Video Massachusetts Climate Official: “People on Fixed Income … We Have to Break Your Will”
Massachusetts undersecretary of Climate Change David Ismay has resigned, after a video (see below) emerged of him explaining his intention to break the will of ordinary consumers, to make them stop emitting CO2.…
With Prices Rising, Is the Chinese Aussie Coal Embargo About to Crack?
As Chinese producers beg their government for relief, China has offered for “humanitarian” reasons to allow Australian coal ships to offload in Chinese ports.…
Urban Heat Island Effects on U.S. Temperature Trends, 1973-2020: USHCN vs. Hourly Weather Stations
I argue that, based upon the importance of quality temperature trend calculations to national energy policy, a new dataset not dependent upon the USHCN Tmax/Tmin observations is required.…
Rapid ice retreat during last deglaciation parallels current melt rates
UIT THE ARCTIC UNIVERSITY OF NORWAY Research News 10,000 km2 of ice disappeared in a blink of an eye from an ice sheet in the Storfjorden Through offshore Svalbard, a……
Polar bear sea ice habitat highs and lows in early February
Sea ice across the Arctic in the first week of February is a mix of highs and lows. Bering Sea is back up to almost normal coverage, as is the Barents Sea. However, ice coverage on the East Coast of Canada is the lowest its been in four decades. This is not yet a worry for polar bears because harp seals don’t pup until mid-March in this region so there is at least four weeks of potential ice growth that can happen before the seals are forced to pup on much reduced ice – where polar bears are sure to find them.…
FP: China’s Belt and Road is a “Silk Road with Green Energy”
Foreign Policy Magazine fantasising about China rolling out a green energy revolution via its Belt and Road initiative, like it is already happening.…