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The Washington Post has a strong history of being “fair and balanced” within its pages when it comes to Global Warming issues, providing column inch after column inch of space to those actively seeking to deceive when it comes to what might (what likely will be) the most critical issue for this century. Without question, […]

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Dr Vicky Pope, the head of climate change advice at the Met Office Hadley Centre, wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian. Scientists must rein in misleading climate change claims News headlines vie for attention and it is easy for scientists to grab this attention by linking climate change to the latest extreme weather event […]

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Well, not exactly, but birds are heading north for the ‘summer’ of Global Warming. The Audobon Society just released a report, Birds and Climate Change: Ecological Disruption in Motion (pdf), Analysis of four decades of Christmas Bird Count observations reveal that birds seen in North America during the first weeks of winter have moved dramatically […]

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A guest post from Gooch who took the time (and emotion) to provide a comprehensive and impressively polite reproach to a denier’s disingenuous argument. To the extent that someone is an ‘honest’ skeptic, this provides the substance to change a mind that is ‘open’ to truth.  Enjoy … and learn. I got an email from […]

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The other day, the Environmental Defense Action Fund opened voting for ‘the people’s choice’ as to the best 30-second video to explain how a Cap & Trade program to control carbon dioxide would help cut the nation’s dependence on oil. Putting aside questions as to Environmental Defense’s devotion to a CAP uber all, the best […]

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Sadly, every time that we fill up our gas tank, flip the switch for fossil-foolish electricity, warm ourselves with (high efficiency?) natural gas, we risk sending funding to people dedicated to destroying the potential for fostering paths toward mitigation of global warming and our other serious challenges. Fractions of pennies add up to serious money, […]

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Amid all the discussions about potential paths forward in terms climate legislation, there is basic agreement about the need to ‘put a price on carbon’ to incentivize reducing carbon intensity (and usage … or, actually, dumping into the atmosphere) throughout the economy. And, then the debate turns to “what to do with the resources”. For […]

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Whether it is avoiding fatty foods, saving money for the future, or taking cod liver oil regularly, somewhat unpleasant actions today to prevent disaster tomorrow are a struggle against our very nature. This struggle extends from individuals to society, as present consumption and today’s concerns too often triumph over a ‘discounted’ future. With climate change, […]

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My writing, my intellectual energy, and my life passion are rarely targeted to the dance floor, but this first evening of a new era in America and, perhaps, global history called for putting on a tuxedo. Not for attending an “official ball”, to struggle for a peek at our new President, but to an environment […]

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In his inaugural address, President Barrack Hussein Obama did not shy away from making serious statements. We live in serious times and President Obama’s speech reflected that in a call on all to step up in addressing those challenges. And, amid his words, the President gave weight to issues of energy and global warming. each […]

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