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Yet another pioneering green move from the state
… for recognizing that coal is the enemy of the human race. This means all those proposed new Western coal-fired power plants will have to reduce their emissions via carbon sequestration if they want to sell to Cali, one of their biggest prospective clients. And if you ask me, the likelihood of sequestration on that […]
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Real Climate tears apart another fraudulent presentation from E. G. Beck
Over at RealClimate today, they present and debunk another fraudulent reconstruction from German school-teacher-plays-skeptic-scientist E. G. Beck. First it was his groundbreaking (as in stick your head in the sand) work on CO2; now he turns his attention to temperature reconstructions for the past millennium.
When bad science still doesn't get the result you want, why not spice it up with a bit of plain and simple fraud?
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Business is splitting from Republicans; the time is right for a tax
In Washington Monthly, Chris Hayes draws attention to the "revolt of the CEOs." Big Business is parting ways with the Republican Party, actively seeking greater government involvement in the realms of health care and climate change. Why? Two reasons. One, CEOs recognize that rising health care costs and global warming are real problems that will […]
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The ‘in it for the money’ theory of climate science doesn’t pan out
We have all heard the following argument: in order to get funding for research, the scientific community is forced to produce alarmist predictions of climate change.
There's a lot wrong with this argument. But it recently occurred to me that it doesn't even make sense. In the latest IPCC reports, what the scientific community said is that our understanding of climate change is quite good (although not "settled"). This does nothing to build up research funding.
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Man wants to put wind turbines on his ailing farm
Opposition from neighbors drives man to suicide. And you thought the rich whingers at Cape Wind were irksome!
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Beachfront property in Hawaii for only $40!
That is, if you’re willing to wait 10,000 years for the ocean to reach it.
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Hint: We’re talking about Congress here
Those of you with strong stomachs will want to marvel at the contrast between two New York Times stories out today. Marvel … and tear your fracking hair out. First, there’s this story on energy efficiency. It makes the simple and familiar point that the cheapest, fastest source of energy is negawatts — not using […]
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Two Green Builders Take Trains Leaving From Different Stations…
U.S. schools betting on benefits of going green When we were kids, the only thing green about our schools was the vomit-hued paint on the bathroom walls. But times change, and these days, schools across the U.S. are incorporating green features that save money, improve student performance, and help protect the planet. The trend is […]
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The Skinny on Fair-Trade Fashion
Find out which companies are going beyond green As a model who’s devoting her career to the eco cause, Summer Rayne Oakes has an up close and personal view of which trends are taking off and which ones are, well, lying in a crumpled pile on the floor. Today she offers her take on “ethical […]
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And the Mining Seems So Safe and Clean
Congress considers legislation that would give coal a boost What if there was a liquid fuel with the potential to produce nearly twice as many greenhouse gases as petroleum? And it would cost nearly four times as much to build a processing plant for this fuel as for petroleum? You’d say no thanks. But Congress […]
