The Week That Was: 2014-06-21 (June 21, 2014) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project

Quote of the Week: What you suggest may be all very well in practice, but it will never work in theory. Apocryphal French philosopher. [H/t Tom Quirk] Number of the Week: 72 Times THIS WEEK:

By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)

EPA Rules: On June 2, the US Environmental Protection Agency (CO2) released a long-anticipated set of rules for controlling carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants. Already, the EPA has rules on the CO2 emissions from new power plants the effectively prohibit the construction of coal-fired plants, even the new highly efficient clean-coal ultra-critical plants.

The EPA and the Department of Energy state that these plants can be built using existing carbon capture and storage, yet the agencies cannot identify an existing plant, to together with costs to meet the legal requirement that required facilities must be commercially available.

The stated purpose of the new rules is a reduction of CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030, based on 2005 levels. From 2005 to 2012, US CO2 emissions went down from 5,999 million metric tons to 5,290 million metric tons, or about 12%. Thus another 18% reduction is necessary. The prior reduction is due to a poor economy, environmental groups bitterly fighting new-coal fired plants, and the unexpected boom in natural gas production, with accompanying reduction in prices making natural gas very competitive with coal. The shale-gas revolution occurred without support from the Administration.

The EPA rules require states to develop plans for reducing CO2 emissions, thus the impacts of the rules are different by state. In general, those states that have already adapted plans to reduce CO2 emissions benefit under the EPA rules, those that do not suffer more.

The EPA statement was accompanied by a “fact-sheet” a standard in unsubstantiated low costs and highly questionable health benefits. “But the EPA adds that the regulations will generate more than $90 billion in climate and health benefits compared to $7.3 billion to $8.8 billion in costs. Under the first year alone, the EPA states the rule will avoid up to 150,000 asthma attacks and 2,100 heart attacks.” The EPA has failed to establish any solid evidence of a link between asthma and CO2. Instead, it claims benefits from reductions in soot, sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide, which are regulated under different rules.

Another too typical statement was: “EPA chief Gina McCarthy framed the rules as having the potential to dramatically improve public health, saying that for every dollar the government invests in the new climate initiative, families will see $7 in health benefits.” The government is not investing in the new climate initiative, it is requiring the public to pay for more expensive electricity. Many in Washington apparently consider their actions are actions of the general public.

Among the more unusual quotes came from climate experts who claimed that proposed rules will create jobs and benefit the economy. Many of these climate experts cannot create models that are successful in forecasting future temperatures, yet they feel qualified in forecasting the economy.

Using a standard, publically available climate model, Chip Knappenberger and Patrick Michaels estimated that the new rules will reduce future rise in temperatures by about 0.02°C. It appears that the benefits of these rules are as imaginary as the jobs created when government regulations increase electricity prices. The model uses an estimate that a doubling of CO2 will increase temperatures by 3°C, which is significantly above what many empirical studies indicate.

The rules have a 120 day comment period, then the EPA will review the comments and issue final rules scheduled for June 30, 2015. Then will come the legal challenges. There are a number legal issues among them are challenges to the new power-plant rule. If the rules for new power-plants are overturned, the EPA has no grounds for existing power-plant rules. Another major issue is inappropriate application of the Clean Air Act, particularly for requiring regional plans.

According to a database created by the European Commission and Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency in 2012, CO2 emissions by China were 9,860 million metric tons and the US were 5,190 million metric tons or 53% of China’s (note there are discrepancies among databases). Given that China has shown no interest in curtailing CO2 emissions that will be damaging to the economy and that the next largest producer, India, has brought action against Greenpeace for disrupting its energy security, it is doubtful that this Administration can persuade these countries to follow its CO2 regulations.

Then why is the EPA so engaged in actions that have no clear benefit, but can have significant costs, particularly on lower income groups? Perhaps a pattern of action can be seen in banning of DDT by William Ruckelshaus, using the unsubstantiated claim DDT may cause cancer. By the early 1950s, it was established that the most effective, low-cost way of controlling malaria in tropical countries was indoor spraying with DDT several times a year. By the 1970s, partially thanks to DDT, malaria was no longer a problem in the US. EPA banning DDT gave environmental groups an opening for trying to ban it world-wide, regardless of the cost. Tens of millions died and hundreds of millions suffered from reoccurrences from preventable malaria outbreaks. Neither the EPA nor the environmental groups that support it have shown any remorse for the consequences of this exercise of power. See links under Article # 4, Questioning the Orthodoxy, EPA Rules, Litigation Issues, http://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/carbon/, and http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php?v=CO2ts1990-2012

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9th International Conference on Climate Change

July 7 – 9 — Las Vegas, Nevada

Includes the Findings of the New Report by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) Climate Change Reconsidered II

http://climateconference.heartland.org/

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SEPP’S APRIL FOOLS AWARD

THE JACKSON

The nominations and voting has ended. The results will be announced at the conference of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness in July.

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Challenging the Orthodoxy – The Reports: On May 29, ecologist Daniel Botkin submitted devastating comments to the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Science, Space, and Technology cover both the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR-5) and the US National Climate Assessment. Some of the many important points he brings out are:

“My biggest concern is that both the reports present a number of speculative, and sometimes incomplete, conclusions embedded in language that gives them more scientific heft than they deserve. The reports are “scientific-sounding” rather than based on clearly settled facts or admitting their lack. Established facts about the global environment exist less often in science than laymen usually think.” The good science is overwhelmed by these speculative conclusions.

“The reports suffer from the use term “climate change” with two meanings: natural and human-induced. These are both given as definitions in the IPCC report and are not distinguished in the text and therefore confuse a reader. (The Climate Change Assessment uses the term throughout including its title, but never defines it.) There are places in the reports where only the second meaning—human induced—makes sense, so that meaning has to be assumed. There are other places where either meaning could be applied.”

“Some of the reports’ conclusions are the opposite of those given in articles cited in defense of those conclusions.”

“The report for policy makers on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability repeats the assertion of previous IPCC reports that “large fraction of species” face “increase extinction risks” (p15). Overwhelming evidence contradicts this assertion.”

“THE REPORT GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT LIVING THINGS ARE FRAGILE AND RIGID [caps in the report], unable to deal with change. The opposite is to case. Life is persistent, adaptable, adjustable.”

“The extreme overemphasis on human-induced global warming has taken our attention away from many environmental issues that used to be front and center but have been pretty much ignored in the 21st century.”

Among his comments on what is wrong and how to fix it include:

“Rather than focus on key, specific and tractable aspects of climate-change science, the long-term approach throughout the 20th century was to try to create de nova a complete model of the climate.”

“This approach has been taken despite a lack of focus on monitoring key variables over time in statistically and scientifically valid ways, e.g. carbon sequestering by forests; polar bear population counts.”

“The attempt to create complete models of every aspect of climate has meant that many factors had to be guessed at, rather than using the best scientific methods. Too many guesses, too little checking against real, observed effects.”

“Return to the former reliance on science done by individuals and small groups with a common specific interest and focus.”

The entire testimony is worthy consideration. See links under Challenging the Orthodoxy.

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Abrupt Climate Change: On Climate Etc., Judith Curry has a post discussing the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles of abrupt climate change. These cycles provide the foundation for the book by Fred Singer and Dennis Avery, “Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years.” Needless to say these important cycles are largely ignored by the IPCC and the US National Assessment. Until we can address such natural cycles, we cannot understand the human influence on climate. See link under Seeking a Common Ground.

