 in Lansing , Michigan , he earned degrees in journalism and economics from Michigan State University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worked for a variety of federal government agencies before retiring in 1989 as Senior Agricultural Analyst for the U.S. State Department .
Among his many other awards and honors , he received the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in 1983 .
After moving to northwestern Virginia in 1990 , he launched the Center for Global Food Issues and began his international consulting , lecturing and writing career .
His farming operations practiced no-till agriculture , which utilizes biotech seeds and herbicides to help preserve soil structure and organisms , moisture , organic matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soil biodiversity , while reducing erosion .
Avery practiced and studied what he wrote about in his books and articles .
His 1995 book Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic : The Environmental Triumph of High-Yield Farming was used in classrooms throughout the world .
His 2007 New York Times bestseller , Unstoppable Global Warming : Every 1500 Years ( coauthored by S. Fred Singer ) became “ the Bible of the fast-growing ‘ global warming skeptics ’ movement , ” Bast said .
( Dr. Singer died in April 2020 at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manuscript , Climate and Collapse , will be published posthumously .
For many years he monitored developments in world food production , farm product demand , the safety and security of food supplies , and the sustainability of world agriculture .
As a staff member of the President ’ s National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber , he wrote the Commission ’ s landmark report , Food and Fiber for the Future .
He traveled widely as a speaker , testified before Congress , appeared on many radio and television news programs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Time magazine , The Washington Post and The Farm Journal .
Dennis was a frequent speaker at climate change conferences hosted by The Heartland Institute ( available on YouTube ) , contributed to the Climate Change Reconsidered series produced by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) , and traveled to Katowice , Poland to join other scholars in presenting contrarian , real-world opinions on climate change at the United Nations 24th Conference of the Parties ( COP-24 ) in December 2018 .
Countless people read his informative and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agricultural issues , and on climate changes throughout history , as warmer periods helped civilizations to flourish , while little ice ages and droughts caused many to disappear .
I was honored to edit and distribute some of his columns , and delighted to hoist occasional beers with him while we discussed these topics and the sad decline of civil , civilized discourse and debate over them in recent years .
As Joe Bast observed , “ In an age when angry exchanges between partisans get much more attention than scholarship and debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ silent presence .
He was a true gentleman and scholar , willing to calmly and patiently explain complex issues , even as others tried to shout down or cancel opposing views ” – or even prosecute and jail anyone presenting those views .
My family and I spent a glorious day on his farm , feeding and enjoying the animals , savoring a delicious dinner prepared by his delightful wife and Center for Global Food Issues associate Anne , and chatting on into the night about multiple topics .
His friends remember him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , humble and well informed ” – as much as for his “ ready smile and quick dry wit.
” Dennis was admired and loved by his family and his many colleagues and friends around the United States and world .
He revered history and conducted lengthy , painstaking research in search of the truth on every topic he addressed , even when truth was uncomfortable .
Dennis is survived by his wife Anne , sons Adam and Alex , daughter Amy , stepson Kevin , brother Lawrence , sister Carol , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life will be held at a later date .
Memorials may be given to Covenant Presbyterian Church ( 2001 North Coalter Street , Staunton , VA 24401 ) or a charity of choice in his name .
We will all miss him , but his amazing legacy will live on .
Paul Driessen is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow ( www.CFACT.org ) and author of books and articles on energy , environment , climate and human rights issues .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: Climate Models Producing 50% More Surface Warming than Observations s

Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: Climate Models Producing 50% More Surface Warming than Observations since 1979

Those who defend climate model predictions often produce plots of observed surface temperature compared to the models which show very good agreement .
Setting aside the debate over the continuing adjustments to the surface temperature record which produce ever-increasing warming trends , let ’ s look at how the most recent ( CMIP6 ) models are doing compared to the latest version of the observations ( however good those are ) .
First , I ’ d like to explain how some authors get such good agreement between the models and observations .
Here are the two “ techniques ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • They look at long periods of time , say the last 100+ years .
This improves the apparent agreement because most of that period was before there was substantial forcing of the climate system by increasing CO2 .
• They plot anomalies about a common reference period , but do not show trend lines .
Or , if they show trends lines , they do not start them at the same point at the beginning of the record .
When you do this , the discrepancy between models and observations is split @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latter half of the record having the opposite sign of the discrepancy in the early part of the record .
They say , “ See ?
The observed temperatures in the last few decades nearly match the models !
” In the following plot ( which will be included in a report I am doing for the Global Warming Policy Foundation ) I avoid both of those problems .
During the period of strongest greenhouse gas forcing ( since 1979 ) , the latest CMIP6 models reveal 50 % more net surface @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( +1.08 deg .
C ) than do the observations ( +0.72 deg .
C ) .
Note I have accounted for the trends being somewhat nonlinear , using a 2nd order polynomial fit to all three time series .
Next , I have adjusted the CMIP time series vertically so that their polynomial fit lines are coaligned with the observations in 1979 .
I believe this is the most honest and meaningful way to intercompare the warming trends in different datasets .
As others have noted , it appears the CMIP6 models @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CMIP5 models did… although the KNMI Climate Explorer website ( from which all of the data was downloaded ) has only 13 models archived so far .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--UK urged to ‘ban new gas cars by 2032 to tackle climate change’ – But reality check debunks

