Anthony Watts – California Globe

Is the New York Times Clueless or Mendacious When It Comes to Climate and Wildfires?

August 1, 2024 10:00 amAugust 3, 2024 8:22 am

The New York Times in a July 30th story titled How Did the Park Fire Get So Big, So Fast? claims that “Heat has been breaking records all summer, and Dr. Williams said records will probably continue to fall over the...

California’s Wild Weather, Wet or Dry, is Nothing New

December 13, 2021 12:44 pmDecember 14, 2021 6:19 am

For those wondering about the recent heavy rains, going from drought to deluge in a few short months, here’s some data and history to illustrate that it is nothing new, and it has nothing to do with the claims of...

‘Climate Change’ Is Not Making It Harder to Vote

October 30, 2020 3:24 pmOctober 30, 2020 3:34 pm

A press release from a political group called “ClimatePower2020” makes ridiculously wild claims that “climate change” is making it more difficult to vote in the upcoming presidential election, by creating severe weather extremes that keep people from venturing out to vote. There’s...

California’s Looming ‘Green New Car Wreck’

September 30, 2020 11:32 amOctober 1, 2020 1:57 pm

On September 23, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that will ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars in the Golden State by 2035. Ignoring the hard lessons of this past summer, when California’s solar- and wind-reliant electric grid...