That's the startling argument advanced by Thomas Elias in today's Ventura County Star: a new study published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences appears to establish a coming (and possibly a present) link between global warming and illegal immigration from Mexico,..the study led by atmospheric science Prof. Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton UniversityContinue reading “Acceleration of drought in Mexico accelerating illegal immigration?”
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Climate change and income distribution: real change vs political
The big changes underway in this country are not political, despite the headlines. Divided government: What a shock! Never would've seen that one coming. A much bigger change has taken place in the nature of our economy, and in the nature of our atmosphere, and these are changes the Tea Party can't face, and thusContinue reading “Climate change and income distribution: real change vs political”
Climate karma: Texas to catch hell
According to the EPA, Texas emits a far higher volume of greenhouse gases than any other state — more than 676 million tons a year. For the sake of context, that's more than many entire regions put together; more than twice as much as Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Utah combined, for instance. CaliforniaContinue reading “Climate karma: Texas to catch hell”
The “Kochtopus” and climate change
The political blogosphere has been buzzing about a huge story in The New Yorker by Jane Meyer on "the Kochtopus." To put it in short, just as Hillary famous said, there really is a vast right-wing conspiracy, funded by $100 million from the ultra-right-wing Koch brothers, who run a fossil fuels empire. The amount ofContinue reading “The “Kochtopus” and climate change”
USS Climate Change Denial hits a rough patch
From the inimitable Mr. Toles….
Greenland ice sheet doomed: Richard Alley
While I was on vacation last week, nothing much seemed to happen. Oh, massive flooding in Pakistan, heat waves in Russian, but beyond disasters in foreign countries, no one I talked to recalled anything. Today I come across a report in The Guardian that Richard Alley, perhaps this nation's premier expert in ice sheet formationContinue reading “Greenland ice sheet doomed: Richard Alley”
Ignoring a mortal threat: Appeasing climate change
A couple of weeks ago Tom Toles, in his witty but sharp way, brought up a powerful argument in the climate opinion wars. To ignore climate change, a mortal threat to our way of life, he said is comparable to appeasing Hitler in the late 1930's. Toles wrote: let me be the first to haulContinue reading “Ignoring a mortal threat: Appeasing climate change”
Tracking 2010: in the race for the hottest year ever
The famous columnist George Will drives even his fellow editorial writers a little nuts with his condescending dismissal of global warming. As the LA Times wrote in an editorial yesterday: You probably won't hear it from columnist George F. Will, Fox News commentators or the plethora of conservative blogs that have claimed global warming essentiallyContinue reading “Tracking 2010: in the race for the hottest year ever”
Once they denied relativity; now they deny climate change
The "crackpots," that is. That's according to physicist Joergen van Dongen, in a fascinating paper for the Institute for History and the Foundation of Science, published last fall, available through ScienceDirect. It's called "On Einstein's opponents, and other crackpots." The paper begins with a quote from Einstein that sounds almost as if he could beContinue reading “Once they denied relativity; now they deny climate change”
Republicans predict “Armageddon” and “ruin” for nation
Karl Rove, the infamous Republican strategist, all but froths at the mouth this morning on This Week, saying that it's a "gigantic disaster." Meanwhile John Boehner, the House minority leader, said that it was "Armageddon" and the change to come will "ruin our country," according to Fox News. Could this be what they're talking about?Continue reading “Republicans predict “Armageddon” and “ruin” for nation”
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