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- We ask if Lithium Ion Batteries are actually safe for use in home power storage systems or not? more
- The new solar batteries Comparison Table is now live. more
- The AGW alarmists seem to think the Feb 2016 sudden uptick in temperature is caused by Co2, this is not the case, its a strong El Niño... more
- This video exposes the gross hypocrisy of the Green movement and the damage their policies are causing to the environment and peoples standard... more
- Yesterday in the Senate the Carbon Tax was removed... more
- In the interests of free speech I'm reposting this article so it gets better exposure. more
- Second hand building materials offer an excellent way to reduce environmental impact, we show you how. more
- The Climate Commission is being reformed as the Climate Council, we ask who do they represent and what is their funding model? more
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Brains for the Earth
- Let’s start out with my in-the-moment string of notes during the Press Preview at this year’s NAIAS (Detroit Auto Show). This covers the main ideas about this year’s...
- For an EcoGeek, there were many surprises at the 2017 edition of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). We’ve been watching the emphasis on green cars decline for...
- Residential power storage options are starting to get more competitive with a flow battery being introduced to the market in Australia. Flow batteries have been something we’ve...
- The “world’s largest aircraft,” the Airlander 10, is being readied for flights to begin later this year. The Airlander 10 is a massive hybrid aircraft that combines...
- Researchers are exploring the novel idea of using metals as fuels. This is not some new, exotic science-fiction material, but rather plentiful, ordinary metals such as iron that could...
- Nobody is trying to save the planet with green cars anymore. The days of green cars being featured at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) seem to be over. Gone are...
- Not every energy technology that is explored is going to lead to a successful new power industry. Osmosis power was one of the more unusual technologies we’ve come across. But now,...
Future-forward design for the world you inhabit
- After decades of “reefer madness”, the misinformation about Cannabis is finally starting to disappear, and the truth is coming out about the many benefits of the magical plant...
- Environmentalists are taking legal action against United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) because of pollution in Pittsburg's Mon Valley. The Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment...
- From conception, the goal of the Topas Ecolodge in Vietnam has been to encapsulate sustainable practices at every turn. They also carry a heavy burden of social responsibility by focusing...
- If construction is in your future — either with a new home build or a remodel — using recycled building materials for the project is definitely the way to go...
- London-based practice Studio Micat helped some very lucky campers learn how to make their own bread while at summer camp this year. But this wasn't your everyday pat it and prick it...
- French design practice Studio NAB has proposed a large-scale vertical farm as a sustainable solution to urban population growth in the face of dwindling arable land...
- Most people wouldn’t mind starting the day with a bowl of warm, sweet oatmeal. So imagine taking that level of comfort and adding it to your skincare routine. This is exactly the...
The voice of The Sietch community
- Day 683: Keep the focus on inequality Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it ‘CEOs don’t want this released’:...
- Day 682: Keep the focus on inequality Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it ‘CEOs don’t want this released’:...
- Day 668: Keep the focus on inequality Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it ‘CEOs don’t want this released’:...
- Day 667: Keep the focus on inequality Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it ‘CEOs don’t want this released’:...
- Day 666: Keep the focus on inequality Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it ‘CEOs don’t want this released’:...
- Day 661: Keep the focus on inequality Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it ‘CEOs don’t want this released’:...
- Day 660: Keep the focus on inequality Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it ‘CEOs don’t want this released’:...
- by Judith Curry I am preparing a new Special Report on Hurricanes and Climate Change. This Report is easier than my Special Report on Sea Level and Climate Change. Sea level and glaciers...
- by Judith Curry Some recent sea level rise publications, with implications for how we think about the worst case scenario for the 21st century. Less than 3 months ago, I published my...
- by Judith Curry Some reactions from Wednesday’s Congressional testimony. I’m starting this post while sitting in the Phoenix airport waiting for my delayed flight home (by...
- by Judith Curry The House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Climate Change will be livestreamed on their Facebook page. Here is the link to the Hearing page [link], I have no idea...
