Oct 2009: Losing Their Religion: 2009 officially declared year the media lost their faith in man-made global warming fears

Climate Depot Editorial – Serving as the Media’s Ombudsman

It has finally happened. We have reached the “tipping point.”

2009 can now be officially declared the year the media lost their faith in man-made global warming fears.

Significant organs of the mainstream media are now officially abandoning one-sided man-made global warming fear promotion and alleged claims that the “debate is over.”

The stunning media reversal has accelerated in recent weeks as top UN scientists have raised the specter of continued global cooling. See: UN Fears (More) Global Cooling Commeth! IPCC Scientist Warns UN: We may be about to enter ‘one or even 2 decades during which temps cool’ – Sept. 5, 2009

It appears at long last that media’s faith is waning. Appeals to authority about the alleged global warming “consensus” are now being met with a healthy dose of skepticism by increasing large portions of the mainstream media. Statements like UN IPCC lead author Kevin Trenberth that the UN IPCC “has spoken” no longer have the comforting effect on many key members of the journalistic flock. [Disclaimer: This declaration does not mean the battle to improve the media’s coverage of global warming is over. But it does mean that there have been significant developments in 2009 with the media’s coverage of climate change. Promoters of man-made climate fears will now need a major reformation to win back the faith of key members of the media.]

A steady stream of peer-reviewed studies, a continued lack of global warming, real world data and scientists continuing to dissent, have finally moved major establishment media outlets to report that the debate not only is “not over” but that skeptics may have been correct all along. [Note: Journalists are now sensing what Atmospheric physicist James A. Peden, formerly of the Space Research and Coordination Center in Pittsburgh, warned about in 2008. “Many [scientists] are now searching for a way to back out quietly (from promoting warming fears), without having their professional careers ruined,” Peden said.]

Close followers of climate science development foresaw this collapse of the science is “settled” reporting way back in 2006. Here is a breakdown of how the science of man-made global warming and the alleged “consensus” has fared since 2006.

1) 2006: Year of Vindication for Skeptics: Renowned Scientist Defects From Belief in Global Warming – Caps Year of Vindication for Skeptics

Don’t Miss it! Climate Depot’s Factsheet on 1970s Coming ‘Ice Age’ Claims

Despite many claims to the contrary, the 1970’s global cooling fears were widespread among many scientists and in the media. Despite the fact that there was no UN IPCC organization created to promote global cooling in the 1970s and despite the fact that there was nowhere near the tens of billions of dollars in funding spent today to promote man-made global warming, fears of a coming ice age, showed up in scientific literature, at scientific conferences, voiced by prominent scientists and throughout the media.

Newsweek Magazine even used the climate “tipping point” argument in 1975. Newsweek wrote April 28, 1975 article: “The longer the planners delay, the more difficult will they find it to cope with climatic change once the results become grim reality.”

But on October 24, 2006, Newsweek admitted it erred in predicting a coming ice age in the 1970’s. (NYT: Obama’s global warming promoting science czar Holdren ‘warned of a coming ice age’ in 1971 – September 29, 2009 & also see: NASA warned of human caused coming ‘ice age’ in 1971 – Washington Times – September 19, 2007 and also see: 1975 New York Times: “Scientists Ask Why World Climate is Changing, Major Cooling May Be Ahead”, May 21, 1975 and see: 1974 Time Magazine: “Another Ice Age,” June 24, 1974

A Small Sampling of 1970’s Reports Warning of Global Cooling:

National Academy of Sciences Issued Report Warning of Coming Ice Age in 1975

Excerpt: “A major climatic change would force economic and social adjustments on a worldwide scale,” warns a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, “because the global patterns of food production and population that have evolved are implicitly dependent on the climate of the present century.” – Newsweek – April 28, 1975 “The Cooling World”

NASA warned of human caused coming ‘ice age’ in 1971 – Washington Times – September 19, 2007

Excerpt: “The world “could be as little as 50 or 60 years away from a disastrous new ice age, a leading atmospheric scientist predicts,” read a July 9, 1971 Washington Post article. NASA scientist S.I. Rasool, a colleague of James Hansen, made the predictions. The 1971 article continues: “In the next 50 years” — or by 2021 — fossil-fuel dust injected by man into the atmosphere “could screen out so much sunlight that the average temperature could drop by six degrees,” resulting in a buildup of

Updated: Climate Depot Factsheet on Public Opinion About Global Warming: Americans Growing Increasingly Skeptical

Updated: November 14, 2009

Polling data reveals Americans are growing increasingly skeptical about man-made global warming fears and claims. Voters are rejecting so-called “solutions” like cap-and-trade as well. Below is a small sampling of recent polling data on global warming.

