Another take on the ignorance of N. Ángel Pinillos’s NYT article. From WM Briggs One reason people doubt global-warming-of-doom is because of lousy philosophers like N. Ángel Pinillos (note the New York Times-sophisticated inclusion of the accent). He wrote a piece entitled (in some places) “What philosophy tells us about climate change skeptics.” Let’s read […]

über What Lousy Philosophy Tells Us About Belief In Global Warming — Watts Up With That?

By Dr. Tilak K. Doshi N. Angel Pinillos, professor of philosophy at Arizona State University, opines in the New York Times about “what philosophy tells us about climate change sceptics”. As his starting premise, he accepts the well-debunked “97% of scientists believe in climate change” meme. He then combines it with a Stanford poll that […]

über Knowledge, Ignorance and Climate Change — Watts Up With That?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens usually try to sidestep questions about the cost of their proposals, but occasionally they slip up and reveal the true pain their agenda would inflict on ordinary working people. Behind the smokescreen, the Coalition’s stance on climate change hasn’t changed at all Greg Jericho … Saying you agree with…

über The Guardian Admits Climate Action Costs Jobs — Watts Up With That?

Temperatures are expected to drop throughout the day Sunday, reaching a low of -15 C overnight with a wind chill of -22.

über Extreme cold weather alert remains in effect for Toronto as city cleans up from snowstorm —

I wonder what they think of Greta? In 2014, the Swedish national government spent 5.2 billion Swedish krona (£419 million/$547 million), a number that has more than doubled to 12.6 billion krona (£1 billion/$1.3 billion) for the planned 2020 budget. “The government has more than doubled the appropriations for climate policy, but despite this, emissions…

über Swedes vote climate policy biggest waste of tax payer money in 2019 — Ice Age Now