- by Judith Curry I will be testifying on Wed in the House Natural Resources Hearing on Climate change. That is, I will be testifying provided that I can make it out of Reno today —...
- by Kevin Murphy A response to: “Is RCP8.5 an impossible scenario?”. This post demonstrates that RCP8.5 is so highly improbable that it should be dismissed from consideration, and...
- by Judith Curry A careful look at the early 20th century global warming, which is almost as large as the warming since 1950. Until we can explain the early 20th century warming, I...
by Steve McIntyre
- A common opinion (e,g, Scott Adams) is that the “other proxies”, not just Mann’s stripbark bristlecone tree rings, establish Hockey Stick...
Tags: uncategorized - The PAGES (2017) North American network consists entirely of tree rings. Climate Audit readers will recall the unique role of North American stripbark bristlecone chronologies in Mann...
- The most recent large-scale compilation of proxy records over the past two millennia is PAGES (2017). They made a concerted effort to archive data (to the credit of Julien Emile-Geay),...
- Central to the Mueller indictment is attribution to Russia of a spearphishing campaign from domains then located in Romania. It is therefore more than a little surprising that one of...
- Jordan Peterson, a fellow Torontonian who is obviously not shy about challenging authority, recently cited the World Health Organization (WHO) on Douma chemical attacks as follows:...
- In this post, I will provide a timeline of original appearances of videos and photos of the Douma chemical incident. There were two locations for these videos: (1) the emergency ward...
- The impact of recent forcing and ocean heat uptake data on estimates of climate sensitivity
Tue, 24 Apr 18, 5:54pmA guest post by Nic Lewis Judith Curry and I have now updated the LC15 paper with a new paper that has been published in the Journal of Climate There has been considerable scientific...
The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change
- Is Duluth, Minn., to become a climate refuge city? Our climate futures: Meeting the challenges in Duluth UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Duluth, Minn.- The University of Minnesota Duluth is...
- Guest essay by Eric Worrall A deceased rat “species” composed of the inbred descendants of a few castaway rats which washed up on a low laying river delta island in Australia’s...
- Greens Outraged State Laws to Force Teachers to Devote Less Class Time to Climate Activism
12 hours agoGuest essay by Eric Worrall New state laws aim to refocus climate activist teachers on providing academic education. STATES ARE INTRODUCING BILLS THAT COULD PREVENT TEACHERS FROM ADVOCATING... - From Columbia University Earth Institute Wallace Broecker, a geochemist who initiated key research into the history of earth’s climate and humans’ influence upon it, died Feb...
- Global cooling – and global totalitarian socialism – are the catastrophes we should fear most Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris What do heat waves, floods, droughts, rising sea levels,...
- From EurekAlert! Public Release: 16-Feb-2019 Political and policy feedbacks in the climate system Climate Change: Understanding feedback from nature, culture and society University...
- From the “permanent drought” but not this year department and NASA Earth Observatory. In Spanish, Sierra Nevada means “snowy mountain range.” During the past few months,...
- The best way to remember how entertaining (or horrifying) climate science, energy policy etc, was in 2017 is to buy a Cartoons by Josh Calendar.
Tags: josh - From Reuters: LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s cancer agency dismissed and edited findings from a draft of its review of the weedkiller glyphosate...
- 'Daring to Doubt' Tony Abbot GWPF Annual Lecture 2017 - Cartoon notes by Josh
Tue, 10 Oct 17, 11:56pmClick image for larger version Tony Abbott, former Prime Minister of Australia, gave an excellent GWPF annual lecture last night. I will post the video of the talk as soon as it is... - A couple of weeks back, the BBC's Nick Robinson was bemoaning the fact that the general public is increasingly shunning the corporation, favouring instead the multitude of alternative...
- I've been playing about with DECC's 2050 calculator and I wondered if BH readers (if any of you are still popping by) to take a look at something.
Tags: energy biofuels - Last night Roger Peilke Jr gave a superb talk, hosted by The Global Warming Policy Foundation, on Climate change politics. It was timely, challenging and positive. I will post...