Steve Milloy of JunkScience : `` Replacing gas cars w/EVs in the UK would take : -- 200 % of the of cobalt currently mined on a global basis ; -- 75 % of the lithium ; and -- 50 % of the copper .
That 's just for starters .
There 's also power & infrastructure costs . ''
Electric cars ‘ represent less than a tenth of 1 % of the 1.1 billion cars ’ Green Killers : Congo ’ s Miners Dying to Feed World ’ s Hunger for Electric Cars – Last year about 70 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the Democratic Republic of Congo , one of the poorest , most violent and corrupt places on Earth .
Much of its cobalt comes from around this town .
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be banned three years sooner than planned and fuel duty raised immediately to encourage the switch to greener transport , government advisers have said .
The Committee on Climate Change is recommending that the car sales ban be introduced from 2032 , not 2035 , which was the deadline set by the government in February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been brought forward from the previous target date of 2040 .
In its annual report to parliament , published yesterday , the committee also recommends a ban on installing new gas boilers by 2035 , forcing people to switch to electric heat pumps or other low-carbon heating .
The government has already promised to ban gas boilers in new houses from 2025 .
Green Killers : Congo ’ s Miners Dying to Feed World ’ s Hunger for Electric Cars – Exploited by Chinese firms , workers as young as nine risk their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing hunger for cobalt .
Solange Kanena sits on her broken orange sofa , heavily pregnant , resting .
Looking around her three-room shack , she wonders how she will feed her eight children .
Her husband died in a mining accident 10 days ago .
She has never held an iPhone and has no idea what an electric car is .
But when the deep , muddy tunnel collapsed on her husband , he was digging for a commodity that is critical to the batteries of both : cobalt .
Last year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s supply came from the Democratic Republic of Congo , one of the poorest , most violent and corrupt places on Earth .
Much of its cobalt comes from around this town .
“ Without DR Congo there is no electric car industry and no green revolution , ” said Anneke Van Woudenberg , head of Rights and Accountability in Development ( Raid ) , a UK-based campaign group .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--UK Government: ‘We must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tac

UK Government: ‘We must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tackling the climate crisis’

Carbon taxes and more working from home , to disincentivize travel .
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives .
Its effects are far-reaching – its implications profound .
Our 2019 report to Parliament urged Government to act on climate .
“ Now , do it ” was our call .
Twelve months on that remains our emphatic message , but with a new determination : we must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tackling the climate crisis .
We say to the Government : “ act courageously – it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report provides important new advice to Government on framing a recovery from Covid-19 that both accelerates the transition to Net Zero and strengthens our resilience to the impacts of climate change , whilst driving new economic activity .
It builds on the six key principles for a resilient recovery which we outlined in our letter to the Prime Minister in May .
We are pleased to see these principles guiding the growing momentum for a green recovery .
The review , and the response to the pandemic provide an opportunity to strengthen incentives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Many sectors do not currently bear the full costs of emitting greenhouse gases .
Carbon pricing can be used , alongside other policies , to incentivise emissions reductions across the economy .
Similarly , changes in tax policy can aid the transition to net-zero emissions .
Revenue could be raised by setting or raising carbon prices ( or other taxes , such as VAT ) for these sectors .
Low global oil prices and improved energy efficiency provide an opportunity to offset changes in relative prices without raising consumer bills .
b @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other transport priorities – recommendations for DfT , supported by HMT and BEIS The COVID-19 pandemic is already changing how people travel , and provides an opportunity to encourage sustainable behaviours such as working-from-home and active travel ( e.g .
walking and cycling ) .
Some cities are already redesigning streets to encourage walking and cycling instead of car use .
Without Government support in these areas there is a risk of lower use of public transport and increased use of cars , in the short-term .
The Government is currently consulting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zero ’ ambition to phase-out the sale of petrol and diesel cars .
Our assessment is that the date should be brought forward to 2032 at the latest , as currently planned in Scotland .
In the near-term , purchase subsidies should be maintained and planning for a transition to fiscally neutral incentives should begin now , for example through Vehicle Excise Duty ( VED ) that is more highly differentiated by CO2 .
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure will also require targeted support to continue .
Separately , a comprehensive framework for decarbonising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and infrastructure is needed for the 2020s and should be planned for now .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Here we go again: ‘World has six months to avert climate crisis,’ claims International Energy Agency

