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Large majority of Americans rejecting massively funded disinformation conspiracy

November 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Despite the $100s of millions (and likely more accurately, $billions) of resources expended on disinformation, mediocre reporting by the mass media, and the active embrace of falsehoods as part of political manipulation by many of a political party’s leadership, the vast majority of Americans adhere themselves to the basic facts that the globe is warming [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · climate delayers · global warming deniers

Energy Bookshelf: Contemplating A “World Without Ice”

November 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

We ever so casually talk of Arctic ice retreats, the potential for Greenland ice meltage, and the implications of Antarctic ice mass falling due to global warming. Centimeters or inches, those 2100 implications seem so remote and, well, insignificant to most.  Henry Pollack’s A World Without Ice provides a strong window on the essential nature [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · energy bookshelf · environmental

Clean Energy Jobs Go To The Cleaners

November 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

This is part of a series of brief posts on ‘clean energy jobs‘ opportunities for sparking meaningful employment, quickly, in the United States as discussed in Clean Energy Jobs: Stimulate Me.
Clean Energy Jobs Go To The Cleaners: $50 million per year for 9,000 jobs
Coin-operated laundromats almost require rivers to operate, with their industrial-like washing [...]

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Tags: Energy · Solar Energy · business practice · clean energy jobs · solar

“The enemy is physics …”

November 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Courtesy of Grist, Bill McKibben speaks out forcefully.

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · environmental

Theory, hypotheses, and the like: a scientist’s take

November 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

For too many Americans, a ‘theory’ is a casual thing like ‘I have a theory as to where I lost the keys.’ They then translate this casual understanding, mentally, when they hear “Theory” referencing science without truly understanding the import of the word. This guest post from chemist chparadise provides perspective on this.

There’s been [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · climate delayers · global warming deniers