Pray for People in Hurricane Florence’s Path—But Don’t Fall Prey to Alarmist Rhetoric

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We should all be praying for those in the path of Hurricane Florence, regardless whether she turns out catastrophic or only (as hurricanes go) a relatively minor problem, and those in her path should be taking all sensible steps to shield themselves from harm, while others prepare to help quickly in the aftermath. At the […]

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Dr. Roy Spencer Receives Frederick Seitz Memorial Award

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Cornwall Alliance Senior Fellow Dr. Roy W. Spencer received the Frederick Seitz Memorial Award, in recognition of his work, with colleague Dr. John Christy, on satellite monitoring of global temperature, and “the exceptional courage [he] has shown in the quest for knowledge and the great contribution he has made to science,” Tuesday, August 7. The Science

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History 1, Hansen 0

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In 1988, James Hansen confidently predicted that the world would be about 1 degree Celsius warmer today than it was then. Actually, he offered three scenarios: A, “business as usual,” with rapidly rising carbon dioxide emissions, which would bring that 1 degree; B, “most plausible,” with emissions remaining constant at 1988 levels, which would make

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Take Secret Science Out of the EPA: An Open Letter in Support of Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science

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Click here to sign the Open Letter. The federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” banning the agency’s use of “secret science” in formulating regulations, should be adopted. It is badly needed to assure American taxpayers that the EPA is truly acting in their best interests. Objections are groundless. Strengthening

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What’s a “Climate Skeptic”?

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In his recent article “Four Reasons Alarmists Are Wrong on Climate Change,” Cornwall Alliance Research Associate for Developing Countries Vijay Jayaraj distinguished what, following widespread usage, he called climate-change alarmists, deniers, and skeptics. The “alarmists” generally think that human emissions of carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) are driving global warming so rapid and eventually

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A Warming Solution that Just Might Work—But Not as Planned?

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Los Angeles has a new solution to climate change: painting streets white. Well, not quite a solution to climate change. What it really addresses is what’s called the “urban heat island” (UHI) effect. Cities and towns, with lots of blacktop streets, absorb more energy from sunlight than rural areas, so their ambient air temperatures (especially

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Who Are the Real Science Deniers? It’s a Given

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A little etymology lesson: data derives from the Latin, dare (pronounced DAH-ray), “to give,” and means “given.” (Back when I took Latin, it was typically the second verb the conjugation of which one learned. The first was amo, “I love,” the infinitive form of which is amare.) Data means “given.” In the natural sciences, it’s supposed to mean what

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#SanFranciscoKnew—What Did San Francisco Know about Climate Change, and When Did It Know It?

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David Johnson, who follows us on Facebook, brought our attention to this article, which demonstrates that some California cities, including San Francisco, which with Oakland is suing five major oil companies including ExxonMobil, alleging that the companies suppressed from their stockholders what they knew about the risks of climate change to their stocks’ future value,

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