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As reported today in the Washington Post, the cold winter has lead to more Artic ice than has been seen for several years, “maximum sea ice extent in March increased by 3.9 percent over that of the previous three years.”  Wow. Global Warming is done and we need to fear the ice?  Well, first off, […]

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The Financial Times published what might be called an Open Letter from John McCain to Europeans:  America Must Be a Good Role Model.   The first question through the gate, before reading anything other than the title: Does that mean that John McCain believes that American under George W Bush and Richard Cheney has not been […]

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Hill Heat has an exclusive on the first state “climate change dialogue” conducted to try to scare American with the truthiness argument that dealing with global warming will cost jobs. (REMEMBER:  This claim takes the truth out of truthiness: we can create a stronger, richer, more jobs intensive economy by getting off our carbon addiction!)   […]

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“If you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME.”  Yes, that old ditty from grade school has direct relevance from time-to-time.  The atrocious ACCF/NAM study on the fiscal implications of climate legislation seems to take this adage to a new level. As already noted in Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Statistics from […]

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One sign that serious people consider some form of carbon-constraining legislation in the United States a serious possibility is the proliferation of industry-funded “analysis” somehow “proving” that “Global Warming is going to wreck the economy”.  You know the old adage, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”.  Well, there really should be a new category added:  Lies, […]

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Barbara Boxer has been a real leader on Global Warming issues in the US Senate. A leader who suffered for far too long under the ‘tutelage’ of Senator James Inhofe (R-Exxon).  Sadly, for whichever set of reasons, Senator Boxer has being working hard to corral votesin support of the fatally flawed Lieberman-Warner Coal Subsidy Act […]

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Yes, you too can have a voice in bringing “recognition of the world’s biggest contributors to our global addition to fossil fuels”.  Energy Action Coalition, Co-Op America and Rainforest Action Network have joined to present “the FOOLIES: the Fossil Fools Awards, 2008“.

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Barbara Boxer has been a real leader on Global Warming issues in the US Senate. A leader who suffered for far too long under the ‘tutelage’ of Senator James Inhofe (R-Exxon).  Sadly, for whichever set of reasons, Senator Boxer has being working hard to corral votes in support of the fatally flawed Lieberman-Warner Coal Subsidy Act […]

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Dr. Slammy over at Scholars And Rogues is one of those thoughtful bloggers that any/all can gain from reading and considering.  Yesterday, he sent An open letter to Progressive America.  This piece, very worth reading, lays out Dr. Slammy’s regret for his non-vote in 2000. I’d like to begin with a confession: I didn’t vote in […]

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The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is launching a national advertising campaign attacking Al Gore. And, via the attacks on Gore, seeking to undermine a growing understanding by Americans that we must act in face of global warming or face quite serious consequences. CEI is focusing on attacking the messenger, rather than the message, since it (and […]

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