The Great Barrier Reef Is Doing Great; People Should Know

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is, well, great. But the popular media won’t report this good news, so I will.  The GBR is made up of approximately 3,000 reefs covering an area nearly the size of California off Australia’s eastern coast. The condition of its coral is frequently referenced as an indicator of the reef’s

The Great Barrier Reef Is Doing Great; People Should Know Learn More »

Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet Mass: Crisis in the Making, or Example of Uncertainty in Climate Science?

“Much climate reporting today highlights short-term changes when they fit the narrative of a broken climate but then ignores or plays down changes when they don’t, often dismissing them as ‘just weather’,” wrote theoretical physicist Steven Koonin, former Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy in the Obama administration, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed

Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet Mass: Crisis in the Making, or Example of Uncertainty in Climate Science? Learn More »

EU Fossil Follies Star Russia, China in Lead Roles

As I have previously discussed in this column, the European Union, and Germany most particularly, have gotten themselves into a self-inflicted energy shortage disaster in becoming heavily dependent upon Russian natural gas and oil while simultaneously opposing the Putin government’s Ukraine invasion which they have good reason to fear may spread to NATO countries. Germany, a

EU Fossil Follies Star Russia, China in Lead Roles Learn More »

EPA Takes Aim at Permian Basin in Continued War on Fossil Fuels

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced that from now through August 15 it will use infrared cameras mounted on planes to identify large emitters of methane from oil and gas wells in the Permian Basin, an area spanning west Texas and east New Mexico that supplies about 43 percent of the oil produced in

EPA Takes Aim at Permian Basin in Continued War on Fossil Fuels Learn More »

‘Trust Us, We’re Experts’ Has Returned To A World Of Faith-Based Science

We are living in an era steeped in faith-based science. Deep trust in science, as defined by those perceived to be authoritative scientists in very complex scientific areas, has become blatant with the coronavirus crisis. To make sure we stayed healthy in addition to staying alive, we trusted what the scientific experts were telling us

‘Trust Us, We’re Experts’ Has Returned To A World Of Faith-Based Science Learn More »

Are This Summer’s Heat Waves Extraordinary?

Are they driven primarily by global climate change? Want to know whether this summer’s heat waves in the United States are extraordinary—nay, even unprecedented—due to manmade global warming? Where should you go for solid, objective data? Obviously, to the authoritative source, the Environmental Protection Agency. So you go to its page titled “Climate Change Indicators:

Are This Summer’s Heat Waves Extraordinary? Learn More »