{"id":275363,"date":"2023-08-24T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275363"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:41:15","slug":"l-a-times-hypes-green-china-the-worlds-champ-of-global-coal-use-co2-emissions-while-demanding-u-s-declare-a-climate-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275363","title":{"rendered":"L A Times Hypes \u201cGreen China\u201d the World\u2019s Champ of Global Coal Use &amp; CO2 Emissions While Demanding U.S. Declare a \u201cClimate Emergency\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"275378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275378\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-929\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"364\" data-attachment-id=\"275365\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516.png?fit=1106%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1106,556\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516.png?fit=723%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516.png?resize=723%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516.png?resize=1024%2C515&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516.png?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516.png?resize=768%2C386&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Screenshot-2023-08-24-142516.png?w=1106&amp;ssl=1 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>L A Times Hypes \u201cGreen China\u201d the World\u2019s Champ of Global Coal Use &amp; CO2 Emissions While Demanding U.S. Declare a \u201cClimate Emergency\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guest essay by Larry Hamlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The L A Times has been publishing a section in its newspaper for years called China Watch which tries to portray China as \u201cgreen\u201d as discussed in a prior WUWT article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2021\/05\/28\/l-a-times-publishes-beijing-funded-propaganda-conceals-chinas-massive-coal-use-emissions\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The August 20th, 2023 Edition of the Sunday L A Times ridiculously juxtaposed two articles in this papers edition by hyping praise for China in its latest China Watch Section&nbsp;for its \u201cHome on the Range\u201d article headline addressing a \u201cGreen Push Benefits\u201d&nbsp;project in a Mongolian Province as noted in the two photos shown below while also demanding in its Editorial Section that&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/enewspaper.latimes.com\/infinity\/article_share.aspx?guid=93462c75-28d2-4fc6-be97-d6c620e30373\">Biden declare a \u201cClimate Emergency\u201d for the U.S.<\/a>&nbsp;as shown in the Times editorial below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"278\" data-attachment-id=\"275368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275368\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-924.png?fit=975%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"975,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-924\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-924.png?fit=723%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-924.png?resize=723%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-924.png?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-924.png?resize=300%2C115&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-924.png?resize=768%2C295&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"655\" data-attachment-id=\"275367\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275367\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-923.png?fit=975%2C883&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"975,883\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-923\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-923.png?fit=723%2C655&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-923.png?resize=723%2C655&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-923.png?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-923.png?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-923.png?resize=768%2C696&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"602\" data-attachment-id=\"275369\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275369\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-925.png?fit=975%2C812&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"975,812\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-925\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-925.png?fit=723%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-925.png?resize=723%2C602&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-925.png?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-925.png?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-925.png?resize=768%2C640&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyinst.org\/statistical-review\/resources-and-data-downloads\">Energy Institute year 2022 data<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>U.S. has reduced its use of coal since 2005 by 57% (predominantly by switching to use of lower emissions, high efficiency and lower cost natural gas which Democrats have tried to impede)<\/strong>&nbsp;while China increased its already&nbsp;<strong>dominate coal use by 58% during this same time&nbsp;period<\/strong>&nbsp;thus further establishing its title as&nbsp;<strong>the world\u2019s champion global coal burning nation by consuming 54.75 percent of all worldwide coal use.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>U.S. year 2022 coal consumption is now only about 6% of global coal use<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>The Times makes no mention of China\u2019s massive and growing use of coal which is far and away the dirtiest of all CO2 emissions energy consumption fuels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally,&nbsp;<strong>the world\u2019s non-OECD nations led by China and India have increased coal use since 2005 by over 175% and now account for over 82% of all the world\u2019s consumption of coal.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This huge and still rapidly growing growth in coal use consumption accounts for why the&nbsp;<strong>non-OECD nations are responsible for over 66% of all year 2022 global CO2 emissions<\/strong>&nbsp;and why the&nbsp;<strong>U.S. reduced CO2 emissions since 2005 by over 1 billion metric tons<\/strong>&nbsp;while the&nbsp;<strong>non-OECD nations increased CO2 emissions by over 8.2 billion metric tons during this same period<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The L A Times conceals this readily available data regarding energy use consumption and emissions demonstrating its dishonesty, distortion, and deception in promoting massively costly and globally irrelevant efforts here in the U.S.<\/strong>&nbsp;that have no ability to control or meaningly change the worldwide energy and emissions outcomes&nbsp;<strong>as hyped in the Times feeble \u201cClimate Emergency\u201d propaganda trying to falsely support the need for such action.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The L A Times idiotic propaganda based \u201cClimate Emergency\u201d alarmist&nbsp;hype that the U.S. should \u201cincrease renewable energy, restrict fossil fuel extraction and protect Americans from wildfires, heat waves and storms\u201d is both pathetic and ludicrous since&nbsp;<strong>these claims completely fail on grounds of the irrelevancy of both their proposed measures and their claimed outcomes<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global energy and emissions data available for decades, as discussed above, clearly establishes the futility of the U.S. and other OECD nations flawed and failed attempts to drive world outcomes on global energy use and resulting&nbsp;emissions.&nbsp;<strong>The Times has always concealed and ignored this pivotal reality as a part of its completely dishonest climate alarmist\u2019s propaganda campaign<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the L A Times phony claims that its proposed irrelevant and false hype that a U.S. declared \u201cClimate Emergency\u201d&nbsp;would protect the nation from \u201cwildfires, heat waves, storms\u201d these claims are completely bogus since actual data demonstrates there is no emergency regarding such claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Measured global and regional&nbsp;wildfire data is addressed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2023\/08\/la-times-sensationalizes-heat-to-make-a-bogus-political-statement\/\">here<\/a>&nbsp;and notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"703\" data-attachment-id=\"275372\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275372\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-926.png?fit=975%2C948&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"975,948\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-926\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-926.png?fit=723%2C703&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-926.png?resize=723%2C703&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-926.png?