by Daniel Nebert, MD As a physician-scientist (and pediatrician), I wish to interject some scientific facts into the ongoing politically-charged “global warming/climate change” topic. First, the United Nation (UN)’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently shocked the global warming community by very discreetly announcing a retraction (27 October 2022) that “their computer-modeling estimates were… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj An Arctic bomb cyclone dropped a sudden chill on the U.S., delivering the coldest Christmas in decades. The nationwide death toll was reported to be more than 60, with at least half of the fatalities in upstate New York. Some of the dead did not have heating. Power outages put millions of… Continue Reading
12.9.2022
“All-the-Above” Energy Policy Is a Compromise That Reverses Human and Environmental Progress
by Dr. Indur Goklany The Net Zero energy policy pursued by the current administration would essentially, sooner or later, phase out fossil fuels. That would roll back much of the progress America and the world has witnessed since the 19th century in economic and human well-being while increasing pressures on the rest of nature. An… Continue Reading
by Gregory Wrightstone First, there is no climate emergency. Claims to the contrary are based on exaggerations of carbon dioxide’s warming effect and computer models that have proven unreliable. As Republicans settle into the leadership of the new House of Representatives, we are hoping for clearer congressional thinking about the climate issue. However, there is… Continue Reading
by William Happer Before leaving for a week of virtue-signaling at the COP27 climate conference with other world elites, President Joe Biden would have done well to reread Hans Christian Anderson’s story “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” “In the great city where he [the Emperor] lived, life was always gay,” Anderson wrote. “Every day many strangers… Continue Reading
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, November 14, 2022. Two of my recent posts have looked at critiques from the left of the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA — the June 30 decision that held that the Clean Air Act did not clearly give EPA… Continue Reading
10.25.2022
Review and Analysis of Van Wijngaarden and Happer Concerning Radiative Transfer in Earth’s Atmosphere in the Presence of Clouds
Download 2n-Stream Radiative Transfer here Kees de Lange October 2, 2022 The understanding of Earth’s climate depends to a large extent on our knowledge of radiative transfer processes in the atmosphere. Short wavelength radiation in the visible range from the sun enters the atmosphere and finds its way to the surface to warm it. Long… Continue Reading
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, October 22, 2022. In a post last week, I gave notice that battle was about to be joined with the EPA over what it claims to be the “science” behind global warming alarm. The case is called the Concerned Household Electricity Consumers… Continue Reading
by Gordon Tomb Already struggling to cope with higher energy bills, Pennsylvanians are now experiencing double-digit rate hikes this fall. In September, some suppliers increased electricity prices another 19 percent, citing inflation and energy costs. Pennsylvanians need relief, but Gov. Tom Wolf’s unilateral action will drive energy bills even higher. Worse yet, a new lawsuit highlights how Wolf’s plan—while claiming… Continue Reading
The Earth just had its 600 millionth straight cooler-than-average month thanks to naturally-driven cooling. An historical reconstruction of the Earth’s temperature by Northwestern University Adjunct Professor Dr. Christopher Scotese provides an illuminating and surprising comparison of today’s temperatures to that of the past. And it’s not what you think. According to Dr. Scotese the Earth “has alternated… Continue Reading
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Latest Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, October 17, 2022. Not being a dope, you likely realized a long time ago that it was going to take a lot of energy to manufacture the components of the future green energy utopia. Wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars, and so… Continue Reading
10.3.2022
A Personal Odyssey from the Population Bomb to the Climate Crisis (The Climate Crisis Lie)
by Norman Rogers In the early 1970s I was a disaffected youth. I began working at the nonprofit Zero Population Growth. We promoted the idea that exploding human population would soon make the world uninhabitable. The president of our organization went on the Johnny Carson television show. Sacks of mail, often with checks, arrived. The… Continue Reading
by Bruce Everett The fear of catastrophic climate change is everywhere today, including on the Cape. Well-intentioned people are working tirelessly in our schools, local governments and non-profits to promote clean energy and save the planet. What could be wrong with that? Quite a lot, actually. Let’s start with the science. Carbon dioxide (CO2), erroneously… Continue Reading
by Gregory Wrightstone A 35-year veteran of the global warming debate says fossil fuels are the “greenest” of energy sources. In a recently published paper, Dr. Indur Goklany notes that carbon dioxide emissions from industrial activity and transportation have increased plant growth and that fertilizers and pesticides derived from fossil fuels have boosted crop yields… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj A climate-inspired war on nitrous oxide (N2O) is threatening the global food supply. At risk are the viability of modern agricultural businesses and the very lives of the people who consume their plant and animal products. Fanned by climate alarmists, fears that nitrous oxide — a greenhouse gas — is contributing to… Continue Reading
9.13.2022
California And New York: Do Not Back Off Your World-Beating Green Energy Schemes!
