For too many Americans, a ‘theory’ is a casual thing like ‘I have a theory as to where I lost the keys.’ They then translate this casual understanding, mentally, when they hear “Theory” referencing science without truly understanding the import of the word. This guest post from chemist chparadise provides perspective on this. There’s been […]
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Theory, hypotheses, and the like: a scientist’s take
November 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on Theory, hypotheses, and the like: a scientist’s take
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Global Warming · global warming deniers
Dark, Cold, Wet Copenhagen and Global Warming
November 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Dark, Cold, Wet Copenhagen and Global Warming
There are people who are expert at framing. Put Ronald Reagan (or Barack Obama or any politician) before the flag with an impressive backdrop and the scene amplifies the message. Global Warming … Global Climate Change … The key December meeting is to be held where? Dark, cold, wet, dreary Copenhagen. DARK Copenhagen: We’re talking […]
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ClimateGate reveals nefarious conspiracy!
November 21st, 2009 · 12 Comments
I apologize. This post corrects something written yesterday. ClimateGATE reveals nefarious conspiracy? NOT! asserted that the hacked emails from a leading global warming (climate change) science center did not reveal some form of conspiracy in the climate change world. That conclusion was wrong. I apologize. There is a quite serious conspiracy highlighted through ClimateGATE.
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ClimateGate reveals nefarious conspiracy? NOT!
November 20th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Roaring through the denialosphere are claims that “Climategate” somehow represents “the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’”. Sigh. What do we see in these emails? There seem to be some strong anger at those who work hard to distort information in their work and distort science when speaking to non-scientific communities. There […]
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To Twit Claire: We Pay You to Do “Really, Really, Really Hard Things”!
November 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Dear Claire, Perhaps the American public, who are paying your salary (and your health insurance and your retirement), might think that your job is to work on the hard and important problems that require addressing. Emotions can fly high when dealing with hard and important problems. And, hard and important problems often have people with […]
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“Me too! Me too! ME TOO!” Climate problem, climate solution
November 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on “Me too! Me too! ME TOO!” Climate problem, climate solution
1 minute to save the world is a short film competition about climate change that has aimed to create a platform for people all over the world, particularly young people, to get their messages out about climate change and to put those messages directly to the global leaders and decision makers in Copenhagen in December. […]
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Clean Energy: The Jobs Program America Needs … NOW! And, tomorrow!
November 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In the face of mounting unemployment numbers, with even the distorted low ‘official’ unemployment figure above 10 percent, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid has determined that a (yet to be defined, drafted, considered in committees, passed by the House) jobs bill should be the top of the agenda. In the face of the reality that […]
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New record temperatures all the time: of course George Will and deniers will write about this!
November 17th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Global warming deniers (self-proclaimed “skeptics”) are enthralled with cherry-picking data and screaming to high heaven every time there is a record cold temperature or some weather event that provides a good photo op for pimping falsehoods about global warming. Where’s my Global Warming, Dude?, for example, could be called a check-up spot for the weirdest […]
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WIN to the Sixth Power
November 16th, 2009 · 10 Comments
With our ever mounting trade and budget deficits, unemployment above 10 percent (and, dependent on counting, un- and under-employment above 20 percent), looming peak oil and other resource (water, for example) limitations, enviornmental challenges, and ever-mounting climate chaos , we are in a very serious situation. Our serious challenges are, as the previous sentence suggests, […]
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Will George Will’s next column highlight this?
November 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Will George Will’s next column highlight this?
Earlier this year, columnist George Will sparked controversy with claims that global ice levels were the same as (if not greater than) 30 years earlier. This was part of George Will’s retread truthiness and deception in his widely syndicated columns falsely asserting that global warming is not happening. With his Will-ful Deceit, Will spun this […]
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