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Mr. Mann and the Climate Denial Machine: Mr. Mann is back claiming that his hockey-stick is correct, dangerous human-caused (anthropogenic) global warming (AGW) is occurring, etc. The reports of no warming are a cover-up by the privately funded Climate Denial Machine (CDM). In Fiscal Year 2013, the US government spent $22.5 Billion on global warming/climate change. Yet, it is still unable to produce a climate model that makes reliable forecasts or a scientifically viable report. In private enterprise, such activity would leads to bankruptcy. If global warming research is an indication, government funding of such activity leads to bankruptcy of ideas. See links under Oh Mann!

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Number of the Week: 72 times. According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2014, at the end of 1993 the proved reserves of natural gas in the US stood at 4.6 Trillion cubic meters. At the end of 2013 the proved reserves of natural gas in the US stood at 330 Trillion cubic meters, 72 times the amount calculated in 1993. During the same period, world proved reserves increased 56 times. So much for the 1970s claim that the world would run out of oil and the US would run out of natural gas by the end of the 20th century. Price, but mostly changing technology made the difference. The change in “proven reserves’ should be a warming to the followers of the Club of Rome, and others, who use state-of-the-art computer models to make long-term forecasts, without fully understanding the assumptions. See page 20: http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/Energy-economics/statistical-review-2014/BP-statistical-review-of-world-energy-2014-full-report.pdf

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ARTICLES:

For the numbered articles below, please see this week’s TWTW at: www.sepp.org. The articles are at the end of the pdf.

1. The National Climate Assessment (NCA) Doubles Down on Doom

By S. Fred Singer, American Thinker, Jun 3, 2014

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/06/the_national_climate_assessment_nca_doubles_down_on_doom.html

2. Are We Underestimating America’s Fracking Boom?

Check Out Sasol’s Energy Complex in Lake Charles, La.

By Dennis Berman, WSJ, May 27, 2014

http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-541821/

3. Canadian Government Approves Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline

Project to Transport Oil-Sands Output From Alberta to Pacific Coast

By Paul Viera and Chester Dawson, WSJ, Jun 17, 2014

http://online.wsj.com/articles/canada-government-approves-enbridges-northern-gateway-pipeline-1403041104

4. Utilities Size Up Emission Cap for Power Plants

Coal Producers Find Relief in Certain Elements of the EPA’s Plan

By Amy Harder and Cassandra Sweet, WSJ, Jun 2, 2014

http://online.wsj.com/articles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-limits-likely-to-drive-up-electricity-prices-1401715727?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj

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NEWS YOU CAN USE:

Science: Is the Sun Rising?

Chinese study ‘implies that the “modern maximum” of solar activity agrees well with the recent global warming’

By Anthony Watts, WUWT, Jun 5, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/05/chinese-study-implies-that-the-modern-maximum-of-solar-activity-agrees-well-with-the-recent-global-warming/

Link to article: Periodicities of solar activity and the surface temperature variation of the Earth and their correlations (abstract in English).

By Zhao and Feng, Chinese Science Bulletin, Vol 59, Issue 14

http://csb.scichina.com:8080/kxtb/CN/abstract/abstract514043.shtml

Commentary: Is the Sun Rising?

Is It the Sun Stupid?

By David Whitehouse, GWPF, Jun 11, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/is-it-the-sun-stupid/

Suppressing Scientific Inquiry

Caleb S. Rossiter Fallout: Academics Worldwide Condemn “Dark Age” Intellect Of Institute For Policy Studies

By P Gosselin, No Tricks Zone, Jun 15, 2014

http://notrickszone.com/2014/06/15/caleb-s-rossiter-fallout-academics-worldwide-condemn-dark-age-intellect-of-institute-for-policy-studies/

Exclusive: Prof Fired for Calling Global Warming ‘Unproved Science’ Stands Firm

By Dominic Lynch, The College Fix, Jun 18, 2014 [H/t Bishop Hill]

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/18034/

Global Warming Witch Hunt Continues With Caleb Rossiter

Editorial, IBD, Jun 16, 2014

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/061614-704895-caleb-rossiter-fired-for-climate-views.htm?p=full

AGU: Enforcing the consensus

By Michael Asten, Climate Etc. Jun 3, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/03/agu-enforcing-the-consensus/

Challenging the Orthodoxy

In House testimony, Botkin dismantles the IPCC 2014 report

By Anthony Watts, WUWT, May 31, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/05/31/in-house-testimony-botkin-dismantles-the-ipcc-2014-report/

Link to testimony: written Testimony to the House Subcommittee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 29, 2014

By Daniel Botkin,

http://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/HHRG-113-SY-WState-DBotkin-20140529.pdf

Geologist: “IPCC Confuses Prognoses With Facts” 15-Year Climate Development “No Longer Agrees With IPCC Models”

By P Gosselin, No Tricks Zone, Jun 19, 2014

http://notrickszone.com/2014/06/19/geologist-ipcc-confuses-prognoses-with-facts-15-year-climate-development-no-longer-agrees-with-ipcc-models/

Giant Of Geology/Glaciology Christian Schlüchter Refutes CO2…Feature Interview Throws Climate Science Into Disarray

By P Gosselin, No Tricks Zone, Jun 9, 2014

http://notrickszone.com/2014/06/09/giant-of-geologyglaciology-christian-schluechter-refutes-co2-feature-interview-throws-climate-science-into-disarray/

Scientist Reveals Inconvenient Truth to Alarmists

By Larry Bell, Newsmax, Jun 17, 2014

http://www.newsmax.com/LarryBell/warming-global-climate/2014/06/17/id/577481/

Defending the Orthodoxy

New EPA Rules Make Global Warming Real For Everyone

By Eugene Robinson, IBD, Jun 4, 2014

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-on-the-left/060414-703405-eugene-robinson-epas-new-co2-limits-will-spark-a-non-carbon-industrial-revolution.htm?p=full

Nearing a Climate Legacy

Editorial, NYT, Jun 2, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/opinion/nearing-a-climate-legacy.html?emc=edit_th_20140603&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=16167125&_r=0

[SEPP Comment: Building unneeded, unreliable, and redundant means of electricity generation is the path to prosperity?]

Questioning the Orthodoxy

Now That Natural Gas Is Working, Methane Is Being Called More Damaging Than CO2

By Hank Campbell, Science 2.0, Jun 5, 2014

http://www.science20.com/science_20/now_that_natural_gas_is_working_methane_is_being_called_more_damaging_than_co2-136356

[SEPP Comment: CH4 absorbs more IR radiation than CO2 on a per molecule basis, but not in the real world]

Ontario, Canada: A Mirror of America’s Economic Future Mortgaged To Falsified Climate Science

By Tim Ball, WUWT, Jun 3, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/03/ontario-canada-a-mirror-of-americas-economic-future-mortgaged-to-falsified-climate-science/

On the AR4′s projected 0.2C/decade temperature increase

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc., Jun 15, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/15/on-the-ar4s-projected-2cdecade-temperature-increase/

[SEPP Comment: Comparing past IPCC reports and the value of projections contained in them.]

