{"id":306911,"date":"2024-03-10T19:03:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T18:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=306911"},"modified":"2024-03-10T19:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T18:04:03","slug":"co2-coalition-does-climate-reveal-in-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=306911","title":{"rendered":"CO2 Coalition Does Climate Reveal in\u00a0Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Science Matters <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The CO2 Coalition article is CO2 Coalition Takes the Science to Wyoming.<\/strong><\/a>  Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyoming has vast resources of coal, oil and natural gas.<\/strong> With 40% of the nation\u2019s coal resources<\/strong>, the state has been the United States\u2019 top producer since 1986, primarily from the Powder River Basin located in the northeastern part of the state. It is also a national leader in the production of oil and natural gas<\/strong>, ranking in the top 10<\/strong> in production of both products. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, even though the Wyoming economy is heavily dependent on the mining and extraction of fossil fuels, its governor, Mark Gordon, has adopted a strong \u201cdecarbonization\u201d policy.<\/strong> The science tells us that this is not a winning strategy for the people of Wyoming. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CO2 Coalition believes that\u00a0public policy<\/strong>\u00a0on such matters\u00a0should be driven by scientific review and analysis, not political agendas<\/strong>. To provide such an analysis, we have produced this report,\u00a0Wyoming and Climate Change: CO2 Should Be Celebrated, Not Captured<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also sent a team of climate experts<\/strong> from the CO2 Coalition,  including Dr. William Happer, Dr. Byron Soepyan and Gregory Wrightstone to Wyoming<\/strong> to provide the facts concerning the huge benefits of carbon dioxide. This team presented the science at a hearing of the Wyoming Senate Agriculture Committee (pictured above.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team also presented accurate science regarding Wyoming\u2019s climate to students at Gillette College, Laramie County Community College, and at the University of Wyoming.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperature Data Shows Good News for Wyoming<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data<\/strong> for Wyoming contradict<\/strong> the 4th National Climate Assessment (NCA4) assertion<\/strong> that \u201cthe frequency and intensity of extreme high temperature events are virtually certain to increase.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our data analysis shows that high daily temperatures peaked during the Dust Bowl years<\/strong> of the 1930s and have been in a 90-year decline.<\/strong> This is confirmed by reviewing the percentage of days<\/strong> that were reported to be hotter than 100\u00b0F (37.8\u00b0C)<\/strong> by Wyoming temperature stations. There is no discernible increase, and the largest numbers<\/strong> occurred in the first half of the 20th century<\/strong> when CO2 levels were 70% of recent measurements.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been, however, a\u00a0beneficial increase in the minimum nighttime temperatures<\/strong>, which has led to a\u00a0lengthening of the Wyoming growing season<\/strong>. Since the late 1800s, these nighttime temperatures have increased about 2\u00b0F (1.1\u00b0C).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The slight increase of about 1.2\u00b0F (0.7\u00b0C) in the average temperature
in the last 120 years is being driven by reductions in extreme cold
rather than increases in extreme heat.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Report:  Wyoming and Climate Change<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion From Full Report <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recent proposal by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon to use \u201ccarbon capture\u201d<\/strong> to achieve what he <\/em>terms \u201cnegative net zero\u201d (Gordon 2021) is based on a flawed theory<\/strong> that increasing CO2 in the <\/em>atmosphere is leading to harmful effects on Wyoming\u2019s environment and its people. Within this report, <\/em>we have documented that modest warming and increasing carbon dioxide are clearly beneficial<\/strong> for the <\/em>Cowboy State\u2019s ecosystems and citizenry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data tell us the following:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Current levels of carbon dioxide are at near historically low concentrations.<\/em>
\u2022 Adjustments to historic temperature records have artificially amplified modern warming.<\/em>
\u2022 Wyoming temperatures have increased a modest 1.2\u00b0F (0.7\u00b0C) since 1895.<\/em>
\u2022 Heat waves peaked in the 1930s and have been in slight decline since that period.<\/em>
\u2022 Nightime low temperatures have increased, lengthening growing seasons.<\/em>
\u2022 Precipitation data, while varying greatly from year-to-year, show no increasing or decreasing <\/em>trend.<\/em>
\u2022 Droughts are not increasing in Wyoming.<\/em>
\u2022 Severe weather and natural disasters are declining.<\/em>
\u2022 Agricultural production, globally and in Wyoming, is thriving due to modest warming and more <\/em>CO2.<\/em>
\u2022 Vegetation in Wyoming and around the world is increasing.<\/em>
\u2022 Greenhouse-induced warming that would be averted (< 0.003\u00b0F) by eliminating Wyoming\u2019s CO2 <\/em>emissions would be too small to measure and achieved, if at all, at enormous cost.<\/em>
\u2022 Models used to project future temperatures significantly overpredict the amount of warming in <\/em>coming decades.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CO2 Should Be Celebrated, Not Captured<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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