Michael Bastasch on June 24, 2019
- House Democrats published “inaccurate” climate change claims on a committee website, according to a scientist.
- Democrats based the “inaccurate” claim on information posted online by environmental activists.
- “This is not in accord with current science or consensus anywhere = fraud,” the scientist said.
House Democrats’ climate change hearing is based on “inaccurate” information that’s “not in accord with current science or consensus,” according to a scientist.
A Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee will hold a hearing Tuesday on natural disaster policy “in the wake of climate change.” However, Democrats are under fire for making claims on the hearing’s webpage that don’t line up with the facts.
Atmospheric scientist Ryan Maue, a hurricane expert, tweeted that the Democrats’ hearing “spreads lies” about the scientific consensus on climate change and hurricanes. The House subcommittee is chaired by California Rep. Harley Rouda and includes Green New Deal champion New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a member.
Maue pointed out that major scientific assessments cast doubt on claims global warming is increasing hurricane frequency or intensity.
“This is not in accord with current science or consensus anywhere = fraud,” Maue said of House Democrats’ climate claims, which relies on information on information posted online by environmental activists.
Not a good look for next House hearing on climate change and disasters that furthers inaccurate information (spreads lies) from Union of Concerned Scientists on hurricanes.
This is not in accord with current science or consensus anywhere = fraud. https://t.co/IYYSAXjm5i pic.twitter.com/8oHo0UMpba
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) June 23, 2019
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Maue took issue with Democrats’ claim that “due to climate change, ‘the number of hurricanes that reach Categories 4 and 5 in strength has roughly doubled’ since the 1970s” — a claim that doesn’t line up with scientific assessments from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other organizations.
NOAA, for example, says the rising trend in Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the North Atlantic is based on data that’s “not reliable for trend calculations, until they have been further assessed for data homogeneity problems, such as those due to changing observing practices.”
Global Category 4s and 5s have not doubled and several papers discuss why e.g. detection, incorrect analysis.
This is spelled out in detail at NOAA GFDL website, IPCC reports (my research cited) and if you ask any other reputable tropical scientist.https://t.co/I908S7hCgb
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) June 23, 2019
Democrats linked to the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) website, which points to a 2005 study on hurricanes and global warming. Based on that paper, the website claimed that “[s]ince the mid-1970s, the number of hurricanes that reach Categories 4 and 5 in strength has roughly doubled.”
“Among the many studies included on that page is a link to a 2005 peer-reviewed Science study looking specifically at the increase in intensity of Atlantic hurricanes,” Brenda Ekwurzel, director of climate science at UCS, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“The language our webpage uses to characterize that study could be clearer in describing the results and the time period in question,” Ekwurzel said. “On the same page, we also discuss and link to a broad range of more recent studies.”
UCS changed the language on its website after being contacted by the DCNF. The updated website reads, “one 2005 peer-reviewed study showed a large increase in the number of North American hurricanes that reach Categories 4 and 5 when comparing the most recent 15-year period to the prior 15-year period.”
Interestingly enough, the 2005 study UCS relied on was co-authored by climate scientist Judith Curry, a prominent critic of climate alarmism. Curry will appear at Tuesday’s hearing at the invitation of oversight committee Republicans.
Curry’s 2005 paper found that the strongest hurricanes had doubled in number, though she and her co-authors did not attribute the increase to global warming.
“Should be an interesting hearing,” Curry told the DCNF. “We did not attribute this to anthropogenic global warming, although a subsequent paper showed that this increase shares information with the increase in sea surface temperature.”
However, a 2015 follow-up study by two hurricane experts came to the opposite conclusion of Curry and her co-authors. The follow-up study found the upward trend in destructive storms was “due to observational improvements at the various global tropical cyclone warning centers.”
It is problematic that House Democrats would base a hearing on disasters & climate change on inaccurate info.
This suggests a deficiency in committee staff or, more likely, farming out research to activist groups.
Cue the circus music and bring out the clowns 🤡
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) June 23, 2019
Oversight committee Democrats did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
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Climate Change advocates are in cahoots with the NWO and want to redistribute our wealth to poor nations and then control us.
I think climate change is real. It’s called spring, summer, autumn/fall and winter. I do not believe it is man-made.
Scientist have confirmed that all Dems and especially the Bronx praying mantis AOC are with out a doubt all POS dumbasses
“Climate means the usual condition of the temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, and other meteorological elements in an area of the Earth’s surface for a long time. … Climate and weather are different weather is the day to day conditions in the atmosphere.”
What is the difference of weather and climate?
“Whereas weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. Different regions can have different climates. Mar 23, 2018”
So, the next time a climate change fanatic tells you it’s man made, tell them to make it snow right now, while it is 95 degrees outside, under clear skies in Florida.
NOW I GUESSING ON THIS ONE , BUT I’LL BET THE DEMS KNOW FULL WELL WHO IS BEHIND THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PURPOSE FOR IT. THE GLOBALIST/ CABAL/UN/ YOU NAME THEM , BUT i GET THE FEELING THEY KNOW.
Well, it is not really about climate change is it? That is all a smoke screen and false front for their scam. What it is really about is government power and control over and redistribution of resources. It is about the expansion of big government and control over the general populous.
SURPRISE!! THE DEMOCRATS USE FAKE MEDIA , FAKE VICTIMHOOD, FAKE SCIENTISTS, ETC ETC TO SPREAD THEIR FAKE AGENDAS FOR ONE PURPOSE…… POWER&RICHES…. THEY’VE PROVEN THEY HAVE NO MORALS TO WHAT TACTICS THEY’LL USE TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS EITHER !!
