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Richard Tol

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First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

ERL rejects Richard Tol’s comment on Cook et al 2013, but won’t say who rejected it

Also, it appears the opinion of ONE board member is all it takes, so much for consensus. Richard Toll provides this communication: Rejection letter by ERL: Article under review for Environmental Research Letters Comment on: “Quantifying the consensus ... [Published Watts Up With That? - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Richard Tol, Anthropogenic, Environment

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Junk Science Week: Peter Foster on Obama’s $36 a tonne social cost of carbon

At $36, Obama’s social cost of carbon price is a miracle that produces $4.6-billion in computer-generated benefit bytes The Obama administration got the citizens of the world a great deal on microwaves last week, saving them a whopping $4.6-billion ... [Published Financial Post | Opinion » FP Comment - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Junk Science, Climate, Carbon

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

Tol statistically deconstructs the 97% Consensus

Dr. Richard Tol has been tweeting a statistical destruction of the “97% consensus” study, Cook et al. (2013) by educating co-author Dana Nuccitelli as to why his “sample” is not representative. “In his defense, [Dana] has had limited exposure to … Continue ... [Published Watts Up With That? - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Richard Tol, Education

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Josh on great moments in use of the ‘D word’

Lucia notes: As some of you know, Dana flung the “D” word at Richard Tol. He and a sympathizer who uses the handle “@IdiotTracker” have provided interesting definitions of either “Denier” or “acting like a denier”. For those who don’t … Continue reading ... [Published Watts Up With That? - May 25 2013]

Entities: Richard Tol

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Dana Nuccitelli’s Twitter war with Richard Tol over that 97% consensus paper

Uh oh…them’s fighting words: @dana1981 I think your data are a load of crap. Why is that a lie? I really think so.— Richard Tol (@RichardTol) May 23, 2013 Watch the fun here: @dana1981 In what way did I misrepresent … Continue reading → ... [Published Watts Up With That? - May 23 2013]

Entities: Richard Tol, Twitter

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 4 reports

Al Gore

Al Gore "We're Sleepwalking Toward Cliff"---Science-YOU'RE WRONG!

Yesterday, Former VP Al Gore was peddling his snake oil in Ireland where he warned: Former US vice-president Al Gore called for action on climate change yesterday, comparing denial of changing weather patterns to “sleepwalking towards the edge of the ... [Published YID With LID - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Al Gore, Sleepwalking, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

University of Sussex

Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown

Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown |Reuters :"My own confidence in the data has gone down in the past five years," said Richard Tol, an expert in climate change and professor of economics at the University of Sussex in England.Swedish ... [Published MuskegonPundit - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Climate, Richard Tol, Svante Arrhenius, University of Sussex

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Lawrence Solomon: Reuters joins list of global warming skeptics

Reuters and its environmental correspondent, Alister Doyle, join the list of newly skeptical global warming journalists , with an article today entitled “ Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown .” Why have global warming models failed ... [Published Financial Post | Opinion » FP Comment - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Solomon, Global Warming/Climate Change, Richard Tol

First reported Feb 04 2013 - Updated Feb 04 2013 - 1 reports

New paper by Richard Tol – Targets for global climate policy: An Overview

I thought this paper was interesting, and it was (as part of a Twitter exchange) sent to me by request (thanks to Both Richard Tol and Bjørn Lomborg). I found figure 8 (shown below as part of the preview on … Continue reading → ... [Published Watts Up With That? - Feb 04 2013]

Entities: Richard Tol, Climate Policy, Bjørn Lomborg

First reported Dec 31 2012 - Updated Dec 31 2012 - 1 reports

Economics Supports Production Tax Credits

With the U.S. Congress struggling to reach a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff, the Production Tax Credit, or PTC, has become an object of intense scrutiny. Enacted in 1992, the program functions by awarding a corporate tax credit for each kilowatt-hour ... [Published Pike Research - Dec 31 2012]

Entities: Tax Credits, Wind Power, Carbon

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...(IPCC) had to correct a 2007 report that exaggerated the pace of melt of the Himalayan glaciers and wrongly said they could all vanish by 2035. "my own confidence in the data has gone down in the past five years" said Richard Tol, an expert in climate change and professor of economics at the University of Sussex in England

Al Gore "We're Sleepwalking Toward Cliff"---Science-YOU'RE WRONG! [Published YID With LID - Apr 17 2013]

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ERL rejects Richard Tol’s comment on Cook et al... [Published Watts Up With That? - Jun 18 2013]
Junk Science Week: Peter Foster on Obama’s $36 ... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Jun 14 2013]
Tol statistically deconstructs the 97% Consensus [Published Watts Up With That? - Jun 01 2013]
97% Global Warming Consensus Meets Resistance f... [Published Common Dreams - May 28 2013]
97% global warming consensus meets resistance f... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 28 2013]
Josh on great moments in use of the ‘D word’ [Published Watts Up With That? - May 25 2013]
Dana Nuccitelli’s Twitter war with Richard Tol ... [Published Watts Up With That? - May 23 2013]
Dana Nuccitelli Refuses Reality: Richard Tol Ca... [Published No Tricks Zone - May 23 2013]
Al Gore "We're Sleepwalking Toward Cliff"---Sci... [Published YID With LID - Apr 17 2013]
Reuters Contradicts Its Own Accurate Reporting ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 16 2013]
Global warming slowdown leaves climate scientis... [Published Financial Post - Top Stories - Apr 16 2013]
Lawrence Solomon: Reuters joins list of global ... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Apr 16 2013]
Climate scientists struggle to explain warming ... [Published MuskegonPundit - Apr 16 2013]
Max Greenberg: Reuters' Climate Change Drudge Bait [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Apr 16 2013]
New paper by Richard Tol – Targets for global c... [Published Watts Up With That? - Feb 04 2013]
Economics Supports Production Tax Credits [Published Pike Research - Dec 31 2012]

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ERL rejects Richard Tol’s comment on Cook et al... [Published Watts Up With That? - Jun 18 2013] Also, it appears the opinion of ONE board member is all it takes, so much for consensus. Richard Toll provides this communication: Rejection letter by ERL: Article under review for Environmental Research Letters Comment on: “Quantifying the consensus ...
Junk Science Week: Peter Foster on Obama’s $36 ... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Jun 14 2013] At $36, Obama’s social cost of carbon price is a miracle that produces $4.6-billion in computer-generated benefit bytes The Obama administration got the citizens of the world a great deal on microwaves last week, saving them a whopping $4.6-billion ...
Tol statistically deconstructs the 97% Consensus [Published Watts Up With That? - Jun 01 2013] Dr. Richard Tol has been tweeting a statistical destruction of the “97% consensus” study, Cook et al. (2013) by educating co-author Dana Nuccitelli as to why his “sample” is not representative. “In his defense, [Dana] has had limited exposure to … Continue ...
Josh on great moments in use of the ‘D word’ [Published Watts Up With That? - May 25 2013] Lucia notes: As some of you know, Dana flung the “D” word at Richard Tol. He and a sympathizer who uses the handle “@IdiotTracker” have provided interesting definitions of either “Denier” or “acting like a denier”. For those who don’t … Continue reading ...
Dana Nuccitelli’s Twitter war with Richard Tol ... [Published Watts Up With That? - May 23 2013] Uh oh…them’s fighting words: @dana1981 I think your data are a load of crap. Why is that a lie? I really think so.— Richard Tol (@RichardTol) May 23, 2013 Watch the fun here: @dana1981 In what way did I misrepresent … Continue reading → ...