Here’s a profile I wrote on hard-working Chris Mooney’s important new book, The Republican War on Science, which was published in last week’s VCReporter… Young reporter Chris Mooney grew up in New Orleans, and three months ago The American Prospect website published a prescient article about the disaster that could befall his home town ifContinue reading “Trashing Science”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Strong Winds
A concise, elegant metereological discussion of the connection between global warming and hurricanes can be found here at the wonderful Gristmill blog, courtesy of my friend at JPL, oceanographer Bill Patzert. The discussion closely parallels my look at the issue below in the post called "Sorry, Mr. Sullivan. Sorry, Mr. Kennedy," I’m happy to say,Continue reading “Strong Winds”
Global Warming and Hurricanes: A Connection?
For a wonderfully thorough scientific discussion of this important topic with lots of comments from the field, check out this post at RealClimate. Sample quote from comment and response #18: The current Landsea/Trenberth/Emanuel discussion has been parsed by many to mean that Landsea claims that the number of hurricanes is constant, and Trenberth is claimingContinue reading “Global Warming and Hurricanes: A Connection?”
On Vacation
For two weeks. Here’s where I’m going. A billion bonus points to anyone who knows where it is: Come back and see me again late this month…please!
“Intelligence Failure”
Roger Pielke, Jr. is one of the most prominent and moderate voices in the world of science and policy-making today, and a man determined to keep politics out of climatology. But when it comes to Katrina, he is profoundly unhappy with the Bush administration: The Bush Administration’s complete lack of preparedness for responding to HurricaneContinue reading ““Intelligence Failure””
42 Minutes of Hell
The White House press corps–and Terry Moran of ABC News, in particular–gave Scott McClellan, the President’s spokesman, forty-two minutes of hell yesterday. Here’s one exchange: Q I just want to follow up on David’s questions on accountability. First, just to get you on the record, where does the buck stop in this administration? MR. McCLELLAN:Continue reading “42 Minutes of Hell”
The “Junk Science” Misleader
Steven Milloy makes a nice living working at home ($90,000 a year, according to Mother Jones) as a science abuser. Formerly he was the executive director of the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition. Among his achievements, according to reporter Chris Mooney, was a column he wrote in the right-leaning Washington Times in 2001 advising theContinue reading “The “Junk Science” Misleader”
God and Hurricanes
To an agnostic such as myself seeing God’s will in a the wanderings of a hurricane just seems absurd. Yet something in human nature cannot help but find purpose in the destruction or lack thereof. To the zealots at RepentAmerica, Katrina was God smiting New Orleans for a gay festival in the French Quarter scheduledContinue reading “God and Hurricanes”
No Central Command
From a Newsweek story on the disastrous lack of government oversight in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina: The skies in New Orleans gradually filled with search-and-rescue helicopters, but there was no central command to coordinate them. A NEWSWEEK reporter on a helo flown by the Arizona Air Reserve heard this conversation as the crew readiedContinue reading “No Central Command”
Who is Harlan Talking To?
According to a story in USAToday, Harlan L. Watson, the U.S. envoy to negotiations on climate change, finds no connection between climate change and the strength of hurricanes. "Our scientists are telling us right now that there’s not a linkage," he said in Geneva. "I’ll rely on their information." None. Zero. Nada. Zip. This isContinue reading “Who is Harlan Talking To?”
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