"This was neatly summed up in a Guardian blog by Dana Nuccitelli,
who works for a multi-billion dollar US environmental business (Tetra
Tech) and writes prodigiously about global warming and related matters
from a very distinct perspective."
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7/27/13, "TetraTech Industries" Solid expertise in hydrocarbons"
"OIL & GAS
Solid expertise in hydrocarbons
The Tetra Tech Industries specialists have leading edge expertise and
solid experience in hydrocarbon production. Whether on small, medium or
large-scale projects requiring construction, renovation, process or
equipment optimization or equipment modification, our process,
mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and materials teams work closely
together.
Our expertise encompasses all major processes related to refining, terminals, pipelines and pumping stations.
Specific areas of expertise
Refining
Distillation of crude
Hydrocracking
Hydrotreatment
Catalytic reforming
Isomerization
Flue gas treatment
Amine and sodium hydroxide treatment
Loading of trucks/tank trucks
Utility services
Wastewater treatment
Tank farms
Chemical products"...
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7/27/13, "Dana Nuccitelli's Paycheck - Funded by ExxonMobil," populartechnology.net
"Dana Nuccitelli is an alarmist blogger at Skeptical Science and The Guardian. He is also co-author of the falsely manufactured Cook et al. "97% consensus" paper.
A shocking revelation by Anthony Watts was that Nuccitelli's employer Tetra Tech is funded by "Big Oil".
Which is incredibly ironic considering his choice of tweets,...
ExxonMobil Funding
Further research reveals that Tetra Tech is specifically being funded by ExxonMobil to lead the design and construction of their new 386-acre campus north of Houston, Texas.
"[A] Tetra Tech Company, is leading the design and construction of the [ExxonMobil] campus"
Kearl Oil Sands in Alberta
Tetra Tech was also hired by ExxonMobil to draft an environmental
assessment for the Montana Department of Transportation to transport
giant oilfield equipment modules through Montana to the Kearl Oil Sands
in Alberta.
During a lawsuit that involved the National Wildlife Federation and the
Sierra Club, Tetra Tech demonstrated their loyalty to "Big Oil" by testifying in defense of ExxonMobil's proposal.
"Hydrogeologist Bill Craig of Tetra Tech spent the morning on the stand as a defense witness called by MDT and Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil. Tetra Tech was hired by the oil company to draft the environmental assessment MDT required for the Kearl module project"
Hypocritically, Nuccitelli railed against the development of Alberta's oil sands, while simultaneously cashing his paycheck ExxonMobil helped pay for. Is Tetra Tech aware that one of their employees is undermining the companies financial interests?
Why would ExxonMobil do business with a company that employs a loose cannon like Nuccitelli who openly smears their CEO?
References:
Dana Nuccitelli: Environmental Scientist at Tetra Tech (Linkedin)
ExxonMobil Campus is the Workplace of the Future (Tetra Tech)
Megaload trial: DOT avoided using term 'high-wide corridor' (Missoulian, May 19, 2011)
What tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline mean for climate change (The Guardian, August 23, 2011)
Exxon-Mobil CEO Downplays the Global Warming Threat (Skeptical Science, July 13, 2012)
An Updated Look at What Keystone XL and Alberta Tar Sands Mean for the Climate (Skeptical Science, February 8, 2013)
Exxon Mobil campus overview: It's big (Houston Chronicle, April 23, 2013)
Dana Nuccitelli's 'vested interest' ? – oil and gas (WUWT, July 22, 2013)"
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7/22/13, "Andrew Neil on Ed Davey climate change interview critics," BBC, Andrew Neil
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
10 great Mick Jagger performances-Time
7/25/13, "Mick Jagger Turns 70: 10 Great Performances," Time, Steve Futterman
"More than four decades ago, Mick Jagger claimed that he couldn’t imagine jumping around a stage and singing rock and roll when he was thirty. If things didn’t turn out quite like he imagined they might, Jagger — who turns 70 on July 26 — has certainly beaten the odds. Not only has rock music not cut him down as it has far too many others, it’s kept him young.
