IPCC hysteria

ABC are offering hysteria and moral indignation in their coverage of the IPCC's latest report. For an adult's perspective see what missing voice Dr Judy Curry has to offer....

IPCC diagnosis – permanent paradigm paralysis

by Judith Curry

Diagnosis: paradigm paralysis, caused by motivated reasoning, oversimplification, and consensus seeking; worsened and made permanent by a vicious positive feedback effect at the climate science-policy interface.

In a previous post, I discussed the IPCC’s diagnosis of a planetary fever and their prescription for planet Earth.  In this post, I provide a diagnosis and prescription for the IPCC

To read the rest follow the link.

Climate Commission: The Prince of Precaution: last part

To mark the end of the Climate Commission we have published the serial version of The Prince of Precaution. Here's the ending and links to parts 1 to 4. Click to enlarge.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Climate Commission: The Prince of Precaution: Part 4

To mark the end of the Climate Commission we are publishing the serial version of The Prince of Precaution. Here's Part 4. Final part tomorrow. Click to enlarge.

Balanced Climate Coverage!

Something you will not see on your ABC but available in THE AUSTRALIAN newspaper today....

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/climate

see also
http://judithcurry.com/2013/09/20/the-ipccs-inconvenient-truth/

Climate Commission: The Prince of Precaution: Part 3

To mark the end of the Climate Commission we are publishing the serial version of The Prince of Precaution over the next 2 days. Here's Part 3. Click to enlarge.

In a tiz

Meanwhile the other arm of the ABC, The Conversation is in a tiz about the loss of the Climate Commission. So concerned about dissent it has closed one article after just one comment, and that was removed. Having a conversation with yourself, is that the first sign of madness?

Re-writing climate commission history

UPDATE:
Seems I am wrong on this. In 2010 the then Gillard government did indeed promise a climate commission. However it did promise it would be independent, sadly history shows it was not.

Our apologies to activist Sara on this point she is indeed factually correct. I should know by now not to rely on ABC news as a reliable source of information.

see http://web.archive.org/web/20100820211502/http://www.alp.org.au/federal-government/news/building-consensus-in-the-community/


Original post below.

ABC's resident environmental activist, Sara Phillips writes the following in a blog post:

"The Climate Commission was an election promise from the Gillard Government during the 2010 poll."

No it was not!  What was promised was a "citizen's assembly". 

Let's re-wind to July 2010. From: Gillard to ask the people on climate change.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-07-22/gillard-to-ask-the-people-on-climate-change/916006

"A re-elected Labor government would ask a new "citizens' assembly" for climate change advice, under a key part of the ALP's new climate change policy set to be launched by Prime Minister Julia Gillard today."

From The World today: Labor's revised climate change policy

JULIA GILLARD: Consensus on this issue should not depend solely on a fragile agreement between political parties. Adopting a market based mechanism to price carbon will transform the way we live and the way we work. 

Such a major change cannot be made and unmade on the oscillations of the political pendulum. 

If we are re-elected I will deliver a dedicated process, a citizens' assembly to examine over 12 months the evidence on climate change, the case for action and the possible consequences of introducing a market based approach to limiting and reducing carbon emissions.

7/10/2013: Julia Gillard scraps climate assembly

http://www.news.com.au/national-news/julia-gillard-scraps-climate-assembly/story-e6frfkvr-1225935583350

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has ditched her election policy of a climate change citizens' assembly.

Ms Gillard went to the election promising to bring together an assembly of 150 citizens to discuss ways to tackle climate change.

Speaking at a media conference after the first meeting of a new multi-party climate change committee, the prime minister said the policy would not go ahead.

"The committee concluded that in view of the creation of this committee and its intended outreach work that the proposal of a citizens' assembly should not be implemented and that there will be other ways of harnessing public dialogue engagement in the science of climate change and engagement in questions of pricing carbon,'' she said.

The Government will also set up a climate change commission.

Facts, such malleable items in the ABC hands.

Climate Commission: The Prince of Precaution: Part 2

To mark the end of the Climate Commission we are publishing the serial version of The Prince of Precaution over the next 4 days. Here's Part 2. Click to enlarge.

Climate Commission: The Prince of Precaution

To mark the end of the Climate Commission we are publishing the serial version of The Prince of Precaution over the next 5 days. Here's Part 1. Click to enlarge.

Climate Commission: End of the lies?

How long before the ABC notice?

The Herald Sun report:
Tim Flannery sacked, Climate Commission dismantled by Coalition

Smiley face from me!

Update: They noticed. 

Here's what Big Tim the prince of precaution stated to ABC:

"We've stayed out of the politics and stuck to the facts," he said.

We beg to differ:

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 17

Lies of the climate commission: Part 16 "bald faced liars"

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 15 - The disgruntled summer

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 14 - Climate on steriods!

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 13

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 12

Lies of the Climate Commission Part 11

Lies of the climate commission Part 10

Lies of the Climate Commission part 9-the cargo cult continues

Lies of the climate commission Part 8

Lies of the climate commission: Part 7 manufacturing certainty

Lies of the climate commission: Part 6 no islands evacuated

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 5-Calcification rates

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 4

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 3

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 2

Lies of the Climate Commission: Part 1

And the lies roll on....TF: "We've just seen one of the earliest ever starts to the bushfire season in Sydney following the hottest twelve months on record."

and why:....?
Hazard reduction burn started major Sydney bushfire

Work of others

Andrew Bolt has a number of post on his blog today drawing attention to ABC's lack of balance and poor reporting standards that are worth a read.

