Climate change is poised to take center stage in the U.S. legal arena once more, spurred by a threatened lawsuit by one of the champions of the theory. Dr. Michael E. Mann is often credited with popularizing the idea of …
Category: Climate Change
The Climate Change Issue — Strangely Absent in the Presidential Debates
Like most environmentalists, I was peeved with the presidential candidates’ avoidance of the climate change issue in their first two debates. Here’s a good article that has convinced me that this is probably best for those of us concerned with …
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Too Late to Stop Global Warming by Cutting Emissions?
A reader sent me this article that suggests that it’s too late to stop global warming by cutting emissions and writes: I happen to agree with this guy. Climate change is so far advanced at this point that it makes …
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A Question on Geoengineering
Howard writes: Have you heard of a technology where they simulate a volcano eruption by injecting sulfur dioxide into the sky, in a sense cooling the planet. I heard about this in the New Yorker magazine, and in a book …
President Obama’s Effectiveness with Respect to Climate Change
Here’s what I think is a fair and balanced article that presents the strengths and weaknesses of President Obama’s term in office vis-à-vis climate change. I like the way the author brings up some interesting and valid mitigating circumstances: notably …
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Climate Change Survey
According to this report, a recent climate change survey shows most Americans believe that warming is tied to extreme weather events. That’s good news; we’re starting to bark up the right tree. Now let’s put some pressure on our elected …
Understanding the Costs of Climate Change
The good news is that the world has begun to use analytics to quantify the damage that is occurring due to climate change. Here’s a report noted in Bloomberg News that sets the cost at $1.2 trillion annually, or about …
Global Climate Change – Debunking Myths
A reader just sent me this terrific handbook for debunking myths. Though it applies to myths of any sort, the examples it provides pertain to global climate change. What an interesting coincidence that it was just yesterday that I came …
PBS’s “The News Hour” Takes On Climate Change, Draws Fire
PBS’s nightly show “The News Hour” drew vociferous attack for their recent 10-minute segment on climate change. At issue was their “balanced” program that included roughly equal time for the 97% – 98% of climate scientists who support the theory …
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Global Climate Change — Framing the Conversation
I had a chat with a friend the other day on the likely future for humankind vis-à-vis global climate change. He asked, “What do you think it will take, Craig, for us to muster the will to do something? If …
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