An impossibly agile performer, Jagger — as these clips, presented in chronological order, attest — still has most of the moves he displayed when he first took the stage with the Rolling Stones a half century ago."
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Time video clips include, "It's all over now," "Lady Jane," "Waiting on a friend," "Some Girls," "Brown Sugar." Not included but two I like, "Not Fade Away," and "Gimme Shelter"
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"More than four decades ago, Mick Jagger claimed that he couldn’t imagine jumping around a stage and singing rock and roll when he was thirty. If things didn’t turn out quite like he imagined they might, Jagger — who turns 70 on July 26 — has certainly beaten the odds. Not only has rock music not cut him down as it has far too many others, it’s kept him young.
An impossibly agile performer, Jagger — as these clips, presented in chronological order, attest — still has most of the moves he displayed when he first took the stage with the Rolling Stones a half century ago."
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Time video clips include, "It's all over now," "Lady Jane," "Waiting on a friend," "Some Girls," "Brown Sugar." Not included but two I like, "Not Fade Away," and "Gimme Shelter"
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
UN IPCC climate report casts doubt on claims that global warming is hiding in oceans, says computer model simulations of oceans absorbing heat have errors and are unreliable-Chapter 8
"These errors in oceanic heat uptake will also have a large impact on the
reliability of the sea level rise projections."
"Climate Change 2007: Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis"
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"8.3.2.2.2 Southern Ocean circulation"
"The Southern Ocean wind stress error has a particularly large detrimental impact on the Southern Ocean simulation by the models. Partly due to the wind stress error identified above, the simulated location of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is also too far north in most models (Russell et al., 2006). Since the AAIW is formed on the north side of the ACC, the water mass properties of the AAIW are distorted (typically too warm and salty: Russell et al., 2006). The relatively poor AAIW simulation contributes to the multi-model mean error identified above where the thermocline is too diffuse, because the waters near the base of thermocline are too warm and salty.
It is likely that the relatively poor Southern Ocean simulation
will influence the transient climate response to increasing greenhouse gases by affecting the oceanic heat uptake.
When forced by increases in radiative forcing, models with too little Southern Ocean mixing will probably underestimate the ocean heat uptake; models with too much mixing will likely exaggerate it.
These errors in oceanic heat uptake will also have a large impact on the reliability of the sea level rise projections. See Chapter 10 for more discussion of this subject."
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Subsequent UN IPCC chapter again cites inability of computer models to measure ocean heat:
"8.3.2.3 Summary of Oceanic Component Simulation"
"In the Southern Ocean, the equatorward bias of the westerly wind stress maximum found in most model simulations is a problem that may affect the models’ response to increasing radiative forcing."
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"Climate Change 2007: Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis"
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"8.3.2.2.2 Southern Ocean circulation"
"The Southern Ocean wind stress error has a particularly large detrimental impact on the Southern Ocean simulation by the models. Partly due to the wind stress error identified above, the simulated location of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is also too far north in most models (Russell et al., 2006). Since the AAIW is formed on the north side of the ACC, the water mass properties of the AAIW are distorted (typically too warm and salty: Russell et al., 2006). The relatively poor AAIW simulation contributes to the multi-model mean error identified above where the thermocline is too diffuse, because the waters near the base of thermocline are too warm and salty.
It is likely that the relatively poor Southern Ocean simulation
will influence the transient climate response to increasing greenhouse gases by affecting the oceanic heat uptake.
When forced by increases in radiative forcing, models with too little Southern Ocean mixing will probably underestimate the ocean heat uptake; models with too much mixing will likely exaggerate it.
These errors in oceanic heat uptake will also have a large impact on the reliability of the sea level rise projections. See Chapter 10 for more discussion of this subject."
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Subsequent UN IPCC chapter again cites inability of computer models to measure ocean heat:
"8.3.2.3 Summary of Oceanic Component Simulation"
"In the Southern Ocean, the equatorward bias of the westerly wind stress maximum found in most model simulations is a problem that may affect the models’ response to increasing radiative forcing."
