The IPCC “is seeking input from volunteer expert reviewers from all relevant fields.” Continue reading Round two of comments on IPCC draft Fifth Assessment Report starts March 28
Category: Climate & Energy
GOP campaign arm tells Obama to ‘condemn’ Organizing for Action anti-Keystone XL e-mail
“The House GOP’s political arm is challenging President Obama to distance himself from an email sent by Organizing for Action (OFA) — the advocacy group borne from his reelection campaign — that criticized legislation supporting the Keystone XL oil pipeline.” Continue reading GOP campaign arm tells Obama to ‘condemn’ Organizing for Action anti-Keystone XL e-mail
Study: Incidence of extreme cold, snow in China stable since 1980
“… despite global warming.” Continue reading Study: Incidence of extreme cold, snow in China stable since 1980
Frackers frack themselves; Appeasement effort gets drillers caught in enviro crossfire
The Center for Sustainable Shale Development? For the enviros “sustainable” means “no.” Continue reading Frackers frack themselves; Appeasement effort gets drillers caught in enviro crossfire
SciAm: Do Global Climate Tipping Points Exist?
A new paper argues that there is no real grounding to the idea that the world could display true tipping-point characteristics. Continue reading SciAm: Do Global Climate Tipping Points Exist?
Keystone Public Comments Won’t Be Made Public, State Department Says
While government secrecy is always a serious problem, no doubt the State Dept. is being inundated with comments like “yeah, what Bill McKibben said.” Continue reading Keystone Public Comments Won’t Be Made Public, State Department Says
AP: Obama not likely to heal planet
Nomination speech redo: “This was won’t be the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal…” Continue reading AP: Obama not likely to heal planet
Democratic New Mexico senator worked closely with convicted eco-terrorist
Sen. Martin Heinrich’s partner “pled guilty to conspiring to sabotage a nuclear power plant and has openly advocated for monkey-wrenching and other forms of ‘environmental espionage,’ according to documents.” Continue reading Democratic New Mexico senator worked closely with convicted eco-terrorist
Michael Mann implies that skeptics might have weaponized anthrax and would commit bioterrorism
Watch for the butterfly net to overtake the hockey stick in global warming symbolism. Continue reading Michael Mann implies that skeptics might have weaponized anthrax and would commit bioterrorism
Stanford Prof: ‘It’s absolutely not true that we need natural gas, coal or oil — we think it’s a myth’
ClimateProgress: We are 80 ppm of CO2 away from extinction
Does Joe Romm know that the next 80 ppm of atmospheric CO2 will have less effect on the atmosphere than the previous 80 ppm? Continue reading ClimateProgress: We are 80 ppm of CO2 away from extinction
Al Gore also spurned in Senate vote
Not just carbon taxes. Continue reading Al Gore also spurned in Senate vote