By Michael Bastasch In a rather testy exchange during a House hearing, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher tore into Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy for not knowing what percentage of the atmosphere was made up of carbon dioxide. “What percentage of the atmosphere is CO2?” the California Republican asked during a Thursday hearing. “I don’t have that calculation for you, sir,” McCarthy…
By Michael Bastasch Two recent reports warned that global warming threatens polar bear populations across the world, but the warnings in those reports obscure today’s reality about polar bears — they are doing just fine, according to experts. “They appear to be as abundant and as productive as ever, in most populations,” Dr. Mitchell Taylor, a polar…
By: Laura Meyers Don’t fall for the trickery within the crystal ball. Here are some examples of fraudulent psychics that got busted for telling faulty fortunes. 1. Haunted Chocolate Factory Set Up A British television show tested the abilities of three psychics, inviting them to an abandoned chocolate factory to try to summon the spirit of…
By Michael Bastasch Scientists may have lied about the EPA’s involvement in a recent study put out earlier this year claiming Obama administration regulations on carbon dioxide emissions will save thousands of lives every year. Emails obtained by the blog JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy show Harvard University and Syracuse University researchers involved in the study consulted with the EPA…
By Michael Bastasch Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study Thursday claiming there’s no hiatus in global warming. But new satellite-derived temperature measurements show there’s been no global warming for 18 years and six months. “For 222 months, since December 1996, there has been no global warming at all,” writes climate expert Lord…
By Michael Bastasch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists have found a solution to the 15-year “pause” in global warming: They “adjusted” the hiatus in warming out of the temperature record. New climate data by NOAA scientists doubles the warming trend since the late 1990s by adjusting pre-hiatus temperatures downward and inflating temperatures in more recent…
by Mytheos Holt It is fashionable among some conservative circles these days to scoff at the transition of former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner into being a woman named Caitlyn Jenner. And more than scoff. Witness Federalist writer Nicole Russell’s more-than-a-little upset piece decrying Jenner as lying “outside the law” because he “willingly and purposely def[ies]…
You Should Check Out Voice & Exit Conference in Austin: Here’s 7 Reasons Why By Avens O’Brien This June 20th & 21st, a large community of innovative, creative individuals will be gathering in Austin, Texas to attend the Voice & Exit festival. Here’s seven reasons you should get your ticket, book your flight and “Exit”…
This Circumcision Debate Should Be About The Question: What Is In Chase’s Best Interest? by Avens O’Brien Last week pictures began to flood Facebook News Feeds and elsewhere, a crying mother signing a “consent” form for her 4.5 year old son to be circumcised. The image was certainly disturbing — a woman, clearly distraught, signing a…
By Michael Bastasch Weather agencies in Australia, Paraguay and Switzerland may be manipulating temperature data to create a sharper warming trend than is present in the raw data — a practice that has come under scrutiny in recent months. Most recently, Dr. H. Sterling Burnett with the Heartland Institute detailed how the Swiss Meteorological Service adjusted its…