Which Trends? Last week’s TWTW may have given a wrong impression to some readers. In discussing the estimate by Christy, et al., of the rate of warming of the bulk atmosphere over the past 38 years of 0.10 ± 0.03°C per decade, the rate of warming was used to project the warming from a doubling…
Patrick C. Miller
West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania extend shale coalition
West Virginia has agreed to extend the Tri-State Shale Coalition Agreement with Ohio and Pennsylvania to encourage regional cooperation and job growth by developing shale gas in the Appalachian Basin. Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, last week announced the extension of the agreement with Gov. John Kasich, ROhio, and Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania. During annual…
Kevin Mooney
CIA Veteran Sees Russian Connection to 2 Groups Opposing Fracking, Pipelines
Some environmental activists who pressure politicians to halt production of natural gas are acting as “agents of influence” on behalf of the Kremlin and Russian energy interests, according to a retired CIA officer’s analysis of the money trail. As they lead the charge against two natural gas pipelines, activists allied with a statewide group called…
General
Climate Nonsense; ‘It’s all about money’
Here’s an idea. The Left, Alarmists, Media seem to have more money and better organization and the right, Skeptics less so. But the numbers are out there. Peter Ridd’s $95,000 in donations in two weeks tells a tale. I’m thinking of a form of directory for all websites: WUWT, PSI, CCD, Heartland etc. Websites that…
Calvin Beisner
Senator Whitehouse, Your New Wardrobe Is Ready
One of the things I most appreciate about Joe Bastardi’s book The Climate Chronicles: Inconvenient Revelations You Won’t Hear from Al Gore—And Others is the long historical perspective he brings. Again and again he quotes alarmists about manmade global warming claiming that this or that event, or this or that series of events, or this…
General
Why Do Geologists Have Such Valuable Insights about Climate Change?
As the old joke goes, geologists aren’t perfect; they all have their faults. Nonetheless, they also often have extremely valuable insights about climate change. Why? Partly because it’s always easier to study slowmoving objects than fast-moving objects. Geologists mostly study things that change on time scales measured in centuries, millennia, or longer. Meteorologists and climatologists,…