Brookings: Public Concern over Climate Still Bottom of the List

By Roy Spencer, His Blog, Jun 11, 2014

http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/06/brookings-public-concern-over-climate-still-bottom-of-the-list/

Generally speaking, the public has lost faith in scientists whose profession requires them to sound the alarm over climate disruption. Most Americans understand that forecasts of gloom and doom as predicted by “scientific experts” are not as reliable as predictions of, say, this afternoon’s weather…. In fact they have a history of almost zero reliability.

Obama’s New Powerplant CO2 Rules: Guaranteed to Succeed (Retroactively)

By Roy Spencer, His Blog, Jun 2, 2014

http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/06/obamas-new-powerplant-co2-rules-guaranteed-to-succeed-retroactively/

Ten years down the road, “global warming” will turn out to be (surprise!) much weaker than predicted. Since we know the climate models that predicted much greater warming can’t be wrong, it must be those new EPA regulations back in 2014 that solved the problem!

Opinion: Global Warming Claims Are Primarily And Deliberately A Product Of Bureaucratic Political Activity

By Tim Ball, WUWT, Jun 8, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/08/opinion-global-warming-claims-are-primarily-and-deliberately-a-product-of-bureaucratic-political-activity/

Scientists say IPCC puts politics before science, needs reform

By Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller, May 29, 2014

http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/29/scientists-say-ipcc-puts-politics-before-science-needs-reform/

Richard Tol: Examining The IPCC Process For The Fifth Assessment Report

By Richard Tol, Committee on Science, Space and Technology, US House of Representatives, May 29, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/richard-tol-examining-the-ipcc-process-for-the-fifth-assessment-report/

Link to full statement: Testimony by Dr Richard S.J. Tol

http://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/HHRG-113-SY-WState-RTol-20140529_0.pdf

The Myth of the Climate Change ‘97%’

What is the origin of the false belief—constantly repeated—that almost all scientists agree about global warming?

By Joseph Bast and Roy Spencer, WSU, May 26, 2014

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj

BUSTED: Tol takes on Cook’s ’97% consensus’ claim with a re-analysis, showing the claim is ‘unfounded’

By Anthony Watts, WUWT, Jun 4, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/04/tol-takes-on-cooks-97-consensus-claim-with-a-re-analysis-showing-the-claim-is-unfounded/

How Environmental Regulations Hurt the Economy in One Graph

By Sierra Rayne, American Thinker, Jun 6, 2014

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/06/how_environmental_regulations_hurt_the_economy_in_one_graph.html

How climate change policies are hurting the world’s poor

By Guy Bentley, City A.M., Jun 6, 2014

http://www.cityam.com/blog/1402069088/how-climate-change-policies-are-hurting-worlds-poor

Link to report: Climate Policy and the Poor

By Anthony Kelly, GWPF, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2014/06/Tony-Kelly.pdf

John Holdren’s ‘personal’ Bi-Polar Vortex video

By Sam Kazman, WUWT, Jun 11, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/11/john-holdrens-bi-polar-vortex/

Short-Circuiting Peer Review in Climate Science

By Peter Wood and Rachelle DeJong, National Association of Scholars, Jun 6, 2014 [H/t WUWT]

http://www.nas.org/articles/short_circuiting_peer_review_in_climate_science

The artist as climate model expert

By Charles Battig, WUWT, Jun 3, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/03/the-artist-as-climate-model-expert/

EPA Rules

EPA unveils landmark climate rule

By Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill, Jun 2, 2014

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207880-epa-calls-for-30-percent-carbon-cut-in-obamas-climate-rule

Links to EPA “fact-sheets”;

http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/regulatory-actions

EPA’s New Proposed Regulations to Restrict Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Based Electric Generation

By Alan Carlin, Carlin Economics and Science, Jun 2, 2014

http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/1638

0.02°C Temperature Rise Averted: The Vital Number Missing from the EPA’s “By the Numbers” Fact Sheet

Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels, CATO, Jun 11, 2014

http://www.cato.org/blog/002degc-temperature-rise-averted-vital-number-missing-epas-numbers-fact-sheet

How Can EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ Deliver $Billions in Climate Benefits If It Has No Detectable Impact on Global Temperatures, Sea-Level Rise, or Other Climate Indicators?

By Marlo Lewis, Global Warming.org, Jun 12, 2014

http://www.globalwarming.org/2014/06/12/how-can-epas-clean-power-plan-deliver-billions-in-climate-benefits-if-it-has-no-detectable-impact-on-global-temperatures-sea-level-rise-or-other-climate-indicators/

The Camel’s Nose

By Donn Dears, Power For USA, Jun 20, 2014

https://dddusmma.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/the-camels-nose/

Obama’s Plan To Make the Poor Even Poorer

By Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Real Clear Markets, May 27, 2014

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2014/05/27/obamas_plan_to_make_the_poor_even_poorer_101080.html

Op-Ed Obama and the EPA: It’s about rewarding friends and punishing enemies

By Benjamin Zycher, L.A. Times, Jun 9, 2014

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-zycher-epa-global-warming-20140610-story.html

EPA’s carbon planning emulates communism

By Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame, Jun 2, 2014

http://motls.blogspot.com/2014/06/epas-carbon-planning-emulates-communism.html#more

New Congress Must Rein In Runaway EPA

By Larry Bell, Newsmax, Jun 2, 2014

http://www.newsmax.com/LarryBell/Congress-EPA-CO2-climate/2014/06/02/id/574587/

An Inside Look at Greenhouse Gas Regulation

By Catrina Rorke, Sam Batkins, American Action Forum, Jun 4, 2014

http://americanactionforum.org/insights/an-inside-look-at-greenhouse-gas-regulation

Beware of False Prophets

By Charles Battig, American Thinker, Jun 9, 2014

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/06/beware_of_false_prophets.html

Obama Pushes Carbon Cap-and-Trade Through EPA

By Larry Bell, Newsmax, Jun 9, 2014

http://www.newsmax.com/LarryBell/Obama-Carbon-Cap-and-Trade-EPA/2014/06/09/id/575880/

Carbon Rules Proposed for Existing Power Plants

By Sonal Patel, Power News, Jun 2, 2014

http://www.powermag.com/carbon-rules-proposed-for-existing-power-plants/?hq_e=el&hq_m=2893825&hq_l=9&hq_v=5e660500d0

Curbing Carbon Vs. Rationalizing Recklessness

By Steve Chapman, Townhall, Jun 5, 2014

http://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2014/06/05/curbing-carbon-vs-rationalizing-recklessness-n1847735

Obama Plan Will Have Miniscule Global Impact…Der Spiegel: CO2 Will Keep Rising 1.1% Annually For Next 20 Years!

By P Gosselin, No Tricks Zone, Jun 2, 2014

http://notrickszone.com/2014/06/02/obama-plan-will-have-miniscule-global-impact-der-spiegel-co2-will-keep-rising-1-1-annually-for-next-20-years/

Editorial: Obama’s carbon rules will choke economy

Energy prices will rise as large, coal-fired power plants are taken off line without a credible plan to replace them

Editorial, Detroit News, Jun 3, 2014

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140603/OPINION01/306030001/0/OPINION01/Editorial-Obama-s-carbon-rules-will-choke-economy

EPA’s next wave of job-killing CO2 regulations

By David Rothbard and Craig Rucker, WUWT, Jun 5, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/05/epas-next-wave-of-job-killing-co2-regulations/

Do Climate Scientists Approve? Who Cares?