- It seems that Lord Stern is a very bad boy. Very bad indeed.
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A perfectly good civilization is going to waste...
- Solar subsidy death spiral: $2 billion in Australia, rising 50% pa as electricity prices rocket
17 hours agoA few Australians are just beginning to realize that they are paying for their neighbours solar panel. As news spreads, the shine of good-citizen-solar is going to tarnish fast, but... - Solar subsidy death spiral: $2 billion in Australia, rising 50% pa as electricity prices go crazy
17 hours agoA few Australians are just beginning to realize that they are paying for their neighbours solar panel. As news spreads, the shine of good-citizen-solar is going to tarnish fast, but... - Solar subsidy death spiral: $2 billion in Australia rising 50% pa as electricity prices go crazy
17 hours agoA few Australians are just beginning to realize that they are paying for their neighbours solar panel. As news spreads, the shine of good-citizen-solar is going to tarnish fast, but... - ZeroHedge asks: What the hell are NASA Hiding? The NASA site used to have a page titled “What are the primary forcings of the Earth system?“...
Tags: global warming, nasa, astronomy, atmosphere - History keeps getting colder — ACORN2 raises Australia’s warming rate by over 20%
Sat, 16 Feb 19, 7:13amMore warming adjustments from ACORN2 Once again we find that the oldest thermometers were apparently reading artificially high even though many were newish in 1910 and placed in approved... - Kids protesting to change weather are “heroic” but grownups in yellow vests are unnewsworthy
Fri, 15 Feb 19, 5:00amAre children driving this or is the media? A bunch of children are being hailed as heroes for skipping a day of school in order to get better weather for their 120th birthday party... - Gates on renewables: How would Tokyo survive a 3 day typhoon with unreliable energy?
Thu, 14 Feb 19, 5:28amMake no mistake, Bill Gates totally believes the climate change scare story but even he can see that renewables are not the answer, it’s not about the cost, it’s the reliability.
Because the world needs another opinion
- As I reported before, the US collected record income tax revenues after the tax cut. This is due to higher real wages as well as more people working. So lower tax = higher receipts...
- YES – Illegal Voting is Rampant and is a Form of Intentional Voter Fraud by Democrats
Mon, 28 Jan 19, 1:23amTexas has 15.8 million registered voters of which 58,000 had at one point provided identification that showed they were not citizens. This equates to 0.36% of the voting population... - We are told again and again that cutting taxes increases the deficit. It’s so bad that people have invented stupid programs like the penny plan (which Hannity really promotes)...
- Media has lost any sense of normality. This is not my reality. The memes they present have nothing to do with me. If we accidentally accept it, You too can be a Muppet –...
- America is not allowed to elect a conservative president of any form. The deep state, fourth branch of government has declared that they now have critical mass to enforce their will...
- Flameout — Wiki with happy links.. including fuel starvation, compressor stall, insufficient oxygen (at high altitudes), foreign object damage (such as caused by birds, hail or...
- I am absolutely thrilled to see a tiny bit of sanity in our government. Every day the left gets loonier with one fake conspiracy after another dying when hit by fact, and every...
Just don't tell me the debate's over…
- One of the unfortunate consequences of rising early is the extended interview slot on ABC News Radio, broadcast at about 5.45 am. Frequently this will be a lengthy regurgitation of...
- Yes, despite all the technology that must go into HELE (high efficiency, low emission) coal fired power stations, they are STILL cheaper than farts and sunbeams...
- Long before the term fake news was even thought of, the activists at the Climate Institute, headed up by John Connor, were pushing it by the barrowload. Now its time is up, going out...
- This is the reality of efforts to alter the climate of the planet: huge expense for almost no result. Bjorn Lomborg’s 2016 paper on the impact of current climate proposals (full...
- Who cares that fewer and fewer people in Australia can afford this most basic necessity? At least we’re saving the planet, right? Actually no, since nothing Australia does makes...
