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2009-05-31

ClimateWizard.org: A web resource?

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Having just ready this brief article [ LINK ] about a new web site called ClimateWizard.org , I was skeptical of its usefulness. Essentially...
2009-05-29

More coverage of the Carteret Islands

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In the NYTimes.com today (slash yesterday) there's a story about the disappearing Carteret Islands by NEIL MacFARQUHAR. Again the artic...
2009-05-27

The future of energy: oil sands

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According to an article from Agence France-Presse, ExxonMobil's Canadian subsidiary is going ahead with a $7BILLION project in Alberta ...
2009-05-25

Nuclear power, the book

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Though I haven't read a word of this book yet, I'm going to post the link just to get the word out. It's called Prescription for...
2009-05-23

Saturday means a video

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Okay... not every saturday means a video, but this one does. I just wanted to share this week's installment of Climate Denial Crock of t...
2009-05-22

Friday means a comic

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Ok... not every friday means a comic, but this one might as well. It's PhD comics from a couple days ago. I won't paste it in here t...
2009-05-20

Stubbornness is a function of age?

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I like this quote from Carl Sagan quite a lot: At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly contradictory attitudes...
2009-05-15

Veggiedag!

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To be better global citizens, the government employees of Ghent, Belgium will give up meat one day per week. That's cool.
2009-05-13

Marathon runners not a source of CO2 to atmosphere -- shocker!

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I'm so glad that RSS exists, so that I don't miss stories like " Barton worries that EPA will regulate runners " from Kate...
2009-05-09

We should get Bachmann and Pence together

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Wow. Via DeSmogBlog :
2009-05-08

Climate change refugees

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George Monbiot says that about 2,600 people are evacuating from Carteret Islands in the tropical west Pacific. He attributes the evacuation ...
2009-05-06

A new physics book

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Without time this week to keep up with the latest climate news, I haven't been able to blog much. Last night a friend of mine sent a mes...
2009-05-04

Marketing climate science to influence public opinion

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There's an article in the NYTimes.com about a report about to be issued relating to the way global warming issues are discussed in publ...
2009-05-02

Melting glaciers, changing rivers

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Well, in another blatant theft from DeSmogBlog, I bring you Jeanne Roberts' article about glaciers in the Swiss-Italian Alps melting. T...
2009-04-28

“There isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas” says Rep. Michele Bachmann

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One of my least favorite members of Congress these days is the representative from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann. This might not be totally tr...
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2009-04-27

Former senators in the house

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I just read Kate Sheppard's coverage of Friday's debate of the climate bill currently going through the House of Representatives [ L...
2009-04-24

Boehner and the conservative fight against climate change

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Another quick post today, basically sending you over to DeSmogBlog , where they have more details in addtion to the video below. The video c...
2009-04-23

Brook takes down Plimer, as usual

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I just read Barry Brook's response to Ian Plimer's new book , Heaven+Earth. Plimer is a notorious climate change denier in Australia...
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2009-04-21

China gently asked to please think about playing nice someday

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has approached China, "warning" the country that it needs to reduce carbon emissions. [ LINK...
2009-04-17

EPA rules on greenhouse gases

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The EPA today ruled that greenhouse gases are pollutants, and thus can be regulated by the EPA. This is potentially a game-changing decision...
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