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Current Events from a Science Perspective.

  • PowerPoint Presentation: The Citizens' Climate Lobby

    This PowerPoint presentation explains the carbon fee and dividend as proposed by the Citizens Climate Lobby. The plan, with broad bipartisan support in US would place a fee on carbon at the source and allow market forces to encourage reduced emissions, energy conservation and investments in renewable energy. Read more

  • Paris Climate Conference: Pope Francis and CEOs Urge Action

    It is not just religious leaders and climate scientist who are concerned, but business leaders who are aware that climate change will hurt the world’s economy. Over 81 big-name corporations have signed on to the President’s “Act on Climate Pledge” aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Read more

  • Westar Energy's Rate Request: A Study in Short-Term Thinking

    After ignoring the effects of particulates on people’s health and carbon emissions on the environment, the power companies are upset that the EPA is now requiring a reduction in pollution. The power companies have not adequately planned for those realities, and they will certainly be passing the cost along to you. Westar energy is an… Read more

  • The Citizens' Climate Lobby: A Better Way to Reduce Carbon Emissions

    The Citizens Climate Lobby proposes using a carbon fee and dividend system to reduce our carbon emissions. The fee is not a tax as all the money would be returned to US households as an energy dividend. Read more

  • Just Raise Taxes

    Being fiscally conservative requires making a sound national budget and raising the revenue to fund our nation’s needs. Since few Congressmen are willing to vote to cut pet projects, and perhaps lose their own, it leaves us with just one alternative: ” Just raise taxes”. Read more

  • Thermodynamics Says There Is No "Hiatus "in Global Warming

    There is no “hiatus” in global warming. Claiming that “global warming has paused”, is badly misleading as the amount of energy in the Earth’s systems is still increasing. Read more

  • PowerPoint Presentation: The Science of Climate Change

          2015x-(3) The-Science-of-Climate-Change with notes Please click on the link above. You will need a PowerPoint program to view the slides – or you may  download a free viewer here. The slides will display as set in your viewer. Explanations of the slides are in the notes section. Read more

  • The Psychology of Internet Trolls

    Trolls are the bane of the Internet as their main goals are to shut down reasonable discussions or spread misinformation. Do you ever wonder why they do it? Read more

  • The Nuclear Treaty with Iran: Please Write Your Legislators

    The nuclear treaty with Iran is too important to fail because of politics. This article contains ideas you can use when you write your Congressman. Please do so. Read more

  • Your Constitutional Right to Vote

    Many people think that the right to vote is not granted by the Constitution. It is, and this article explains why. Read more