New Yorker Magazine Has a Moral Obligation to Open the Climate Debate Before COP26, says Friends of Science Society
In response to a recent podcast by David Remnick with Swedish climate activist Andreas Malm, who advocates sabotage for critical infrastructure that underpins modern society, The New Yorker has a moral obligation to [...]
The greenhouse effect, summary of the Happer and Van Wijngaarden paper
By Andy May This post was updated 9/24/2021 to reflect reader comments. The phrase “greenhouse effect,” often abbreviated as “GHE,” is very ambiguous. It applies to Earth’s surface temperature, and has never been observed [...]
Climate Policy Should Pay More Attention to Climate Economics
By JOHN H. COCHRANE Originally published at National Review Climate policy is ultimately an economic question. How much does climate change hurt? How much do various policy ideas actually help, and what do they cost? You [...]
False and misleading “fact check” about Connolly, et al., 2021
By Andy May Dr. Ronan Connolly and his co-authors respond to obvious false claims, in a supposed “fact check” about their latest paper on how solar variability may be affecting the climate. We applaud Dr. [...]
Countdown to COP26 on the road to failure
By David Wojick It is less than 60 days until COP26 convenes in Glasgow. We can expect a flood of climate horror stories (including flooding). But there will also be some discussion of the actual [...]
There is no climate emergency
A global network of
1977
scientists and professionals has prepared this urgent message. Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific. Scientists should openly address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of their policy measures.