Monthly Archives: December 2014

Climate blogosphere discussion II

Posted on December 28, 2014 by curryja | 592 comments

by Judith Curry

Here’s something that should prove entertaining for a Sunday.

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Posted in Communication

Cold logic on climate change policy

Posted on December 26, 2014 by curryja | 577 comments

by Judith Curry

Politically correct climate change orthodoxy has completely destroyed our ability to think rationally about the environment. – Richard Tol

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Posted in Policy

Climate blogosphere discussion thread

Posted on December 24, 2014 by curryja | 568 comments

by Judith Curry

How has the terrain of the climate blogosphere changed over the past 5 years?

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Posted in Communication

Ethics and climate change policy

Posted on December 17, 2014 by curryja | 518 comments

by Judith Curry

Every aspect of climate change is shaped by ethical dispute: from scientific practice to lobbying and activism and eventually, at national and international levels, the setting and implementation of climate policy. – Peter Lee

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Posted in Ethics, Policy, Sociology of science

Will a return of rising temperatures validate the climate models?

Posted on December 15, 2014 by curryja | 598 comments

by Donald C. Morton

The coincidence of the current plateau in global surface temperatures with the continuing rise in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has raised many questions about the climate models and their forecasts of serious anthropogenic global warming.

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Posted in climate models

All megawatts are not equal

Posted on December 11, 2014 by curryja | 409 comments

by Planning Engineer

Some of the Climate Etc. denizens have requested a post on the generation planning process to help them better understand cost issues surrounding the large scale addition and integration of renewable resources.

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Posted in Energy

Spinning the ‘warmest year’

Posted on December 9, 2014 by curryja | 510 comments

by Judith Curry

The buzz is intensifying about 2014 possibly being the warmest year globally in the historical temperature record.

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Posted in Data and observations

Super Pollutants Act of 2014

Posted on December 7, 2014 by curryja | 368 comments

by Judith Curry

The Senate held an interesting and potentially important hearing on super pollutants.

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Posted in Policy

The legacy of Climategate: 5 years later

Posted on December 1, 2014 by curryja | 595 comments

by Judith Curry

UPDATE: new email from student that motivated “An open letter . .”

Every year at Thanksgiving, I am reminded of Climategate.

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Posted in Sociology of science

Gravito-thermal discussion thread

Posted on December 1, 2014 by curryja | 957 comments

by Judith Curry

There has been much discussion of this topic on open thread, which is getting unwieldily. Here is a new thread to continue this discussion.

Posted in Uncategorized