Judith Curry's Critique of Steven Hayward's Articles

[John Reece]

Steven Hayward: Conservatism and Climate Science

Posted on June 13, 2014

by Judith Curry

Liberals and environmentalists would do well to take on board the categorical imperative of climate policy from a conservative point of view, namely, that whatever policies are developed, they must be compatible with individual liberty and democratic institutions, and cannot rely on coercive or unaccountable bureaucratic administrationConservatism and Climate Science

Hayward has written an article in Issues in Science and Technology entitled Conservatism and Climate Science. The article is over 5000 words, some excerpts to give you a flavor:

One must read Curry's entire post to fully understand her critique of Hayward's articles ― one in The Weekly Standard, the other in Issues in Science and Technology.

[NormATive]

Interesting comparison of two articles written by the same author. Minus the hyperbole and inflammatory language of the second article, it was a well reasoned argument.

Thus, Judith Curry's response is quite apropos:

I think there is plenty of room for compromise on this issue between conservatives and liberals, if we just remove the name-calling. While we are bashing each other from ideological precipices, greedy people are putting the con over us with bogus "environmental solutions" like wind farms and laughing all the way to the bank.

As a liberal, I find the willful ignorance of the damage these wind farms do to bats, birds, the beautiful landscape and the folks who have to live near these monstrosities.

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[John Reece]

Judith Curry's Critique of an AR4 projection

On the AR4′s projected 0.2C/decade temperature increase

Posted on June 15, 2014

by Judith Curry

For the next two decades a warming of about 0.2C per decade is expected for a range of emission scenarios.

In response to my post on Steven Hayward, Hayward is being criticized on twitter for this statement made in context of discussing the temperature plateau:

Seems pretty consistent with what the AR4 SPM said.

[John Reece]

Posted on June 18, 2014

by Judith Curry

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is convening a Hearing today on Climate Change: The Need to Act Now.

The website for the Hearing is [here]. From the Opening Remarks by Barbara Boxer:

[snip]

. . . take our time and study what works and what does not so that we design an effective system that does not pose unnecessary costs upon our nation.