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No drought in Boston, LL Bean tarp on the field, Tampa Bay Rays v Red Sox
7/25/13, "Rain forced a postponement of Thursday’s series finale between the Red Sox and Rays at Fenway Park. (Mike Petraglia/WEEI.com)"
7/25/13, "Bullpen catcher Manni Martinez walks back from playing catch with Boston Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey after the game was cancelled against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park," Matt Stone, Boston Herald
Bullpen
catcher, Mani Martinez walks back from playing catch with Boston Red
Sox starting pitcher John Lackey after the game was cancelled against
the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. - See more at:
http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/clubhouse_insider/2013/07/sox_rays_postponed_until_monday#sthash.tBiEfQyW.dpuf
Bullpen
catcher, Mani Martinez walks back from playing catch with Boston Red
Sox starting pitcher John Lackey after the game was cancelled against
the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. - See more at:
http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/clubhouse_insider/2013/07/sox_rays_postponed_until_monday#sthash.tBiEfQyW.dpuf
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No drought in Denver, rain delay Miami Marlins v Colorado Rockies
7/25/13, "@DenverChannel #gamedelay @Rockies http://t.co/wH0W8VQWnd
@DenverChannel #gamedelay
@Rockies http://t.co/wH0W8VQWnd," myreportthedenverchannel.com. Score 0-0 in the 7th.
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Unemployment still above 10% in 27 US metro areas. 11 of the 27 are in California
7/2/2013, "Unemployment Rate Still Above 10% in 27 US Metro Areas," WSJ, Jonathan House
"Unemployment fell in May from a year earlier in two-thirds of the nation’s 372 metropolitan areas, but 27 still had jobless rates in excess of 10%, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
Eleven of these areas were in California, the country’s most-populous state, which continues to grapple with fallout from the housing-market downturn. El Centro, Calif., had one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates, at 22.8%, surpassed by Yuma, Ariz., at 30.8%."...
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"Unemployment fell in May from a year earlier in two-thirds of the nation’s 372 metropolitan areas, but 27 still had jobless rates in excess of 10%, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
Eleven of these areas were in California, the country’s most-populous state, which continues to grapple with fallout from the housing-market downturn. El Centro, Calif., had one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates, at 22.8%, surpassed by Yuma, Ariz., at 30.8%."...
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NSF hands out $7 billion taxpayer dollars each year on 12,000 research proposals. 23 universities get half the total
"Table 1. The 23 Universities that get half of NSF funding to research universities."
9/13/2012, "How the NSF allocates billions of federal dollars to top universities," Sunlight Foundation, by Lee Drutman
"Each year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) bestows more than $7 billion worth of federal funding on about 12,000 research proposals, chosen out of about 45,000 submissions.
Thanks to the power of open data, we can now see how representation on NSF federal advisory committees connects to which universities get the most funding. (Federal advisory committee membership data is a feature of Influence Explorer.)
Our analysis finds a clear correlation between the universities with the most employees serving on the NSF advisory committees and the universities that receive the most federal money. Overall about 75% of NSF funding goes to academic institutions.
Even when controlling for other factors, we find that for each additional employee a university has serving on an NSF advisory committee that university can expect to see an additional $125,000 to $138,000 in NSF funding."...
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9/13/2012, "How the NSF allocates billions of federal dollars to top universities," Sunlight Foundation, by Lee Drutman
"Each year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) bestows more than $7 billion worth of federal funding on about 12,000 research proposals, chosen out of about 45,000 submissions.
Thanks to the power of open data, we can now see how representation on NSF federal advisory committees connects to which universities get the most funding. (Federal advisory committee membership data is a feature of Influence Explorer.)
Our analysis finds a clear correlation between the universities with the most employees serving on the NSF advisory committees and the universities that receive the most federal money. Overall about 75% of NSF funding goes to academic institutions.
Even when controlling for other factors, we find that for each additional employee a university has serving on an NSF advisory committee that university can expect to see an additional $125,000 to $138,000 in NSF funding."...
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