Global Warming

Attention to detail

Not a Hedgehog - July 5, 2008 - 10:38pm

The Garnaut Climate Change Review’s Draft Report was released yesterday. I’m still working my way through it and am holding off on reading others’ thoughts about it or solidifying my own opinion until I’m done. Read more »

Adam Shand update

Deltoid - July 3, 2008 - 2:17am

Adam Shand's claim that it is just an assumption that summer is warmer than winter has achieved international fame. Read more »

Marohasy makes it up

Deltoid - July 1, 2008 - 7:22am

In my previous post I noted in his story promoting AGW denial Adam Shand disputed even the most uncontroversial statements (eg "Summer is warmer than winter") from supporters of mainstream science he uncritically accepted everything from the AGW deniers. For example, he agrees with Jennifer Marohasy, who claims:

Global temperatures over the past ten years have stalled.

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Nigel Lawson in need of climate science 101

Deltoid - June 27, 2008 - 5:11am

Olive Heffernan on Nigel Lawson's new book:

Like many of those who saw the Channel 4 documentary, readers of Lawson's offering on climate change 'An Appeal to Reason' are probably unaware it has been scientifically discredited in almost every review, including one on Nature Reports Climate Change by Sir John Houghton, Honorary Scientist at the UK's Hadley Centre.

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Gore decreases his energy usage so TCPR lies about it

Deltoid - June 19, 2008 - 2:07am

Last year the Tennessee Center for Policy Research made quite a splash with a press release on Al Gore's energy usage:

In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh--more than 20 times the national average.

They've just released figures for the past year Read more »

Garnaut Alert

Not a Hedgehog - July 4, 2008 - 10:51am

National Press Club Address, ABC1 @ 12:30 AEST.

Be there or be an rectangular thynge. Read more »

Fight the Power

Not a Hedgehog - July 2, 2008 - 8:34pm

I’m no mammalogist or paleontologist, but even I know that it’s reasonable to predict that summer will be warmer than winter. Read more »

Channel Nine's Sunday: Summer warmer than winter "just an assumption"

Deltoid - June 30, 2008 - 8:00am

You only have to look at the delight exhibited by Andrew Bolt ("Warming priests defocked [sic] on Sunday") in this story on Channel Nine's Sunday to know that they are promoting AGW denial. The reporter, Adam Shand, makes a pretence of objectivity by having three people from each side. Read more »

Another Wacky Theory About Global Warming

Deltoid - June 21, 2008 - 6:19am

Remember the wacky satellites cause global warming theory? Maria Brumm has found another one. Global warming has caused a fivefold increase in seismic activity. And this one was published by CBS news (though it's now been deleted) and picked up by Matt Drudge. Brumm comments: Read more »

AGW and HIV/AIDS denial

Deltoid - June 18, 2008 - 6:58am

Eli Rabett has been looking at Joel Kauffman who has published some HIV/AIDS denial in JPANDS and some AGW denial in the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Read more »