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Day in, day out, for two weeks dedicated and impassioned Americans of all creeds, races, (adult) ages, have made a choice that likely would have been thought unthinkable just less then three-years ago when President-Elect Barack Obama stated that climate change mitigation would be the top agenda item for his Administration: they have chosen to […]

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A guest post from Warren S that merits reading … and thinking …  For a somewhat related piece, see Sourcing Skepticism … what factors drive questioning of Global Warming? One of my recurring dilemmas: trying to imagine myself in the head of a climate change denialist.   Why?  Why reject all the evidence?  Why be […]

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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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This guest post from Michael Conrad provides thoughts from a self-proclaimed “far from expert” perspective on how to tackle engaging with climate change denial. The Koch Brothers’ retreat, combined with the GOP going all out to block any environmentally responsible action has done a good job of reminding progressives of urgent need for campaign finance […]

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“We think what we can be is the canary in the coal mine,” Republican Representative Darryl Issa told reporters. Congressman Issa’s words are prophetic — evidently he and his colleagues consider themselves to be the ‘canaries in the coal mine’ since they are taking steps with the newly introduced Continuing Resolution to kill off as […]

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This guest post comes from Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth. Erich layouts the painful case of a Republican politician sacrificing knowledge for ideological pandering. Sadly, pandering to Koch Brother backed anti-science attitudes isn’t limited to Upton. We all know a Fred Upton. He’s the coworker who was your friend until he got […]

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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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Sadly, we’re not talking some third-rate B- movie to be released only on DVDs nor is this some Zombie Walk flash mob action. Sadly, its reality.  Come January, Climate Zombies will dominate the majority party in the House of Representatives and have more seats in the most exclusive club on the planet (e.g., the U.S. […]

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R L Miller — building on tremendous work by Brad Johnson — has done a real service by seeking to track down every single Republican candidate for Federal Office to determine whether they agree with the science and believe in action (Climate Hawk / Hero), sort of agree with the science but don’t really do […]

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Have to say, writ large, of the ‘traditional print’ outlets in the United States, the Christian Science Monitor has traditionally rated quite high with me. While it isn’t part of my every day reading, I have valued it when I’ve gotten my hands dirty reading it. In other words, it really was a bit of […]

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