Cheers! Pew Poll: Americans’ belief in global warming cools — ‘Sharp decline over past year’ — Only 36% say warming man-made, down from 47% last year – Oct. 22, 2009 – WSJExcerpt: A new poll out today on Americans’ attitudes about climate change presents sobering findings for those that favor aggressive action to curb U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases. The survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who see solid evidence that global temperatures are rising. According to the survey, conducted between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4 among 1,500 adults reached on cell phones and landlines, fewer respondents also see global warming as a very serious problem; 35% say that today, down from 44% in April 2008. The survey also points to a decline in the proportion of Americans who say global temperatures are rising as a result of human activity. Just 36% say that currently, down from 47% last year. More on Pew Poll: 1) Pew Poll Eye Opener: ‘The small minority that has heard a lot about cap-and-trade opposes carbon emissions limits by two-to-one (64% to 32%).’ – 2) Democrats are abandoning Obama on global warming: Only 50% of Dems think humans responsible for global warming – 3) Pew Poll: Decline in the belief in global warming ‘has been particularly pronounced among independents’; 22% drop in 1 year! – 4) Pew Poll: Even Democrats growing more skeptical; 8% drop in Dems who are convinced of global warming since 2008 – 5) Pew Poll: GOP grows even more skeptical: Only 35% of Republicans see global warming; down 14% since 2008! – 6) Climate Fear Promoters blame growing skepticism on effectiveness of ‘right-wing media personalities’ in ‘distorting science’ – 7) Flashback Sept 2009: Wash. Post Credits Climate Depot For Increasing Public’s Skepticism – 8) AP reporter Cappiello’s laughable claim: Public skepticism growing ‘during a time of mounting scientific evidence of climate change’ – Cites ‘melting ice caps’ ([email protected])At the same time, there has been mounting scientific evidence of climate change — from melting ice caps to the world’s oceans hitting

Greens War on Modern Civilization: ‘Diaperless Babies’ More Earth Friendly? – ‘Reusable toilet wipes’ – ‘Save the Trees, Use More Wood!’

A round of nanny state assaults on American lifestyles:

NYT: No roughing it: Greens target toilet paper manufacturers for making ‘soft and comfortable’ tissue – Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests – February 26, 2009

Bottom reached? ‘Natural living’ advocates unveil ‘reusable toilet wipes’ (Photo) – Australian Herald Sun – By Andrew Bolt – February 27, 2009

American taste for soft toilet roll ‘worse than driving Hummers’ – UK Guardian – February 26, 2009

Diaperless Babies Seen As Earth-Friendly Solution; Critics Deride As ‘Primitive-Worship’ – CNSNews.com – April 22, 2004

More examples of the environmental communities’ nanny state nuttiness and opposition to the creature comforts of modern life:

1) Reusable Toilet Paper? ‘Family Cloth” urged as eco-friendly replacement for toilet paper

2) How to Store Used ‘Family Wipes’

3) How to Wash Soiled ‘Family Wipes’

4) How to Use Cloth Wipes (Family Wipes, Toilet Wipes)

5) The Latest “Green” Craze: Reusable Toilet Paper?!

6) No Joke! Japanese group uses toilet poems to save paper as part of battle against global warming – January 27, 2009 – Eurnews24

7) Ready to Rethink Toilet Paper for Earth Day?

8) Forests Being ‘Slaughtered for Toilet Paper,’ Actress Declares

9) Flashback: NYC Environmentalists Eliminate Toilet Paper in Effort to Save the Planet

10) Introduction of the Flush Toilet Deplored at Earth Summit

11) Dry Toilet Conference Declared a Success by Organizers

12) ‘The yuck factor’ – No-Flush Urinals – ‘Icky, tricky and costly’ – Many say no thanks to no-flush urinals –- McClatchy Newspapers – November 18, 2008

13) Flush Toilets Called “Environmental Disaster”

14) Philadelphia Plumbers Union Pipes Up About Waterless Urinals

15) Trashing the Fridge: Some in green movement regard refrigerators as ‘unacceptable drain on energy’ – NYT – February 5, 2009

16) Video: Extreme Green to bring Edible Diapers? Saturday Night Live Spoof Sketch on ‘Chewable Pampers’

[Climate Depot ReBUTTal: As part of the continuing war on modern society the environmental movement, led by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is trying to wipe away your toilet paper options based on easily flushable science.

