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This is a guest post from the thoughtful Magnifico providing a perspective on the “OMG, China” issue in climate change. “Climate change is happening now. It’s not just happening in the Arctic regions, but it’s beginning to show up in our own backyards.” Americans are now seeing a changing climate across the country, according to […]

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This is a guest post from Prof. Don Mikulecky highlighting Richard Heinberg’s alerting us to the seriousness of our situation. In his MuseLetter Richard Heinberg has been trying to get us to wake up and face the music, so to speak.  The August 2009 edition is entitled:Temporary Recession or the End of Growth? In it […]

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Last year,  National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and that American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) made noise with a report written by SAIC showing that the Lieberman-Warner Coal Subsidy Act (misrepresented as the Climate Security Act)  would have devastating impact. Now, NAM and ACCF have long fought against any moves to clean energy and any […]

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An impassioned guest post from Max Gottlieb about the pace and nature of public discussion, and how serious money and serious distortion are helping prevent movement toward a more sensible, more prosperous, more sustainable future. Impassioned screaming, even from ill-formed anti-science syndrome sufferers can have an impact … We have used up all slack in […]

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Okay, a bit hard to see this as actually reflecting what could happen by 2015 … but the perspective is still worth a watch. Hat tip to ZapRoot.

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Al Gore says supports it. Paul Krugman says support it. Two Nobel Prize Winners. Who am I to question them? That is a question received, in more than one space, when it comes to the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act. Well, with all due respect to the infallibility of a Nobel Prize […]

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A guest post from “loblolly” in which “A retired science teacher looks at subtle and not so subtle efforts by the oil and coal industry and global warming deniers to subvert environmental education in the public schools, by spreading doubt and making teaching about global warming a controversial topic in public school classrooms.” Received from […]

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Dow Jones put up a story, and the Associate Press cribbed from the reporting, suggesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had some serious heartburn with the EPA’s conclusion that motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. How accurate was that reporting? Media reports today are suggesting that OMB has […]

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One of the most promising, yet also most frustrating, aspects of dealing with Climate Change is how the noise (the static) of the debate makes it difficult for the majority of people to understand the power of the “No Regrets” strategy opportunity and promise. The concept of a “No Regrets” strategy has been around for […]

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Change. Climate Change. That is change that we don’t want to believe we face, that many refuse to face, but it is change that is occurring, driving many through the stages from denial to determination. In the face of Climate Change, how much Change can Barack Obama deliver? And, in fact, does he and the […]

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