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Under Trump, US to fall short of Paris climate targets: report

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The United States will fail to meet its commitments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris climate treaty, according to a report released Saturday at UN negotiations in Bonn. A crescendo of efforts at the sub-national level to shrink the country’s carbon footprint will not fully compensate for US President Donald Trump’s decision to scrap his predecessor’s climate policies and promote the use of fossil fuels, it found. Continue reading →

Al Gore Outsold On Kindle By An E-Book Debunking ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’

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Former Vice President Al Gore’s new book is lagging in sales, and, in fact, is being outsold on Amazon Kindle by an e-book debunking many of the claims made in “An Inconvenient Sequel.” Climatologist Roy Spencer authored an e-book “An Inconvenient Deception” to critique the “bad science, bad policy and some outright falsehoods” in Gore’s latest… Continue reading →

Harvey blamed on climate change despite hurricane drought

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Before Harvey, it had been a record 12 years since a major hurricane made landfall in the United States, but that hasn’t stopped the climate change movement from blaming the Category 4 storm on global warming. A torrent of claims linking Hurricane Harvey to climate change surfaced after the storm hit Corpus Christi, Texas, late Friday,… Continue reading →

Top climate scientist rebuts Al Gore film as ‘bad science’ while ticket sales plummet

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It was a tough weekend for Al Gore. Not only did “An Inconvenient Sequel” continue its nosedive at the box office, but the climate change documentary also drew a scathing rebuttal from a leading climate scientist. Climatologist Roy W. Spencer, principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, released Saturday an 81-page e-book on… Continue reading →

Video: Former Obama admin official says climate agencies purposely mislead

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A fascinating insider look from a scientist about how our nation’s government agencies spin data to push their agenda.

Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin: “What you saw coming out of the press releases about climate data, climate analysis was, I would say, misleading, sometimes just wrong…”

Former Obama Official Says Bureaucrats Manipulate Climate Stats to Influence Policy

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A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion. Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin told The Wall Street Journal Monday that bureaucrats within former President Barack Obama’s administration spun scientific data to manipulate public opinion. “What you saw coming out of the… Continue reading →

Withdraw From Paris Agreement, Lose Economic Opportunities, Europe Tells US

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European leaders are pursuing a new tack in their bid to dissuade the Trump administration from pulling out of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. Withdraw and miss out on economic and commercial opportunities in clean growth, the Europeans are warning Washington policy makers. In back channel discussions, the Europeans are emphasizing a lower carbon… Continue reading →

Climate Models Are Warming Earth Two Times Faster Than Reality

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Climate models show twice as much warming during the 21st Century than what’s actually been observed, according to a new report highlighting the limitations of global climate models, or GCMs. “So far in the 21st century, the GCMs are warming, on average, about a factor of 2 faster than the observed temperature increase,” Dr. Judith Curry,… Continue reading →

Uncovering the Extent of Global Warming Cheating

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For those who follow the heated squabbling of climate alarmists and skeptics, this has been a bombshell week. John Bates, a recently retired scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has revealed that a 2015 study by the government agency was riddled with bias and questionable methodology. More specifically, NOAA released a study in… Continue reading →