Awake Evidence

Gerrit Hiemstra, a well-known retired Dutch TV weatherman, was given the opportunity to ramble on for several minutes about the hot and dry summer in Europe during a highly-rated talk show on public service television. Naturally, according to him, the summer was the result of climate change, and Hiemstra also had a solution: stop filling up your car and eating meatballs. In the article below, Marcel Crok picks apart the claims made by Hiemstra. The post Well-known weatherman on Dutch TV: stop eating meatballs appeared first on Clintel.

Climate change should be regarded as a manageable factor rather than an existential threat to global food supplies. Humanity has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to increase agricultural productivity faster than population growth, says Karl Iver Dahl-Madsen. The post Climate Change Will Not Starve the World appeared first on Clintel.

What would Americans gain from eliminating every ton of carbon dioxide emitted from the use of fossil fuels in the United States? The answer, says Vijay Jayaraj, is nothing. The post Measuring Meaningless Climate Actions appeared first on Clintel.

“Amendment to Climate Assessment is only a first step” The Trump administration has proposed an amendment to the U.S Fifth National Climate Assessment that acknowledges its emission forecasts are implausible and must not guide federal policymaking. This is a welcome restoration of scientific integrity, says executive director Angela Wheeler of the CO2 [...] The post “Amendment to Climate Assessment is only a first step” appeared first on Clintel.

Physicist Jonathan Cohler has put forward a controversial and uncompromising challenge to one of the central assumptions of modern climate science and policy. He argues that the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past few decades is not due to human emissions, but is the result of natural processes. The post Jonathan Cohler: “The rise in atmospheric CO₂ is not caused by humans.” appeared first on Clintel.