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Global Warming: Top Phrase of the Decade

So alleges The Language Monitor, which claims results based on a "proprietary algorithm that tracks words and phrases in the media and on the Internet, now including blogs and social media (such as Twitter). The words are tracked in relation to frequency, contextual usage and appearance in global media outlets, factoring in long-term trends, short-termContinue reading “Global Warming: Top Phrase of the Decade”

The Loneliness of the Last Flat-Earther

Funny story from Dana Milbank's Washington Post sketchbook on Sen. Inhofe, whose rants against global warming now seem so utterly dated and Bushian: "It must be very lonely being the last flat-earther. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, committed climate-change denier, found himself in just such a position Tuesday morning as the Senate environment committee, onContinue reading “The Loneliness of the Last Flat-Earther”

George Will Ignores Facts on Climate Change Again

In a column last Thursday, George Will once again ignored one of the most basic facts established this century about climate change. I'm not talking about his claims that global warming has reached a "plateau" in which it is likely to remain. That canard has already been shot down by a dozen or so reputableContinue reading “George Will Ignores Facts on Climate Change Again”

The Global Warming Debate in Real Life

From the great Overheard in New York: Boyfriend: Can you believe they're saying the temperature is gonna rise, like, 5 degrees over the next 100 years?Girlfriend: Yeah, but it's all based on scientist's predictions and computer models.Boyfriend: Predictions and computer models? C'mon!Girlfriend: How do you think they predict anything?Boyfriend: But to force public policy uponContinue reading “The Global Warming Debate in Real Life”

The Pathos of Global Warming

So many artists have taken on the issue of global warming, and so few have surpassed the real images we all know (calving ice banks, storm surges, and so on). Perhaps that's the way it should be, or perhaps it represents a failure of our species' imagination. But Bioephemeraa found a young Japanese artist, KawanoContinue reading “The Pathos of Global Warming”

Sarah Palin’s to Run on “Drill Baby Drill” Platform

As predicted in this space a week or so ago, Sarah Palin is running for president on a pro-oil and gas development platform. In the the next few months and years, assuming she doesn't flip out and self-destruct, she's going to become Ms. Drill Baby Drill. Inevitably, she will ignore or mock global warming. SheContinue reading “Sarah Palin’s to Run on “Drill Baby Drill” Platform”

Palin to Run on Oil Development Platform in 2012

Really. Outside of her flaming display of hurt feelings, it's about the only thing that makes any kind of sense in her resignation "statement" (if we are so generous as to characterize it in that way). (You'll have to ignore the eccentric capitalization and odd verb choices; clearly, Palin without a speechwriter is like BushContinue reading “Palin to Run on Oil Development Platform in 2012”

An Army of Clouds — Janisse Ray on Global Warming in Georgia

Janisse Ray, a wonderful writer from the South, has a story about an experience she had with climate change in a gorgeous new interactive book just released by the Union of Concerned Scientists, called Thoreau's Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming. Well worth a look… I never saw a spring so stormy. Spring is supposedContinue reading “An Army of Clouds — Janisse Ray on Global Warming in Georgia”

Global Warming Drives Flamingo to Nest at 12,000 feet

Apparently. It's just one of four environmental disasters seen in Chile in recent months: Over the course of approximately three months, thousands of [rare Andean flamingos] abandoned their nests on a salt lake in the Atacama Desert in the far north of Chile. Their eggs failed to hatch, and all 2,000 chicks died in theirContinue reading “Global Warming Drives Flamingo to Nest at 12,000 feet”