Here we go again: ‘World has six months to avert climate crisis,’ claims International Energy Agency chief – Fears lockdown emission ‘rebound’

The world has only six months in which to change the course of the climate crisis and prevent a post-lockdown rebound in greenhouse gas emissions that would overwhelm efforts to stave off climate catastrophe , one of the world ’ s foremost energy experts has warned .
“ This year is the last time we have , if we are not to see a carbon rebound , ” said Fatih Birol , executive director of the International Energy Agency .
Governments are planning to spend $ 9tn ( £7.2tn ) globally in the next few months on rescuing their economies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has calculated .
The stimulus packages created this year will determine the shape of the global economy for the next three years , according to Birol , and within that time emissions must start to fall sharply and permanently , or climate targets will be out of reach .
“ The next three years will determine the course of the next 30 years and beyond , ” Birol told the Guardian .
“ If we do not [ take action ] we will surely see a rebound in emissions .
If emissions rebound @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how they will be brought down in future .
This is why we are urging governments to have sustainable recovery packages.
” Carbon dioxide emissions plunged by a global average of 17 % in April , compared with last year , but have since surged again to within about 5 % of last year ’ s levels .
In a report published on Thursday , the IEA – the world ’ s gold standard for energy analysis – set out the first global blueprint for a green recovery , focusing on reforms to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar power should be a top focus , the report advised , alongside energy efficiency improvements to buildings and industries , and the modernisation of electricity grids .
Calls for a green recovery globally have now come from experts , economists , health professionals , educators , climate campaigners and politicians .
While some governments are poised to take action – for instance , the EU has pledged to make its European green deal the centrepiece of its recovery – the money spent so far has tended to prop up the high-carbon economy @


climatedepot--2020-06-25--It’s Now Clearer Than Ever Before, Science Bends Itself To Fit Left-Wing Politics

