McKITRICK SUBMISSION TO REVIEW OF IPCC POLICY PROCEDURES

Professor Ross McKitrick from the University of Guelph in Ontario makes some interesting observations in his submission to the Inter-Academy Council Independent Review of the Policies and Procedures of the IPCC.

"That Lead Authors are able to insert evidence and rewrite the text after the close of review makes a mockery of the idea that the IPCC reports are peerreviewed, and undermines the claim that they contain the consensus of experts."

100% RENEWABLE ENERGY PIPEDREAM CRITIQUED

Beyond Zero Emissions, a not-for-profit group concerned about levels of atmospheric CO2 have produced an Energy Plan outlining a renewable energy future for Australia.

"The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan outlines a technically feasible and economically attractive way for Australia to transition to 100% renewable energy within ten
years" says BZE.

The only trouble is, it just wont work, as outlined in this comphrensive critique below from Martin Nicholson and Peter Lang. 

MAKING THINGS STILL MATTERS

Both Viv Forbes from the Carbon Sense Coalition and Dr Walter Starck, marine scientist from Queensland make similar points about the need to continue manufacturing and growing food, free from the red and green tape that strangles our economy and management of the environment.

LINK to Dr Starck article

VOTERS OBJECT TO PAYING FOR CLIMATE FIXES

Australian Financial Review journalist Mark Lawson notes in an article at Quadrant Online that Australian voters coping with increases in energy bills of up to 40 per cent in recent years [with little connection to climate policy] are baulking at the idea of further hikes in prices that will be a result of trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

LINK to article

THE MODELS ARE WRONG (BUT ONLY BY 400%)

Joanne Nova discusses the importance of a new paper by McKitrick, McIntyre and Newman.

"It’s a big step forward in the search for the hot-spot. (If the hot spot were a missing person, McKitrick et al have sighted a corpse.) "

LINK to article

NOAA'S MAGIC WAND WAVES AWAY 2000-2009 COOLING

Paul MacRae looks at the NOAA State of the Climate report at the Science & Public Policy Institute blog.

"The recent report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that surface temperatures have increased in the past decade. In fact, the NOAA report, “State of the Climate in 2009,” says 2000-2009 was 0.2 Fahrenheit (0.11 Celsius) warmer than the decade previous."

But is this so?  LINK to article