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Generation Hot questions … and gets told “science doesn’t really matter”

February 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Yesterday, Mark Hertsgaard and friends went to confront cranky anti-science climate zombies on Capital Hill. Perhaps my favorite line of all is when the young woman asks Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Exxon) a perplexing question: I don’t understand why my generation has to suffer because you don’t like what you’re hearing. There are several striking items […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · Energy · environmental · James Inhofe · republican party

Taking Account of Full Costs and Total Benefits in achieving a more efficient building sector: Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products

February 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Simply put, Architecture 2030 (Ed Mazria) is among my favorite organizations. Architecture 2030 has been developing and promoting well-thought through and practical concepts for shifting America’s built architecture toward a sustainable path.  Concepts that have an impact on many, from aspiring architecture students to policy-makers to businessmen creating more energy efficient products. Not until today, […]

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Tags: architecture · architecture2030 · catastrophic climate change · climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming

Confronting Anti-Science Climate Cranky Zombie Politicians

February 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment

A simple truth, anti-science suffering haters of a livable economic system have hindered action to address our mounting resource challenges of our overuse and overabuse of depletable resources. These include oil (Peak Oil), water (depleting fossil acquifers), top soil (with increasingly serious dust storms in many parts of the world hastening creation of new deserts), […]

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Tags: catastrophic climate change · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · Congress · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · political symbols · politics · republican party

Hey, Charles: Seems like climate denial is a religion …

February 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This cross-post from Steven D addresses, with some passion, Charles Krauthammer’s shallow and ignorance promoting sense of humor when it comes to the realities of climate change science.  Those who are rejecting science — as does Krauthammer — in their blind assertions of falsehoods and truthiness are exemplifying ideologically driven religious passion above scientific knowledge. […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · environmental · guest post · religion and global warming

Getting to a better building …

February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Construction and use of buildings account for a major share of global warming emissions. Depending on how one calculates, allocating roughly 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to this built infrastructure is roughly correct.  Heating … cooling … lighting … building materials … etc, it all adds up (and up … and up). […]

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Tags: building green · clean energy jobs · climate change · electricity · emissions · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · Obama Administration · President Barack Obama

The Earth’s Not Worth Saving

January 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This guest post from Veritas Curat (“the truth cures”) merits reading …  As currently structured, economics tell us that “the Earth’s not worth saving. “Socialism collapsed because it did not allow prices to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow prices to tell the ecological truth.” – Oystein Dahle, former […]

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Tags: climate change · economics · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental economics · Global Warming · government energy policy · guest post · politics

A year of climate change letters to the editor

January 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment

For 2010, Warren S made a commitment with a New Year’s Resolution. Every day, another letter to the editor or a politicians about climate change and global warming issues. He deserves more than a tip of the hat for keeping that resolution up through the year and, as per this guest post, continuing it into […]

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Tags: climate change · environmental · Global Warming

Why does Jay Rockefeller hate good investments?

December 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Let’s play word association. Read the following phrase and what’s the first thing that comes to mind. Rich family … There are, of course, many possible from Hilton to Mellon to Rothschilds to … Yes, there are many that might come to mind.  For me, the ‘first to mind’ would be the Rockefellers.  Robber baron […]

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Tags: clean emissions · climate change · climate delayers · Congress · environmental

Scientific Findings… 2010

December 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment

This thoughtful comment reviewing the ‘great scientific findings of 2010’ from a Net Guy in CT reacting to Climate Zombie manifestations highlights the scientific illiteracy required to reject carbon dioxide’s relationship to global warming. 2010’s Scientific Findings It’s completely dark at the bottom of the ocean. X-rays actually work (like in the doctor’s office) Stealth […]

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Tags: climate change · climate zombies · Global Warming · global warming deniers · guest post

Trying to decide on dinner? Why not learn “How to Boil a Frog”?

December 7th, 2010 · Comments Off on Trying to decide on dinner? Why not learn “How to Boil a Frog”?

After all, collectively, isn’t that what we’re doing? Aren’t we all, in our own and in our collective ways, truly expert at boiling frogs? Bit by bit, incrementally, as Gore used the analogy, we are destroying ourselves and not taking the actions necessary to turn things around. This post is sparked by my new-found desire […]

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Tags: climate change · Global Warming