MICHAEL BASTASCH : “ This year is the last time we have , if we are not to see a carbon rebound , ” IEA executive director Fatih Birol told the Guardian on Thursday in an article with the headline : “ World has six months to avert climate crisis , says energy expert.
” ... What ’ s really going on is that Birol is using his cachet as a prominent “ expert ” to push bogus claims to further his political agenda .
Those goals also rather conveniently align with the wishes of Democrats and the liberal media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot of this type of weaponizing of science for political purposes ... People understand that science is a process and as we learn more it can change , but that ’ s not what we ’ ve seen play out over the past few weeks .
Instead we ’ ve seen the experts and media figures we ’ re supposed to trust invoke the word “ science ” to further their political ends — actual facts and evidence be damned . ''
I don ’ t know if you heard , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Energy Agency ( IEA ) , we only have six months left to prevent total climate change disaster .
“ This year is the last time we have , if we are not to see a carbon rebound , ” IEA executive director Fatih Birol told the Guardian on Thursday in an article with the headline : “ World has six months to avert climate crisis , says energy expert.
” Birol continued : “ If emissions rebound , it is very difficult to see how they will be brought down in future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governments to have sustainable recovery packages.
” I ’ m old enough to remember when we still had 12 years left to save the planet just two years ago .
That dire prediction was just as laughable as what Birol is saying today .
The scientific “ consensus ” we used to hear so much about doesn ’ t support this alarmist claim at all .
What ’ s really going on is that Birol is using his cachet as a prominent “ expert ” to push bogus claims to further his political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ align with the wishes of Democrats and the liberal media .
We ’ ve recently seen a lot of this type of weaponizing of science for political purposes .
A couple weeks ago , we learned of one of the most egregious examples of this to date .
Late last month , one of the world ’ s most prestigious medical journals , the Lancet , published a huge study purporting to find that the decades-old anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID patients .
To sum it all up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the world found that treating COVID patients with hydroxychloroquine increased their risk of death by 34 percent , and there was a 137 percent increased risk for heart arrhythmias .
Since President Trump came out as supportive of using hydroxychloroquine to treat the coronavirus , the liberal media quickly pounced .
The study ’ s release also conveniently came after the Lancet put out a shockingly unusual editorial statement opposing Trump ’ s reelection .
“ Americans must put a president in the White House come January , 2021 , who will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guided by partisan politics , ” the journal editorial board wrote .
All the pieces were in place for the media and medical establishment to set a new narrative — hydroxychloroquine kills !
And President Trump is responsible for those deaths .
Amid all the alarm , the World Health Organization and National Institutes of Health temporarily halted clinical trials into hydroxychloroquine .
The hype also made it harder for doctors and researchers to recruit volunteers for hydroxy studies .
Given the real world consequences , we have to ask , did anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take the time to read the Lancet ’ s new bombshell study ?
Thankfully , curious reporters at the Guardian ( yes , the same Guardian that published the climate drivel I mentioned earlier ) did take the time to read it and found what they called “ glaring errors ” in the study ’ s data on Australia .
But that wasn ’ t all — the Guardian found more problems with the data , and then they raised serious questions about the U.S.-based company that provided it .
The Guardian reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company Surgisphere , whose handful of employees appear to include a science fiction writer and an adult-content model … has so far failed to adequately explain its data or methodology.
” After Surgisphere ’ s CEO refused to hand over his data to independent investigators , the Lancet , to its credit , withdrew the study .
Lancet editor Richard Horton called these revelations “ a shocking example of research misconduct in the middle of a global health emergency.
” What ’ s really shocking is that the Lancet ’ s crack team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hydroxychloroquine was approved by the FDA decades ago , and has a long record of safety .
Doctors around the world are also using the drug to treat thousands of COVID patients , mostly reporting positive results .
One has to wonder if the journal ’ s clear political bias and contempt for President Trump played a role .
And if it did , will they and the media lackeys who peddled this study apologize to the patients who may have been denied this potentially life-saving drug ?
Unfortunately , the scientific misconduct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months of telling us the science demanded strict lockdown policies , which meant no large gatherings of any kind were safe , the scientific consensus all of the sudden shifted from pro-social distancing to pro-social justice .
“ White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19 , ” over 1,200 experts wrote in an open letter released in the wake of the protesting , rioting and looting sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd , an African American man , while in the custody of police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which fosters the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 on Black communities and also perpetuates police violence , must be supported , ” the letter continued .
Apparently , racism is the real public health crisis and the “ science ” demands that people march ( or loot or riot ) in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and its radical leftist political goals , which include defunding the police .
Somehow those types of protests are scientifically sound , but according to those same scientists , protesting the crushing lockdown policies of blue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but evil !
“ Those actions not only oppose public health interventions , but are also rooted in white nationalism and run contrary to respect for Black lives , ” they wrote .
All this was interesting given the heavy focus in the media on the coronaviruses ’ disproportionate impact on minorities , particularly African Americans .
Of course , this too was chalked up to racism .
Most notably , the media and the medical class completely dismiss any concerns that weeks of mass protesting in the streets — with many people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — will cause a spike in COVID cases .
Meanwhile , these same experts have no problem helping the media hype the rise in coronavirus cases in Trump country .
It was also quite amusing to watch the liberal media trip over itself condemning planned Trump campaign rallies as dangerous .
Is it any wonder why American ’ s trust in the media has plummeted over the last few years ?
And the scientists , doctors and health experts will soon suffer the same fate if they continue skewing the science for partisan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who ’ s on the White House COVID task force , lamented the lost faith in science , but he doesn ’ t blame the scientists , he blames the American people .
“ One of the problems we face in the United States is that unfortunately , there is a combination of an anti-science bias … they just don ’ t believe science and they don ’ t believe authority , ” Fauci said in a Department of health and Human Services podcast .
“ When they see someone up in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ air of authority to it , who ’ s talking about science , that there are some people who just don ’ t believe that — and that ’ s unfortunate because , you know , science is truth , ” Fauci added .
Is it the “ truth ” that white supremacy is a public health crisis ?
Well , scientists said it , so according to Fauci , it must be .
And going back to my first point , should we really be worried that we only have six months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ re told that ’ s what the “ science ” says , and as we know , science is the truth .
People understand that science is a process and as we learn more it can change , but that ’ s not what we ’ ve seen play out over the past few weeks .
Instead we ’ ve seen the experts and media figures we ’ re supposed to trust invoke the word “ science ” to further their political ends — actual facts and evidence be damned .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--BBC: Climate change: Planting new forests ‘can do more harm than good’