As Greenpeace co-founder and Ecologist Dr. Patrick Moore (who left the green movement because it became too radical for him) stated in 2002: Save the Trees, Use More Wood:

Excerpt: Moore explained that advances in forestry techniques have resulted in wood becoming one of the most environmentally friendly products. “We should be growing

Media Charged with Performing ‘Climate Porn’ on Arctic Ice Shipping Claims

The media is once again hyping “unprecedented” claims about the Arctic. The UK Independent paper went absolutely gaga in a silly front page headline about the Arctic which screamed: “A Triumph for Man, A Disaster for Mankind.” The September 12, 2009 article in the paper claimed: “Two ships are finishing the first commercial navigation of the fabled Northwest Passage. It is an epic moment — but also a vivid sign of climate change in the Arctic.”

The dissenting website Climate Resistance mocked the UK Independent article, calling it a “Tipping Point for the Climate Porn Industry.” “Headlines don’t get much more alarmist than this,” Climate Resistance wrote on September 13, 2009.

AP’s Seth Borenstein wrote on September 11, 2009 that the Arctic just saw for “the first time a Western shipping company successfully transit the Northeast Passage.” Borenstein reported “researchers said the ability to navigate the route showed climate change.” Borenstein and co-author Matt Moore quoted Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. Claiming “The Arctic is becoming a blue ocean.” “We are seeing an expression of climate change here,” Serreze added.

Andrew Revkin of the New York Times touted the ships alleged feat as well. “For hundreds of years, mariners have dreamed of an Arctic shortcut that would allow them to speed trade between Asia and the West. Two German ships are poised to complete that transit for the first time, aided by the retreat of Arctic ice that scientists have linked to global warming,” Revkin and NYT co-author Andrew E. Kramer wrote on September 10, 2009.

So is this Arctic trek really the shocking and “unprecedented” feat that the media is claiming?

‘False spin’

The reaction has been swift to point out the sheer desperation of the media’s claims about this Arctic trek.

UN IPCC Atmospheric Scientist Richard Courtney rejected AP’s Seth Borenstein’s “spin.” Borenstein puts a false spin by reporting, ‘It’s certainly part of the overall decline of sea ice that we’ve been seeing.’ Well, No! It is not,” Courtney told Climate Depot.

“The [shipping] transits prove nothing concerning increase or decline of sea ice. In fact the transits have become possible because satellite observation of ice cover has become available in recent years. Indeed, the AP article itself reports: Niels Stolberg, the president of Beluga, which is based in the German city of Bremen, called it the

Not Again! Media Promoting Arctic ‘Hockey Stick’ – Claim Temps Warmest in 2000 Years – But Scientists Already Rebuking Study

The Washington Post is touting a new study purporting to show an Arctic temperature “Hockey Stick.” But the study appears to contradict numerous previous Arctic studies and scientists are already challenging the premise and claims of the new study. The study in under fire for basing key results and conclusions on Penn State Professor Michael Mann’s discredited “Hockey Stick” temperature graph. (Editor’s Note: Mann just recently attempted to invent a hurricane “Hockey Stick” as well. )

The new study claims to show “human-generated greenhouse gas emissions have helped reverse a 2,000-year trend of cooling in the Arctic, prompting warmer average temperatures in the past decade that now rank higher than at any time since 1 B.C.,” according to a September 3, 2009 article by the Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin. The study will appear in the September 3, 2009 online version of the journal Science. The lead author was Northern Arizona University professor Darrell S. Kaufman.

The Washington Post also saw fit to gave prominent play to the environmental group World Wildlife Fund’s new dire Arctic study claiming a scary global warming caused “transformation” of the Arctic. (The study is getting the alarmist media promote. See: USA Today: ‘Arctic temperatures hit 2,000-year high’ – But Andrew Revkin of NYT has much more balanced coverage of the study.) The Post article on the new Arctic “Hockey Stick” completely glossed over years of contrary data and instead mostly gave the authors a scrutiny free ride. (Eilperin also misspelled the name of one scientist she quoted.)

MIT climate scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen told Climate Depot, “This looks like this week’s “Hockey Stick” including many of Mann’s collaborators.” [Editor’s Note: Mann’s has attempted multiple “Hockey Stick” inventions and his newest creation is the Hurricane “Hockey Stick.”.]

