Nic Lewis and Judith Curry have a new paper that’s just been published, The impact of recent forcing and ocean heat uptake data on estimates of climate sensitivity It’s in the AMS Journal of Climate, which is quite highly regarded, so well done them. Nic has a blog post about it at Climate Audit, and … Continue reading
Author Archives: Paul Matthews
Another bogus climate claim from the BBC
The BBC’s false reporting of climate issues appears to be reaching epidemic proportions. Paul Homewood has a post BBC’s Fake Climate Claims Now Becoming A Habit in which he discusses three examples – sea level rise in Florida, reindeer in Russia, and hurricanes. Then there were the fake news stories from Roger Harrabin on Jan 18th, … Continue reading
Channel 4 on the “green” energy scam
Channel 4’s Dispatches had a half-hour programme last night on The True Cost of Green Energy. You might be able to see it by following the link (though you have to register, and for me it doesn’t work, the video just hangs). The presenter Antony Barnett is of course fully signed up to climate alarm, and … Continue reading
NYT journalist Erica Goode lies about Crockford, Watts and polar bears
Anthony Watts reports on another smear on Susan Crockford and himself: Climate Change Denialists Say Polar Bears Are Fine. Scientists Are Pushing Back, by Erica Goode of the New York Times. Anthony says I’m not allowed to give any of the details of it other than a link because I recently got a threat letter … Continue reading
BBC ignores complaint over fake news
As readers may recall from previous posts, the 6 O’clock news on BBC Radio 4 on 18 January started with the false claim that “The world’s leading climate agencies have said for the first time that global warming caused by humans now dwarfs natural temperature changes.” This was, to put it bluntly, a lie. None … Continue reading
The IPCC congratulates itself
For four days this week, March 13 – 16, the IPCC has been congratulating itself on its 30th birthday, in a lavish celebration in Paris. Apparently the premises were beautiful and the hospitality generous. A number of deep scientific insights were provided at the meeting, such as “We must put climate solutions in the context … Continue reading
Another sceptic in the White House
Donald Trump has fired Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and appointed Mike Pompeo, formerly the head of the CIA. Pompeo has a background in the army and in industry, and entered politics in 2010 as Congressman for Kansas. Apparently he is opposed to the Paris Agreement and to wind power. He said that Obama’s suggestion … Continue reading
