TOPHER Field’s delight over a US Department of Energy “critical review of climate science” will be shared by thousands of Australians sick and tired of the relentless, decades-long haranguing by government and NGO-sponsored reports predicting climate doom.
“After four decades of lies, deceptions, and exaggerations, it gives me great pleasure to tell you that a US government department has actually provided the honest truth about what we do, and what we don’t, know about the role of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere,” says Field in his video.
The 151-page report, officially titled “A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate”, is largely the work of leading sceptical climate scientists John Christy, Ph.D., Judith Curry, Ph.D., Steven Koonin, Ph.D., Ross McKitrick, Ph.D., and Roy Spencer, Ph.D.
No doubt the report will attract howls of outrage from some quarters and mainstream media is unlikely to give it much coverage, if any.
The following is from the executive summary: “Most extreme weather events in the U.S. do not show long-term trends. Claims of increased frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and droughts are not supported by U.S. historical data [Sections 6.1-6.7]. Additionally, forest management practices are often overlooked in assessing changes in wildfire activity [Section 6.8].
“Global sea level has risen approximately 8 inches since 1900, but there are significant regional variations driven primarily by local land subsidence; U.S. tide gauge measurements in aggregate show no obvious acceleration in sea level rise beyond the historical average rate [Chapter 7].
“Attribution of climate change or extreme weather events to human CO2 emissions is challenged by natural climate variability, data limitations, and inherent model deficiencies [Chapter 8]. Moreover, solar activity’s contribution to the late 20th century warming might be underestimated [Section 8.3.1]”
The full report can be downloaded here.