Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #644
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The Week That Was: 2025 05 31 (May 31, 2025)
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Quote of the Week: “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a little of this mystery every day.”— Albert Einstein
Number of the Week: From 12% to 18%
THIS WEEK:
By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
Scope: TWTW begins with a lengthy discussion to conclude the series whether climate science as practiced is a physical science. Then, TWTW discusses one of the many natural events that may be cyclical but not considered by the UN IPCC. It concludes with a decision by the Supreme Court that may limit the endless reviews spawned under the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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A Physical Science? On February 1, TWTW began a series asking the question; Is Climate Science a Physical Science? Is it based on physical evidence where the results of experiments and observations are the ultimate judge? As Richard Feynman stated in The Meaning of It All: “If there is an exception to any rule, and if it can be proved by observation, that rule is wrong.”
The journey since then has been convoluted by many political changes that changed the focus of TWTW, but the key question remains clear. Does an increase in atmosphere carbon dioxide which has a small temperature effect by slowing the cooling of Earth result in an increase in water vapor that will double the influence of carbon dioxide and other effects and will result in what is called “runaway greenhouse?”
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