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The disappearing Great Lakes Ice

March 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on The disappearing Great Lakes Ice

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Tags: climate change · Global Warming · guest post

A Conversation with Herman Daly

March 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on A Conversation with Herman Daly

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The WSJ 16’s “usual techniques” of vague, disingenuous climate denial arguments

February 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment

This guest post comes from Louis A. Derry, an associate professor of geological sciences at Cornell University.  It was originally posted as a comment to a post at the Dot Earth blog of The New York Times which discussed one angle of The WSJ 16’s climate disinformation OPED.  RE that monstrocity, see Whacking 16 Moles […]

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Tags: analysis · anti-science syndrome · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · guest post · science · truthiness

Progressivism and Ecological Limits

February 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on Progressivism and Ecological Limits

Barath’s guest post provides another way of looking at the reality that Peak Oil and Climate Change are THE Progressive Crises. What is progressivism?  What is it to be a progressive? The history of the concept goes back a few hundred years to the enlightenment, and in one reasonable definition: …the Idea of Progress is […]

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Tags: analysis · environmental · Global Warming

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

January 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Sea Ice Death Spiral Driving Atlantic Water into Arctic Causing Wild Weather

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Tags: climate change · environmental · Global Warming · science

Post Watch: Encouraging Addiction(s)

January 19th, 2012 · Comments Off on Post Watch: Encouraging Addiction(s)

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Tags: Energy · Post Watch · Washington Post

Climate Change Goes Away

January 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment

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

Green Travel …?

December 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Green Travel …?

One shouldn’t pretend that flying half way around the world to stay in an ‘eco-resort’ somehow merits a Gold Star for heroic climate mitigation action as guest poster Ban Nock explores Green Travel … isn’t. It is hard to think of any form of travel that isn’t harmful to the atmosphere, our ecosystem, and even […]

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Tags: carbon offsets · climate change · emissions

Warming led to Huge Fires & Ecosystem Collapse @ the End Permian

November 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This guest post from scientist FishOutOfWater looks at the what might be the closest event in Earth’s history to what humanity, through its ever mounting carbon emissions, is rapidly heading the planet to … The most precise study yet of the the earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, the end Permian, found that warming caused by […]

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Creating Scandal: Phony Solyndra Solar Scandal

September 14th, 2011 · 3 Comments

This guest post originally appeared at Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture.  Dave Johnson is a Fellow with CAF. Well here’s a surprise: conservatives and oil interests are pushing deceptive and destructive stories about President Obama and clean energy.  Imagine that! Their intent (as always) is to turn people against President […]

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Tags: department of energy · Energy · political symbols · politics · President Barack Obama · renewable energy · republican party · Right Wing Sound Machine (RWSM) · solar · Solar Energy