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New NSIDC director on “death spiral” Arctic ice
I interviewed by email Dr. Mark Serreze, recently named director of The National Snow and Ice Data Center. Partly I wanted him to explain his “death spiral” metaphor for Arctic ice (see NSIDC: Arctic melt passes the point of no return, “We hate to say we told you so, but we did”). And partly I […]
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George Will embraces the anti-environment message of The Breakthrough Institute
[Note: I’d be very interested in hearing from environmentally-responsible Climate Progress readers about what you think of the claim by Will and Shellenberger and Nordhaus that you are just trying to make a statement, just trying to assuage your guilt.] Two weeks ago I wrote, “I can’t imagine why any serious journalist would cite the […]
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Marc Morano’s banner: “Did global warming help bring down Air France flight 447?"
What is that wacky Swift boat smearer Marc Morano up to? I don’t visit his website, of course, since it is filled with disinformation and apparently he is too busy to blog. But somebody sent me the story and the link to his website, and then I noticed that Morano links to stories here on […]
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While the West will have to eat less meat, Africa might have to eat more
Jim Motavalli of E/Environmental Magazine has a piece in Foreign Policy (!) on the difficulties we face in lowering meat consumption on any significant scale: …Giving up meat is tough, and arguing people into it is probably a losing proposition. Even with all the statistics out there about the dangers of meat, there are fewer […]
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Global warming did NOT cause this plane crash
This is not helpful: As the investigation continues as to what brought down the French airliner over the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board, a Russian climatologist believes global warming played a significant part. Russia Today offers this steaming pile of reportage under the disingenuous headline, “Did global warming help bring down Air France […]
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What does nature have to do with climate change?
It’s sometimes easy for nature to get lost during the international climate change negotiations here in Bonn. Terms like “technology diffusion,” “financial mechanisms” and “mitigation commitments” often dominate the talks. But what does nature have to do with climate change and how does nature play into these negotiations? A group of some of the world’s […]
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‘The Next Wave’ chronicles the climate change refugees
In the Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea, a rise in sea level is cutting off people’s supplies of fresh water and fertile land. The islands’ residents will be among the first people to be forced to migrate due to climate change.Photo by Toby Parkinson for Oxfam AmericaYou like media that matters — you are reading […]
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NOAA puts out “El Niño Watch” — record temperatures are coming
ENSO Alert System Status: El Niño Watch Synopsis: Conditions are favorable for a transition from ENSO-neutral to El Niño conditions during June − August 2009. So begins the monthly El Niño/Southern oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Discussion issued by the Climate Prediction Center of NOAA’s National Weather Service. This is a significant change from their recent predictions […]
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Goldman Sachs: Oil’s going to $85 by year end
Oil hit $67 a barrel yesterday, driven by the perception the global economy may have hit bottom, among other factors: Much of oil’s rally this year has tracked stock market gains as investors look to equity markets for signs of economic recovery, while a weaker dollar can boost the appeal of oil and other commodities […]
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Tales from Spain: baseload renewable energy means hope in the fight against global warming
Hola, amigos y amigas. I write to you from Spain. I’m here courtesy of the Catalan government, who brought me in to explain the California solar market to local solar companies. Why does Spain care about California? Spanish solar companies are going through a really difficult time right now. Briefly, the story goes like this. […]
