By P Gosselin on 18. January 2017
The German online Nordwest Zeitung (NWZ) reports here how mainly German Socialists and Greens (of all people) are moving to relax strict laws designed to protect nature and endangered species. The aim is to clear the way for the industrialization of the North German rural countryside and natural areas with wind turbines. Pushed by Germany’s Greens and […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 16. January 2017
Note: Due to the very positive feedback of this post, I’ve decided to leave it up at the top spot for another day. -PG ============================================== In 1981, James Hansen was the Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He was also the lead author of a seminal paper published in the prestigious journal Science entitled […]
Posted in Climate Politics, Cooling/Temperature, Hockey Team, Paleo-climatology, Solar |
By P Gosselin on 15. January 2017
It’s good to see that I am not the only person looking critically at Germany’s rather inept attempt to switch over to green energy sources in order to reduce CO2 emissions. The environmentalprogress.org site here presents a good overview of Germany’s recent performance when it comes to reducing so-called “greenhouse gases”. Unfortunately German citizens have […]
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By P Gosselin on 14. January 2017
Correction: Reader Fred informs that the SRF is not a German radio station, but instead belongs to Switzerland: “And yes, all people living in Switzerland are forced to pay around 300 US dollars a year for that crap, even if you never watch or listen the SRF […] it is just another leftwing propaganda machine.” […]
Posted in Activism, Media / Bias, Oceans, Sea Levels, Stupid Predictions |
By P Gosselin on 13. January 2017
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) — Germany’s version of the Washington Post — reports here that the country’s Energiewende (transition to green energy) has been fraught with “serious errors” and that the government has lost control of its energy policy. The FAZ cites a report released by the Bundesrechnungshof (federal accounting office). Out-of-control costs The […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 12. January 2017
“It is generally accepted that the climate warms during periods of strong solar activity (e.g., the Medieval Warm Period) and cools during periods of low solar activity (e.g., the Little Ice Age).” — Lyu et al., 2016 Graph Source: WoodForTrees.org Scientists are increasingly tuning out the claims that the Earth’s temperatures are predominantly shaped by […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Solar, Solar Sciences |
By P Gosselin on 11. January 2017
At today’s Weatherbell Daily Update, meteorologist Joe Bastardi looks at the forecast over the next 15 days for Europe. The following chart depicts the forecast accumulated snowfall by January 27, 2017. Image cropped from Weatherbell 11 January 20017 Daily Update. As the chart makes clear, plenty of winter snow is in the pipeline. The cold that Europe […]
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By P Gosselin on 11. January 2017
Reader Indomitable Snowman sent a link to an AccuWeather report telling us of the intense winter weather gripping eastern Europe and how it has claimed close to 60 lives thus far. German weather site wetteronline.de also reports of close to 60 cold deaths so far from the current Eastern European cold blast. Although we get scattered reports of […]
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By P Gosselin on 10. January 2017
UPDATE! “Arctic outbreak kills dozens… “ =============================================== Some impressive winter events have been taking place all across the northern hemisphere lately. Especially eastern and southeastern Europe have been pounded by massive snowfalls and tremendously cold temperatures. Turkey has been buried by heavy snows and extreme temperatures have gripped the entire USA and vast areas of Russia. The […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 9. January 2017
Source: http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/rss/from:2015.4/to:2017.1/plot/rss/from:2015.4/to:2017.1/trend “Climate models are unable to predict extreme events because they lack spatial and temporal resolution. In addition, there is no clear evidence that sustained or worldwide changes in extreme events have occurred in the past few decades.” —- IPCC AR4 (2007) Section 8.3.9.3 Page 232 According to no less of an authority than […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics, IPCC, Media / Bias, We're To Blame |
By P Gosselin on 8. January 2017
We’ve been hearing bits and pieces coming out of Ontario concerning its renewable energy debacle. Now I read at the CBC an opinion piece by Robin Urback from late November on just how bad the situation is getting. Man, and we thought things were bad in Germany and Europe! It turns out that Ontario prime minister Kathleen […]
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By P Gosselin on 7. January 2017
A few of days ago I reported on a spate of wind turbine collapses occuring in Germany and Europe. Well the folly appears to be continuing as the online German Tageblatt here reports how yet another has come crashing down, with a passerby witnessing it live. The fourth collapse in four weeks! German news site NTV here […]
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