Gregory Wrightstone The revelation this week that CO2 had just reached 410 ppm is just the most recent negative climate “tipping point” being reached. This news was accompanied by the usual links to future apocalyptic warming events and predictions of the Earth spiraling into planetary doom. According to the self-proclaimed guardians of the Earth, we… Continue Reading
This month, the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) voted unanimously to ban wind turbines on the 1.5 million acres it controls. Fully five percent of the Commonwealth’s land is managed by the PGC, yet no commercial wind project had ever been approved. There has been no development in spite of the fact that the land’s many… Continue Reading
3.21.2018
William Happer, Steven E. Koonin and Richard S. Lindzen’s Response to Judge William H. Alsup’s Tutorial Questions
The Court has invited a tutorial on global warming and climate change, which is set to occur March 21, 2018. The Court also identified specific questions to be addressed at the tutorial. Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-11, Professors William Happer, Steven E. Koonin, and Richard S. Lindzen respectfully ask the Court to accept their presentation… Continue Reading
By Richard Lindzen, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bill Nye looks forward to the death of skeptics in this Huffington Post essay. There is a sound basis for his wish. While the politicized climate issue dates back to the 60’s, things really took off after the Clinton-Gore administration assumed power and funding… Continue Reading
By William Happer ANALYSIS/OPINION: The United States should withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. For too long, well-meaning policymakers have been misled by propaganda, masquerading as science, that more atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) will harm the planet. Paris represents the culmination of this campaign. The pact extends into perpetuity, its very terms dispensing with the value of the supposedly… Continue Reading
By Richard Lindzen Image via MIT.edu MIT atmospheric science professor Richard Lindzen suggests that many claims regarding climate change are exaggerated and unnecessarily alarmist. For over 30 years, I have been giving talks on the science of climate change. When, however, I speak to a non-expert audience, and attempt to explain such matters as climate sensitivity,… Continue Reading
3.10.2017
Petition to withdraw from United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Professor Emeritus at MIT and a Member of National Academy of Sciences, has announced a petition to the American and to international governments to change course on an outdated international agreement that underlies a number of regulations on minor greenhouse gases: primarily Carbon Dioxide, CO2. Said Dr. Lindzen, “Since 2009, the… Continue Reading
Exxon did not Kill the Coral Reefs By Patrick Moore, PhD On August 17 the climate alarmist group 350.org held a media conference in which they claimed “Exxon Mobil and other fossil fuel companies caused mass coral bleaching in Samoa, the Australian Great Barrier Reef, and the Andaman Islands. In addition, they touted, “The last 14… Continue Reading
Dr. William Happer Some people claim that increased levels of atmospheric CO2 will cause catastrophic global warming, flooding from rising oceans, spreading tropical diseases, ocean acidification, and other horrors. But these frightening scenarios have almost no basis in genuine science. This Statement reviews facts that have persuaded me that more CO2 will be a major benefit to… Continue Reading
12.8.2015
Data or Dogma? Promoting Open Inquiry in the Debate over the Magnitude of Human Impact on Earth’s Climate
by William Happer Testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness, December 8, 2015 I would like to express my thanks to Senator Cruz, Senator Thune, Senator Nelson and other members of this committee for inviting me to express my views at this hearing on climate science. My name is William Happer. I recently… Continue Reading
A new low in the climate debate Bruce Everett – CO2 Coalition Director September 24, 2015 It’s de rigueur on college campuses to pledge allegiance to the climate agenda, denouncing Luddites who impede progress on the climate policies that all right-thinking people support. Those of us who work in academia are used to this ritual,… Continue Reading
By Roger Cohen and Will Happer We are often told that CO2 released from burning fossil fuels will cause dangerous ocean acidification. Actually the oceans will remain comfortably alkaline and hospitable to life for the foreseeable future. This brief note is a quantitative review of the physical chemistry of ocean pH. High school chemistry and… Continue Reading
10.4.2012
Bloomin’ Algae! How paleogeography and algal blooms may have significantly impacted deposition and preservation of the Marcellus Shale
By: Gregory R. Wrightstone- October 4, 2012 Introduction The Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin has been characterized as having geologically favorable rock properties, including high total organic carbon, high porosity and high permeability. These properties are linked directly with the large natural gas reserve projections for individual wells and for the Marcellus play as… Continue Reading