The ACES/Waxman-Markey bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, currently going nowhere in the Senate, has been victimized by a number of outrageous misrepresentations and figures. Even if you don't think the bill is the best answer to the challenge of global warming, as many do not, that doesn't justify flat-out lying. Here are the facts,Continue reading “Cap and Trade: FactCheck calls GOP liars”
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CO and Temperature Changes: Richard Alley Explains
In his talk to thousands of scientists this week at the American Geophysical Union, Dr. Richard Alley, perhaps the best communicator" of all climatologists today, explained with a wonderfully simple metaphor why changes in levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere slightly lag behind changes in global temperature. It's important because this fact seems toContinue reading “CO and Temperature Changes: Richard Alley Explains”
Palin vs. Gore on Climategate
Super-blogger Andrew Sullivan has an intriguing feature on his site called The Odd Lies of Sarah Palin in which he catalogues the way the most popular so-called "conservative" in the country today lies seemingly reflexively, even about topics which are not the least bit controversial. (For instance, whether or not she consulted her daughters aboutContinue reading “Palin vs. Gore on Climategate”
John Lennon on your Dreams
A couple of months ago the interesting LA Times book blog Jacket Copy for some inexplicable (but wonderful) reason put up the late great rock critic Lester Bangs' thoughts on the death of John Lennon. Bangs was, of all critics, the truest of believers in rock and roll and, for that reason, the man mostContinue reading “John Lennon on your Dreams”
Global warming scientific consensus reaffirmed in popular press
In response to a hacked theft of thousands of emails from a British research center, an attack which implicitly challenges the idealism of scientists studying climate, three of our most popular science publications have rushed to reaffirm the scientific consensus on the subject. Yes, global warming is a reality on the planet today, unfortunately. It'sContinue reading “Global warming scientific consensus reaffirmed in popular press”
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Smoke Enviromentalists in Congress
Before criticizing enviros too harshly for their ineffectiveness, as I did yesterday, and numerous others have as well, perhaps I should have looked at the numbers. The Center for Responsive Politics has done just that, and the results are sobering. Here's how it looks for the environment in the 3rd quarter: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTA high-profileContinue reading “Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Smoke Enviromentalists in Congress”
Environmentalists Accused of Climate Denialism
Great to see a writer without a famous name roil the blogosphere, as Adam Sacks sets off a storm with an accusation flung in the face of fellow environmentalists on Grist: We're deniers every time we say “80 percent by 2050,” or even “80 percent by 2020”; every time we refer to tipping points inContinue reading “Environmentalists Accused of Climate Denialism”
Who Will Be the Last Human to Eat Bluefin Tuna?
Barry Estabrook asks a great question: There is a strong likelihood that someone in this generation will be the last human to eat a bluefin tuna. By most scientific accounts, the species hovers on the brink of extinction, if it hasn’t already crossed that line. As they say, read the whole thing. Probably it willContinue reading “Who Will Be the Last Human to Eat Bluefin Tuna?”
Why China Needs to Think About Climate
James Fallows, a wonderful writer and blogger for the Atlantic, is not one to panic, but when it comes to the ice at the roof of the world — upon which hundreds of millions of people depend — he sounds scared. Here's his post from today, on what Obama should be talking about on hisContinue reading “Why China Needs to Think About Climate”
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Is urban farming really a sustainable lifestyle? This is a question Novella Carpenter spent ten years of her life trying to figure out in Oakland, California, and it's a question she answers in her new book Farm City. Here's a picture of the writer on her urban farm: The book gets a favorable mention onContinue reading “Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer”
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