By Donna Laframboise, NFC, Jun 4, 2014

http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2014/06/04/do-climate-scientists-approve-who-cares/

EPA plans cuts, but coal still in mix

By Ken Ward Jr., Gazette-Mail, (West Virginia) Jun 2, 2014

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140602/GZ01/140609905/1419

EPA chief: Climate rule is about leadership

By Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill, Jun 16, 2014

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/209487-epa-chief-climate-rule-is-about-leadership

“We are dealing with the most difficult, contentious, public health challenge of our time,” McCarthy added.

EPA’s Carbon Pollution Guidelines Incite Heated Reaction

By Aaron Larson, Power News, Jun 2, 2014

http://www.powermag.com/epas-carbon-pollution-guidelines-incite-heated-reaction/?hq_e=el&hq_m=2893825&hq_l=14&hq_v=5e660500d0

Global Warming Threat? Now It’s Asthma

White House playing heartstrings to impose onerous regulation of carbon dioxide

By Jerome Corsi, WND, Jun 10, 2014

http://mobile.wnd.com/2014/06/global-warming-threat-now-its-asthma/#ElzC9yuKydxsqepk.99

New White House CO2 Regs Will Kill Jobs, Shrink Growth

Editorial, IBD, Jun 2, 2014

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/060214-703052-epa-regulations-on-carbon-dioxide-are-an-economy-killer.htm?p=full

Obama climate rule promises early health benefits

By Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, Jun 3, 2014 [H/t Cork Hayden]

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-03/news/ct-co2-health-impacts-20140603_1_coal-plants-carbon-dioxide-carbon-emissions

Obama Talks Climate Change While Iraq Implodes

By Alan Caruba, Warning Signs, Jun 17, 2014

http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/2014/06/obama-talks-climate-change-while-iraq.html

Problems in the Orthodoxy

U.N. climate talks fracture over future of carbon markets

By Ben Garside, Reuters, Jun 15, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/15/us-un-carbon-idUSKBN0EQ1BR20140615

Seeking a Common Ground

What is skepticism, anyway?

By Judith Curry, Jun 5, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/05/what-is-skepticism-anyway/

Can we trust climate models?

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 20, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/20/can-we-trust-climate-models/#more-15975

[SEPP Comment: In pointing out deficiencies in the presentation, Curry asks valuable questions such as how fit are the models for their purpose, and are there alternative climate model structural forms?]

‘Global warming’ versus ‘climate change’

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 1, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/01/global-warming-versus-climate-change/

[SEPP Comment: Curry’s points out how political language twists scientific meaning.]

What is the measure of scientific ‘success’?

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 16, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/16/what-is-the-measure-of-scientific-success/

How ‘extreme’ can it get?

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 10, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/10/how-extreme-can-it-get/

Public perception of climate change

By Martin Livermore, Scientific Alliance, Jun 20, 2014

http://scientific-alliance.org/scientific-alliance-newsletter/public-perception-climate-change

U.S. House Hearing on the IPCC Process

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. May 29, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/05/29/u-s-house-hearing-on-the-ipcc-process/

The President says there is no debate. Actually the debate has only just begun. When assessing climate change, we need to make sure that findings are driven by science, not an alarmist, partisan agenda. – Committee Chairman Lamar Smith

Senate Hearing – Climate Change: The Need to Act Now

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 18, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/18/senate-hearing-climate-change-the-need-to-act-now/

Steve Burnett’s “Hard vs. the Soft Sciences” Essay; An Ongoing Debate Central To Climate. –

By Tim Ball, A Different Perspective, May 27, 2014

http://drtimball.com/2014/steve-burnetts-hard-vs-the-soft-sciences-essay-an-ongoing-debate-central-to-climate/

Review of Recent Scientific Articles by NIPCC

For a full list of articles see www.NIPCCreport.org

The Medieval Warm Period on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Reference: Datsenko, N.M., Ivashchenko, N.N., Qin, C., Liu, J., Sonechkin, D.M. and Yang, B. 2014. A comparison between medieval and current climate warming using the Przewalskii’s juniper tree-ring data. Russian Meteorology and Hydrology 39: 17-21.

http://nipccreport.org/articles/2014/jun/3jun2014a3.html

In light of their findings, the Chinese/Russian research team states in their paper’s concluding sentence that in regard to what they discovered, “it follows that the statement of the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change about the unprecedented nature of the current warming is unjustified.”

Twenty-five Climate Models Can’t All Be Wrong … Or Can They? (

Reference: Maloney, E.D., Camargo, S.J., Chang, E., Colle, B., Fu, R., Geil, K.L., Hu, Q., Jiang, X., Johnson, N., Karnauskas, K.B., Kinter, J., Kirtman, B., Kumar, S., Langenbrunner, B., Lombardo, K., Long, L.N., Mariotti, A., Meyerson, J.E., Mo, K.C., Neelin, J.D., Pan, Z., Seager, R., Serra, Y., Seth, A., Sheffield, J., Stroeve, J., Thibeault, J., Xie, S.-P., Wang, C., Wyman, B. and Zhao, M. 2014. North American climate in CMIP5 experiments: Part III: Assessment of Twenty-First-Century Projections. Journal of Climate 27: 2230-2270.

http://nipccreport.org/articles/2014/jun/11jun2014a2.html

Perhaps most important of all, however, is the 31 researchers’ conclusion that “even areas of substantial agreement among models may not imply more confidence that projections are correct, as common errors or deficiencies in model parameterizations may provide false confidence in the robustness of future projections.”

[SEPP Comment: Seven examples of global models making inconsistent regional projections.]

Simulations of ENSO by CMIP5 Climate Models

Reference: Michael, J.-P., Misra, V. and Chassignet, E.P. 2013. The El Niño and Southern Oscillation in the historical centennial integrations of the new generation of climate models. Regional Environmental Change 13: S121-S130.

http://nipccreport.org/articles/2014/jun/17jun2014a2.html

[SEPP Comment: Unable to replicate the El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO)]

Evolution or Phenotypic Plasticity: How to Survive Climate Change

Reference: Merila, J. and Hendry, A.P. 2014. Climate change, adaptation, and phenotypic plasticity: the problem and the evidence. Evolutionary Applications 7: 1-14.

http://nipccreport.org/articles/2014/jun/17jun2014a3.html

Models v. Observations

Asymmetric responses of Arctic and Antarctic

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 9, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/09/asymmetric-responses-of-arctic-and-antarctic/

How forecasting has changed

By Joe D’Aleo, ICECAP Jun 21, 2014

http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Weather_Whys_v3.pdf

The temperature forecasting track record of the IPCC

By Euan Mearns, WUWT, Jun 12, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/12/the-temperature-forecasting-track-record-of-the-ipcc/

Models Issues

Junk Science Week: The global warming hiatus? Climate models all wrongly predicted warming, so let’s call it a discrepancy

By Ross McKitrick, Financial Post, Jun 16, 2014

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/06/16/the-global-warming-hiatus/

There are important policy implications of this situation [of the significant and increasing divergence between model projections and observations.] Benefits and costs of climate policy are analyzed using so-called Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), which build simplified representations of climate processes into dynamic economic models. The problem is that IAMs are calibrated to mimic climate models, not reality. To the extent climate models overstate the effects of CO2, so do IAMs, thereby yielding exaggerated estimates of the social cost of carbon emissions and overly stringent policy prescriptions.

