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Entries Tagged as 'Global Warming'

Climate Change info for low info environments

February 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment

A guest post from James Wells providing some useful ‘basic’ talking points.
Sometimes when the topic isn’t overtly about climate change, it really is about climate change, or it should be.
Much of the information which influences public opinion appears in connection with articles, discussion threads, tv shows, newspapers, and other media where the [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · global warming deniers · guest post

Sea Ice Death Spiral Driving Atlantic Water into Arctic Causing Wild Weather

January 20th, 2012 · No Comments

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · environmental · science

@JonCarson44 responded to my tweets

January 12th, 2012 · No Comments

I received a couple notes from Twitter.
The official White House blogger, Jon Carson, is now following me and responded to one of my messages.
JonCarson44

@A_Siegel thanks for helping me hear from folks about SOTU, getting lots of people talking about clean energy jobs  Jan 09, 8:50 AM via web
In reply to…
A_Siegel WH asks: What should be [...]

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Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · Global Warming · Obama Administration · President Barack Obama · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · environmental · global warming deniers · media · political symbols · politics · republican party · science

Climate Change Goes Away

January 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment

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Tags: Global Warming · catastrophic climate change · climate change · guest post · journalism · media · weather

Pacific Institute issues BS awards …

January 5th, 2012 · No Comments

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · global warming deniers · republican party

Climate Change vs. Peak Oil

December 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments

This guest post from Barath lays out a perspective on the interactions of climate change and peak oil — interactions in terms of people as well as substance.  My perspective from a few years ago might be of interest:  THE Progressive Crises: Global Warming and Peak Oil.  
I’ve been wondering for the past year about the [...]

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Tags: Energy · Global Warming · climate change · guest post · peak oil

Bubbling … the news isn’t rosy

December 12th, 2011 · No Comments

Sadly, this isn’t about Breaking Bubbles and my inability to get a good (let alone great) score while procrastinating. While that might merit counting as some form of distressing situation (in perhaps the saddest form of self absorption), the Breaking is about distressing news from Russian scientists.
In the backdrop of our lives, the atmospheric carbon [...]

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Tags: Global Warming

A “China Syndrome” … in a different twist …

November 10th, 2011 · No Comments

No, not a nuclear meltdown but a different form of nuclear option.
For many, one of the painful elements of European cap and trade along with other arenas enabling and funding carbon offsets is how it creates opportunity for gamemanship that exaggerate positive impacts and wastes resources.
One arena where this has seemed to be [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · 2012 Presidential Election · 746 · Global Warming · climate change · energy efficiency · environmental · global warming deniers · government energy policy

Reality confronts reality …

September 14th, 2011 · No Comments

At this time, the Climate Reality program is on a 24-hour long world-wide tour. Organized by (Vice) President Gore, this program moves time-zone by time-zone around the world, laying out the truth of climate science, things that are occurring to help turn the tide on Global Warming’s rising seas, realities of the time zone [...]

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Tags: Al Gore · Energy · Global Warming · climate change · climate zombies · republican party · sarah palin · science · skeptic

Polluters War on Existing Effective Cap-and-Trade Programs

June 24th, 2011 · No Comments

This guest post comes from the eloquent and thoughtful Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse.
After DC failed to enact comprehensive climate change legislation, it was good to see states take the lead on regional cap-and-trade programs. We now have 3 regional initiatives to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) involving more than 30 states. That so many states [...]

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Tags: Energy · Global Warming · cap and trade · environmental