Many are, it seems, agag about Rick Santorum due to the devout nature of his Catholicism. While JFK assured America that Rome wouldn’t rule him, Rick seems determined to put into people’s minds the reverse. One of Santorum’s notable stand out features: as serious a climate denial as one can find within a pack of […]
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Santorum … The pick and choose from Catholic values candidate?
January 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on Santorum … The pick and choose from Catholic values candidate?
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · politics · religion and global warming · republican party
The White House Asks: What should be in the State of the Union address?
January 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment
The official White House tweeter has asked a pretty good question: Hi Everyone – I’d love to hear your thoughts on what the President should say in the State of the Union speech later this month The responses are pounding in fast and furious. My two thoughts: SOTU should have full-throated endorsement of #cleanenergyjobs bit.ly/w2dr3t […]
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Pacific Institute issues BS awards …
January 5th, 2012 · Comments Off on Pacific Institute issues BS awards …
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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · Global Warming · global warming deniers · republican party
Rush Limbaugh rules …
January 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment
the Republican Party? Yet again, a clear example of backpedaling Republican candidates in the face of pressure from Rush Limbaugh: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has canceled the climate change chapter in his upcoming book of environmental essays after Rush Limbaugh and other commentators targeted its author, atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe. For those who don’t […]
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · republican party · science
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 […]
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Durban: Putting the Dust into the Dustbin of History?
December 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Durban: Putting the Dust into the Dustbin of History?
This guest post, from Heather Libby in Durban, South Africa, provides a window in thinking as to the gap between the negotiating halls and people suffering from climate chaos a few miles away, the gap between putting happy faces on a problem and choosing to address climate change in a way to reduce its catastrophic […]
Tags: climate change · Energy
A window for thinking about “the” military and climate change … and the importance of careful discussions
December 6th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Too often, people point to statements and actions by civilian leadership to state “the military” thinks this or that about energy and climate issues. While the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) spoke of climate change as a national security issue, the QDR is always a highly political document driven by civilian (political appointee) leadership even with […]
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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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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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A “China Syndrome” … in a different twist …
November 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on A “China Syndrome” … in a different twist …
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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