by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Politics/policy
Very good article on the forthcoming Paris climate talks [link]
EPA Chief Gina McCarth races to finish landmark climate rules [link]
EPA Chief Gina McCarthy Can’t Answer Basic Climate Questions at Senate Hearing [link] [video]
Ag secretary: “I wake up every morning, I say my prayers and I’m thankful I’m not the EPA administrator” [link]
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT POLLUTION GOES VIRAL IN CHINA, AS COUNTRY LEADERS MEET [link]
What #China must do to fix its #airpollution problem [link]
President Obama visits @georgiatech Tuesday. [link]
U.S. Presidential candidate Jeb Bush in the Wilderness – an Everglades saga [link]
Energy
Excellent article in Foreign Affairs on efforts to tackle energy poverty: [link]
How much does the US spend on energy research? Not a lot. [link]
Big first for China – energy intensity cuts now with major development goals. Low carbon growth. Massive scale. [link]
Nature Climate Change: “Coming Clean: Renewable energy companies need to disclose their heavy reliance on mining.” [link]
Myth-busting, inspirational review of Energiewende: Addressing the myths of Germany’s energy transition [link]
“Peak coal in China? Not so fast”, warns @carboncounter [link]
Science and research
El Niño is here, but is unlikely to have a big global impact [link]
Given all models wrong, we hope new model is more useful than predecessors & value add exceeds devel cost [link]
“Nearly all climate-conflict work is problematic right now, even in peer review” [link]
Physicists find link between Sun and #ElNino cycles [link]
“IPCC sea-level rise scenarios not fit for purpose for high-risk coastal areas” [link]
Resilience in the age of complexity [link]
Psychology Journal Bans Significance Testing [link]
Climate Wars
.@merchantsdoubt — touted as the new must see documentary about climate denial and the fossil fuel spin machine [link]
NRO review: Merchants of Smear [link]
In reviewing Merchants of Doubt, LAWeekly calls Marc Morano “a magnificent antihero” — wish the enviros had someone comparable, but they don’t [link]
Lindzen in the WSJ: The political assault on climate skeptics [link]
Strong statement from Nature about Rep. Grijvala’s “fishing expedition” [link]
Huffington Post now goes after the American Meteorological Society. “Scientific Society Objects to Investigation of Its Anti-Science Members” [link]
Targeted by crusading Congressman, Pielke speaks out on conflicts, climate, and controversy [link]
Climatologist Lennart Bengtsson Calls Out Spiegel On Climate Gloom: “Wrong…Hopelessly Naïve…” [link]
Physics Today traces science war to Nature’s 2010 call for taking on tactics of a “street fight” [link]
.@RichardTol: “in the last five years, we have become less pessimistic about the impacts of climate change” [link]
If you have been riveted by Pachauri’s romantic adventures, read this [link]
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