Rather than benefiting the environment , large-scale tree planting may do the opposite , two new studies have found .
One paper says that financial incentives to plant trees can backfire and reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions .
A separate project found that the amount of carbon that new forests can absorb may be overestimated .
The key message from both papers is that planting trees is not a simple climate solution .
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They point to the fact that in the Bonn Challenge nearly 80 % of the commitments made to date involve planting monoculture plantations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produce specific products such as fruit or rubber .
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In the US , even President Donald Trump has rowed in behind the Trillion Trees Campaign .
Settled Science ?
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Trees both cause & solve ‘ global warming ’ ?
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– GOP climate pandering seeks to plant billions of trees Rather than benefiting the environment , large-scale tree planting may do the opposite , two new studies have found .
One paper says that financial incentives to plant trees can backfire and reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of carbon that new forests can absorb may be overestimated .
The key message from both papers is that planting trees is not a simple climate solution .
• Will millions more trees really stop climate change ?
• Is there any point in planting new trees ?
Over the past few years , the idea of planting trees as a low cost , high impact solution to climate change has really taken hold .
Previous studies have indicated that trees have enormous potential to soak up and store carbon , and many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a key element of their plans to tackle climate change .
In the UK , promises by the political parties to plant ever larger numbers of trees were a feature of last year ’ s general election .
In the US , even President Donald Trump has rowed in behind the Trillion Trees Campaign .
Legislation to support the idea has been introduced into the US Congress .
Another major tree planting initiative is called the Bonn Challenge .
Countries are being urged to restore 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested land @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 40 nations have endorsed the idea .
But scientists have urged caution against the headlong rush to plant new forests .
They point to the fact that in the Bonn Challenge nearly 80 % of the commitments made to date involve planting monoculture plantations or a limited mix of trees that produce specific products such as fruit or rubber .
The authors of this new study have looked closely at the financial incentives given to private landowners to plant trees .
These payments are seen as a key element of increasing the number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the example of Chile , where a decree subsidising tree planting ran from 1974 to 2012 , and was widely seen as a globally influential afforestation policy .
The law subsidised 75 % of the costs of planting new forests .
While it was intended not to apply to existing forests , lax enforcement and budgetary limitations meant that some landowners simply replaced native forests with more profitable new tree plantations .
Their study found the subsidy scheme expanded the area covered by trees , but decreased the area of native forest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chile ’ s native forests are rich in biodiversity and store large amounts of carbon , the subsidy scheme failed to increase the carbon stores and accelerated biodiversity loss .
“ If policies to incentivise tree plantations are poorly designed or poorly enforced , there is a high risk of not only wasting public money but also releasing more carbon and losing biodiversity , ” said co-author Prof Eric Lambin , from Stanford University .
“ That ’ s the exact opposite of what these policies are aiming for.
” A second study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a newly planted forest would be able to absorb from the atmosphere .
Up until now , many scientists have calculated the amount of carbon that trees can pull down from the air using a fixed ratio .
Suspecting that this ratio would depend on local conditions , the researchers looked at northern China , which has seen intensive tree planting by the government because of climate change but also in an effort to reduce dust from the Gobi desert .
Looking at 11,000 soil samples taken from afforested plots , the scientists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adding new trees did increase the density of organic carbon .
But where soils were already rich in carbon , adding new trees decreased this density .
The authors say that previous assumptions about how much organic carbon can be fixed by planting new trees is likely an overestimate .
“ We hope that people can understand that afforestation practices are not one single thing , ” said Dr Anping Chen , from Colorado State University and a lead author on the study .
“ Afforestation involves many technical details and balances of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solve all our climate problems.
” Both papers have been published in the journal Nature Sustainability .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--Sweden’s Covid Expert Says ‘World Went Mad’ With Lockdowns

