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Defending the Indefensible: The National Climate Assessment Cherry Picks to Validate Models

By E. Calvin Beisner -- May 28, 2014

It’s become almost common knowledge that global climate computer models used to project future temperatures based on assumptions about greenhouse gas emissions miss the mark. So common that much of the American public even knows it.

But the National Climate Assessment released May 6, 2014, uses them anyway to predict future climate changes and their impact for the United States.

How does it defend that? By claiming that the models “do a good job at reproducing the broad features of the present climate and changes in climate, including the significant warming that has occurred over the last 50 years” (p. 809, FAQ-R).

How does it substantiate that claim? With this graphic:…

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AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: May 27, 2014

By -- May 27, 2014

The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science. It’s all spelled out at WiseEnergy.org, which is a wealth of energy and environmental resources.

A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.

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Greed Energy Economics:

How Warren Buffett Milks Consumers & Taxpayers Through Wind Energy

NY State May Fold RPS Program

Fascinating Wind Tax Assessment Case

Bill to pause green-energy standards passes Ohio Senate

Farmers: Turbine decisions to become more difficult

Warren Buffet: Wind energy doesn’t make sense without the PTC

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Memorial Weekend: Let’s Go!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 23, 2014

“Beginning with the Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer, Americans will spend their hard-earned dollars traveling to visit family, friends, and the great outdoors. Meanwhile, Big Oil will be making huge profits off of these travel expenditures on fuel, while at the same time fighting for decreased public health and climate-change protections.”

Center for American Progress (and Climate Progress), one year ago.

Get a life. Get happy. The automobile and the open road are freedom and environmentalism-on-wheels to escape the concrete to visit the great outdoors.

So forget the spin and go for a spin!

Each year, MasterResource celebrates the beginning of the peak-driving season knowing that our free-market philosophy is about energy abundance and affordability. And there is little to apologize for.

Oil, gas, and coal have been/are being technologically transformed into super-clean energy resources.

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Joe Romm: Climate ‘Disinformers’ Now Holocaust Deniers (inside the shouting phase of denial)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 22, 2014
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Gabriel Kolko and ‘Political Capitalism’

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 21, 2014
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Tax Farming Seminar for Renewable Energy

By James Rust -- May 20, 2014
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Beautiful Progress (Book review, ‘Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper’)

By Josiah Neeley -- May 19, 2014
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Greens Going Gas (emissions data, economics speak for themselves)

By Steve Everley -- May 16, 2014
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Marcellus: Natural Gas Giant of the East (new technology, new life for 19th century energy fields)

By Fred Lawrence -- May 15, 2014
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Electric Reform Needs a Pro-Market Voice (unopposed politicization must cease)

By Ken Malloy -- May 14, 2014
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