Measurement Issues

Standard Deviation, The Overlooked But Essential Climate Statistic

By Tim Ball, WUWT, Jun 15, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/15/standard-deviation-the-overlooked-but-essential-climate-statistic/

USHCN Data Tampering – Much Worse Than It Seems

By Steven Goddard, Real Science, Jun 3, 2014 [H/t John Droz]

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/ushcn-data-tampering-much-worse-than-it-seems/

Monitoring climate change from space

By Staff Writers, Paris (ESA) ,Jun 16, 2014

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Monitoring_climate_change_from_space_999.html

Changing Weather

Real scientist politely challenges Climate Central bogus ‘science’ report on the World Cup

By Joseph D’Aleo, ICECAP, Jun 17, 2014

http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/real_scientist_politely_challenges_climate_central_bogus_science_report_on_/

British boffin tells Obama’s science advisor: You’re wrong on climate change

Cold US winters to be more frequent? NO, SILLY

By Lewis Page, The Register, Jun 16, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/16/brit_boffin_to_obama_science_advisor_you_are_wrong_on_climate_change/Link to paper: Arctic amplification decreases temperature variance in northern mid- to high-latitudes\

By James Screen, Nature Climate Change, Jun 15, 2014

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2268.html

The US Hurricane Drought in USA Today

By Roger Pielke Jr, His Blog, Jun 9, 2014

http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-us-hurricane-drought-in-usa-today.html

Changing Climate

Explaining(?) abrupt climate change

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 4, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/04/explaining-abrupt-climate-change/

Identifying opposite patterns of climate change between the middle latitude areas

By Staff Writers, EurekAlter, Jun 19, 2014 [H/t WUWT]

http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2014/06/identifying-opposite-patterns-climate-change-between-middle-latitude-areas

‘Climate Disruption’ of the past seen in mummy DNA

By Anthony Watts, WUWT, Jun 18, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/18/climate-disruption-of-the-past-seen-in-mummy-dna/

Changing Cryosphere – Land / Sea Ice

Antarctic Sea Ice Continues To Blow Away Records

By Paul Homewood, Not A Lot Of People Know That, Jun 4, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/antarctic-sea-ice-grows-to-new-record/

Antarctic Temperature Trends

By Paul Homewood, Not A Lot Of People Know That, May 24, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2014/05/24/antarctic-temperature-trends-2/

[SEPP Comment: No trend.]

Researchers find major West Antarctic glacier melting from geothermal sources

By Staff Writers, phys.org, Jun 9, 2014 [H/t Clyde Spencer]

http://phys.org/news/2014-06-major-west-antarctic-glacier-geothermal.html

Link to paper: “Evidence for elevated and spatially variable geothermal flux beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,”

By Dustin M. Schroeder, et. al., PNAS, Jun 9, 2014

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/06/04/1405184111.abstract

Abram et al 2014 and the Southern Annular Mode

By Steve McIntyre, Climate Audit, Jun 15, 2014

http://climateaudit.org/2014/06/15/abram-et-al-2014-and-the-southern-annual-mode/

A reconstruction using the methods of Abram et al 2014, especially accumulating the previous screening of Neukom et al 2011, is completely worthless for estimating prior Southern Annular Mode. This is different from being “WRONG!”, the adjective that is too quickly invoked in some skeptic commentary.

Study: Greenland’s July 2012 ‘insta-melt’ was triggered by a combination of warm weather and carbon soot

By Anthony Watts, WUWT, Jun 5, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/06/study-greenlands-july-2012-insta-melt-was-triggered-by-a-combination-of-warm-weather-and-carbon-soot/

Agriculture Issues & Fear of Famine

Carbon dioxide won’t cause famines

By Dennis Avery, WUWT, Jun 2, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/02/carbon-dioxide-wont-cause-famines/

Link to article: Lessons From the Little Ice Age

By Goeffrey Parker, NYT, Mar 22, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/opinion/sunday/lessons-from-the-little-ice-age.html?_r=0

Loblolly Pines Defy the Progressive Nitrogen Limitation Hypothesis

By Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Jun 18, 2014 [H/t SPPI]

http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/loblolly_pines.pdf

Un-Science or Non-Science?

Junk Science Week: IPCC commissioned models to see if global warming would reach dangerous levels this century. Consensus is ‘no’

Even if you pile crazy assumption upon crazy assumption, you cannot even manage to make climate change cause minor damage

By Matt Ridley, Financial Post, Jun 19, 2014

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/06/19/ipcc-climate-change-warming/

[SEPP Comment: Contrary to the author’s statement, there is not a scientific consensus that a more than 2 deg C warming will be dangerous. It is fabricated by politicians.]

Lowering Standards

Short-Circuiting Peer Review in Climate Science

By Peter Wood and Rachelle DeJong, NAS, Jun 6, 2014 (H/t WUWT)

http://www.nas.org/articles/short_circuiting_peer_review_in_climate_science

Link to report: Why Should Congress Continue to Fund the U.S. Global Change Research Program (“USGCRP”) and Federal Agency Climate Science-related Research Producing HISAs Not Peer Reviewed in Conformance With U.S. Law (The Information Quality Act)?

By Staff Writers, ITSSD, Jun 3, 2014

http://nebula.wsimg.com/0baa4f08132c24c2fc9cd650501bbc66?AccessKeyId=39A2DC689E4CA87C906D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

Communicating Better to the Public – Exaggerate, or be Vague?

Ignoring Statistical Significance to Promote Climate Alarmism

By Sierra Rayne, American Thinker, Jun 7, 2014

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/06/ignoring_statistical_significance_to_promote_climate_alarmism.html

IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group says its global population estimate was “a qualified guess”

By Susan Crockford, Polar Bear Science, May 30, 2014

http://polarbearscience.com/2014/05/30/iucn-polar-bear-specialist-group-says-its-global-population-estimate-was-a-qualified-guess/

Manufacturing uncertainty: how US newspapers have dialled [sec] up the language of doubt on climate change

By Ros Donald, The Carbon Brief, Jun 16, 2014

http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/06/manufacturing-uncertainty-how-us-newspapers-have-dialled-up-the-language-of-doubt-on-climate-change?utm_source=Weekly+Carbon+Briefing&utm_campaign=dc21d54500-Carbon_Brief_Weekly_18_7_137_18_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3ff5ea836a-dc21d54500-215218249

Link to paper: How Grammatical Choice Shapes Media Representations of Climate (Un)certainty

By Bailey, Gianola & Boykoff, Environmental Communication, May 8, 2014

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17524032.2014.906481#.U6MzCPldV-4

[SEPP Comment: Ignores the central issue: human influence on global warming!]

Communicating Better to the Public – Make things up.

Obama: Carbon emissions rule will spur economic growth

By Zack Colman, Washington Examiner, Jun 2, 2014

http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-carbon-emissions-rule-will-spur-economic-growth/article/2549202?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Politics%20Today&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20Politics%20Today%20-%2006/03/14&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Washington+Examiner+-+Politics+Today+Reoccurring

$260 / ton for carbon – the price of salvation

By Eric Worrall, WUWT, Jun 16, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/16/260-ton-for-carbon-the-price-of-salvation/

Climate Change Induced Corn-mageddon?

