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Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”

Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters” Roger Pielke Jr npj Natural Hazards volume 1, Article number: 12 (2024) Cite this article 10 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract For more than two decades, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a count of weather-related disasters in the United States that it estimates have exceeded one billion dollars (inflation adjusted) in each calendar year starting in 1980. The dataset is widely cited and applied in research, assessment and invoked to justify policy in federal agencies, Congress and by the U.S. President. This paper performs an evaluation of the dataset under criteria of procedure and substance defined under NOAA’s Information Quality and Scientific Integrity policies. The evaluation finds that the “billion dollar disaster” dataset falls short of meeting these criteria. Thus, public claims promoted by NOAA associated with the dataset and its significance are flawed and at times misleadi
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cientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”

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  Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters” Roger Pielke Jr   npj Natural Hazards volume  1 , Article number:  12 ( 2024 ) Cite this article 10 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract For more than two decades, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a count of weather-related disasters in the United States that it estimates have exceeded one billion dollars (inflation adjusted) in each calendar year starting in 1980. The dataset is widely cited and applied in research, assessment and
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Biden Admin Announces ‘Most Aggressive’ Crackdown on Gas Vehicles

  Biden Admin Announces ‘Most Aggressive’ Crackdown on Gas Vehicles Listen to this article 0:00 / 5:20 BeyondWords CV NEWS FEED // The Biden administration Wednesday announced it has finalized plans to impose several stringent regulations on gas-powered vehicles in a move critics have long warned would amount to an “electric vehicle (EV) mandate.” In a statement , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) called the regulations the “strongest-ever pollution standards for cars.” The EPA clarified that it is “finalizing” the standards for “passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 through 2032 and beyond.” “These standards will avoid more than 7 billion tons of carbon emissions and provide nearly $100 billion of annual net benefits to society,” the EPA’s statement claimed. “The final standards deliver on the significant pollution reductions outlined in the proposed rule, while accelerating the adoptio
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Every "net zero by 2050" myth, refuted

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Every "net zero by 2050" myth, refuted By Alex Epstein In preparation for a "net zero by 2050" debate that my opponent failed to show up for, I created refutations of every myth in support of net-zero that I've every encountered. Originally published on Sep 21, 2023 For the last several months I have been eagerly anticipating a scheduled debate I had at the University of Syracuse on “net zero by 2050” with climate catastrophist and net-zero advocate Tom Rand. Unfortunately, due apparently to some sort of weird contractual issue between Tom’s agent and the university, Tom did not make it to the debate . He took no responsibility for the situation , despite the fact that he signed the contracts that caused the problem. Much worse, he did not apologize to me at all , even though he knows that preparing for a specific debate opponent takes a lot of time. Here’s my exchange with Tom over the issue (warning, he uses profanity). Since I was supposed to be in a
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