December 26, 2000
Global warming scientists keep on turning out computer-generated climate models that purport to "prove" that global warming is real and is caused by the burning of fossil fuels, even though politicians and environmental activists keep telling us the science is settled.
December 15, 2000
Dr. Lindzen discussed the "real greenhouse effect." According to him, the explanation as presented to the public of what constitutes the greenhouse effect is misleading.
December 9, 2000
In the August issue of Scientific American, Paul Reiter replies to Paul Epstein's claim that global warming was to blame for several diseases ranging from malaria to West Nile virus to hantavirus.
November 10, 2000
Is global warming occurring? Are humans causing it? If so, is it harmful? What economic impact will policies to stop it have?
October 31, 2000
James Hansen, of NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies, recently published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which argued that CO2 may not have contributed as much to global warming as previously thought.
October 21, 2000
George W. Bushs comprehensive energy plan proposes a mandatory cap on emissions of CO2 for the nations electric utilities. In the October 11 presidential debate, he emphasized his support for the policy.
October 21, 2000
Early this year the National Research Council released a report that argued that there was still a major discrepancy between the satellite- and surface-based temperature data but that both datasets were essentially correct. This presented a major challenge for computer models, according to the study, since they predict a substantial warming in the atmospheric layer measured by satellites while the data show almost no warming.
October 10, 2000
Four members of the Cooler Heads Coalition, three members of Congress, and one individual filed suit in federal court on October 3 to have the National Assessment on Climate Change declared as unlawfully produced.
October 10, 2000
More evidence has come in showing that cold weather is deadlier than hot weather. A new study in the British Medical Journal (September 16, 2000) analyzed temperature-related mortality statistics in Europe to determine the effects of changing temperatures on mortality rates.
October 10, 2000
Consultants hired by CARB have determined that electric vehicles will cost about $20,000 more than comparably-sized gas-powered vehicles. The limited driving range of electric vehicles is also a major drawback to most motorists, noted the consultants.
September 21, 2000
The successes in ENSO forecasting have been overstated (sometimes drastically) and misapplied in other arenas. There should be even "less confidence in anthropogenic global warming studies because of the lack of skill in predicting El Nio."
September 13, 2000
The New York Times on August 29 retracted its ridiculous front-page story of August 19 that the North Pole was melting.
August 22, 2000
Hansen and his four NASA co-authors estimate that most of the global warming observed in recent decades has been caused, not by carbon dioxide emissions, but by increasing levels of other greenhouse gases.
August 8, 2000
New research has shown that sea level has fallen by about 2.5 inches in the last 2 or 3 years, an apparently dramatic reversal from the 1.5 inch per year rise experienced throughout the earlier 1990s.
July 26, 2000
A study in Science has prompted the press to run wild with lurid stories of melting glaciers and rising sea levels. If any of the reporters had taken the time to read the actual study, they would have learned that it is a non-story.
July 13, 2000
A new study conducted by BioResource Consultants for the National Energy Lab has found that certain types of wind turbines kill birds at a rate five times higher than previously estimated.
June 30, 2000
The National Assessment on Climate Change, recently released for public comment, has come under fire for its alarmist tone and political bent.
June 3, 2000
A dozen climate experts briefed a large audience in the U. S. Capitol on May 30 on flaws and problems in the IPCCs Third Assessment Report.
May 16, 2000
The hurricane activity of the next 20 years should resemble the period that began in the late 1920s and lasted through the 1940s. The increase is due to higher salinity content in the Atlantic Ocean, which alters its currents and increases average ocean temperatures, fueling more storms.
April 30, 2000
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is close to releasing its next report on global warming, and contributors have already begun bickering over what the weighty text (1,000+ pages) does and doesnt say.