By Sierra Rayne, American Thinker, Jun 14, 2014

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/06/climate_change_induced_cornmageddon.html

Coal consumption highest since 1970

By Brooks Hays, Washington (UPI), Jun 16, 2013

http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Coal_consumption_highest_since_1970_999.html

[SEPP Comment: Highest ratio since 1970. Highest total consumption ever! Actual consumption is up 2.2 times from 1980 to 2011 http://www.indexmundi.com/energy.aspx?product=coal&graph=consumption. ]

Communicating Better to the Public – Go Personal.

The Bengtsson Affair and the Global Warming Policy Foundation

By David Henderson, GWPF, May 30, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/the-bengtsson-affair-and-the-global-warming-policy-foundation/

Adjusted into dementia

By John Brignell, Number Watch, May 29, 2014

http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/2014_may.htm#dementia

[SEPP Comment: Do cynics (and global warming skeptics) suffer from dementia?]

Obama Compares Skepticism Towards Climate Change To Believing Moon Made Of Cheese

By Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, Jun 14, 2014 [H/t Timothy Wise]

http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/14/obama-compares-skepticism-towards-climate-change-to-believing-moon-made-of-cheese/

Obama’s commencement speech and the illusion of science literacy

By Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame, Jun 17, 2014

http://motls.blogspot.com/2014/06/obamas-commencement-speech-and-illusion.html#more

The Rage of the Climate Central Planners

By Jeffrey Tucker, Beautiful Anarchy, Jun 19, 2014 [H/t Jo Nova]

http://tucker.liberty.me/2014/06/19/the-rage-of-the-climate-central-planners/

[SEPP Comment: Challenging Paul Krugman’s statement: “Read or watch any extended debate over climate policy and you’ll be struck by the venom, the sheer rage, of the denialists.”]

Watchdog rebuffed on EPA data turns to NSA

Files lawsuit over secondary email

By Stephan Dinan and Jim McElhatton, Washington Times, Jun 9, 2014

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/9/watchdog-rebuffed-on-epa-data-turns-to-nsa/?

Expanding the Orthodoxy

World Bank on Understanding Climate Uncertainty

By Judith Curry, Climate Etc. Jun 6, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/06/world-bank-on-understanding-climate-uncertainty/

Link to report: Agreeing on robust decisions : new processes for decision making under deep uncertainty

By Khalra et al., World Bank, Jun 1, 2014

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19616379/agreeing-robust-decisions-new-processes-decision-making-under-deep-uncertainty

Pentagon wrestles with bogus climate warnings as funds shifted to green agenda

By Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times, Jun 1, 2014

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/1/pentagon-wrestles-with-false-climate-predictions-a/

Retired officers poised to profit after Pentagon’s alarmist climate change report

Urgent Obama call can funnel funds to projects

By Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times, May 26, 2014

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/26/sponsors-of-pentagons-alarm-raising-climate-study-/

Questioning European Green

Energy death wish: Europe opts for helplessness

By Arthur Herman, New York Post, May 26, 2014

http://nypost.com/2014/05/26/energy-death-wish-europe-opts-for-helplessness/

Green Jobs

Germany’s Green Jobs Miracle Collapses

By Daniel Wetzel, Die Welt, Trans. Philip Mueller, GWPF, May 28, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/germanys-green-jobs-miracle-collapses/

Non-Green Jobs

Fracking raises worker salaries and cuts costs for states: Examiner Editorial

By Editors, Washington Examiner, Jun 16, 2014

http://washingtonexaminer.com/examiner-editorial-fracking-raises-worker-salaries-and-cut-costs-for-states/article/2549729?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest%20-%2006/17/14&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Washington+Examiner+-+Opinion+Digest+Reoccurring

Link to study: Study: The Unconventional Energy Revolution: Estimated Energy Savings for Public School Districts and State and Local Governments

By Richard Fullenbaum, et al. HIS, for API, Jun 5, 2014

http://www.api.org/~/media/Files/Policy/Hydraulic_Fracturing/IHS-Govt-and-School-Savings-June2014.pdf

Oil industry launches new recruiting campaign

By Timothy Cama, The Hill, Jun 12, 2014

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/209168-oil-industry-launches-new-recruiting-campaign

Funding Issues

G-7 Nations Vow to Produce Climate Pledges by March

By Dean Scott, Bloomberg, Jun 6, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-06/g-7-nations-vow-to-produce-climate-pledges-by-march.html

Free money! All you have to do is to be a ‘climate victim’

Billionaire Tom Steyer creates fund for Climate Victims

By Eric Warrall, WUWT, Jun 7, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/07/free-money-all-you-have-to-do-is-to-be-a-climate-victim/

Link to article: California Billionaire Promises To Help Victims Of Global Warming

By Staff Writer, AP, Jun 6, 2014

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/06/06/california-billionaire-promises-to-help-victims-of-global-warming/

Litigation Issues

Five Legal Obstacles to the EPA’s Power Plant Rules

By Ben Adler, Frontiers of Freedom, Jun 18, 2014

http://www.ff.org/five-legal-obstacles-to-the-epas-power-plant-rules/#more-12270

Weakest link in EPA’s climate rule?

By Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill, Jun 8, 2014

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/208563-key-concession-in-climate-rule-could-be-its-curse

EPA should withdraw climate rules or face lawsuit, says W.Va. AG

By Timothy Cama, The Hill, Jun 9, 2014

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/208652-w-va-to-epa-withdraw-climate-rule-or-face-lawsuit

Cap-and-Trade and Carbon Taxes

Energy-Economy Decoupling and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Sierra Rayne, American Thinker, Jun 17, 2014

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/06/energyeconomy_decoupling_and_the_regional_greenhouse_gas_initiative.html

New Study: Carbon Tax “creates jobs, grows the economy, saves lives, and makes Americans richer”

By Lowkell, Blue Virginia, Jun 9, 2014 [H/t Timothy Wise]

http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/11684/new-study-carbon-tax-creates-jobs-grows-the-economy-saves-lives-and-makes-americans-richer

Link to study: The Economic, Climate, Fixcal, Power, and Demographic Impact of a National Fee-and-Dividend Carbon Tax.

By Scott Nystrom, REMI and Patrick Luckow, Synapse, Jun 9, 2014

http://citizensclimatelobby.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/REMI-carbon-tax-report-62141.pdf

Watchdog rebuffed on EPA data turns to NSA

Files lawsuit over secondary email

By Stephan Dinan and Jim McElhatton, Washington Times, Jun 9, 2014

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/9/watchdog-rebuffed-on-epa-data-turns-to-nsa/?

Subsidies and Mandates Forever

Wind’s PTC: The Opposition Mounts (117 groups and counting)

By Robert Bradley Jr., Master Resource, Jun 11, 2014

http://www.masterresource.org/2014/06/winds-ptc-the-opposition-mounts-117-groups-and-counting/

Spain Caps Earnings From Renewables in Subsidy Overhaul

By Marc Roca, Bloomberg, Jun 6, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-06/spain-caps-earnings-from-renewables-in-subsidy-overhaul.html

Italy’s proposed retroactive FiT cuts ‘illegitimate’

By John Parnell, PVTech, Jun 19, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://www.pv-tech.org/news/italys_proposed_retroactive_fit_cuts_illegitimate

Wind farm expansion will see more factories paid to switch off

National Grid says that paying businesses to cut their energy usage will become increasingly common to help deal with times when power supplies are short because the wind isn’t blowing

By Emily Gosden, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10890695/Wind-farm-expansion-will-see-more-factories-paid-to-switch-off.html

EPA and other Regulators on the March

Fighting Executive Fiat on Climate

By Paul Driessen, Master Resource, Jun 17, 2014

http://www.masterresource.org/2014/06/fighting-executive-fiat-on-climate/#more-30983

Energy Issues – Non-US

Treading Water

By Roger Pielke Jr, His Blog, Jun 16, 2014

http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/treading-water.html

[SEPP Comment: The proportion of global energy consumption coming from carbon-free sources remains at about 13% for two decades. According to Pielke, stabilizing atmospheric CO2 requires 90% of energy from carbon-free sources.]

