Blog Role: Climate Change

Feb 10, 2026. The NY Times is reporting that Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation. Right-wing Conservative Zealots have been working on destroying the Clean Air Act since it was enacted in 1963. With the help of a Conservative Supreme Court and a poorly administered Environmental Protection Agency, they appear to be on the verge of success.

Here is a blog roll of my posts on Climate Change:

• A Primer on Climate Change Denial Scientific Consensus: the World is Warming and it is due to Human (Anthropogenic) forces.
• Climate Feedbacks and Climate Change Denial Feedback effects are too weak to overcome uncontrolled exponential growth in emissions.
• Integrated Assessment Models (IAMS) Computer models that implement the current state of scientific knowledge on Climate Change. Climate Change Deniers offer no comparable models.
• Back of the Envelope calculations on Global Warming. So you don't believe the IAMS? You can do the calculations yourself on a piece of scrap paper (HINT: they won't support Climate Change Denial).
• Is the "Settled Science" Argument a Straw Man?  Scientific consensus is never "settled" but a few wack-a-doodle books, articles and arguments don't destroy it.
• Is there a role for Nuclear Power in reducing CO2 Emissions? Maybe.
• What do "Intelligent Design" and "Climate Change Denial" have in common? Wack-a-doodle arguments.
• The most important IPCC Graphic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at the UN has been working since 1988 to document the scientific consensus on Climate Change. It has produced a lot of documentation which as been difficult for Climate Change Deniers to digest. Here is a simple graphic comparing anthropogenic and natural climate forcings.
• Earth System Complexities  Needless to say, the World Environmental System has a level of complexity that eludes computer models and qualitative commentaries. Here's a simple flow chart.
• Why are Winters getting Colder? A favorite argument of Climate Change Deniers (here), but there is a scientific explanation.
• What is Conservative Philosophy really about? Self-dealing.
• Russia is Burning. Climate Change is real in Russia (so Let's Invade Ukraine).
• Are there Feedback Loops that could control Energy Use and CO2 Emissions? Maybe, but they are not strong enough to prevent Climate Change.
• Hottest Years on Record are difficult to explain away.
• A Global Warming Denial based on Vapor Hiss and Poof!
• Carbon Accounting and Policy What is the Carbon Cycle and why isn't it in balance?
• Scientific Consensus and the Precautionary Principle. If you still think Climate Change isn't real, what is a rational response?
• CO2 Emissions and Ocean Acidification The CO2 has to go somewhere and the fish and aquatic plants (e.g. coral) don't like it.
• Why Climate Change will lead to more Hurricanes. The energy pumped into the atmosphere has to go somewhere!
• An Inconvenient Half-Truth Will sea-level rise flood New York and Trump's Mar-a-Lago?
• The Dangers of Environmentalism Is the Environmental Movement inspired by the Devil?
• Why Science is never settled. It's an iterative system.
• Feedbacks from Ecosystem Pressure. Can we adapt our way out of any Environmental Crisis?
• Are Carbon Markets back from the Dead? Economists once argued that Carbon Markets (trading emission rights for mitigations) could solve the Climate problem. They were wrong, but Free-Market Environmentalism will never die.
• Controlling CO2 Emissions. One way is to have a permanent Global Financial Crisis.

Projections from My State Space Models

So IAMS, paper-and-pencil calculations and opinionated blather are not good enough for the Skeptical Environmentalist? Here are results from my own, statistically estimated models:

• Blog Roll: The World System (1950-2000+) No support for Climate Change Deniers here.