Encountered the claims by climate-alarmist scientists that the incoming Trump Administration will destroy climate data? Here’s a sober assessment of such, by Judith Curry. If I were among climate alarmists, I might be frightened by the prospect of the Administration’s preserving ALL the data, AND all the homogenizations of it, AND all the computer code […]
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Physicist and Cornwall Alliance friend John Droz, Jr., reveals a fascinating story of how the Obama Administration and North Carolina politicians sold out national security for the chance to look Green. The Obama-directed military and North Carolina regulators, aided by the governor and attorney general, approved an extensive industrial wind facility located where it would
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Most people don’t know what it means, and most of those who know what it means have little or no idea how it’s calculated, but the “social cost of carbon” may be one of the most important concepts—and numbers—in the climate-and-energy-policy debate, and particularly in American regulatory activity. The Obama Administration’s inflated estimate of the
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Few people have even the slightest notion how difficult it is to come up with even moderately plausible estimates of global temperature. Every measuring system has its strengths and weaknesses. Those handling them have their abilities and disabilities, their biases and blind spots. And a great deal of what goes on is politically driven to
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New guidelines for spiritual formation for future Roman Catholic priests call for them to “have a good grasp of the global climate problem” and share it with their congregations, according to Catholic Online. Those behind the guidelines insist that they’re not politically motivated. Rather, they insist that all the politics is on the other side, with
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Vibrant Christian faith is alive and well in the United Kingdom, as Cornwall Alliance’s Dr. E. Calvin Beisner experienced when he spoke on climate change, energy policy, and Christian faith last night (December 14) at Watchorn Methodist Church in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. Dr. Beisner was the guest of Answers in Genesis–UK, which hosted the event
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For almost thirty years, I have taught climate science at three different universities. What I have observed is that students are increasingly being fed climate change advocacy as a surrogate for becoming climate science literate. This makes them easy targets for the climate alarmism that pervades America today. Earth’s climate probably is the most complicated
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Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is an evangelical scientist who desires the wellbeing of human society. She crunches data and helps people quantify the impacts of climate change. Sadly, her communication to the church has been anything but helpful. Dr. Hayhoe says, “The data tells us the planet is warming; the science is clear that humans are
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Reuters reports, “Pope Francis urged national leaders on Monday to implement global environmental agreements without delay, a message that looked to be squarely aimed at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. “Addressing a group of scientists that included theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, the pope gave his strongest speech on the environment since the election of Trump, who
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In “Meteorologist Tells Christians: Climate Change Is Real,” Opposing Views columnist Michael Allen misrepresents The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, of which I’m founder and national spokesman. He writes that we have “encouraged evangelical leaders to deny man-made climate change” and co-sponsored a “climate change denial conference.” On the contrary, our “Open Letter
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