Tag: global climate change

In response to my post earlier today on motivating Americans to take action on climate change, frequent commenter Larry Lemmert notes: You can claim “Super” storm Sandy was a result of global warming but I think that you are skating …

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If you scroll to the bottom of this article on climate change, you’ll find a good video on an extremely important and interesting subject: getting Americans to embrace this as a major issue that requires urgent action.  The presenter points …

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Frequent commenter Tim Kingston, who requested my response to climate change denier Anthony Watts the other day, just sent me this much more detailed and compelling response from Dr. John Abraham, a thermal sciences researcher and professor at the University …

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Frequent commenter and smart guy Tim Kingston writes: Hi Craig. I’d be interested in your take on Anthony Watts, featured in “Climate Change without Catastrophe.”  You can still find a few people with extremist and contra-scientific viewpoints like Watts; in …

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A few people have asked me recently if I can explain the effect that the melting ice in the arctic is having on weather conditions more generally.  Linked above is an article with tons of links that gets at this …

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In this piece I just wrote on economic incentives for wind, I suppose I should have pointed out this obvious fact: most of the people calling for an end to the subsidies for wind are, in one form or another, …

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Here’s a terrific piece on climate change, which contains a very powerful infographic, and makes the point that it’s wrong to include this phenomenon as an “environmental problem.” Say what? Unlike other pollutants, e.g., particulate matter that falls out of the …

Is Climate Change Just Another Environmental Problem? Read More »

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I just finished editing the last interview transcript for my current book project, “Renewable Energy – Following the Money,” which I conducted with Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute.  Jerry is brilliant, and he’s perfected his ability to articulate his …

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In certain parts of the U.S., and I presume the rest of the world as well, electric utility customers are beginning to express their concerns about the modes by which their providers generate the power they will sell.  Apparently, most …

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If man-made carbon dioxide emissions were not as big of a problem as it is now, then the Earth would be a lot cooler than what we’re experiencing today. The recent rise in temperature has lead two US-based researchers to …

From Guest Blogger Brooke Haughton: Broken Cycle: The Earth Should've Been Cooler By Now Read More »

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