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Climate Change

  • Nominations for the 2010 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame

    Nominations are now being taken for the 2010 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame until January 15, 2011. Please nominate your favorite. Read more

  • Man Made Disasters: Where Were the Engineers?

    Unlike most man made disasters, climate change is happening slowly, it has thousand and thousand of CO2 sources, and the effects will not be known for decades. Who should make the critical decisions about projects that might damage the environment; the government, the managers, the scientists, or the engineers? Read more

  • Is Global Warming Naturally Occurring?

    The Earth goes through cycles of warming and cooling that occurs about every 100,000 years. The present global warming we are experiencing is not part of those cycles. Is the cause natural or is it man’s activities? Read more

  • Is It Climate Change or Global Warming?

    Whether you call it climate change or global warming is not as important as understanding what is causing both. Read more

  • The Green Dragon : Is Global Warming a Religion?

    This is a humorous book review of James Wanliss’ book, “The Green Dragon”, which claims global warming is a false religion. Read more

  • Climategate: Like Watergate or Stargate?

    Critics of climate science often refer to the CRU E-mail allegations as Climategate in an attempt to discredit climate research. However, Climategate was more like Stargate, fantasy fiction. Read more

  • Can the Wall Street Journal Be Trusted?

    A small businessman’s letter to the Wall Street Journal asks how he can trust a newspaper that represents a few skeptics while ignoring the scientific evidence. How can a businessman make good decisions without the unbiased facts? Read more

  • The Republican Flip/Flop on Cap-and-Trade

    Republicans who once endorsed cap-and-trade have flip flopped on their support, putting the economy and the environment at risk. Republican leaders flopped by trying to mislead voters on the cost and need to flip back to cooperating on the cap-and-trade bill. Read more

  • Bits and Pieces 1: Do Scientists Keep Secrets?

    Complaints about  “scientific secrecy” are disingenuous: There is very little secrecy in science. Scientific papers are presented and openly debated at meetings where anyone can attend. The peer reviewed papers include the data, the results, and the reasoning and are available at public libraries and many are now online. Also: Researchers are required to keep… Read more

  • Bits and Pieces

    This article contains short comments on issues related to climate science such as peer review, ocean acidification … Read more