Roy Spencer

Scientists worthy of respect recognize that it's possible for two highly-qualified, honourable people to look at the same data and come to different conclusions.

A few decades hence, it will seem as though 95% of today's journalists were the recipients of lobotomies. Their ability to see beyond the press release in climate matters appears to be non-existent.

Facts that don’t agree with claims

By Anthony Watts | Watts Up With That? | April 1, 2014

This sentence…

“One of the panel’s most striking new conclusions is that rising temperatures are already depressing crop yields, including those of corn and wheat.”

White House science adviser attacks Roger Pielke Jr. for his Senate testimony, Pielke responds with a skillful counterstrike

Watts Up With That? | March 1, 2014

From http://1.usa.gov/1mRYomm (PDF) I have converted the text for presentation here with Dr. Pielke’s response.
Dr. Roger Pielke responds:

By Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. | February 7th, 2014

I’m seeing a lot of wrangling over the recent (15+ year) pause in global average warming… when did it start, is it a full pause, shouldn’t we be taking the longer view, etc.
These are all interesting exercises, but they miss the most important point: the climate models that governments base policy decisions on have failed miserably.

As the gap between its models and reality has grown, the IPCC has become more adamant that its conclusions are correct - rather than more cautious.