Real Climate Science

My home state of New Mexico has become a giant eyesore on the election map..

2024 House General Election Results | DDHQ

“BREAKING: senior IPCC scientists say exceeding the Paris 1.5°C limit is now inevitable, imminent, and may well have already occured as unsurvivable 2°C by 2034-2038 looms”

(31) Ben See on X: “BREAKING: senior IPCC scientists say exceeding the Paris 1.5°C limit is now inevitable, imminent, and may well have already occured as unsurvivable 2°C by 2034-2038 looms ?” / X

Western leaders won’t attend COP29, but the Taliban will be there.

“Von der Leyen’s Cop29 absence sends ‘fatal signal’, say watchersMEPs express concern for EU climate leadership as commission head confirms she will miss Baku summit

Wed 6 Nov 2024

Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to miss the Cop29 climate summit is “a fatal signal” and raises questions about Europe’s commitment to the climate crisis, observers have said.

Also skipping the “world leaders’ climate action summit” on Tuesday and Wednesday are France’s Emmanuel Macron and the outgoing US president, Joe Biden. The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, cancelled his participation due to a head injury, Reuters reported. The leaders of China, South Africa, Japan and Australia are expected to miss the talks as well.”

Von der Leyen’s Cop29 absence sends ‘fatal signal’, say watchers | Cop29 | The Guardian

The Taliban will attend a U.N. climate conference for the first time

h/t Don Penim

“Today the PM announced our new world-leading target to cut UK emissions by 81%. There is no national security or economic security without climate security. “

(23) Ed Miliband on X: “Today the PM announced our new world-leading target to cut UK emissions by 81%. There is no national security or economic security without climate security. That’s why we have announced this target today. To protect future generations, deliver jobs and drive economic growth. https://t.co/HvzFPhEV2T” / X

The UK could drop off the map and it would have no measurable impact on the growth of atmospheric CO2

Annual CO? emissions

When the New York Times or Joe Biden uses phrases like “False Claims” and Outright Lies” – it normally means “completely accurate.”

“Trump’s False Claims About the Federal Response to Hurricane Helene

The former president falsely accused the Biden administration of spending disaster funding on migrants, neglecting areas that had voted for Republicans”

Trump’s False Claims About FEMA’s Response to Hurricane Helene – The New York Times

Biden Accuses Trump of ‘Outright Lies’ About Hurricane Response – The New York Times

University of Pennsylvania Provost Michael Mann continues his multi-year rant of forecasting doom on all fronts. He says that “Make America Healthy Again” is Putin’s plan to kill millions of Americans.

(9) Prof Michael E. Mann on X: “cancelled for “breaking news”” / X

(10) Prof Michael E. Mann on X: “This is how Putin kills millions of Americans without lifting a finger” / X

(17) Prof Michael E. Mann on X: “@madammarsh @MichellesDude the quote is apparently apocryphal, but the point still stands.” / X

(15) Prof Michael E. Mann on X: ““They finally, really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Oh, goddamn you all to hell!”” / X

From Fox News : Ivy league students struggling to deal with not getting the toy they wanted.

A storm hit the Great Lakes on November 11, 1835, which sank nineteen vessels and drowned 254 sailors.

History of the Great Lakes. Volume I : 1831-1840

The “highly respected” Des Moines Register poll missed by 16%.

“Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris leapfrogs Donald Trump to take lead near Election Day”

Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris pulls ahead in state Donald Trump won twice

Latest Election 2024 News and Updates | Fox News Elections Center

Democrats were angry after the 2016 election, and blue states signed the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact” – which required them to give their electoral votes to the popular vote winner.  If they followed through with their promises, President Trump would win almost every state this year.

“The Problem
In two of the past six presidential elections, the candidate who won the most popular votes lost the election.”

National Popular Vote – Common Cause