The man behind Sweden ’ s controversial Covid-19 strategy has characterized lockdowns imposed across much of the globe as a form of “ madness ” that flies in the face of what is known about handling viral outbreaks .
Anders Tegnell , Sweden ’ s state epidemiologist , said he advised against such restrictions on movement because of the detrimental side effects they often entail .
“ It was as if the world had gone mad , and everything we had discussed was forgotten , ” Tegnell said in a podcast with Swedish Radio on Wednesday .
“ The cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got too strong .
And then Sweden stood there rather alone.
” “ It was as if the world had gone mad , and everything we had discussed was forgotten , ” Tegnell said in a podcast with Swedish Radio on Wednesday .
“ The cases became too many and the political pressure got too strong .
And then Sweden stood there rather alone.
” He says restricting movement to the radical extent seen across much of the globe can create other problems , including increased domestic abuse , loneliness and mass unemployment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all drugs have side effects , measures against a pandemic also have negative effects , ” he said .
Tegnell also advised against using face masks , arguing there ’ s little scientific evidence they work .
And he says it ’ s clear that closing down schools was an unnecessary response to the pandemic , a notion that ’ s actually supported in a recent French study .
Tegnell ’ s underlying argument is that Covid-19 isn ’ t going away any time soon , meaning sudden , severe lockdowns will ultimately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .


climatedepot--2020-06-25--PETA: Cow’s milk a symbol of white supremacy

In a statement , the animal rights group links the dairy industry ’ s treatment of the cows to the concept of white supremacy .
“ Aside from ‘ lactose-tolerant ’ white supremacists , cow ’ s milk really is the perfect drink of choice for all ( even unwitting ) supremacists , since the dairy industry inflicts extreme violence on other living beings , ” the organization said in part .
“ PETA is trying to wake people up to the implications of choosing this white beverage and suggesting that they choose something else pronto , ” the statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dairy industry has “ control over your mind.
” Read the full statement by clicking here .
The National Dairy Council did not immediately comment on PETA ’ s statement In a blog post , Anna-Lisa Laca of Farm Journal ’ s MILK took PETA and other animal rights groups to task for doing “ whatever it takes to bash dairy farmers and keep Americans from drinking milk , even if that means slapping a racists label on the 90 % of Americans who drink milk on a regular basis.
” PETA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The New York Times published a story titled “ Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk ( and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed ) .


climatedepot--2020-06-26--Scientists Panic, Because Arctic Is 0.4F Warmer Than In 1915?! ‘Temps like these have always been co

Scientists Panic, Because Arctic Is 0.4F Warmer Than In 1915?! ‘Temps like these have always been commonplace in the Arctic’

The Arctic is thought to have recorded its hottest ever temperature of 100.4F ( 38C ) in Siberia , an astonishing 32F ( 18C ) above the normal level for this time of year .
The mercury shot up to the unprecedented level in Verkhoyansk , 3,000 miles east of Moscow , as the region endures a summer heatwave .
Scientists had predicted the Arctic wouldn ’ t reach these levels until 2100 , meaning it is warming 80 years faster than previously thought .
If the record is confirmed it will represent a new high .
The current record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held by Prospect Creek , Alaska , which recorded 100F ( 38C ) in 1915 .
Weatherman for CBS , Jeff Beradelli , said on Twitter yesterday : ‘ Likely the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic happened today .
‘ What ’ s happening in Siberia this year is nothing short of remarkable .
For perspective , Miami has only reached 100F ( 38C ) once on record.
’ Even the babies who write for the Mail could surely spot the fly in the ointment – that this new record is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set in 1915 !
Hardly the apocalypse they are trying to present .
As for Verkhoyansk itself , temperatures there reached 37.3C ( 99.1F ) in 1988 during a succession of 30C+ days , so again there is nothing remarkable about the latest weather at all : The bottom line is that temperatures like these have always been commonplace in the Arctic .


climatedepot--2020-06-26--Climate Change? Temperature Hits 100 Degrees Above Arctic Circle — Just Like 100 Years Ago

