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CO2 Approaches 400 ppm yet Temperatures Remain Flat

Global warming alarmists are breathlessly filling the media with sensationalist reports of carbon dioxide levels approaching 400 parts per million (that’s 4 parts per 10,000, or a 0.0004 share of the atmosphere, versus just under 300 parts per million, or a 0.0003 share of the atmosphere, prior to the Industrial Revolution). The central message of alarmist global warming theory is that higher atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will cause catastrophic global warming. A real-world look at...

Florida Official Declines to Review Costly Nuclear Power Plant

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, whose agency oversees state energy policy, told Rep. Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) today he does not have the resources to perform an economic analysis to determine whether a proposed nuclear power plant would end up costing electricity customers more than a new natural gas facility. Putnam’s refusal to conduct the requested economic analysis stands in stark contrast to his commissioning of an economic analysis of renewable energy last spring when...

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Burning of Skeptical Climate Book a Reminder of Nazi Book Burning

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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May 13, 2013

San Jose State University faculty recently decided the best way to address scientific criticisms of alarmist global warming theory was to
No Warming in Antarctica, Satellite Data Show

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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May 10, 2013

Antarctic temperatures are not rising at all and have slightly declined during the past 33 years, satellite data show.
Lack of Major Hurricanes Keeps Setting Records

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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May 07, 2013

The United States is undergoing its longest stretch in recorded history without a major hurricane strike, with each passing day extending the unprecedented lack of severe hurricanes, according to N
Russian Scientists Predict Onset of Global Cooling

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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April 29, 2013

A prolonged decline in solar output will begin sometime around 2040 and subject the Earth to global cooling that will last 200-250 years, scientists at Russia’s Pulkovo Observatory report.
Tide Gauges Show Six Inches of Sea Level Rise Per Century

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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April 29, 2013

Sea level is rising at a pace of merely six inches per century, tide gauges at 86 coastal stations in Australia show.
Media Display Ignorance and Bias in Warming Debate

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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April 26, 2013

Suzanne Goldberg displayed the establishment media’s inexcusable ignorance and/or willful distor
Colorado House Considers More Renewable Power Mandates

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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April 23, 2013

The Colorado House of Representatives Transportation and Energy Committee is holding hearings tomorrow on legislation to dramatically increase the amount of expensive renewable power consumers are
Keystone XL Opponents Hypocritically Talk Property Rights

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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April 19, 2013

Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline are increasingly trumpeting private property rights as a reason people should oppose the pipeline.
EU Vote Sends Warning Signal on Carbon Tax

James M. Taylor, J.D.

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April 18, 2013

The European Parliament this week rejected a plan to further restrict carbon dioxide emissions, dealing a severe blow to global warming activists.
The Capacity for Thermal Acclimation in Mosquitofish

Craig Idso

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April 17, 2013

Noting that “many predictions of the impact of climate change on biodiversity assume a species-specific response to changing environments,” the authors of this study proceed to argue, on the basis