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-926.png?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-926.png?resize=768%2C747&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince 1998, NASA has been using satellite instruments to precisely measure the world\u2019s total acreage burned by wildfires. NASA\u2019s website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/90493\/researchers-detect-a-global-drop-in-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>reports<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0a relatively steady and consistent decline in global wildfires since 1998. Meanwhile, since 1998, there has been a 24 percent decline in lands burned by wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The significant decline in wildfires since 1998 continues a trend that has been occurring throughout the era of modest global warming. In the peer-reviewed Journal of Geophysical Research, scientists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/2013JG002532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>report<\/strong><\/a>, \u201ca notable declining rate of burned area globally\u201d during the period from 1901 to 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same holds true in the United States. National Interagency Fire Center data\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climateataglance.com\/climate-at-a-glance-u-s-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>show<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0more than twice as much U.S. land burned on average each year prior to 1950 than in any wildfire year in recent decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Times heat waves claims are false as noted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2023\/07\/the-warming-obsessed-media-is-wrong-about-julys-hot-weather\/\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"275373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275373\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-927.png?fit=975%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"975,849\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-927\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-927.png?fit=723%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-927.png?resize=723%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275373\" style=\"width:761px;height:663px\" width=\"723\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-927.png?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-927.png?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-927.png?resize=768%2C669&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is not much new about media hyperbole in weather reporting, but July\u2019s climate alarmism may be more breathless than usual. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media were inundated with posts containing flaming red maps of Southern Europe and Northern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJuly 2023 will probably be the world\u2019s hottest month in hundreds, if not thousands, of years,\u201d said top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt. One Twitter user (with 22,000 followers)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeonSimons8\/status\/1681201764333223936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a>, \u201cAfter the hottest day and week, we are now experiencing the hottest month ever (in about 120,000 years, based on paleoclimatology). As we keep warming the planet, we will soon experience global temperatures not seen in the past million years!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When questioned about the justification for his claims, the tweeter responded that scientists had \u201cdiscovered there was a glacial period, which many people know about from a movie called Ice Age.\u201d Imagine substantiating scientific claims by referencing a Hollywood movie! Such is the sorry state of critical thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These commentators conveniently ignore below average temperatures in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and large swaths of Russia. In fact, people in my city here in India were wearing sweaters during the same week despite it being the middle of a tropical summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even in the U.S., temperatures have not been as dangerous as portrayed. Chris Martz, a meteorologist,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMartzWX\/status\/1682580945340080129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes that<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthe entire Lower 48 is only nine-hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit above average [relative to 1991-2020]. Month-to-date temperatures are much cooler this year than just last year and are nothing compared to 1980 or 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, NOAA temperature anomaly measured data using its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/access\/monitoring\/national-temperature-index\/time-series\/anom-tavg\/1\/0\">most accurate USCRN temperature stations across the contiguous<\/a>\u00a0U.S clearly shows no trend of increasing warming since the network began operation in 2005 as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"604\" data-attachment-id=\"275376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=275376\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-928.png?fit=975%2C814&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"975,814\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-928\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-928.png?fit=723%2C604&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-928.png?resize=723%2C604&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-928.png?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-928.png?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-928.png?resize=768%2C641&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note that NOAA\u2019s July 2023 measured U.S. temperature anomaly\u00a0data was exceeded in the prior years of July 2006, July 2011, July 2012, July 2017, July 2020, and July 2022<\/strong>. Yet the incompetent and propaganda driven climate alarmist media falsely proclaim a \u201cclimate emergency\u201d exists in 2023. What a bunch dishonest and science clueless drivel. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no scientific basis that supports the L A Times purely politically contrived and preposterous propaganda demand for a \u201cclimate emergency\u201d\u00a0to be declared in the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Such a clearly dishonest campaign would only damage the U.S. economy by hugely increasing energy prices and destroy energy reliability while allowing and in fact encouraging China and the other non-OECD nations to continue to further grow their massive use of coal and other fossil fuels while greatly increasing their\u00a0already hugely dominate emissions<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L A Times Hypes \u201cGreen China\u201d the World\u2019s Champ of Global Coal Use &#038; CO2 Emissions While Demanding U.S. Declare a \u201cClimate Emergency\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":275378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691818152,691818076,691822057,691822058],"class_list":{"0":"post-275363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-climate-emergency","10":"tag-co2","11":"tag-green-china","12":"tag-noaa-temperature","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-929.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-19Dl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":199735,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=199735","url_meta":{"origin":275363,"position":0},"title":"What Paris Agreement? 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