Someone sent me the meme here and wrote: “A GOP strategist rebranded global warming as “climate change” because it sounds far, far less dangerous, problematic, severe, worrisome. The usual network of right-wing think tanks and media outlets immediately — as …
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Americans Slow on the Uptake
Many Americans report feeling like they’re on a merry-go-round, today wondering how something so odd and terrible could be possible, tomorrow learning why, but the following day scratching their heads again.
Climate Science and Labor Law
What happens when scientific integrity runs into political interference? More specifically, can a scientist, fired by the Trump administration for doing her job, successfully sue for wrongful termination?
Defending the Environment Requires Understanding Science
Does everyone at top levels of the federal government need a rock-solid understanding of science? Of course not. Nobody cares if the postmaster general flunked chemistry.
Oh, Wait. That’s a Joke?
Has anyone else noticed that it’s getting harder to recognize the difference between humor from news? As our world disintegrates into ignorance and hate, perhaps this shouldn’t come as a shock, but I have to confess that I’m having a …
Climate Science and Christian Faith
Today’s the big day for environmentalists living near Santa Barbara; Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is speaking at Westmont College, an extremely high-end interdenominational Christian liberal arts college.
Impact4All: Why The World Is Going Solar (No Matter What)
Here’s an article pointing out: We can argue all we want and a solar power revolution will still happen. This, of course, is completely true.
Climate Science: Whom Should We Believe?
I had to laugh when I came across this just now. It reminds me of a Facebook friend whose entire life, it seems, is arguing with climate change deniers.
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Yes, We Should Prepare for Climate Change Like We Plan for War, But How Likely Is That?
Here’s an article that suggests an alternative approach to dealing with climate change, as suggested in the headline above. That sounds like a solid idea, until one considers a few points:
Tagged with: alternative approach to dealing with climate change, cast doubt on climate science, climate change is the subject of vast disinformation campaigns, climate science, follow the money, the cost of the damage to both human health and the environment at large, theory of anthropogenic global warming
What Motivates Trump’s Strange Behavior?
A White House memo that recently surfaced details how Trump’s own staff has been pushing for our president to do something that will make him appear at least somewhat credible and responsible in dealing with the existential threat to our civilization known …
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