Open Thread – Watts Up With That?
What if the climate models have been the instrument of an utterly circular exercise? That is what is implied by the successful emulation of the model outputs, in terms of the global average surface temperature projections, by simplified computation from the so-called “forcings.” It is trivially true that any increase or decrease in the amount of […]
Mayfield community stands together as severe flooding impacts western Kentucky | News
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST /9 AM EST/ THIS MORNING… * WHAT…Bands of heavy snow that will produce a quick 1 to 2 inches of accumulation. Gusty winds up to 35 mph will reduce visibility and cause any lingering water on road surfaces to freeze. * WHERE…Portions of southern Illinois, […]
CFACT Comments on the California Offshore Wind Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) – Watts Up With That?
From CFACT CFACT Comments on the California Offshore Wind Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) By Craig Rucker, President CFACT https://www.cfact.org Submitted to https://www.regulations.gov/document/BOEM-2023-0061-0189 February 12, 2025 Overview of our concerns BOEM is taking comments on a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for its five floating wind offshore leases off the California coast. This is […]
Part 4 – Watts Up With That?
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen — 15 February 2025 — 1400 words Prologue: This will be the last entry to a series of five parts which have discussed the ongoing scientific controversy surround the issue of Ultra-Processed Foods – UPFs. The previous essays were: What Junk Nutrition Science Looks Like Modern Scientific Controversies: The War […]
Market Failure Not – Watts Up With That?
From MasterResource By Robert Bradley Jr. — February 14, 2025 Ed. Note: Four years ago, Storm Uri caused Texas’s centrally planned wholesale electricity market (ERCOT) to buckle, vindicating warnings about the state’s wind/solar reliance. The mainstream media implicated natural gas instead, failing to explore the why behind the why. Rather than deregulation, Texas has chosen to add wind, […]
Sorry, CNN, No “Cow Fart” Vaccine Is Necessary or Will Stop Climate Change – Watts Up With That?
From ClimateREALISM By Linnea Lueken A recent CNN article, “How a ‘cow fart’ vaccine could help tackle climate change,” discusses a vaccine under development to be given to cows to reduce the amount of methane their digestive processes produce. The hope is that the vaccine will significantly reduce livestock emissions, thereby slowing down climate change. […]
The Sierra Club’s LNG Bravo Sierra – Watts Up With That?
Guest “Bravo Sierra!” by David Middleton During President Trump’s inauguration speech, he promised to unlock the “liquid gold” beneath Americans’ feet and ramp up fossil fuel production. Doing so, he suggested, would lower gas prices and lead to cascading American wealth. In his executive order declaring a “national energy emergency,” he directed the Department of […]
Was 1.5C a Climate Propaganda Whoopsie? – Watts Up With That?
Essay by Eric Worrall Professor Mike Hulme: “… There’s going to be a lot of work done to reconstruct a narrative …” Was the world’s most influential climate target doomed from the start? As the world passes 1.5 degrees C of warming, a Cambridge scholar argues that putting a deadline on climate action was the wrong […]
Weather Authority Alert for flash flooding and severe storms Saturday…then winter returns next week | News
WPSD Local 6 is activating a Weather Authority Alert for Saturday, for the potential of significant flash flooding from heavy rain, and a small chance for a few severe thunderstorms. A very active stretch of weather is upon us over the next week, with heavy rain and storms for the start of our weekend, then […]
World Becomes Brighter as Trump Reverses Biden’s Incandescent Light Bulb Ban – Watts Up With That?
And user-friendly toilets, dishwashers, and showers are coming back soon, too! From Legal Insurrection Posted by Leslie Eastman President Donald Trump has spent another day reversing Biden’s efforts to limit consumer choices over products that limit their options and hinder their quality of life. In the name of efficiency, Biden’s bureaucrats banned incandescent light bulbs, normal-flowing […]