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/

Arctic sea ice gone by 2013! Where's my update?

Back in 2007 ABC's alarmist current affairs program AM, lead by Tony Eastley (who was paid by the Climate Commission to MC one of its meetings) reported that the Arctic could be ice free by 2013 (see here). In its report ABC provided no critical questioning and did not ask for other opinions at the time. It ended with this dire warning from reporter Barbara Miller: "As the world meets in Bali, Al Gore went on to repeat his calls for tough action on climate change. The trouble is, it looks increasingly like it may already be too late."

The latest National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – click image to view at source  image of arctic ice extent showing that the summer melt for 2013 has turned the corner. The figures indicate the forecast ABC trumpeted was incorrect, only by about 5,000,000 square kilometers.

Perhaps we can have an update from Auntie, or would this be too embarrassing?

CC Tony Eastley
CC Barbara Miller
CC Alan Sunderland

Missing Voices: Roy Spencer

ABC gathers its information from a very  limited number of sources.  Despite a call for diversity in its charter its staff favour those with a similar viewpoint to their own regardless of the subject. On Climate Change for years this has meant the only "experts" ABC call upon for comment and opinion share the same Alarmist views on humanity's influence on the climate as the ABC's staff.

One of the voices the ABC could have have broadcast belongs to Dr Roy Spencer, a climate scientist from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr Spencer looks after the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite, one of the key instruments monitoring global temperatures. A voice perhaps worth listening to. However a search of ABC's news archive could locate only one interview with Dr Spencer. Perhaps with the climate crisis becoming increasingly "Lukewarm" it's time for another.

Dr Spencer an important voice missing from your ABC.
Here's a link to his blog. http://www.drroyspencer.com

Spring Fires in past times

ABC's sister publications THE AGE and the Sydney Morning Herald  linked yesterday's Sydney bushfires with Climate change. Before Auntie follows a similar path here are a few items from times past that might help provide some perspective...

These articles of note....
State wide heat, Bushfires. Sydney homes in Danger. SMH 13/9/1946

Heat in Sydney. The West Australian 9/9/1940
Drought and Bushfires The Advertiser Friday 13 September 1895
Bush Fires, Heat And Fierce Winds The Sydney Morning Herald  Friday 21 September 1945

Some other examples (sorry no links but if you are interested search NLA...
1965...HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY Early bushfires widespread, The Canberra Times 27 September 1965 
1994...Early start to bushfire season The Canberra Times 21 August 1994
1964...Bushfire danger. The Canberra TimesThursday 13 August 1964
1956...BUSHFIRE RISK IS GRIM STATES OFFICIAL. The Central Queensland Herald 13 September 1956
1950...Bushfire Peril In N.S.W. And Queensland The Advertiser 25 September 1950
1918...A Terrific Bushfire ENORMOUS DAMAGE IN TAMBO DISTRICT. MITCHELL, Townsville Daily Bulletin 26 September 1918
1932...HUGE BUSHFIRE. FARMS IN DANGER. Rockhampton Menace. The Brisbane Courier 27 September 1932

Give ABC board control

ABC’s former chairmen Maurice Newman nailed the problem with the ABC: Groupthink. Groupthink on climate change, the environment, industrial relations, gender, marriage, the middle east. Name any issue and the ABC’s response can be predicted. In a multiple choice poll the ABC always promotes the response that characterises the loony left. This wouldn’t be a problem if the organisation was privately owned like the Green-Left Weekly, but it isn’t. It’s owned by the Australian people and its charter provides for the views of all Australians, not just the views of ABC’s city (ec)-centric staff.

With a new government in place it is time the ABC was placed back in the hands of the Australian people through its board. The ABC board, like the board of any organisation must be provided with the authority to run the ABC according to the ABC’s charter, not according to the whims of its groupthinking staff.

ABC ALP

Kerry O'Brien wheeled out to once again host the ALP's (sorry) ABC's election night coverage.
How long for the gaffe?

at about 0:30

Congrats to ABC's other O'Brien, Joe for keeping the ABC/ALP gaffe alive on the night.

Their ABC part 2

Simon at ACM has an interesting post....

It is galling that taxes paid by all Australians go towards funding that Lefty/Green echo-chamber, which caters for a small urban elite, staffed with inner-city Ultimo types who couldn’t run a chook raffle.

Their ABC

Comments from this week's Media Watch Dog....

The fact is that the ABC managing director does not run the ABC.  Nobody does.  Rather the ABC is controlled by a number of collectives which preside over the public broadcaster’s key television, radio and online products.  The members of these collectives are invariably on the left and they appoint one another to key positions.  This explains why the ABC remains a Conservative-Free-Zone without a conservative presenter or producer or editor for any of its main outlets.  The contemporary Liberal Party understands the problem – as is evident from the comments of the likes of Senator Eric Abetz during Senate estimates committee meetings on the ABC.  It remains to be seen what, if anything, the Coalition will do if it is elected to office on Saturday.

Missing news: 50 to 1

ABC appears to find news of crowd sourced and community funded projects worthwhile. For instance it recently spent sometime reporting on the use of crowd sourced funding to finance an investigation into the genetic health of sugar gliders (Link Here).

How long then will the ABC, who is supposed to represent the views of all Australians, take to report on a recent community sourced project that demonstrates that it is 50 times more costly to tackle climate change through taxes and emission trading schemes than to do so by adapting to change as it occurs.

To see the results of this community effort and to learn a thing or two about the economics of climate change follow the link below.

http://topher.com.au/50-to-1-video-project/

Well done to topher and the team!