‘Closely matches the Mann version’

Climate data analyst Steve McIntyre who publishes Climate Audit and is known for his research discrediting Mann’s original “Hockey Stick” temperature graph, weighed in on the new Arctic study. “Amusingly, the [Arctic study’s lead author] Kaufman Team perpetuates Mann’s upside down use of the Tiljander proxy,” McIntyre wrote on September 3, 2009. “You can readily see that this closely matches the Mann version,” McIntyre noted. “The most cursory examination [of the study] shows the usual problem of seemingly biased picking of proxies without any attempt to reconcile proxy conflicts,” McIntryre wrote.

‘Several things wrong’

Atmospheric Scientist Dr.

Mann at it again! ‘Very erroneous conclusions’- Michael Mann’s newest invention! The Hurricane ‘Hockey Stick!’

The below links and articles are a guide to Professor Michael Mann’s various “Hockey Stick” inventions.

Oh No! Not again! Michael Mann’s new invention! The Hurricane ‘Hockey Stick!’ – August 13, 2009 – Mann claims ‘Atlantic hurricanes developed more frequently during last decade than at any point in at least 1,000 years’

Mann’s new hurricane ‘invention’ ridiculed by Hurricane experts! – August 13, 2009 – Mann arrived at ‘very erroneous conclusions because of using improper data and illogical techniques’

Steve McIntyre tears into study: ‘Check Kiting’: ‘Resulting in a curve that looks pretty much like every other Mannian curve’

Meteorologist rips Mann: ‘Just when you think it couldn’t get any more bizarre in Mann-world’

Meteorologist rips Mann’s Hurricane ‘Hockey Stick’: ‘Just when you think it couldn’t get any more bizarre in Mann-world’

Woods Hole embraces the Medieval Warm Period – contradict Michael ‘Hockey Stick’ Mann’s proxy data – August 27, 2009

Flashback: Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick ‘most discredited study in history of Science’

Flashback 2008: Studies and scientists debunk Mann’s ‘new hockey stick’

Flashback 2008: Oops! Mann incorrectly Cites Mt. Kilimanjaro as evidence of man-made global warming

Mann and Cohorts Revealed! Real Climate Exposed! A Comprehensive Report on the ‘Real’ RealClimate.org

Exposed: Climate Fear Promoters Greatest Fear — A Public Trial of the ‘Evidence’ of Global Warming Fears!

Climate Depot Editorial

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has shocked the global warming debate by its formal call to hold a public global warming trial to decide on the “evidence” that mankind is driving a climate catastrophe. The Chamber seeks to have a complete trial “complete with witnesses, cross-examinations and a judge who would rule, essentially, on whether humans are warming the planet to dangerous effect.” Some are referring to the potential for a global warming trial as the “U.S. Chamber of Commerce wanting to put AGW (anthropogenic global warming) creationism on trial.”

Brenda Ekwurzel of the environmental group Union of Concerned Scientists, is discouraging the idea of a trial. This is the same Ekwurzel who claimed global warming made it “less cool” this summer. See: Climate Fear Promoters Try to Spin Record Cold and Snow: ‘Global warming made it less cool’ – July 27, 2009

More significantly, it is the same Ekwurzel who badly lost a public debate over man-made climate fears in 2007. See: Scientific Smackdown: Skeptics Voted The Clear Winners Against Global Warming Believers in Heated NYC Debate – March 16, 2007 & see: Climate Fear Promoters Avoid Debates and Lose When They Engage in Them)

No wonder the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has called for a full trial on global warming claims. Desperation time has arrived for the promoters of man-made global warming fears, as the science of man-made climate fears continues to collapse. [Update: U.S. Govt Scientist: If climate ‘trial’ occurred ‘only those with religious convictions of warming claims would continue to hold any support for man-made global warming’: ‘Falsehood cannot be sustained indefinitely’ – August 26, 2009]

In 2009, a series of inconvenient developments for the promoters of man-made global warming fears continue unabated.

A small sampling of developments include: new peer-reviewed studies,real world data, a growing chorus of scientists dissenting (including more UN IPCC scientists), open revolts in scientific societies, more evidence that rising CO2 is a boon for the atmosphere, and the Earth’s failure to warm.

In addition, publicopinion continues to turn against climate fear promotion and even activists at green festivals are now expressing doubts over man-made climate fears and a Nobel Prize-winning economist is wishing for ‘tornadoes’ and ‘a lot of horrid things’ to convince Americans of a climate threat.

There has been no significant global warming since 1995,