CO2 Coalition Member Francis Menton’s Latest Commentary: This was first published at Manhattan Contrarian, September 10, 2022. Today the Manhattan Contrarian formally calls upon the states of California and New York: Whatever you do, do not back down from your crash program of green energy schemes! The full text of the Manhattan Contrarian official announcement… Continue Reading
By Wallace Manheimer, PhD The following excerpt is taken from: Journal of Sustainable Development; Vol. 15, No. 5; 2022 ISSN 1913-9063 E-ISSN 1913-9071 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Abstract The emphasis on a false climate crisis is becoming a tragedy for modern civilization, which depends on reliable, economic, and environmentally viable energy.… Continue Reading
Meridional transport is the main climate change driver Javier Vinós & Andy May – September 4, 2022 “No philosopher has been able with his own strength to lift this veil stretched by nature over all the first principles of things. Men argue, nature acts.” Voltaire (1764) 6.1 Introduction Climate is a thermodynamic process determined by… Continue Reading
Featured Photo: CO2 Coalition Member Andy May delivering keynote speech, August 30, 2022 By Andy May This is the transcript, with minor edits to get it into blog post format, of my keynote speech to the Division of Professional Affairs, at the second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy Convention in the George R. Brown Convention… Continue Reading
A role for the sun in climate change Javier Vinós & Andy May – August 28, 2022 “Once you start doubting, just like you’re supposed to doubt. You ask me if the science is true and we say ‘No, no, we don’t know what’s true, we’re trying to find out, everything is possibly wrong’ …… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj With ice coverage for July and August remaining above the 10-year average of 2010-20, the extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic has surprised experts who once predicted that such levels would be impossible. This stands in stark contrast to the dominant climate narrative that predicts the dwindling of summer ice… Continue Reading
The climate shift of 1997 Javier Vinós & Andy May – August 22, 2022 “These shifts are associated with significant changes in global temperature trend and in ENSO variability. The latest such event is known as the great climate shift of the 1970s.” Anastasios A. Tsonis, Kyle Swanson & Sergey Kravtsov (2007) 4.1 Introduction While… Continue Reading
8.25.2022
Open letter from Dr. Patrick Moore to British Columbia Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon
British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon has chosen cancel culture over free speech. Falcon recently removed British Columbia MLA John Rustad from caucus after Rustad retweeted messages from CO2 Coalition board member Dr. Patrick Moore. An open letter from Dr. Patrick Moore to Kevin Falcon in response to these actions follows: Dear Kevin, Is it… Continue Reading
Andy May – August 19, 2022 The SOHO Forum Debate began at 5:30PM (Central Time) on August 15, 2022 in the New York Sheen Center, as I announced here. Koonin won the Oxford Style debate since 25% of the in-person and online audience shifted to his view that the debate question: “Climate science compels us to make large and rapid reductions… Continue Reading
Andy May – August 15, 2022 There was a 49-to-24 percent pro-skeptic edge at the beginning but after the debate, the skeptics’ lead grew to 73-to-19 percent, wow. Maybe some of the skeptics pretended to be less skeptical in order to increase the positive shift caused by the arguments? Congratulations to Dr Koonin. Of course,… Continue Reading