China – the coal monster

By Euan Mearns, Energy Matters, Jun 10, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://euanmearns.com/china-the-coal-monster/

Chinese Government Settles Pielke vs. Krugman

By Roger Pielke Jr. His Blog, Jun 13, 2014

http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2014/06/chinese-government-settles-pielke-vs.html

Clueless Krugman

By Roger Pielke Jr. His Blog, Jun 5, 2014

http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2014/06/clueless-krugman.html?showComment=1402097065002#c986777327754076034

[SEPP Comment: See post immediately above.]

EU Energy Markets In Crisis

By Paul Homewood, Not a Lot Of People Know That, Jun 5, 2014

http://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/eu-energy-markets-in-crisis/

Energy market ‘does not value low carbon’

By Staff Writers, WNN, Jun 11, 2014

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/EE-Energy-market-does-not-value-low-carbon-1106142.html

France unveils ambitious energy bill for greener nation

By Staff Writers, Paris (AFP), June 18, 2014

http://www.solardaily.com/reports/France_unveils_ambitious_energy_bill_for_greener_nation_999.html

Renewable Energy Poses [Energy] Security Risk, New Paper Warns

Press Release, GWPF, Jun 2, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/renewable-energy-poses-security-risk-new-paper-warns/

Link to paper: UK Energy Security: Myth and Reality

By Philipp Mueller, GWPF, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2014/06/Energy-Security.pdf

Rising German Coal Use Imperils European Emissions Deal

By Mathew Carr, Bloomberg, Jun 20, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/rising-german-coal-use-imperils-european-emissions-deal.html

Interconnecting confusion

By Andrew Montford, Bishop Hill

http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2014/6/12/interconnecting-confusion.html

Link to report: Getting Interconnected How can interconnectors compete to help lower bills and cut carbon?

By Simon Moore, Policy Exchange, 2014

http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/getting%20interconnected.pdf

[SEPP Comment: The perfect scheme – if government-enforced subsidies or guarantees are high enough.]

Energy Issues — US

Energy in the Executive

By Jim Manzi, National Review, Jun 4, 2014

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/379563/energy-executive-jim-manzi

Fracking: A Safe and Efficient Path to Energy Independence

By Staff Writers, ACHS, Jun 13, 2014

http://acsh.org/2014/06/fracking-safe-efficient-path-energy-independence/

Link to report: Fracking and Health: Facts vs. fiction

By William Kucewiez, ACSH, 2014

http://www.scribd.com/doc/229234922/Fracking-and-Health-facts-vs-fiction

Environmental groups have lost the war against fracking

By Steve Goreman, Communities Digital News, Jun 11, 2014

http://www.commdiginews.com/health-science/environmental-groups-have-lost-the-war-against-fracking-19301/

Fracking Is Why Greenhouse Gases Have Plunged

Editorial, IBD, Jun 10, 2014

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/061014-704148-new-york-times-misses-big-story-of-fracking-revolution-cutting-co2.htm?p=full

EPA regulations create corporate winners and losers

By Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner, May 31, 2014

http://washingtonexaminer.com/epa-regulations-create-corporate-winners-and-losers/article/2549146?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest%20-%2006/02/14&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Washington+Examiner+-+Opinion+Digest+Reoccurring

Washington’s Control of Energy

What Obama could learn from Germany’s failed experiment with green energy

By Sen. Dan Coats, Fox News, Jun 5, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/05/what-obama-could-learn-from-germany-failed-experiment-with-green-energy/

War On People

By Donn Dears, Power For USA, Jun 17, 2014

https://dddusmma.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/war-on-people/

Coal-fired power plants will have to close as the result of the EPA’s proposal to cut CO2 emissions 30% by 2030. And, as a result of EPA regulations. It will be impossible to build modern, ultra-supercritical, clean-coal, coal-fired power plants.

Federal Delays On Drilling Permits Put Boom Towns On Hold

By Robert Bradley, Jr. IBD, Jun 9, 2014

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/060914-704032-obama-administration-policies-block-energy-development-on-federal-land.htm?p=full

Interior takes step toward oil, gas leases

By Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill, Jun 13, 2014

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/209311-interior-takes-step-toward-new-oil-and-gas-leases

Oil and Natural Gas – the Future or the Past?

Unconventional oil revolution to spread beyond North America by end of decade

IEA 5-year oil market outlook also sees global demand growth losing momentum

By Staff Writers, IEA, Jun 17, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/pressreleases/2014/june/name-104999-en.html

Link to Summary of Medium-Term Oil Market Report, 2014

By Staff Writes, EIA, 2014

http://www.iea.org/Textbase/npsum/MTOMR2014sum.pdf

Return of King Coal?

Coal’s Share of World Energy Demand at Highest Since 1970

By Nidaa Bakhsh, Bloomberg, Jun 16, 2014 [H/t John Droz]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-16/coal-s-share-of-world-energy-consumption-at-highest-since-1970.html

Link to report: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2014

By Staff Writers, BP

http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/Energy-economics/statistical-review-2014/BP-statistical-review-of-world-energy-2014-full-report.pdf

[SEPP Comment: Highest ratio since 1970. Highest total consumption ever! Up 2.2 times from 1980 to 2011 http://www.indexmundi.com/energy.aspx?product=coal&graph=consumption. ]

New Indian Government to Speed Up Coal Development

By Staff Writer, GWPF, Jun 13, 2014

http://www.thegwpf.org/new-indian-government-to-speed-up-coal-development/

Clean(?) Coal

By Rud Istvan, Climate Etc. Jun 11, 2014

http://judithcurry.com/2014/06/11/clean-coal-2/

[SEPP Comment: The emissions from coal plants can be cleaned by first cleaning the coal then cleaning the emissions with scrubbers.]

German state allows Vattenfall to expand brown coal mining

By Madeline Chambers, Reuters, Jun 3, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/03/germany-coal-idUKL6N0OK2AD20140603

Oil Spills, Gas Leaks & Consequences

New report blames blowout preventer for Gulf oil spill disaster

By Timothy Cama, The Hill, Jun 5, 2014

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/208404-new-report-blames-blowout-preventer-for-deepwater-horizon-disaster

Link to report: CSB Board Approves Final Report Finding Deepwater Horizon Blowout Preventer Failed Due to Unrecognized Pipe Buckling Phenomenon During Emergency Well-Control Efforts on April 20, 2010, Leading to Environmental Disaster in Gulf of Mexico

By Staff Writers, U.S. Chemical Safety Board, Jun 5, 2014

http://www.csb.gov/csb-board-approves-final-report-finding-deepwater-horizon-blowout-preventer-failed-due-to-unrecognized-pipe-buckling-phenomenon-during-emergency-well-control-efforts-on-april-20-2010-leading-to-environmental-disaster-in-gulf-of-mexico/

Nuclear Energy and Fears

Alternative Energy No Substitute For Clean Nuclear

By Mark Perry, IBD, Jun 9, 2014

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-brain-trust/060914-703954-mark-perry-nuclear-power-is-cleaner-than-the-green-alternatives.htm?p=full

Alternative, Green (“Clean”) Solar and Wind

Wind and solar are worst

By Andrew Montford, Bishop Hill, Jun 19, 2014

http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2014/6/19/wind-and-solar-are-worst.html

Link to paper: The Net Benefits of Low and No-Carbon Electricity Technologies

By Charles Frank, Brookings, May 2014

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Papers/2014/05/19%20low%20carbon%20future%20wind%20solar%20power%20frank/Net%20Benefits%20Final.pdf

Blinded By The Sun: How Much Do Solar Panels Really Cost?

