By Steve McIntyre Original post here Although climate scientists keep telling that defects in their “hockey stick” proxy reconstructions don’t matter – that it doesn’t matter whether they use data upside down, that it doesn’t matter if they cherry pick individual series depending on whether they go up in the 20th century, that it [...]
By Madhav Khandekar* Toronto, Canada The recent extreme heat episode (June 29- July 5, 2021) over the NW region of Canada-USA led to highest recorded temperature of 49.7C in Lytton (British Columbia) in Canada. This unusual weather event was caused by a development of a ‘heat dome’ resulting from a persistent high-pressure [...]
By Sebastian Lüning In medieval times, the priest would have declared that it would have been a punishment from God for the wicked behavior of sinners. Today's explanation is unfortunately not far from that. In mid-July 2021, prolonged heavy rain caused severe flooding in western Germany. There were many dead and missing, [...]
Ross McKitrick, the Canadian economics professor who publishes regularly in climate journals, gave an online talk for the Irish Climate Science Forum and the international CLINTEL Foundation (of which I am the cofounder). I have some sort of special bond with both McKitrick and McIntyre, because back in 2004, when I was an [...]
Glacier Bay Alaska The word “emergency” means a crisis that threatens immediate harm unless urgent action is taken. “Climate change” refers to long slow variations in key features of our weather, such as 30-year averages of temperature and precipitation. It is only measurable over decades and centuries. Some of the changes can be beneficial [...]
The Real World of GHG Emissions and Growth Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2021 Many people in Europe and North America today take it for granted that what the countries of “the west” decide to do in political and policy terms will lead, or at least set the broad agenda for, the whole world. This [...]
If you read one book on climate change, let it be this one By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley There are many books on climate change, from both sides of the debate. On our side, the books are better written, scientifically sounder and a lot closer to the truth than on the totalitarian side. Garth [...]
Donna Laframboise – Journalist, former Vice President of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Our first event is on December 8th, 2020 at 7:00 pm MST. Here’s a quick preview of what I’ll be talking about: Generally speaking, I think activism is a great idea. If you’ve informed yourself in a careful, conscientious manner, and [...]
Name: Allan MacRae Residence: Calgary Country: Canada What is your background? I have two engineering degrees related to the Earth Sciences and have done major business on six of the world’s seven continents, including significant business in the Former Soviet Union. Some of my achievements are outlined below: Dr. David Devenny, P.Eng., P.Geol., [...]
Name: Ron Davison Residence: Calgary Country: Canada What is your background? I grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan (Canada) that survived and thrived on agriculture and the energy industry. I earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering (with distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan in May 1984. My [...]
