ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER 1 DEC. 2014 This week's edition includes: If you need older URLs contact George at
[email protected]. Please Note: This newsletter contains articles that offer differing points of view regarding climate change, energy and other environmental issues. Any opinions expressed in this publication are the responses of the editor alone and do not represent the positions of the Environmental Engineering Division or the ASME. George Holliday This week's edition includes: ENVIRONMENT: A. ALL 50 STATES HAVE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES Meteorologist Tim Buckley of WFMY-TV writes on Facebook: All 50 states have low temperatures BELOW freezing tonight. (Monday night) Yes, even Hawaii. Tall mountain peaks there regularly get below freezing, and even get snow. This typically happens a few times during winter, but is very rare this early in the season. Pretty neat! The low… http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/11/18/all-50-states-have-below-freezing-temperatures/ B. IF 97% OF SCIENTISTS SAY GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL, 100% SAY IT HAS NEARLY STOPPED John Cook’s methodology proves that there is a “pause consensus”. Guest essay by Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute. The central premise of “global warming” is that human greenhouse-gas emissions will lead to a rise in the earth’s average surface temperature, and that as emissions… http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/11/18/if-97-of-scientists-say-global-warming-is-real-100-say-it- has-nearly-stopped/ C. CARBON DIOXIDE / MODELING Who needs an Orbiting Carbon Observatory to track it when you can model Carbon Dioxide movement? Video follows.