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2006-07-25

The Committee on Energy and Commerce

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Because I missed it on 19 July, I've been watching parts of the webcast of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing called Que...

Inhofe adds insult to injury

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During my morning procrastination, I came across two blog entries about Senator Inhofe's recent appearance on CNN. He is amazingly wrong...

Op-Ed madness

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Somehow I missed this Op-Ed in the LA Times yesterday by Naomi Oreskes [ LINK ]. It is called "Global Warming -- Signed, Sealed, and De...
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2006-07-24

three quick notes

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First, I want to let you know that I am still interested in these "atmospheric rivers." I've tracked down some additional refe...
2006-07-13

rivers in the sky

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Well, in a small step toward more focused posts, I wanted to write a few thoughts about a short paper that is in Geophysical Research Letter...
2006-07-07

anti-ballistic missile systems

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GWB just said in his press conference this morning that he thinks there was a "reasonable" chance of shooting down that long-range...
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2006-06-29

quick updates

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I haven't posted much lately, I know. I don't know about you, but I've been overwhelmed with the various climate-related news, m...
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2006-05-22

Shermer finally signs on

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Acclaimed skeptic Michael Shermer, head of the Skeptic Society among other things, has a recent column in Scientific American in which he ad...
2006-04-26

A Bill Gray sighting

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Last hurricane season, I blogged a few times about Bill Gray, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University. For those of you out of...
2006-04-23

"In fact, let's call it science fiction," says Orrin Hatch

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In an interview with Salt Lake City Tribune, Senator Orrin Hatch gives his opinion of climate change [ LINK ]. The article is fairly timid,...
2006-04-19

Alarmists! Alarmists!

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I haven't posted a response to Richard Lindzen's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal [ LINK ]. The main reason is that I'm really n...
2006-04-06

NOAA, USGS scientists struggle to inform public

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In another article about the current USA administration putting pressure on scientists to avoid talking publicly about the impact of global ...
2006-03-22

starving walruses

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The Inuit, the natives of high northern latitudes, have noticed climate change for years, and it is only getting worse [ LINK ]. A lot of po...
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2006-03-13

Un-installing Norton anti-environment

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Hee hee.... that's a good headline, IMHO. Anyway, Gale Norton resigned, and I thought it should be publicized: [ LINK ]
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One more week, ten fewer species

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This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to do the Timothy Treadwell thing , i.e., escape into the wilderness and turn semi-feral. Of co...
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2006-03-10

Peter Barrett discusses the insidious threat of GHG

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Here's the link: [ LINK ]
2006-02-17

more doom and gloom

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Independent Online Edition > Jim Hansen spreads the word that the world will actually end in ice . Somebody inform Robert Frost * .
2006-02-14

Someday the Sun Will Go Out and the World Will End (but Don't Tell Anyone) - New York Times

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I even kept the headline from a NYTimes.com commentary by Dennis Overbye for today's post, I hope he doesn't mind [ LINK ]. The comm...
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2006-02-13

Australia copies everything the USA does

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Now the aussies are up to it. Well, at least there are some stories being spread about climate scientists (at CSIRO) being censored by the g...
2006-02-11

this story got much more play than I thought it would

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Yet another WaPo article about Jim Hansen and censorship in climate science, [ LINK ]. That guy who had been making trouble at NASA, the 24-...
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