Andrew Revkin
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Is a centralized climate solution still possible? And more from my chat with Andy Revkin
David Roberts had an interesting chat with Andy Revkin of The New York Times on climate policy and the prospects for a sustainable future.
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Prof. Socolow’s bizarre climate comments and the pessimism of Serious People
The blogosphere is all abuzz about recent comments from Princeton professor Robert Socolow, who along with fellow scholar Stephen Pacala developed the famous “wedges” approach to tackling climate change. (A wedge of nuclear, a wedge of solar, a wedge of efficiency, etc., and slowly you get that emissions curve down. That’s the basic idea anyway.) […]
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Talking with Andy Revkin about climate communication [VIDEO]
Last Friday I did an episode of bloggingheads.tv with Andy Revkin of The New York Times and Pace University. Here it is (try not to be distracted by my constant nodding): If you don’t want to watch the entire thing, you can watch individual chapters: The three things Japan has going for it (02:46) Fighting […]
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The only kids are alright: Good reasons to consider stopping at one child
This only kid is A-OK.Photo: Omar GurnahSnooki of MTV’s Jersey Shore is immature, whiny, and self-involved — in other words, your typical reality-show star. But a New York Times article about her improbable rise to fame pinpoints one of her less typical qualities: “Not surprisingly, Snooki is an only child,” writes Cathy Horyn. Ouch. Harshing […]
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The Climate Post: Pre-election maneuvering marked by fits of climate skepticism
Accepting the scientific consensus on climate change continues to be a liability for Republican candidates. One representative, Bob Inglis, blames his loss in the GOP primary to his public assertions that climate change is real. Plus, Jimmy Carter strikes back and a conservative whines about a cap without trade.
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The Climate Post: Psychoanalyzing the GOP’s flourishing climate skepticism
The GOP is the only conservative party in the developed world in which denial of climate science is endemic. Plus, scientists brace for the elections, and electric cars hit a rough patch.
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The Climate Post: Climate bill finally dead enough to be fondly remembered
Read more about climate legislation attacks, new Chinese innovations, water wars, and more.
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Scientists keep raising estimates of how much oil is still in the Gulf
The big question about the BP oil disaster is no longer “Where’s the oil?âÃÂÂ
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Andrew Revkin on the collapse of climate legislation [AUDIO]
New York Times blogger Andrew Revkin on what happened to climate legislation and what might come next, via PBS's "Need to Know."