Today, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spoke at the Lowy Institute. Entitled Check Against Delivery, this is one of the strongest statements seen from a Head of Government of a ‘developed’ nation on climate change and, more specifically, contains very strong denunciation of those deniers and delayers and self-proclaimed “skeptics” who are obstructing movement to […]
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Australian PM Rudd takes Global Warming Deniers to the Shed for a Spanking
November 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: catastrophic climate change · climate change · climate delayers · energy efficiency · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · political symbols · politics · republican party
“Technology is not going to solve our environmental problems”
November 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on “Technology is not going to solve our environmental problems”
This is a guest post from DCoronata who argues that it was written in haste … yet that haste produced something worth considering. Technology is not going to solve our environmental problems. Yes we’ve made dramatic improvements in feeding the world, with current crop yields much higher than in previous generations. But the environmental degradation […]
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Energy COOL: Searching for the Perfect Flush
November 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL. Humanity has treated natural resources as boundless. And, we […]
Tags: eco-friendly · Energy · energy cool · energy efficiency · environmental · water
Valuing demand destruction … critical to understanding value of clean energy action
October 28th, 2009 · 8 Comments
There are many things being lost in the discussion of the cost-benefit equation when it comes to mitigating global warming. When doing cost-benefit analyses, organizations like the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are constrained to consider just one quadrant of what could be considered (in simplified form) the four-quadrant cost-benefit analysis […]
Tags: analysis · cap and trade · carbon tax · climate change · climate legislation · Congress · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy
Myth of Cooling Globe shattered by AP-sponsored ‘blind’ test
October 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Just over the weekend, my inbox was filled with a discussion attacking climate science with assertions that “none of the models predicted the current cooling period” and, therefore, the entire concept of Global Warming rests on very shaky grounds. Sigh … Those involved in that discussion have now received links to an excellent article by […]
Tags: analysis · climate change · climate delayers · Congress · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics · renewable energy
The Bottled Water Swindle
October 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments
A guest post from the knowledgeable and impassioned Patric Jullet on the challenges of bottled water. Bottled Water: I call it one of the greatest “con job” of the preceding 3 or 4 decades and a marketing dream…aimed at the gullible. It is also my main pet hate. One of the biggest untruth in our world […]
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“We will die …” Maldives underwater cabinet meeting
October 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
This guest post is from RLMiller [Subscribe]who is becoming a strong and impassioned blogosphere voice on climate issues, serving the organizing role in the “Adopt a Senator” effort to track positions taken by Senators on climate issues and pressure them to adopt reality-based policy approaches. The key take-way from this post: Do not lose sight […]
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AHIP / CBO Similarities Revealed: Blog Action Day
October 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments
In the last week, several studies (okay, one lobbyist press release packaged as a “study” and the other a real study) have made a splash. The first, the Price Waterhouse “study” for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) on implications of moving toward a public option and universal coverage. The other, the month’s old Congressional Budget […]
Tags: analysis · climate change · Congress · energy efficiency · environmental · financial policy · Global Warming · government energy policy
Republican Party of Virginia candidate spouts off global warming skeptic line …
October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Republican Party of Virginia candidate spouts off global warming skeptic line …
The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is determined to prove to any and all its anti-science, anti-knowledge credentials. Here is the RPV candidate for Attorney General parroting global warming denier lines, showing his tendency to allow his ideological preferences and biases to triumph over science and the work of 1000s of scientists. Should it surprise […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · politics · republican party
Making Sustainable Options Fun …
October 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Making Sustainable Options Fun …
Let’s face reality, it takes a sort of unusual person to describe crawling through attics to seal air leaks or slithering in crawl spaces to insulate piping as a “fun” activity. Turning over the compost pile; separating materials for recycling; turning off lights; putting on an extra sweater while turning the thermostat down in winter; […]
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