Study: East Antarctic Ice Sheet has stayed frozen for 14 million years – ‘Did not experience significant melting…when CO2 concentrations rivaled what they are today’

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/East_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet_has_stayed_frozen_for_14_million_years_999.html The work adds new support for the idea that the EAIS did not experience significant melting even during the Pliocene, a period from 3 to 5 million years ago, when carbon dioxide concentrations rivaled what they are today. “The Pliocene is sometimes thought to be an analog to what Earth will be like if […]

World Bank: ‘One in seven people still live without electricity’ – 1.1 billion people

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/one-seven-people-still-live-without-electricity-world-073404900.html India made significant advances, but progress in sub-Saharan Africa was far too slow, said a report tracking the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, launched by the U.N. Secretary-General in 2011. Almost no headway was made in switching people from biomass cooking fuels such as kerosene, wood and dung, the report added. “We are […]

Scientists balk at ‘hottest year’ claims: Ignores Satellites showing 18 Year ‘Pause’ – ‘We are arguing over the significance of hundredths of a degree’ – The ‘Pause’ continues

The global warming establishment and the media are crowing about 2010 being in a tie for the “hottest year” ever. The UK Guardian headline sums up the media’s promotion: UK Guardian: ‘Hottest Year’ Claim: 2014 officially the ‘hottest year’ on record US government scientists say – ‘Nasa and Noaa scientists report 2014 was 0.07F (0.04C) higher than […]

Scientific American: ‘Greens Should Stop Claiming More Warming Means More War’

‘One chapter of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published this year, concludes on the basis of the work of Burke et al. that “the effect of climate change on conflict and insecurity has the potential to become a key risk.” But another chapter, written by different authors, examines a […]