- Would never have seen this coming, since Finkel is the magic pudding that cuts emissions and prices! A MAJOR electricity retailer has announced a $130-a-year price hike and blamed...
- Compare and contrast the following two current news stories: Australia will ‘Finkel around the edges’ of a tiny emissions footprint in order to make Malcolm look like he’s...
CO2 is NOT the climate control knob
- Gavin Schmidt and Richard Alley made some comments on extreme weather here. Dick Lindzen (via email) on cold and heat extremes:"Gavin and Alley both seem pretty ignorant. ...
- Released May 13, 2016. Press releaseFive PDFs, 190 pagesPages 1- 59Pages 60-102Pages 103-133Pages 134-178Pages 179-190Related post on Watts Up With ThatClick on this Twitter thread...
- Hillary Clinton tells thrilling tale of Obama/Clinton planet-saving heroism at Copenhagen 2009
Sun, 12 Apr 15, 3:46amFrom this December 2014 LCV speech (17 min mark).President Obama and I went to the global climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009. We ran into a solid wall of opposition from... - "Limits to Growth" co-author "argues that capitalism and democracy will continue to hamper climate action"
Fri, 10 Apr 15, 9:35pm'Global warming going from bad to worse'Randers, co-author of the seminal 1972 report "Limits to Growth," which highlighted the devastating impacts of economic and population growth... - Obama emphasizes threat to public health as part of climate change [scam] push
Fri, 10 Apr 15, 11:04amObama emphasizes threat to public health as part of climate change push | US news | The Guardian - Warmer is better; 17th century--Global cooling caused "famines, wars and political upheaval"
Thu, 9 Apr 15, 6:34pmHistorian Reveals Climate Change Lessons from 17th Century - Judith Curry pulls no punches: Draft climate "statement is an embarrassment to the APS"
Wed, 8 Apr 15, 10:26amDraft APS Statement on Climate Change | Climate Etc.
Startup and Technology News
- The clean energy boffins in their labs are always upping the theoretical limit on how much power you can get out of sunshine, but us plebes actually installing solar cells are stuck...
- We were promised flying cars but, as it turns out, flying boats were easier to build. SeaBubbles, a “flying” boat startup that uses electric power instead of gas, hit Miami...
- The Green New Deal has burst onto the American stage, spurring more conversation about – and aspiration for – ambitious climate policy than at any point in at least a decade.
- Single-use plastics are the scourge of the environment, which is why many lawmakers are working to eliminate them. Today, a new brand is launching to try and eliminate single-use plastic...
- Electrify America, the entity set up by Volkswagen as part of its settlement with U.S. regulators over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, plans to install Tesla Powerpack battery...
- Solar installations are becoming a no-brainer for anyone with a roof in much of the country. But getting an estimate on how much it would cost and how much juice it would generate can...
- Machine learning and all its related forms of "AI" are being used to work on just about every problem under the sun, but even so, stemming the alarming decline of the bee population...
the earth times is an environment specific news agency and news resource covering green news, environmental...
- How can you describe the threats existing to species, both large and small? Using the highly-threatened primates, we can perhaps see how they have contrived to exist until the current...
- How can you describe the threats existing to species, both large and small? Using the highly-threatened primates, we can perhaps see how they have contrived to exist until the current...
- What does that blue butterfly do when you are not watching. We still have to discover exactly how the Eurasian large blue exploits Myrmica ants, but many of its relatives are either...
- For several years, excitement has been building over the Atlantic presence of Manta birostris and Manta cf birostris/ this is the classification system trying to tell us of a potential...
- Ocean plastic pollution could triple in a decade without action by the ocean economy. TOMRA CEO Stefan Ranstrand responds to the UK Government’s Foresight Future of the Sea report...
- Look at those modified wings and the bee antennae. But this is no stinger or biter. It’s a clearwing moth, and you can find similar species near your own location worldwide. It’s...
- There is a songster we have missed. He sings far beneath the ice in the dark of a polar winter, so maybe it’s about time we listened to the incredible songs that this whale concocts...