By Michael Bastasch Bill Nye the “Science Guy” was paid a handsome speaking fee to tell Rutgers University students to dismiss those who would question the consensus on man-made global warming. Nye, who gave the commencement speech at Rutgers over the weekend, told graduates to “ challenge those who dismiss climate change,” according to NJ.com. Nye also…
By Michael Bastasch Models used to craft climate models are “close to useless” when it comes to crafting policies to combat global warming, according to a recent paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Economist Robert Pindyck writes that integrated assessment models (IAMs) used to craft global warming policy “have flaws that make them close to useless…
By Michael Bastasch Published: May 13, 2015 Here’s some irony. A top environmentalist has labeled President Barack Obama a “climate denier,” not because of his views on global warming, but because the president allowed an oil company to search for Arctic oil. “Climate denier” is usually a label reserved for Republicans who are skeptical of man-made global…
By Michael Bastasch The Obama administration gave Royal Dutch Shell conditional approval Monday to drill for oil in the Arctic sea. The move defies President Barack Obama’s environmentalist supporters, who are opposed to allowing oil companies to tap into polar reserves. Environmentalists have been heavily campaigning against Arctic drilling, but the Department of the Interior has opted…
Cheers To 25 Years Of Predicting The Global Warming Apocalypse By Michael Bastasch For decades now, those concerned about global warming have been predicting the so-called “tipping point” — the point beyond which it’ll be too late to stave off catastrophic global warming. It seems like every year the “tipping point” is close to being…
By Michael Bastasch Published: May 4, 2015 Siv Jensen is seen as an anomaly in Norway. She’s the conservative finance minister of a country committed to fighting global warming, but she does not believe mankind is causing global temperatures to rise. In a recent interview, Jensen said “no” when asked if she believed mankind was causing…
By Geoffrey Ingersoll The “Gore effect” has struck again, this time forcing thousands of Canadian eco-activists to march through the snow over the weekend, rallying against global warming on a cold Quebec City day. The Globe and Mail reports the “Act On Climate Change” march included “representatives from First Nations, environmental activists and political groups”…
Arctic ‘Carbon Bomb’ Theory Falls Flat By Michael Bastasch A new study debunks the theory that melting permafrost in the Arctic region will release a “carbon bomb” that will cause catastrophic global warming. “The data from our team’s syntheses don’t support the permafrost carbon bomb view,” A. David McGuire, a climate scientist with the U.S….
By Josh Fatzick Published: April 7, 2015 A global warming public opinion study released Monday shows Washington, D.C. residents worry more about global warming than anyone else in the U.S., though they don’t think it will harm them personally. According to the study conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change, 74 percent of D.C….
By Michael Bastasch United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres said humanity “really should make every effort” to reduce global population trends to protect the environment and fight global warming in an interview with Climate One. The U.N. predicts the global population will number 9 billion people by 2050 — a number that makes many environmentalists…