Category Archives: Climate Change

Global Warming ‘Realists’ Meet in New York

(March 11, 2009) We’ve all heard about carbon dioxide and its effect on temperature world-wide. But have you heard that temperature increases first, then hundreds or more years later carbon dioxide levels rise? My guess is probably not. Continue reading

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Sen. Barbara Boxer’s signature issue of climate change legislation ignores what is really happening in the world now

(March 10, 2009) A growing number of the world’s very best scientists who are not being paid by the government are now stepping forward with the truth. The computer models suggesting extreme warming rates due to carbon dioxide should not be used for environmental policy because they do not now give consistent results. Continue reading

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Heartland Update: A Californian and an Environmentalist

(March 9, 2009) This morning’s breakfast had two very interesting speakers: climate skeptic Congressman Tom McClintock from California and Canadian author, columnist and environmentalist Lawrence Solomon. Solomon is a founder and managing director of the Energy Probe Research Foundation and is a strong advocate of renewable energy and written a book against urban sprawl. Continue reading

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Skeptics Unite!

(March 5, 2009) Don’t expect to hear much from the mainstream media about it, but the Heartland Institute’s second International Conference on Climate Change starts this Sunday and runs through Tuesday. A Who’s-Who of reputable, well-credentialed (and/or well-studied) skeptics (such as Energy Probe’s Lawrence Solomon) will meet in New York City to debunk, debate, and ferret out the truth about the science and economics of global warming alarmism. Continue reading

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The art of the green disinvite

(February 27, 2009) An environmental veteran and global-warming skeptic finds himself frequently disinvited to debate the likes of Elizabeth May. Continue reading

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Darwin vs the climate change modeller

(February 26, 2009) For a delightful perspective on the global warming controversy, replete with insightful historical anecdotes, I commend you to William Happer’s testimony yesterday before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Continue reading

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CLIMATE CHANGE – Statement to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

(February 25, 2009) Madam Chairman and members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee on Environment and Public Works to testify on Climate Change. My name is William Happer, and I am the Cyrus Fogg Bracket Professor of Physics at Princeton University. I am not a climatologist, but I don’t think any of the other witnesses are either. Continue reading

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Increasing carbon storage in old-growth forests: a pan-tropical phenomenon

(February 20, 2009) The response of terrestrial vegetation to a globally changing environment is central to predictions of future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The role of tropical forests is critical because they are carbon-dense and highly productive. Continue reading

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The Dirty Truth

(February 20, 2009) Barack Obama and Stephen Harper are all for carbon capture technology. Too bad it`s not as green as it seems. Continue reading

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One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests

(February 18, 2009) An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change. Continue reading

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