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Politics of climate expertise
by Judith Curry “Concerning the inability of expert knowledge to resolve environmental controversy and the pressing need for a pragmatic reframing of policy problems to allow for solutions based on bipartisan values.”
Posted in Sociology of science
In favor of epistemic trespassing
by Judith Curry On the importance of expertise from other fields for COVD19 and climate change.
Posted in Sociology of science
Year in review
by Judith Curry A year ago, who would have thought that 2021 would be crazier than 2020?
Posted in Uncategorized
Week in review – climate science edition
by Judith Curry A few things that caught my eye these past few weeks.
Posted in Week in review
Reflections on energy blogging
by Planning Engineer Five years ago today I started guest blogging on Climate Etc., focusing on energy related issues.
Posted in Communication, Energy
Coronavirus uncertainty
by Judith Curry My thoughts on coronavirus and deep uncertainty.
Posted in Uncertainty
The latest travesty in ‘consensus enforcement’
The latest travesty in consensus ‘enforcement’, published by Nature.
Posted in Skeptics
Truth(?) in testimony and convincing policy makers
by Judith Curry Some reflections, stimulated by yesterday’s Congressional Hearing, on the different strategies of presenting Congressional testimony.
Posted in Politics, Scientific method, Sociology of science
Week in review – science edition
by Judith Curry A few things that caught my these past few weeks.
Posted in Uncategorized
TORNADO
by Judith Curry Politics versus the data versus communicating science.
Posted in Uncategorized
Science and politics
by Judith Curry “I’m reaching out to scientists this week about the election. How do you feel about it? Which of the candidates has the best plan, for you, in science and technology?”
Posted in Politics
Re-evaluating the manufacture of the climate consensus
by Judith Curry A new book by Oppenheimer, Oreskes et al. entitled ‘Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy‘ makes a case against consensus seeking in climate science assessments.
Posted in Consensus
Cultural motivations for wind and solar renewables deployment
by Andy West “For me the question now is, now that we know that renewables can’t save the planet, are we going to keep letting them destroy it?”. – Michael Schellenberger
Posted in Energy
How we have mischaracterized climate risk
by Judith Curry “The current thinking and approaches guiding this conceptualization and description have been shown to lack scientific rigour, the consequence being that climate change risk and uncertainties are poorly presented. The climate change field needs to strengthen its … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2019 ENSO forecast
by Judith Curry and Jim Johnstone CFAN’s 2019 ENSO forecast is for a transition away from El Niño conditions as the summer progresses. The forecast for Sept-Oct-Nov 2019 calls for 60% probability of ENSO neutral conditions, with 40% probability of … Continue reading
Posted in Prediction
What the pandemic has taught us about science
The scientific method remains the best way to solve many problems, but bias, overconfidence and politics can sometimes lead scientists astray
Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science, Uncertainty
Academic freedom and scholarship: perspective from Canada
by Pamela Lindsay Mentorships by professors of students are among the vital functions of a university. Here I expose the vulnerable underbelly of mentorship and one possible threat to academic freedom and scholarship.
Posted in Sociology of science
Assigning Blame for the Blackouts in Texas
By Planning Engineer The story from some media sources is that frozen wind turbines are responsible for the power shortfalls in Texas. Other media sources emphasize that fossil fuel resources should shoulder the blame because they have large cold induced … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Week in review – science edition
by Judith Curry A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Posted in Week in review
Precision agriculture for South Asia
by Judith Curry An exciting new project for my company, Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN) to support smallholder farmers in Pakistan and India.
Posted in Uncategorized
Don’t overhype the link between climate change and hurricanes
by Judith Curry Doing so erodes scientific credibility — and distracts from the urgent need to shore up our vulnerability to storms’ impacts.
Posted in Hurricanes
The IPCC’s attribution methodology is fundamentally flawed
by Ross McKitrick One day after the IPCC released the AR6 I published a paper in Climate Dynamics showing that their “Optimal Fingerprinting” methodology on which they have long relied for attributing climate change to greenhouse gases is seriously flawed … Continue reading
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Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability
by Judith Curry I recently participated in a Technical Conference sponsored by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Posted in Uncategorized
Climate scientists’ pre-traumatic stress syndrome
by Judith Curry It’s getting worse.
Posted in Sociology of science
Environmental Justice campaign to replace New York City peaking power plants
by Roger Caiazza Environmental justice organizations are currently a major driver of environmental regulation in New York. A new report “The Fossil Fuel End Game, A frontline vision to retire New York City’s peaker plants by 2030” illustrates the campaign … Continue reading
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