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Guest ridicule by David Middleton I miss the good old days when it was Radio Free Europe. From today’s Real Clear Energy headlines, totally unrelated to energy… Climate Change Fuels California Fires September...

By Dr. John Christy, Alabama State Climatologist Meteorological summer (June, July and August) is now over and it’s time to check how the summer temperatures compare with other years.  For a research project a few years...

Guest CNN-bashing by David Middleton (a geologist) I ran across this April 2018 article while looking for something else.  I totally missed this episode of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Secretary Zinke’s stance on climate...

Guest ridicule of the American Association for the Advancement of Science of America by David Middleton This little gem was in my morning email from the AAASofA: As is often the case, this really dumb article in Science (as...

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   The latest scare story flashing across the ‘Net from nearly every main stream media outlet is the frightening image of a world on fire released by NASA yesterday.  Headlines abound as the...

Guest rebuttal by David Middleton From the Climatariat News Network’s Non Sequitur Department: If Trump and GOP don’t understand climate change, they don’t deserve public office By Jill Filipovic Tue August...

Guest sarcasm by David Middleton From the It Must Be Climate Change Files of the The Los Angeles Times via Real Clear Energy (WTF does this have to do with energy?): Climate change is helping crank up the temperatures of...

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   This is Part 4 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1,  Part 2 and Part 3 you can either read them in their  entirety and then...

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen This is Part 3 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1 and Part 2, you can either read them in their  entirety and then read this,...

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   Note:  This is Part 2 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1, you can either read it in its entirety and then read this, or...

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Something odd happened between April 2017 and July 2018.  I haven’t discovered exactly what prompted it but the rather good science writer and journalist, Carl Zimmer, seems to have flipped his...

Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The L. A. Times published a Ca. climate alarmist wildfire story falsely claiming that the states most recent wildfires are result of “heat like the state has never seen”. As usual...

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   There are many ways that today’s researchers can have their work misrepresented in the press, often in embarrassing ways.  The most common origin of these embarrassing gaffs is the university...

Guest post by David Middleton From the never-ending font of infotainment, David Roberts of Vox… Electric vehicles are gaining momentum, despite Trump Policymakers and analysts are digging into the details of how to...

Guest lampooning by David Middleton 99.989% rounds up to 100%.  This is fantastic news… Unless you’re a Warmunist.  Fortunately for Warmunists, Science News tailors their headlines to your preferences…...