By William Pentland, Forbes, May 26, 2014

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2014/05/26/blinded-by-the-sun-how-much-do-solar-panels-really-cost/

“Green” Computing Can’t Power the Cloud

By Robert Bryce, Manhattan Institute, May 22, 2014

http://economics21.org/commentary/%E2%80%9Cgreen%E2%80%9D-computing-can%E2%80%99t-power-cloud

Alternative, Green (“Clean”) Energy — Other

A world turning against biofuels

By Dennis Avery, Center for Global Food Issues, May 31, 2014

http://www.cgfi.org/2014/05/a-world-turning-against-biofuels-by-dennis-t-avery/

EU agrees plan to cap use of food-based biofuels

By Staff Writers, Luxembourg (AFP), June 13, 2014

http://www.biofueldaily.com/reports/EU_agrees_plan_to_cap_use_of_food-based_biofuels_999.html

Europe faces green-power curbs after expansion

By Rachel Morison, Bloomberg, Jun 7, 2014

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/features/global-eye/33404-europe-faces-green-power-curbs-after-expansion

There Is One Problem With Harnessing Britain’s Tides

Editorial, The Economist, Jun 14, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://www.businessinsider.com/there-is-one-problem-with-harnessing-britains-tides-2014-6

[SEPP Comment: High costs.]

Alternative, Green (“Clean”) Vehicles

London’s Dirty Secret: Pollution Worse Than Beijing’s

By Alex Morales, Bloomberg, May 27, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-27/london-s-dirty-secret-pollutes-like-beijing-airpocalyse.html

[SEPP Comment: For nitrogen dioxide.]

Energy, and Climate

Which is responsible for more U.S. deaths — Excessive Heat or Excessive Cold?

By Indur Goklany, WUWT, Jun 2, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/02/which-is-responsible-for-more-u-s-deaths-excessive-heat-or-excessive-cold/

Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Adaptation

By Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels, CATO, Jun 20, 2014

http://www.cato.org/blog/climate-change-heat-waves-adaptation

The Environment of Poverty

By Bjørn Lomborg, Project Syndicate, Jun 17, 2014

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bj-rn-lomborg-deplores-the-ineffectiveness-of-environmental-aid-to-developing-countries

Why does the [Western] world consciously choose to help so ineffectively? Could it be that environmental aid is not primarily about helping the world, but about making us feel better about ourselves?

UHI and heat related mortality

By Anthony Watts, WUWT, Jun 2, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/02/uhi-and-heat-releated-mortality/

Oh Mann!

Interests, Ideology And the Climate Denial Machine

By Michael Mann, Huff Post, Jun 9, 2014 [H/t Bishop Hill]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-e-mann/interests-ideology-and-th_b_5474549.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

A Brief Retrospective on the Hockey Stick

By Ross McKitrick, Univ. of Guelph, May 23, 2014

http://www.rossmckitrick.com/uploads/4/8/0/8/4808045/hockey-stick-retrospective.pdf

6 Things Michael Mann Wants You to Know About the Science of Climate Change

By Joshua Holland, EcoWatch, Jun 13, 2014 [H/t Myron Ebell]

http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/13/6-things-michael-mann-know-science-climate-change/

Michael Mann’s six new lies

By Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame, Jun 13, 2014

http://motls.blogspot.com/2014/06/michael-manns-six-new-lies.html#more

[SEPP Comment: See link immediately above.]

Freedom From Information Act (FFIA)

By Charles Battig, WUWT, May 28, 2014

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/05/28/freedom-from-information-act-ffia/

Environmental Industry

Which Study Has The Right Conclusion On Obama Climate Rule?

Editorial, IBD, May 28, 2014

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/052814-702512-will-obama-climate-rule-kill-or-create-jobs-hurt-or-help-economy.htm?p=full

Greenpeace is anti-farmer; Govt ignored SM contract

By Ray S. Eñano, Manila Standard, Jun 19, 2014 [H/t GWPF]

http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/06/19/greenpeace-is-anti-farmer-govt-ignored-sm-contract/

IB report to PMO: Greenpeace is a threat to national economic security

By Priyadarshi Siddhanta and Amitav Ranjan, The Indian Express, Jun 11, 2014

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ib-report-to-pmo-greenpeace-is-a-threat-to-national-economic-security/

Greenpeace funds hit Home barrier

By Varghese K. George, The Hindu, Jun 19, 2014 [H/t WUWT]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/greenpeace-funds-hit-home-barrier/article6127476.ece

Other Scientific News

NIH Presses Journals to Focus on Reproducibility of Studies

By Paul Basken, Chronicle of Higher Education, Jun 6, 2014 [H/t Stan Young]

http://chronicle.com/article/NIH-Presses-Journals-to-Focus/146951/?cid=at

Are Medical Articles True on Health, Disease?

Sadly, Not as Often as You Might Think

By S. Stanley Young, Henry Miller, GEN, May 1, 2014

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/are-medical-articles-true-on-health-disease/5203/

Margaret Thatcher was wrong about one thing: science doesn’t need Nobel prizes to thrive

Britain led the world through the Industrial Revolution with minimal state funding for scientific enterprise

By Terence Kealey, The Telegraph, Jun 18, 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/thatcher-conference-liberty/10909494/Margaret-Thatcher-was-wrong-about-one-thing-science-doesnt-need-Nobel-prizes-to-thrive.html

Other News that May Be of Interest

The Grim Prospect Of Life Without Antibiotics

By David Longtin and Henry I. Miller, Forbes, Jun 4, 2014

http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2014/06/04/3278/

The Unsustainability of Organic Farming

By Henry Miller and Richard Cornett, Project Syndicate, Jun 13, 2014

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/henry-i–miller-and-richard-cornett-argue-that-conventional-agriculture-s-higher-yields-reduce-pressure-on-natural-resources

When is GM not GM?

By Martian Livermore, Scientific Alliance, May 30, 2014

http://scientific-alliance.org/scientific-alliance-newsletter/when-gm-not-gm

[SEPP Comment: Exploring new techniques in changing DNA of food and obstacles these face.]

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BELOW THE BOTTOM LINE:

Oceans worth up to $222 bln annually in CO2 capture

By Staff Writers, AAFP, Jun 4, 2014

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Oceans_worth_up_to_222_bln_annually_in_CO2_capture_999.html

New IPCC Head Kim Jong-un to Punish Bad Climate Forecasts

By Roy Spencer, His Blog, Jun 12, 2014

http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/06/new-ipcc-head-kim-jung-un-to-punish-bad-climate-forecasts/

[SEPP Comment: A bit of humor.]

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