“ …it was 100 degrees on June 27 , 1915 , in Fort Yukon , [ Alaska ] according to official records of the National Weather Service .
Records date back to 1904.
” Inconveniently , that pretty much cools down Bill McKibben 's claim of “ the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle ” .
Both Verkhoyansk , Siberia and Fort Yukon , Alaska are well above the latitude that defines the Arctic Circle .
How is it , that in 1915 , when “ climate change ” supposedly due to increased carbon dioxide in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it got that hot ?
Inquiring minds want to know .
According to the Moscow Times : “ Verkhoyansk holds the Guinness World Record for the highest recorded temperature range of 105 C , fluctuating from minus 68 C to a high of 37 C. The previous temperature record for the isolated town of around 1,300 residents stood at 37.3 C in July 1988.
” In other words , such extremes are normal for the place .
With just over a hundred years of temperature records there , and the planet being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t at all surprising that we still haven ’ t measured the extremes of natural variation , both hot and cold , for this place .
The Left ’ s obsession with Russia continues – This time it ’ s a high temperature record .
Over the past few days , social media and news media have been overheating over a new high temperature record in Russia far north Siberia .
For example , in this trending tweet , a claim of “ literally on fire ” .
Founder of the climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over-alarmed Bill McKibben , who once wrote an essay crying about wilting corn during a heat wave earning him the title of “ weepy Bill ” , Tweeted on the tentative new record set in Verkhoyansk Siberia , touted by the Washington Post : “ Siberian town tops 100 degrees F , the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle .
This scares me , I have to say.
” He ’ s scared ?
Obviously , he ’ s invoking the great universal boogeyman of “ climate change ” as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s what he does for a living .
Predictably , The Independent called it part of the “ climate crisis ” .
But , what about the other times when it got that hot above the Arctic circle , before there was even a glimmer of “ global warming ” aka “ climate change ” becoming a social justice cause ?
For example , this Associated Press article says : Inconveniently , that pretty much cools down Bill ’ s claim of “ the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Siberia and Fort Yukon , Alaska are well above the latitude that defines the Arctic Circle .
How is it , that in 1915 , when “ climate change ” supposedly due to increased carbon dioxide in our atmosphere wasn ’ t even a factor , it got that hot ?
Inquiring minds want to know .
Or how about the fact that the previous record in Verkhoyansk was 37.3C ( 99.1F ) in 1988 , also before “ climate change ” was even an issue on anyone ’ s radar , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ below the 350 parts per million that Bill McKibben considers “ safe ” ?
FYI , 350.org was founded on that value .
What the Washington Post , “ Weepy Bill ” , and others who are using this tentative record to justify their views on “ climate change ” are ignoring is that Verkhoyansk is also the record holder for the coldest temperature record outside of Antarctica .
In February 1892 , it dropped to a shocking -90.0 degrees F , the coldest temperature ever recorded there .
Verkhoyansk ’ s average @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and temperatures there regularly drop to -70 degrees Fahrenheit or below .
So , how can a place be both a poster child for global warming aka “ climate change ” and ice-age like global cooling at the same time ?
The answer is ; it has the most highly variable temperature range on the planet due to its geography and normal meteorological patterns .
Verkhoyansk has an extreme subarctic climate dominated much of the year by high pressure .
This has the effect of cutting off the region from warming influences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of cloud cover leads to extensive cold during the cooler months .
In the summer , the opposite is true , leading to excessively high temperatures .
According to the Moscow Times : In other words , such extremes are normal for the place .
With just over a hundred years of temperature records there , and the planet being billions of years old , it isn ’ t at all surprising that we still haven ’ t measured the extremes of natural variation , both hot and cold , for this place @


climatedepot--2020-06-26--Warmist Eric Holthaus — who publicly vowed never to fly again — admits to flying again!

Climate activist Eric Holthaus once vowed to never fly again .
In 2013 : “ I realized just now : This has to be the last flight I ever take .
I ’ m committing right now to stop flying .
It ’ s not worth the climate , ” Holthaus declared after reading a UN IPCC climate report .
But now , Holthaus is back to flying again .
Holthaus now admits he flies TO AMSTERDAM “ once or twice a year ” according to a recent interview .
Holthaus also declared that he may not have kids in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of vasectomy , ” he wrote , adding “ no children , happy to go extinct.
” Alas , Holthaus didn ’ t stay devoted .
Two years later , he announced to the world , “ My wife and I just had a baby , and it ’ s quickly becoming the best decision we ever made .
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Our baby has brought us back from the brink .
It ’ s impossible to be hopeless with a newborn.
” Excerpt from The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a passionate and emotional climate activist .
After reading the UN IPCC report , Holthaus had a good cry and decided to take personal responsibility for his carbon footprint .
“ I just broke down in tears in boarding area at SFO while on phone with my wife .
I ’ ve never cried because of a science report before , ” Holthaus tweeted in 2013 .
“ I ’ m thinking of vasectomy , ” he wrote , adding “ no children , happy to go extinct.
” He also vowed never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realized just now : This has to be the last flight I ever take .
I ’ m committing right now to stop flying .
It ’ s not worth the climate .
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.We all have to do everything we can , every day to reverse CO2 emission .
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All of our energy , each one of us , should be devoted to this issue.
” Alas , Holthaus didn ’ t stay devoted .
Two years later , he announced to the world , “ My wife @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and it ’ s quickly becoming the best decision we ever made .
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Our baby has brought us back from the brink .
It ’ s impossible to be hopeless with a newborn .
Climate change has changed me .
And I don ’ t think I ’ m the only one.
” Why get vasectomy to save planet guy Eric Holthaus took the bus instead of flying to an annual weather meeting : ‘ I Spent 28 Hours on a Bus .
I Loved It ’ Mary and Amy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holthaus about how to remain optimistic , the ways corona and climate do and don ’ t intersect , and why you can ’ t sleep on climate just because there ’ s another catastrophe unfolding .


