Month: September 2017

The Cost-Benefit Question on City of Calgary Climate Change Plans

In his book Decadent Societies, historian Robert Adams wrote,

“[B]y the fifth century, men were ready to abandon civilization itself in order to escape the fearful load of taxes.

The City of Calgary has been actively engaged in incorporating … Continue reading

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September 13, 2017 at 07:25PM

Former NASA scientist disses @NASAGISS – says it’s a “monument to bad science”

Climate scientist Dr. Duane Thresher: Start with defunding NASA GISS where this whole global warming nonsense started. It was started by James Hansen, formerly head of NASA GISS and considered the father of global warming. It was continued by Gavin Schmidt, current head of NASA GISS, anointed by Hansen, and leading climate change warrior scientist/spokesperson. I know…

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September 13, 2017 at 06:26PM

Friends of Science Blog Comments

To all Friends of Science Blog visitors:

It was recently brought to our attention that an error on the Friends of Science Blog was preventing visitors from posting comments to the Blog.

This error has been identified and corrected.

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September 13, 2017 at 06:20PM

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER – RESPONDING TO THE ABACUS POLL

Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2017

Robert Lyman is an Ottawa energy policy consultant and former public servant of 27 years; a diplomat for 10 years prior to that.

Introduction

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Robert Lyman

During my long career in the Canadian federal … Continue reading

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September 13, 2017 at 05:39PM