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A historical victory, also for climate realism

The historical victory of Geert Wilders of the PVV (Party for Freedom) in the Dutch General Elections of November 22nd was primarily linked to the theme of immigration. But let’s not forget that the PVV has also been a climate sceptic party for many years now. The party doesn’t want money-consuming climate plans [...]

By |24 November 2023|Categories: Climate policy, CLINTEL, News|Tags: , |Comments Off on A historical victory, also for climate realism

Nic Lewis debunks James Hansen’s overheated claims

By Nic Lewis reposted from Climate Etc. James Hansen’s latest paper “Global warming in the pipeline” (Hansen et al. (2023)) has already been heavily criticized in a lengthy comment by Michael Mann, author of the original IPCC ‘hockey stick’. However Mann does not deal with Hansen’s surprisingly high (4.8°C) new estimate of equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)ECS [...]

By |23 November 2023|Categories: News, USA|Comments Off on Nic Lewis debunks James Hansen’s overheated claims

Are El Niño’s becoming stronger?

By Ralph B. Alexander reposted from Science Under Attack "If it [a scientific hypothesis] disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG." – Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman No Evidence That Today’s El Niños Are Any Stronger than in the Past The current exceptionally strong El Niño has revived discussion of a question [...]

By |22 November 2023|Categories: News, USA|Comments Off on Are El Niño’s becoming stronger?

COVID, climate and manufactured consensus

by Judith Curry reposted from Climate Etc. Politically-motivated manufacture of scientific consensus corrupts the scientific process and leads to poor policy decisions An essay with excerpts from my new book Climate Uncertainty and Risk. In the 21st century, humankind is facing a myriad of complex societal problems that are characterized by deep uncertainties, [...]

By |22 November 2023|Categories: News, USA|Comments Off on COVID, climate and manufactured consensus

Steven Koonin’s visit to The Netherlands: the science is not settled

The science is not settled. That is the central message in prof. Steven Koonin’s climate bestseller: Unsettled. Koonin, former Undersecretary for Science in the Obama Administration (2009-2011), demonstrates in his book that the climate problem is often exaggerated and that the proposed energy transition is unfeasible. On the occasion of the launch of the [...]

By |21 November 2023|Categories: CLINTEL, News, The Netherlands, USA|Comments Off on Steven Koonin’s visit to The Netherlands: the science is not settled

Interview with Demetris Koutsoyiannis

by FRANCO BATTAGLIA It is not the CO₂ levels that influence temperatures but the exact opposite The Greek academic: It's the hen or egg dilemma applied to the climate. Italy? Beautiful but it's difficult to do science Demetris Koutsoyiannis Demetris Koutsoyiannis is Professor Emeritus of Hydrology at the [...]

By |31 October 2023|Categories: News|Comments Off on Interview with Demetris Koutsoyiannis