climatedepot--2020-06-26--Climate expert Eric Holthaus ‘failed out of’ degree in meteorology at college – ‘Realized it was a w

Climate expert Eric Holthaus ‘failed out of’ degree in meteorology at college – ‘Realized it was a whole of math and computer sh*t’ & ‘upper-level-math’

Mary and Amy talk to The Correspondent ’ s Eric Holthaus about how to remain optimistic , the ways corona @ @ @ @ @ ’ t intersect , and why you can ’ t sleep on climate just because @ @ @ @ @ unfolding .


climatedepot--2020-06-26--China proving unfaithful to its Green vows: ‘No country matches China’s appetite for new coal’

In 2010 , Beijing ’ s attempts to revive the Chinese economy sent coal consumption and carbon dioxide emissions soaring .
It could be happening again .
China permitted more new coal-fired power plants in March than it did in all of 2019 .
The new permits come on the heels of an uptick in coal plant construction last year — reversing a two-year slowdown in China ’ s coal expansion .
The build-out has immense stakes for the planet .
China consumes more than half the world ’ s coal .
Today , it has almost as much new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 206 gigawatts ) as the United States has in operation ( 235 GW at the end of 2019 ) .
All those new plants would emit 35.8 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide if they ran for 40 years , said Christine Shearer , who runs the coal program at Global Energy Monitor , a research group that tracks fossil fuel infrastructure .
By comparison , the global economy emitted 36.8 billion metric tons last year .
“ China ’ s coal plant build-out could single-handedly undermine the reductions in coal power use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Climate Change ] has said are necessary to keep warming below 2C , even if the rest of the world phased out coal power by 2030 , ” she wrote in an email .
Plans for new coal plants come as China prepares its next five-year plan , which governs economic development , and as Beijing plots its recovery from the novel coronavirus .
China ’ s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 25 % in February , but they ’ ve since returned to normal levels as the country ’ s economy rebounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s spread .
When China faced economic turmoil a decade ago , the government pumped massive amounts of stimulus into the economy , with state-owned enterprises spending large sums of money to offset a collapse in exports .
The move stoked demand for electricity — and coal-fired power in particular .
Chinese coal consumption increased from 1.6 billion metric tons of oil equivalent in 2009 to 1.9 billion metric tons in 2011 , according to statistics compiled by BP PLC .
That , in turn , sent emissions soaring .
In 2010 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increased by 10.4 % , according to the Global Carbon Project — helping fuel a global emissions spike of 5.9 % .
The increase , which was also driven by the United States , Europe and India , represented the largest year-over-year increase in global CO2 emissions .


climatedepot--2020-06-26--NYT claims Trump has ‘war against climate science’ – Correction: ‘Trump admin is to be cheered for s

NYT claims Trump has ‘war against climate science’ – Correction: ‘Trump admin is to be cheered for stifling these politicized fraudsters’ who ‘made a mockery of science’

The Trump admin is to be cheered for stifling these politicized fraudsters .
https : //t.co/RTo4nbGMef Along w/epidemiologists , so-called @ @ @ @ @ a mockery of science .
Sorry , NYTimes @ LFFriedman … but 'climate science ' @ @ @ @ @ ' itself .
Anyone who believes @ nytimes has any credibility — on anything — @ @ @ @ @ think critically .
The real existential threat is the inability to THINK .
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climatedepot--2020-06-26--Warmist tout cherry-picked red temperature chart since 1850 to show ‘global warming’ – But 2000 year

Warmist tout cherry-picked red temperature chart since 1850 to show ‘global warming’ – But 2000 year temperature chart debunks

Media hyped chart of only last 150 years of temperatures : Reality Check : Chart of last 2000 years of @ @