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From Jennifer Marohasy's blog Jennifer Marohasi The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) released a media statement earlier today claiming scientifically documented changes in coral cover in the northern Great Barrier Reef, particularly around Lizard Island. Claims include: The coral losses we have documented so far are enormous. Despite these losses, most reefs still have moderate coral cover between 10% and 30%. In fact, the methods used to survey the corals cannot determine whether losses are statistically significant, and surveys only target the perimeter of the reef, specifically avoiding habitats with high coral cover, including the top of the reef.…

President-elect Trump has the opportunity to put national energy policy on a sound and reasonable basis. This will only be possible if the new government learns from past mistakes. [emphasis, links added] During his first term, Trump used a combination of executive orders and agency rulings to halt the regulatory assault on the energy industry that began under President Obama. Many of them have been challenged and struck down by liberal judges. The effect has been to hinder regulatory momentum rather than reverse it. During Trump’s term, the domestic coal industry further entered runoff mode. In 2021, the regulatory onslaught…

Oh look, The Guardian Here we go again, a hot dish of climate hysteria laced with precocious child activism. This time, they rescued a 17-year-old surfer from Brazil to teach us all at COP29 how the ocean is allegedly “warming.” Because, obviously, who needs thermometers, satellite data, or rigorous ocean temperature reconstructions when you have a preteen rowing on a foam board? As a surfer, I'm out in the ocean a lot, and I can definitely feel the ocean getting warmer.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2024/nov/19/cop29-climate-summit-live-updates-world-leaders-in-baku-azerbaijan?CMP=share_btndf1086block-673c55e78f0866cddf1b7a15 Here's what happened: The child “noticed that the ocean was getting warmer,” the Guardian breathlessly reported. Wow, stop the…

Monday, November 18, The Guardian published an “Explainer” article titled “How do we know the climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather?” This is wrong. [emphasis, links added] Actual data on extreme weather does not support their claims, which are largely based on flawed “attribution studies.” The claim that climate change worsens severe weather events has become mainstream in today’s media. However, a closer look at the data and science behind these claims often reveals inconsistencies that should give us pause. Attribution studies are widely used to link specific extreme weather events to climate change, Rigorous peer review is…

As hot-button issues go, climate change hasn't had the world in trouble lately. Gallup reports that Voters in the 2024 U.S. presidential election ranked climate change as their 21st “extremely important” concern. That's well behind inflation, crime and war, but slightly ahead of crabgrass. The COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, brought no comfort to climate alarmists. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev set the tone by telling delegates that the fossil fuels they hate are “a gift from God.” There are no more gifts for those who reach the summit, because the trillions of dollars trying to “fight” climate change are…

from climaterealism Author: Linny Luken A recent article published by Jacksonville news affiliate News4Jax suggested that children's television programming should promote more climate awareness and environmental content in order to “empower” them to take action on these issues. This simply promotes more radical content, of which there is already plenty. It doesn't help that young people are already fearful of the future. The article, titled “Young Children and Television: Making Screen Time Matter for Kids Concerned about Climate Change,” quickly introduces the idea that most children are worried about their future because of climate change. News4Jax writes that a recent…

Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed to a deal to plant 1 billion trees over the next two decades and convert 10% of farmland into forests and natural habitats to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. [emphasis, links added] The government called the agreement “the biggest change in Denmark in more than 100 years.” “Denmark's natural environment will undergo changes not seen since the wetlands were drained in 1864,” said Jeppe Bruus, Denmark's Green Tripartite Minister. The group was set up to implement the Green Deal agreed in June by farmers, industry, unions and environmental groups. According to the agreement, The…

Global warming makes it easier for bacteria and other germs to contaminate the food supply, and this little-discussed danger of climate change teaches painful and sometimes life-threatening lessons to hundreds of millions of people every year. One of them is 75-year-old Sumitra Sutar from Haroli village in Maharashtra, India. Five years ago, Sutar was eating leftovers and lentil curry, her staple for more than five decades. This time, she recently recalled, her diet caused her to vomit “at least 15 times a day.” Eventually, she learned the culprit was a food-borne bacteria that produces toxins that can cause vomiting, eye…

In Oak Park, IL, landscapers use electric trimmers, leaf blowers, pruning saws, and electric lawn mowers to maintain parks. The device charges via solar energy. Electric lawn care equipment is better for the climate than gas equipment because it emits no carbon pollution. Chris Lindgren, associate director of properties and planning for the park district, said his staff is excited to use these clean, quiet tools. Lindgren: “It really improves their quality of life when they go home to their families and, you know, their hands don't have to be shaking all day long with a lawnmower that vibrates or…

Chris Morrison Some of the poorest and most vulnerable members of society in England and Wales are losing out on cold weather benefits worth millions of pounds as officials rely on data from corrupt Met Office temperature measuring stations. In 2022-23 we are paying £130m in cold weather payments to around 5 million households, but the annual figure is likely to be higher if more accurate local temperature measurements are used. The Cold Weather Payment is paid automatically to those on a range of means-tested benefits and is triggered when the seven-day average temperature falls below 0 degreesohC. (Scotland uses…