What’s the wisest thing to do given the uncertainties and risk? That is the core question that science teacher wonderingmind42 asks in his latest video discussing the challenges of considering Global Warming and how best to deal with the challenges before us. For some, those who are able to step back and approach problems with […]
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“What’s the wisest thing to do …”
November 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on “What’s the wisest thing to do …”
Tags: Global Warming · skeptic
Experts say Globe at risk, story page A3 …
November 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Experts say Globe at risk, story page A3 …
Well, yesterday the International Panel on Climate Change released a quite serious report (pdf), stating that global warming is unequivocally occurring, that humanity is a leading factor, and that major action is required (ASAP) or the damage will go from serious to, well, potentially catastrophic. So, where is this covered? For the Washington Post, page A3 Saturday. […]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming · journalism · media · politics
Lose Weight, Save the Planet?
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Lose Weight, Save the Planet?
Okay, anyone who understands energy and global warming issues knows that eating down the food chain and eating locally are two great ways to reduce your carbon footprint. This post, however, is not about this. According to work done by Paul Higgins (American Meteological Society (AMS) Climate Policy), tackling obesity and global warming opportunities go […]
Tags: carbon dioxide · climate change · emissions · Global Warming
Bangladesh is underwater as I write …
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bangladesh is underwater as I write …
How bad is it? Well, we don’t know but Cyclone Sidr has hit Bangladesh hard. Let me put it clearly, as per Chris Mooney, Bangladesh needs our help. Now, this is the immediacy of the problem of in Bangladesh. But, in addition, there are the long-term threats related to Global Warming in Bangladesh which, among […]
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Write Congress with Environmental Defense
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Write Congress with Environmental Defense
Environmental Defense is calling on us (US) to write to Congress to demand legislative action on Global Warming.
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Whose Environment is Environmental Defense Defending?
November 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments
The saga continues. As it stands now, the Liberman-Warner Climate Security Act provides a secure financial environment for historic polluters and secures little else. It has inadequate targets to prevent catastrophic climate change. It hands away $100s of billions, impoverishing the average American for the favor of giving handouts to polluters. And, in giving away […]
Tags: environmental · Global Warming · lieberman-warner
Sanders on Lieberman-Warner
November 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Sanders on Lieberman-Warner
Senator Sanders has provided a strong statement about Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act’s lack of security for the climate.
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No wonder people are confused … v2 …
November 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on No wonder people are confused … v2 …
Andrew Revkin, at the New York Times, who I generally find very much worth reading, has a dousy today. In a review of three global warming books, Revkin speaks of Bjorn Lomborg as a “centrist” and discusses his book without suggesting that there any factual errors or how truthiness runs roughshod over the truth. He […]
Tags: Bill McKibben · bjorn lomborg · climate change · Global Warming
Video warfare against global warming …
November 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The train is bearing down. The pluming smoke. The threat is real. But the threat is for tomorrow.
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The spoofer revealed …
November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on The spoofer revealed …
Low Carbon Kid is the spoofer that much of the Global Warming Denier wing of the Flat Earth Society fell for the other day.
Tags: Global Warming · global warming deniers