Latest Environmental skepticism Stories
The instant communications technology that nurtured grassroots revolutions in the Arab world could also help farmers cope with climate change, according to Iowa State University researchers. And so the researchers – Steven Fales, a professor of agronomy; and Gene Takle, director of Iowa State's Climate Science Program, a professor of agronomy and of geological and atmospheric sciences – are organizing a symposium to explore that idea during the annual meeting of the American...
The Heartland Institute, a Libertarian thinktank that questions current climate science, has inadvertently revealed who funded their operations. According to leaked emails, a single private donor funds most of their operations. Other donors include tobacco giants Altria and Reynolds America, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Eli Lilley, and Microsoft. Other donors include Bill Gates, who regularly gives speeches promoting clean energy and works to help farmers in developing countries,...
Written from a unique geological perspective, Dr. G Dedrick Robinson's new book, Global Warming-Alarmists, Skeptics & Deniers: A Geoscientist looks at the Science of Climate Change, is a 69,000-word book aimed at non-specialist readers interested in learning the latest scientific findings concerning climate change and how great a danger it actually represents. Abbeville, South Carolina (PRWEB) January 25, 2012 Written from a geological perspective, Dr. Robinson's book emphasizes...
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, 7 December at 15:30 CFACT will cosponsor a press conference with U.S. Senator James Inhofe in Room Kosi Palm (ICC level 2). On Tuesday, CFACT conducted a highly publicized parachute drop which called attention to Climategate 2.0 (details including usable video of the drop and Lord Monckton jumping from the plane at www.CFACT.tv). The Wednesday press conference will feature an analysis from Sen. James Inhofe...
TULSA, Okla., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This Land Press, a new media company in Oklahoma, has invited Senator James Inhofe to return to Tulsa's Holiday Parade of Lights. A year ago, the holiday parade received national attention when Senator James Inhofe refused to attend the event, telling the Tulsa World Washington Bureau that he would not participate unless the parade changed its name to the Christmas Holiday Parade of Lights. In previous years, Inhofe rode a horse during the...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CFACT, the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, will lead a delegation of experts to COP17, the UN Conference on Climate Change, which will take place from November 28 to December 9 in Durban, South Africa. CFACT's delegation will be available for interviews and media appearances before, during and after COP17. "Every December campaigners, bureaucrats and those seeking to cash in on climate alarmism fly to a resort where the media...
New Award from the American Geophysical Union Recognizes Excellence in Climate Communications WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of his exceptional work as a climate communicator, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has selected Gavin Schmidt as the recipient of its inaugural Climate Communications Prize. Schmidt is a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and co-founder of RealClimate.org, a blog that covers areas of science related to...
The Arlington, Virginia-based National Science Foundation (NSF) closed its inquiry into Michael Mann, a Pennsylvania researcher who’s been a target of climate-change skeptics. Mann was cleared of wrongdoing by investigators for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the flap surrounding e-mails hacked from a UK university. Pennsylvania State University, where Mann is a professor of meteorology, exonerated him in February of suppressing or falsifying data,...
American Geophysical Union announces creation of Climate Communication Prize Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) August 09, 2011 Recognizing excellence in climate communications, as well as the promotion of scientific literacy, clarity of messaging, and efforts to foster respect and understanding for science-based values related to climate change, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has announced the creation of a new award, the AGU Climate Communication Prize. As the world's largest organization...
A University of Alabama climatologist is claiming that temperature-monitoring satellites have revealed "a huge discrepancy" between global warming predictions and the actual levels of heat contained within the atmosphere.Dr. Roy Spencer, identified by AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein as "a prominent climate skeptic," claims that NASA satellite readings between 2000 and 2011 show, in the words of Daily Mail reporter Tamara Cohen, "far smaller temperature rises than six climate models which...