Even IF these good honest folks appear before the committee will the determined socialists even pay them any mind? Assuming they actually have any minds that is.
This is not to say that we should not be good stewards of our environment, but a lot of you people out there need to understand that the main goal of these greedy politicians is to relieve you of your coin purse. I’m all in on taking care of our planet……..and actually do my best as an individual to do what I can……..but “scare tactics” have been around for a long time. In the 60’s we were going in to a new ICE AGE. In the 70’s the earth was going to run out of oil by 2000. (We now have more known reserves in the world than we did then.) According to FAT Al……a MAJOR ENERGY HOG……..the polar caps should already be gone. YES, we should take care of our planet, but if you read the Paris Accord, that we have luckily been taken out of, you will see that it was a complete farce. NOTHING WAS MANDATORY. China and India, the world’s worst polluters (nor any other countries) were REQUIRED to meet any standards….yet the money that the United States would have put into the deal was significant. Without the others doing their part, nothing that America does will amount to a hill of beans……..DESPITE the fact that we ARE actually working toward cleaning our air. Don’t be fooled about the METHODS and LAWS that the politicians wish to place upon us. It’s a huge MONEY GRAB.
This is a lie. Political Insider, you should be ashame of yourself. The fact that your leader is constantly lying does not give you a license to publish false statements about Climate Change.
Dems make their money on knee jerk reactions from scare tactics. Just ask Al Gore.
If the climate is going to destroy earth, then the Dems need to help India and China control their emissions. They are the worst polluters. All the climate agreement meant to other countries was that the U.S. would be the biggest supplier of the money and technology for them and nothing would change for our country. It is and was a scam.
If the climate is going to destroy earth, then the Dems need to help India and China control their emissions. They are the worst polluters. All the climate agreement meant to other countries was that the U.S. would be the biggest supplier of the money and technology for them and nothing would change for our country. It is and was a scam.
No,no,no ! WARREN YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR SINFUL MIND, We shouldn’t pay for their sinful ways. Now we know your a liar , and have NO morals.
The earth has experienced 4 or 5 Ice Ages and “somehow” warmed up after each one, however Demented-Dem-Scientists would have you believe Cavemen, running around in their SUV’s are what got us out of the last Ice Age
My WAG is the earth is on a very gradual, several million year, warming period to be followed by a cooling period which will probably end in an Ice Age, once again. Whether Cavemen will help the earth warm up is the question for the “Next Ice Age Gurus”.
If you plan on living a few million years, best buy long-johns now, while they’re cheap.
The earth has experienced 4 or 5 Ice Ages and “somehow” warmed up after each one, however Demented-Dem-Scientists would have you believe Cavemen, running around in their SUV’s are what got us out of the last Ice Age
My WAG is the earth is on a very gradual, several million year, warming period to be followed by a cooling period which will probably end in an Ice Age, once again. Whether Cavemen will help the earth warm up is the question for the “Next Ice Age Gurus”.
If you plan on living a few million years, best buy long-johns now, while they’re cheap.
Science is not about consensus, it’s about our best guess.
Well of course it’s lies , telling the truth is strictly prohibited under liberal law.
Well of course it’s lies , telling the truth is strictly prohibited under liberal law.
The Dem’s really don’t care about the environment, they just like to use the global warming scare to get votes. …if I vote democrat, then they’ll stop the evil global warming monster…. lol
BINGO!!!!
BINGO!!!!
Here’s the way it works. Democrats want to make something happen. Then they look for anything that can be used to bolster their position, no matter how far-fetched. Then they develop talking points that all liberals must repeat to try and convince the public that they know best. They wrap it with any scientific opinion that may support the argument that humans have the power to make the necessary changes to accomplish their objectives. Of course it will cost lots of money which makes more taxes necessary to be spent. There you have it!
You hit the nail on the head Bro.. Dems lie and Al Gore is a Dem. So……….
He’s had phony written all over every statement he’s ever made.
You hit the nail on the head Bro.. Dems lie and Al Gore is a Dem. So……….
He’s had phony written all over every statement he’s ever made.
Nobody should be surprised by this. Conniving Dems lie about EVERYTHING!
Of course they are anything to suit their needs
Of course they are anything to suit their needs
The sun and stars are nuclear furnaces and I believe that’s fission. I think fusion produces energy while fission consumes it. What all the anti nuclear nuts are so afraid of.
You mean “fusion” not “fission”. However, you are correct that scientific fraud is rampant in the area of anthropogenic global warming, especially in the so-called consensus studies.
You mean “fusion” not “fission”. However, you are correct that scientific fraud is rampant in the area of anthropogenic global warming, especially in the so-called consensus studies.
Man made climate change is a fraud. When all of their “data” excludes the giant ball of fission that we happen to be floating around, and it’s natural cyclical changes it’s not to be trusted!
“SETTLED SCIENCE” Is exactly what the DEMOCRATS try to use as they’re a pack of power hungry Tyrants with an untenable Agenda…
“SETTLED SCIENCE” Is exactly what the DEMOCRATS try to use as they’re a pack of power hungry Tyrants with an untenable Agenda…
The late Michael Crichton said it best: “Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.”
There is no consensus, and never has been. Al Gore and the media created this scenario for profit. It is true that humanity can destroy the environment but having a consensus on a complex, nonlinear and chaotic system is nut job level science.
There is no consensus, and never has been. Al Gore and the media created this scenario for profit. It is true that humanity can destroy the environment but having a consensus on a complex, nonlinear and chaotic system is nut job level science.
Yeah and when the temperatures go down a little we’ll have the next 1973 Ice Age..