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Scientists: Gore is right
Ah, so the MSM isn't useless after all! This AP story by my beloved Seth Borenstein is just delicious:
WASHINGTON - The nation's top climate scientists are giving "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy.
But wait! What do conservative op-ed writers think about it? Where's the balance, Borenstein?
And just to further tickle me, we get this little jab at the end:
While more than 1 million people have seen the movie since it opened in May, that does not include Washington's top science decision makers. President Bush said he won't see it. The heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and NASA haven't seen it, and the president's science adviser said the movie is on his to-see list.
Scrumptious.
(via TP)
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Where in the U.S. are they?
MapMuse can help you find the country's ethanol 85 and biodiesel filling stations.
650ish E85 stations, 350 biodiesel stations, and counting.
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Pollster accepts thermodynamics; blogosphere swoons
All right, that's three blogs now (one, two, three) that have found it notable that GOP pollster Frank Luntz -- he of the infamous memo -- has accepted the science of global warming.
Why is this significant? He's a pollster, a political strategist. His opinion on global warming is no more significant than, say, the thousands of scientists who have actually, you know, done original research on the subject.
Unlike the right, the left has never gained a full appreciation for the power of disdain. Another dead-ender finally sensed the political winds shifting? Fine, he can move up to the long bus. But otherwise, so what.
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Sudden Impact
Glacier expert warns that climate is warming abruptly A renowned glacier expert says the earth’s climate has passed a tipping point and entered a period of rapid warming that may threaten human civilization. Other than that, he’s a barrel of laughs. Lonnie Thompson, who has taken core samples from glaciers for 23 years, suggests that […]
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At Least the Bugs Are Dead
Pesticide use increases risk of Parkinson’s disease, new study finds Exposure to pesticides can increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease, concludes a broad, long-term study. Researchers followed the health of 143,325 people since 1982 and found that those regularly exposed to pesticides had a 70 percent higher incidence of Parkinson’s. The research, published in the […]
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All About EV
Grist talks with the makers of Who Killed the Electric Car? In the 1990s, California required automakers to introduce zero-emission cars. GM put out the electric EV-1, a sporty coupe that inspired head-over-heels devotion among the few people who got their hands on one. Then California backed down, the car leases ran out, and GM […]
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Are We There Yet?
Grist thanks donors, pleads for support from the rest of you As Grist gears up to bring you edgier reporting, more green-living advice, and increasingly interactive content, we’re asking for a little help from our friends. We’re two-thirds of the way toward our fundraising goal, thanks to those of you who’ve generously donated already. The […]
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Can you say misguided?
NYT today reports on the rise? emergence? rediscovery? of geoengineering options to combat global warming.
For me this stuff falls into the category of bad adaptation strategies; wait until we're really SOL and then spend gobs of money on big techy solutions that may not work, but look cool.
There's plenty more critique to be had in the article itself.
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Kerry energy speech
Here's the big news from John Kerry's energy speech today:
I propose establishing an aggressive economy wide cap and trade program to reverse emissions growth starting in 2010. After that, we will progress to more rapid reductions and end at 65 percent below 2000 emissions by the year 2050.
That's by far the most aggressive proposal for reducing CO2 emissions I've heard from any major politician.
More on the speech later.
(You can listen to an mp3 of the speech here.)
