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Read: Climate Bookshelf 2023

By Dr. Judith Curry

Climate Bookshelf 2023

2023 was a banner year for the publication of interesting climate-related books. Some excellent books for Xmas stockings, providing scientific insights, policy sanity and optimism for the 21st century.

Data Doesn't Support Left's Climate Apocalypse Narrative

The data doesn't support the left's climate apocalypse narrative. @thewillwitt pic.twitter.com/fKKLeiksz9

— PragerU (@prageru) October 12, 2020

Climate alarmists (left) vs Climate (right)

Climate alarmists (left) vs Climate (right) pic.twitter.com/sJ1sznA8g4

— Johnny Twoskidoos (@JTwoskidoos) December 3, 2018

Michael Mann (Fake Nobelist) Update 3-16-18

Another Manntastic Climate Horror Scenario Bites the Dust https://t.co/FMo7UNcHOD pic.twitter.com/O6s8HGJCQv

— Watts Up With That (@wattsupwiththat) March 16, 2018

Reminder: The EPA Once Made a Climate Rap Song “Click it- Flip it”

Your periodic reminder that EPA once made a climate rap song “Click it- Flip it”

Next Level Beats, y’all.https://t.co/KeaJvR2WlA

— Euphonius Bugnuts (@EuphoniusNuts) March 1, 2018

Michael Mann (Fake Nobelist) Update 2-22-18

Mann claims "the science is in" on climate change; also "we learn something about the climate system every day" and also we "don't really understand" climate. #PCCC2018 pic.twitter.com/pS4k5qlHZ1

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) February 22, 2018

Remarkable BS here: "In the 80s and 90s it was ok to be a sceptic about #climatechange but now the science is in, says Prof Michael Mann" #PCCC2018 https://t.co/P374lT9DIP

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) February 22, 2018

Climate scammer @MichaelEMann flies to NZ; tries to sell the idea that we need a new category 6 to "describe the unprecedented strength" of recent CO2-induced hurricanes @RogerPielkeJr https://t.co/vkUYHb95t2

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) February 22, 2018

Bummer: Mann's trip home from New Zealand just got a LOT less convenient #PCCC2018 https://t.co/T5wHIMNT7H

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) February 22, 2018

#PCCC2018 https://t.co/fLx8nKAmMg

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) February 22, 2018

It's such bizarre wishful thinking. What's powering your computer? How'd Mann get to the conference? Fossil fuel use is expected to increase through the year 2040. #PCCC2018 pic.twitter.com/rbHKKMygMS

— Paul Clark (@cbfool) February 22, 2018

Show me convincing evidence that without human influence, Earth would have continued to cool from ~1976 (global cooling scare) thru now. #PCCC2018 https://t.co/qHUp2iSjOQ

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) February 22, 2018

The Real Difference Between Climate and Weather

After much research I’ve found the difference between climate and weather. @tan123 @SteveSGoddard @DrMikeSimpson @Education4Libs @SebGorka @EcoSenseNow pic.twitter.com/vWVn3xMi0R

— James Monroe (@Meteorologist88) February 5, 2018

Leo DiCaprio's Climate Scam Qualifications

I'm sure most chicks would prefer DiCaprio views on climate with his 8th grade science education over that of Einstein's co-worker Dyson but for the rest of us he's not compelling. pic.twitter.com/TajNpEd6Cr

— Sundance (@0Sundance) December 15, 2017

What's To Debate?

Fear in the climate camp?
"There is no need for RedTeam/BlueTeam climate debates because real climate scientists have it all figured out."

WHAT'S TO DEBATE? pic.twitter.com/TndcWV8YTm

— Sewer Rat (@chaamjamal) December 6, 2017

Pielke Jr. in Today's Wall Street Journal

Roger Pielke, Jr., appears in today's Wall Street Journal:

A Litigious Climate Threatens Scientific Norms

An energy researcher sues another over a critical paper. It’s the wrong way to resolve such disputes.

Warmist Bette Midler, A Year Later

Flashback to a year ago, November 2016, when ultra Warmist climate hero misunderstood weather for climate:

It's November in New York, and it's 70 degrees. Tomorrow it will be 74. I'd like to express my profound disdain for climate change deniers.

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 2, 2016

A year later, during record cold weather (not to be confused with climate, Bette) Tom Nelson remembers and it's a beautiful thing:

Hi Bette--how's the weather in New York this evening? https://t.co/XQGkf9Y2Z2

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) November 10, 2017

Climate expert @BetteMidler silenced by record cold. https://t.co/kNqLGSTc7w

— Directed^Energy (@Ike_Kiefer) November 11, 2017

The Six Plays in the Warmist Playbook

GOTTA love #Climate bedwetters - whenever their orthodoxy is challenged by irrefutable facts & data they consult the groupthink playbook:
1. “Unsourced”
2. “Not pal-reviewed”
3. “Not credible”
4. “Not established science”
5. “Denier”
6. “97%” or “99%” of scientists

— JWSpry (@JWSpry) October 22, 2017

Scientist Roy Spencer: Climate Changes Naturally

MUST READ: Scientist Roy Spencer: Climate Changes Naturally https://t.co/a48jRbAUKp pic.twitter.com/GTCeG7CWue

— Climate Realists (@ClimateRealists) October 16, 2017

Atheists Suddenly Believe the Pope if it Advances Warmist Cause

Funny how the more atheist somebody claims to be, the more they believe the Pope is the ultimate authority on climate.

— Luis B. Aramburu (@luisbaram) September 13, 2017

Insanity Is Believing In A Climate "Negotiator"

The definition of insanity is someone who thinks a climate negotiator will make the climate better.

— Till Eulenspigel (@eulenspigel) May 8, 2017

From Cato: A Climate of Science Deception

Patrick J. Michaels and Ryan Maue have a post at Cato that you need to see:

Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin caused quite a stir yesterday in an interview with Mary Kissel of The Wall Street Journal when he stated Federal scientists purposefully misled the public about climate change. He recounted that the 2014 National Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in the United States emphasized a dramatic increase in Atlantic hurricane power beginning in 1980. However, this conveniently chosen segment of the historical record does not tell the entire story—the narrative that hurricanes are right now getting more frequent and intense due to climate change just does not stand up to scrutiny.

Read the entire post here.

A climate of science deception? https://t.co/faP5CIntc2 pic.twitter.com/SBK1NBDy7P

— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) May 4, 2017

We've Been Silenced by the "Science" March! Or Totally Not!

My favorite thing about the #ScienceMarch was that it permanently silenced all the climate skeptics. Congratulations, marchers!

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) April 23, 2017

The Simple Climate Cult Steps

Step 1: blindly follow group think. Step 2: pretend you control the climate. Step 3: pay more for much less. #StepsToReverseClimateChange

— ClimateChngeSurvivor (@Blurred_Trees) March 25, 2017

Scientists Unable to Predict Snow in 24 Hours, Also Unable to Predict Climate in 100 Years

An inconvenient truth: Scientists can't predict a snowstorm 24 hours out but are 100% sure what will happen to the climate in 100 years.

— Jordan Golson (@jlgolson) March 14, 2017